Finance major: Bachelor of Business

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Finance major: Bachelor of Business

There is high demand for finance graduates who understand ways individuals, businesses and institutions raise and invest funds to achieve a range of goals, from increasing personal wealth to growing businesses. Placed first in Auckland and in the top 200 universities in the world for accounting and finance based on research quality, our finance department has also relevant industry focus.

Bachelor of Business: degree outline

Overview

The Finance major produces graduates qualified to take on the critical financial management duties of large multinational firms through to entrepreneurial business ventures, as well as positions within financial markets.

You will gain an understanding of the three interrelated core areas of the Finance major. These are financial markets and institutions, investments and portfolio theory, and corporate and managerial finance.

Studies will be based around these areas and incorporate other aspects of finance including domestic and international guidelines and requirements, financial analysis theories and techniques, and data modelling.

What this major covers

Year One
In the first year you will learn about ‘doing business’ and will gain an understanding of core business disciplines and how they interact and impact on each other.

Disciplines covered include accounting, marketing, finance, economics, management, law and social science. This gives you a solid grounding for further study in your chosen major(s).

The five compulsory papers are:

Business Information Management
Fundamentals of Finance (compulsory for Finance majors only)
Globalisation and Business Enterprise
Managing Business Relationships
The Environment of Business

Further information about the Bachelor of Business Interdisciplinary Studies

Year Two
You will study the papers required for your chosen major(s)

Papers include:

Corporate Finance
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Finance
Financial Modelling and Data Analysis
Financial Risk Management
International Corporate Finance
Investment and Portfolio Analysis

Year Three
The final year combines the completion of academic study with applying it to actual business situations. You will complete a three month work placement for an organisation of your choice.

This provides invaluable business experience, allowing you to put theory into practice and it will prepare you for a smooth transition into employment after you graduate.

Compulsory papers: