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Bachelor of Applied Finance / Bachelor of Business Analytics
Macquarie University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00002J
Gain practical and job-ready financial and analytical skills by combining the Bachelor of Applied Finance with the Bachelor of Business Analytics degree. This double degree will give students both the specialist training to manage funds and investments in the complex world of markets, banks, laws, financial instruments and businesses together with the knowledge and skills from both business and data science to enable them to understand, analyse and extract meaningful information from big data. Throughout this degree, students will study units in economics, accounting, financial theory, mathematical techniques such as probability or statistics, as well as quantitative analysis, business information systems, database programming, business management and decision making with a focus on applying these skills to real financial organisations, markets and instruments.
Structure
- Minimum number of credit points 96
- Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above - 60
- Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above - 30
- Minimum number of credit points designated as Commerce - 42.
Subjects
- Business analytics
- Finance
Standard entry requirements
Year 12 or equivalent completion
Further information
HSC Mathematics (or equivalent) is assumed knowledge. Particularly for Applied Finance, Mathematics Extension 1 (or equivalent) is recommended. Students can study a first-year mathematics unit to acquire the assumed knowledge. This course is only available in internal attendance mode.
