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Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning

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Build upon the core knowledge and skills required of a professional financial planner by studying Deakin's Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Course Code
M669

About this course

Build upon the core knowledge and skills required of a professional financial planner by studying Deakin's Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning. Graduate with a fully accredited and approved degree, that enables you to either enter the financial planning profession or expand upon existing career opportunities.

Interested in a qualification that enhances and further develops your core financial planning competencies?

The Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning is accredited as a FAS-approved degree therefore providing you with a pathway to progress your career as a professional financial planner

If you're a current financial planner returning to study, you will develop and refine your knowledge and analytical skills to better support the needs of your clients. Whether you're looking to start your career in financial planning or progress it, under the guidance of industry-active teachers you will learn about:

  • the theoretical principles underlying the rules, regulations and practices that apply in financial planning
  • the digital tools of the modern financial planner
  • the application of knowledge in an applied and practical learning environment.

Importantly, the course places a strong emphasis on the professional responsibilities of the modern financial planner, both in an ethical and compliance sense - as well as the practical application of concepts to work-based problems. Industry reforms have created an increased demand for ethical decision-makers, putting Deakin financial planning graduates in a strong position to stand out from the pack.

Interested in taking your study further? The Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning is a pathway into Deakin's Master of Financial Planning.

Career pathways

Increasing demand
by clients for financial advi
ce
and recently intr
od
uced education
reforms have created an increased demand for registered financial planners with a high-level understanding of what it means to
provide
responsible
and professional
advice.

The Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning is approved by FAS, ensuring Deakin students graduate with the right qualification and skills to take advantage of this increasing demand.

Whether you're currently working in the industry or looking to move into a financial planning role, you will prepared to excel in a variety of positions, including:

  • financial adviser
  • insurance adviser
  • business development manager
  • superannuation consultant
  • personal financial planner
  • paraplanner
  • claims administrator
  • compliance manager
  • risk adviser.

Course structure

To complete the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning, students must attain a total of 8 credit points consisting of 7 credit points of core units and 1 credit point of course elective units chosen from a specified list, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, DAI001 Academic Integrity Module. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point

7

Core units

1

Elective units

8

Total units

Credit for prior study or work

The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.

You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Deakin University.
83.6%
Overall satisfaction
81.2%
Skill scale
68.6%
Teaching scale
92.2%
Employed full-time
$105k
Average salary