Course Level
Bachelor Degree (Pass)
CRICOS
115684M
Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning
Build the key knowledge and practical skills required for a professional career as a financial adviser. Develop your critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making capabilities, preparing you for work across government, private and not-for-profit sectors. You'll study core business topics including accounting, finance, economics, analytics and management. From your second year, dive into insurance and risk management: ethics, regulations and financial advice, estate planning and taxation law. You'll also be able to tailor your studies with future-focused elective courses. In your final year, complete an industry placement where you'll be able to explore your future employment prospects. In three years, You will graduate with the skillset of a modern financial planner.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide City Campus | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | 80 |
Structure
144 units
Subjects
- An Ethically Rich Life COREX001
- Fact or Fiction: Data for Everyone COREX002
- Igniting Change: Ideas to Action COREX003
- Proppa Ways, Future Practice COREX004
- Responsible AI: Bridging Ethics, Education and Industry COREX005
- Ways of Being, Ways of Seeing COREX006
- Introduction to Financial Planning BAFI1000
- Superannuation BAFI2001
- Risk Management and Insurance BAFI2002
- Portfolio Theory and Management BAFI2007
- Regulations, Ethics and Financial Advice BAFI2011
- Applied Financial Planning BAFI3000
- Estate Planning BUSI3011
- Taxation Law BUSI3046
- Business Practicum BUSI1900
- Business Clinic BUSI2902
- Personal Finance BAFI1002
- Financial Modelling BAFI2009
- Behavioural Finance BAFI2010
- Strategic Financial Analysis BAFI2012
- Alternative Investments BAFI3006
- Global Wealth Management BAFI3007
- Blockchain Crypto and Big Data BAFI5018
Entry requirements
- Secondary education (Year 12).
- Completion of a secondary education qualification equivalent to the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE).
- Vocational Education and Training (VET).
- Completion of an award from a registered training organisation (RTO) at Certificate IV (AQF level 4) or higher.
- Higher education study.
- Successful completion of at least 6 months full-time study (or equivalent part-time) in a higher education award program.
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