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“I am finding it challenging yet rewarding. The program is quite intensive, but I know I am getting closer to my goal”
Shanel Sun
Master of Finance (Data Management)
The UTas MFin is grounded in a philosophy based on two major premises: to facilitate the acquisition of life-long financial knowledge and skills through sharing and building on the diverse experiences of all stakeholders within the course and to foster empowerment and personal responsibility by encouraging students to challenge the conventional paradigms in finance.
Our MFin will engage students using teaching materials that link the lectures and workshops to local, national and global case studies. This approach will facilitate self-actualisation and the notion ‘doing and thinking are one’; it will also equip our students with the theories, concepts, and knowledge in finance that are necessary to deal with the rapid changes in finance worldwide by covering a variety of perspectives, including, but not restricted to, the theoretical, empirical, behavioural, ethical, economic, environmental and statistical/mathematical.
Learning Outcomes
| CLO1 | Explain the context and integrate advanced theoretical and technical finance knowledge including research and recent developments. |
| CLO2 | Present, justify and defend, orally and in writing, financial information and decisions in complex collaborative contexts involving specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
| CLO3 | Apply advanced theoretical and technical finance knowledge to critically analyse financial data to solve sophisticated financial problems in complex contexts.Prepare and execute a research-based project, capstone experience or piece of scholarship. |
| CLO4 | Exercise judgement, under minimal guidance, to apply financial solutions using ethical, social, regulatory, economic, sustainability and global perspectives |
| CLO5 | Reflect on and evaluate: * the nature and implications of assumptions and value judgements in analysis, * interactions with other disciplines, * historical and contemporary events affecting the finance profession, * responsibilities of their role in both the finance profession and in the broader society |
Career outcomes
The MFin will instill in students financial knowledge and skills that they can utilise throughout their future professional careers in the broader finance community both at the personal and institutional level including; financial planning, financial institutions, insurance, superannuation funds, not-for-profit organisations, government and local authorities as well as individuals.
Course structure
Core units
You will complete the following 10 core units plus 2 elective units
This unit is divided into two components. The first component deals with finance – the sourcing and management of funds as well as the valuation of your venture. The second component deals with risk – the understanding of what risk…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BAA746 Entrepreneurial Finance and Risk Management
Derivative securities are (as the name suggests) derived from other securities. Hence, their role in risk mitigation, is of central importance. The unit is structured into three main modules: Options, Futures and Swaps. Topics covered include currency and futures contracts,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is concerned with Corporate Finance, which involves financing and managing the resources of a business. In Corporate Finance, the central issues are how to acquire and employ or invest funds. You will explore concepts as a set of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Investment analysis requires skills in both analysing the attributes of individual assets, and in knowing how to combine them effectively into portfolios. In this unit you will consider the attributes of individual asset types: equity, fixed income and corporate debt…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
There are two main objectives in applied quantitative finance. The first is to understand how prices behave. Tomorrow's price is uncertain and must therefore be described by a probability distribution. This means that statistical and econometric methods are the natural…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit introduces you to statistical methods that are useful in the decision making process. It seeks to provide you with basic statistical knowledge for analysing data, and aims to develop your skills in using appropriate statistical methods to make…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BEA674 Data and Business Decision Making
The unit aims to develop your understanding of economics. This is achieved by identifying significant economic issues and problems facing Australia, with an investigation of possible courses of action for businesses and other organisations. You will examine the role of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Financial market shocks often spread rapidly across different asset classes and between countries. In this unit you will examine the structural reasons for these interrelationships, including financial intermediation, risk management products and regulatory structure. Attention is paid to the challenge…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BEA705 Financial Institutions and Markets
Most businesses operate in global financial markets, and very few facets of financial management are as important as managing exchange rate risk. This unit is designed to provide you with the skills necessary to understand and address some of the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BEA706 International Financial Management
This unit covers a wide range of interesting legal topics and teaches you how to analyse, and solve legal problems, all essential skills for those wishing to work in both the fields of accounting and business management.The unit combines topics…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Elective units
Please note: You may be required to complete BFA526 Financial Reporting if you have not completed the Graduate Certificate of Business Studies or can not demonstrate sufficient related study to BFA526 in your undergraduate degree. If this is the case your study plan will be adjusted to include BFA526 in the place of one of your degree electives.
This unit provides you with an overview of a wide range of issues related to international trade and international economics. We investigate why nations trade, what they trade and who gains from this trade. We then analyse the motives for…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Financing of environmental concerns, such as climate change, is an increasingly important aspect of the international policy agenda. This unit covers the different types of economic and financial instruments relevant to current and proposed markets in ecosystem services. It includes…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit introduces students to the core concepts in Australian taxation and identifies the framework (both legal and administrative) behind those concepts. The knowledge gained through this exploration enables the application of the framework to current issues faced by individuals…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Effective human resource management is an important means of creating value and developing, through the employees, a competitive advantage for organisations in the 21st century. This unit will introduce students to the general theories and practices of managing people in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JNB513 International Human Resource Management
Entry requirements
Eligibility
For entry into the Master of Finance students must meet the following criteria:
Either:
- Completed undergraduate degree of an Australian higher education institution or the equivalent standard in any other institution
OR
- Completion of the Graduate Certificate of Business Studies at the University of Tasmania, or an equivalent qualifying Graduate Certificate#
#a qualifying Graduate Certificate is any Graduate Certificate from an Australian higher education institution, or the equivalent from any other institution.
International students must provide one of the following: UTASAccess Level 7 with a minimum overall score of 65% and no individual skill below 60%; or an IELTS score with an overall Band of 6.5 and no band less than 6; or a TOEFL (iBT) overall score of 88 (no individual skill must be lower than: Reading 16; Listening 16; Speaking 18; and, Writing 22) or a PTE Academic overall score of 58 with no score lower than 50, or provide evidence that you have studied for 2 years full-time with English as the sole medium of instruction and examination. These tests must not be more than 24 months old.
Articulation from
This course has no direct articulation from any other program; students may undertake a pathway via the Graduate Certificate in Business Studies, but the units completed therein do not provide credit toward the MFin.
Articulation to
This course has a direct articulation into the Masters of Finance (Specialisation) program.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $54,554 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $35,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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