Bachelor of Banking and Finance (Advanced Leadership)

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Course aims

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop broad knowledge and competencies to facilitate careers in banking and finance business-related fields. Students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the capability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged as well as to lead and manage people and projects. There is a particular focus on application of knowledge, competencies and capabilities to authentic workplace experiences and projects, and diverse and global business/organisational contexts. Students will apply their knowledge and competencies to a broad range of business/organisational practices including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices

The course also aims to give students appropriate opportunities to develop the generic attributes relevant to university-level education. These generic attributes are articulated in the Flinders Graduate Qualities.

Learning outcomes

Graduates will have the capacity to:

critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, banking, finance, economic, and management knowledge and skills to inform banking and finance strategic and operational planning
analyse banking and finance leadership and management practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements
apply theoretical knowledge, technical competencies and critical judgement to provide solutions to banking and finance management and leadership problems
explain the impact of socially responsible, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and global perspectives on banking and finance management and leadership planning and practices
communicate technical advice and ideas to specialists and non-specialists in written and spoken forms
manage time, self and tasks effectively as an individual and to collaborate with a diverse team
use computer-based information systems or applications to solve or document business problems.

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of Banking and Finance (Advanced Leadership), a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below, and the maintenance of a GPA of at least 5.5. Students who have a GPA below 5.5 at the end of two consecutive semesters will be supported to transfer to the Bachelor of Banking and Finance. Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education), the course must be completed within ten consecutive years. Failure to do so may constitute evidence of unsatisfactory progress. Where permission is given to complete in more than ten consecutive years, there may be a requirement for additional coursework in order to ensure relevant and up-to-date knowledge.

Core - Year 1 topics

31.5 units comprising:

BUSN1001 Accounting Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1014 Financial Markets (4.5 units)
BUSN1015 Foundations of Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 1 topics

Plus 4.5 units of elective topics from across the University where entry requirements are met

Core - Year 2 topics

31.5 units comprising:

BUSN2021 Management of Financial Institutions (4.5 units)
BUSN2027 International Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN2034 Interpersonal Skills for Professionals (4.5 units)
BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2040 Macroeconomics (4.5 units)
BUSN3031 Derivatives and Risk Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 2 topics

Plus 4.5 units of elective topics from across the University where entry requirements are met

Core - Year 3 topics

36 units comprising:

BUSN3029 Investments and Portfolio Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3044 Industry Placement (4.5 units)
BUSN3049 Corporate Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
BUSN3061A Industry Project (9 units)
BUSN3071 International Business Finance and Banking (4.5 units)
BUSN3070 Credit Analysis and Lending Management (4.5 units)

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.