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Finance is at the center of one of the most exciting developments shaping our world. Studying a UTAS Master of Finance degree enables you to be a decision maker for the future. The skills you develop will open up valuable and satisfying career opportunities across an incredible range of vocations - corporate chief executives and major institutional investors through to fintech unicorns and private capital entrepreneurs. Whether you are looking for the qualification to start out in the industry, or you are planning to upskill and accelerate your career, the skills and knowledge you attain in this degree will enable you to achieve.  The degree primes you for a long-term career in finance. You will gain a deep knowledge of global markets and the opportunities they create. Your insights will be informed by industry practitioners, exposure to live market information, and contemporary case studies. Practitioner engagement provides a rich experience through industry expert interviews and keynote presentations on current trends in FinTech, Sustainability and Behavioural Insights. Your industry knowledge will be enhanced through local, national and global case studies. Market trading data and real-time financial news will further build your familiarity with global business activity.  The Finance teaching team will facilitate your examination of expert input, current cases and market events through the application of theories, concepts, and market techniques. The teams teaching philosophy emphasises 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. The implementation of this philosophy through meaningful connection to real world conditions has and continues to be extremely successful.

Develop a critical understanding of the complex field of finance. You’ll get to know Australian and international financial markets, and gain confidence with solid decision-making skills backed by data. Forge your professional career in finance.

Master of Finance

The UTAS Graduate Diploma of Finance is designed to facilitate the acquisition of life-long financial knowledge and skills through sharing and building on the diverse experiences of all stakeholders within the program. It fosters empowerment and personal responsibility by encouraging students to challenge the conventional paradigms in finance. The degree engages students through linking contemporary teaching and learning activities to real-world issues in local, national and global case studies. This approach facilitates self-actualisation, critical reflection, and experiential learning. It also equips our students with the theories, concepts, and knowledge in finance that are necessary to deal with the rapid changes in the finance industry worldwide by covering a variety of highly relevant perspectives, including theoretical, empirical, behavioural, ethical, economic, environmental and statistical/mathematical.

This course is ideal for those who are already qualified in another sector and want to move into finance. You'll get to know the fundamentals of corporate finance, economics and business. You can then use this knowledge to enrol in more advanced study.

Graduate Diploma of Finance

The UTAS Graduate Certificate in Finance is designed to facilitate the acquisition of life-long financial knowledge and skills through sharing and building on the diverse experiences of all stakeholders within the program. The degree engages students through linking contemporary teaching and learning activities to real-world issues in local, national and global case studies. This approach facilitates self-actualisation, critical reflection, and experiential learning. It also equips our students with foundational theories, concepts, and knowledge in finance that are necessary to deal with the rapid changes in the finance industry worldwide.

This six-month course is a perfect introduction to finance. Increase your financial literacy for a current role or use your qualification as a path into further study. You'll explore four key subjects, including corporate finance and investment analysis.

Graduate Certificate in Finance

Financial Decision Making

Financial Accountability and Management

Accounting for Managers

Fundamentals of Financial Markets and Institutions

Principles of Financial Management

Derivative Securities

Banking and Financial Institutions

International Finance

The purpose of the subject is to build an applied understanding of the psychological biases which influence financial decision-making. The behavioural finance perspective of decision-making is contrast with more traditional finance perspectives. This enables a unique interpretation of market anomalies and asset pricing bubbles. The applications of the subject are across corporate finance and investment management.

Behavioural Finance

This subject develops the student&#39;s knowledge of the role and responsibilities of Marine Surveyors and the skills that are necessary for carrying out marine survey work and the preparation of subsequent survey reports. It also considers a number of different survey categories and the respective roles of a number of national and international authorities such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its conventions, the maritime classification societies, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and Port State Control authorities.

Marine Surveying and Inspection

The aim of this subject is to introduce you to the type of financial information that you, as a manager, can expect to receive and to the techniques that you can use to analyse this information for decision making and control purposes. The subject is therefore written from the perspective of you as a manager of an operating subject in a corporate environment. This approach will provide you with a sound basis by which you can understand, review, analyse and use the various types of financial information with which you are most likely to come into contact.This subject also contains sections in relation to ship and port investment evaluation and finance and shipping business risk management. It aims to enhance your capability in understanding practical financial issues and applying financial concepts in the maritime transport and logistics industry where you may be working.

