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Banking and Finance Electives
« on: November 17, 2012, 01:47:29 pm »
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Hey everyone,
Looking at submitting my units for next year today and so far I've been following the recommended course outline for Law/B+F. I assume that 'Banking and Finance major units' refer to elective under that particular major.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that includes the following:
Electives:

AFF2701 Equity markets
AFF2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
AFF3111 Personal financial planning
AFF3301 Money market operations
AFF3331 International banking and finance, or AFX3871 International study program in banking and finance
AFF3351 Investment banking
AFF3651 Treasury management
AFF3751 Derivatives
BTF2601 Banking law
ECF1200 Macroeconomics
ECF2331 Macroeconomic and monetary policy
ETF3300 Quantitative methods for financial markets
ETX2121 Data analysis in business

Any ideas on which 4 may be the most beneficial/interesting over the next two years? How do a few of them score in terms of difficulty? I'll definitely look into each of them in more detail, but at first glance Banking law or one of the macroeconomic subjects seem interesting.

Any advice from anyone who has had experience in this area?

Cheers.

EDIT: Can probably scrap Banking law, since it requires Commercial law as a pre-req.
« Last Edit: November 17, 2012, 01:49:56 pm by AT »

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Re: Banking and Finance Electives
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2012, 03:07:56 pm »
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In terms of finance units these are probably the most helpful and beneficial:

AFF3331 International banking and finance -> very helpful unit, not exactly hard or difficulty but it is pretty interesting

AFF3751 Derivatives -> probably the most important unit you can do, very very helpful and interesting but it is a tough unit and often has hard exams, but it is extremely rewarding

ETF3300 Quantitative methods for financial markets -> very useful too, there will be a combination of maths and theory involved, it isn't exactly a hard unit nor is it too easy.
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