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Master of Finance (Business Analytics)

Study mode

Blended

Duration

24 months

Course fees

$62,800

Study at a university ranked in the top 1% in the world for finance* and delve into the modern financial techniques underpinning investment, financing, and risk management decisions of multinational corporations with Deakin’s Master of Finance. Learn about financial markets, corporate governance, corporate finance, derivative securities, and portfolio management. You will also be exposed to new knowledge areas such as FinTech, Business Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The coursework and research components have been designed to enhance professional practice in a range of financial domains, which may be of particular interest to you if you’re currently working as a finance professional.

Develop analytical skills for making key financial management decisions, incorporating time-value-of money and risk-return analysis, plus learn how to apply financial knowledge to solve real-world financial decision problems. Through practice, you will become adept at various digital technologies used to process complex financial data, information, and ideas.

Business Analytics

  • MIS770 - Foundation Skills in Data Analysis
    This unit aims to develop foundation skills and knowledge required for data-driven, evidence-based approaches to business decision making and business performance analysis. To this end, the unit first introduces the skills necessary to enable an understanding of business metrics.
  • MIS771 - Descriptive Analytics and Visualization
    This unit focuses on the techniques and approaches to analyzing business data to support decision making. It covers exploratory data analysis, visualization of data, and evidence-based decision making.
  • Plus 2 credit points from:
    • Predictive Analytics MIS772
    • People Analytics MIS714
    • Business Intelligence and Database MIS781
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Delivery mode

This course is available in the following study modes:

Locations

221 Burwood Highway, Burwood 3125

Entry Requirements

There are no formal academic requirements

Academic requirements

To be considered for admission to this degree (without admission credit applied*) you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • completion of a bachelor degree or higher in any discipline

Related discipline degree: A 'related discipline' award for this course is a Bachelor degree in Finance, or a Bachelor degree in Commerce or Management or Business with a major sequence in Finance.

Relevant work experience: Relevant work experience is business experience in either a finance role or a managerial position with business oversight responsibilities in a finance related field, such as financial consulting, financial analysis, treasury management, corporate finance, fund management and banking.

English language proficiency requirements

To meet the English language proficiency requirements of this course, you will need to demonstrate at least one of the following:

  • bachelor degree
  • IELTS overall score of 6.5 (with no band score less than 6.0) or equivalent

Course fees

Course fee

$62,800

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About Deakin University

As one of Australia's largest universities, Deakin has strong global linkages, world-class research and, most importantly, an educational portfolio that blends the best of campus and digital delivery into a highly supportive and personalised student experience.

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1974

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