This minor provides Bachelor of Commerce (Applied Finance) students with practical experience. Students will be able to explore their workplace context by examining a typical organisational structure and identifying their individual role/s as an active member within the organisation as well as that organisations position within the respective profession and/or industry. In addition, a short-term intensive study tour blends formal study with experiential learning spanning Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai or Sydney and New York or Sydney and London (depending on year of offer). The Study Tour is designed to enhance students’ knowledge and appreciation of the international financial markets, institutions and instruments, as well as monetary systems.
For a minor study students must complete 48 credit points comprising:
A full course is made up of several smaller topics or subjects. These are referred to as 'units'.
Most courses have compulsory 'core' units, as well as optional units.
'Credit points' are the value that each unit contributes towards your course.
Most units at VU are worth 12 credit points. You will need to complete the required course credit points to graduate.
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.