Degree
Specialisation
40 credit points
Specialisation in Finance
Overview
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Degree/s offering this specialisation
Master of Commerce
Summary
Key features
- Explore your options and boost your employability
Gain a personalised learning experience by choosing from a wide range of electives that complement a rigorous core curriculum.
- Undertake a specialisation taught by finance experts
Learn from qualified and experienced lecturers who have solid industry experience and base their teaching on the latest research.
- Develop advanced and integrated theoretical knowledge
Learn how to apply creative and innovative strategies to evaluate, manage and resolve complex management challenges.
- Augment your classroom learning with independent research
Undertake an individual research project that allows you to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to a genuine finance issue.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, it’s vital that you have the right skills to evolve with it. We’ll help you upskill or reskill so you can take the next career step in your current industry, or move to one that matches your changing interests. View professions and potential employers.
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About Finance at Macquarie University
Macquarie Business School
Macquarie Business School rethinks, reimagines and rewrites the rules of business to deliver solutions with global impact. Through our cross-disciplinary approach to teaching, we empower you to make a real and positive impact on the world using the power of entrepreneurship, collaboration, creativity and business acumen.
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Studying at Macquarie
Our vibrant and leafy campus forms part of one of the largest business and technology precincts in Australia. To ensure you have the right skills when you graduate — whether you're starting your first job or taking your career to the next level — we offer flexible study options, personalised degrees and practical experiences.
Benefits of studying at Macquarie
Specialisation structure
What you’ll study
A specialisation allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Finance, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Specialisation requirements
40 credit points
Essential units
40 credit points
Complete each unit below.
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
How can I study this specialisation?
Finance is available as a specialisation as part of the below degree/s:
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Career outcomes
Set your career in motion
Professions
- Academic
- Banking and finance manager
- Business consultant
- Business journalist
- Entrepreneur
- Finance manager
- Financial analyst
- Investment analyst
- Market analyst
- Operations manager
- Policy adviser
- Researcher
- Risk management specialist
- Stockbroker
Employers
- Banks and financial institutions
- Business analysis firms
- Consulting firms
- Financial technology firms
- Government agencies and departments
- Infrastructure companies
- Investment firms
- Private equity and venture capital firms
- Public service
- Regulatory authorities
- Retail and e-business companies
- Service companies
- Start-ups
- Wealth management and financial advising firms
Career information
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