Finance for Decision-Making

Investors and lenders have an important role with respect to sustainable development. Through directing their financial resources to socially and environmentally responsible investment options, investors and lenders have the power to make significant contribution to sustainable development. This applies to both small- and large-scale investors and lenders.Apart from the moral aspects associated with socially responsible investing, a failure to consider the social and environmental risks inherent in particular investments expose investors and lenders to potential financial loss.Investors need to be aware of the risks and opportunities that the sustainability agenda creates; they need to be aware of, and be able to critically evaluate, different approaches to ethical investment and lending; and they need to have an awareness of the products available within the market place.This subject responds to these needs as it:• Explores the meaning and role of socially responsible investment• Identifies the sustainability related risks and opportunities that aspects of an investee’s/borrowers operations create for investors or lenders• Identifies and explains some tools used to assess investments from a sustainability-related perspective• Discusses some available products available to ‘socially responsible’ investors and lenders.

Socially Responsible Investing

In this subject you will develop and apply the skills necessary to succeed in obtaining employment and a career in accounting and finance. As a graduate, it is essential to be able to demonstrate capability in applying technical skills in a contemporary workplace context together with other professional ‘soft’ skills. In your role as an accountant or finance professional, you will be required to apply critical thinking, decision making techniques and effective communication methods in a range of situations. The workshops will consist of expert guest presentations, discussion topics, and role plays. You will create a portfolio of activities that demonstrate your professional qualities and skills in applying your knowledge to generate relevant recommendations and solutions.

Prepare to transition from student accountant to professional. You’ll work on the qualities and skills needed in your business career. Bring soft skills to the workplace alongside your financial expertise. Get ready for your future in accounting. 

Pathway to Accounting and Finance Careers

This subject focuses on role of accounting for managers. Students will learn to use financial and management accounting techniques to enable and enhance their decision making. Financial statement analysis will help students make decisions about an organisation’s financial position, performance and cash flow. Students will also explore other forms of corporate reporting and critically evaluate issues of ethics and corporate governance in business

This subject introduces students to the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management within an Australian context. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of: the scope and nature of the finance function and its role within management; and the theory of finance and how it underpins the evaluation of investment, financing and dividend policies. This subject will also develop practical skills in the identification and analysis of financial problems.

Global sustainability challenges – including climate change, natural resource depletion, and rising inequality – are affecting the commercial environment in a way that presents both risks and opportunities for the financial sector. This subject studies the evidence of how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors matter and explains in detail how to incorporate these in company financial models and strategies, equity investing, bond investing, and bank lending. The subject equips students with knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the key principles and core practice of green and sustainable finance. Specific aims are to increase the student’s knowledge and understanding of:• climate change and its impacts• climate risks and emerging environmental and sustainability risks• the evolution of green and sustainable products and services in the banking, investment, and insurance sectors• increasing awareness of the role of the finance sector and finance professionals in supporting the transition to a low-carbon world.

Sustainable Finance

This subject equips students with an applied skill set and in-depth understanding of theoretical frameworks for implementing effective Corporate Finance The central issues in Corporate Finance are how to acquire and employ or invest funds efficiently. Concepts in Corporate Finance are explored as a set of ideas and principles that work together and their application to corporate financial policy decisions including dividend, capital structure and risk management.

Corporate Finance

This subject examines the theories and frequently used techniques of economics, financial and managerial accounting in healthcare organisations. Public and private funding issues will be examined across the acute, primary and aged care sectors. Students will apply this knowledge to determine cost efficient and effective decision making, taking into account safety, quality, resource considerations and principles of value-based healthcare, in general. Students will investigate critical topics and approaches, including funding models; supply and demand factors; economic evaluations, financial statements and working capital cycle; budgeting approaches and key performance indicators; and long-term investments. Students will have opportunities to hear from experts across Australia and participate in industry relevant studies and analysis.

Health Finance, Economics and Accounting

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