Graduate Certificate
Lecturers and practitioners help you develop the knowledge, skills and analytical thinking suitable for a career focused on risk management in the investment, banking or finance areas. You will focus specifically on the specialisation of the measurement and management of market, credit, operational and portfolio risk.
You can gain credit towards a Master of Financial Analysis (Financial Risk Management). The course requires the completion of four, 15 credit point subjects and is designed to be completed in 12 months of part-time study for local students only.
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8 - Graduate Certificate.
Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.
To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate in Financial Risk Management, students must complete a total of 60 credit points across 1 year.
Year 1 requires the completion of 60 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT FIN5CRM 1 15 MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT FIN5MRM 1 15 OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT FIN5ORM 1 15
A range of standalone elective subjects is available in this course. Some electives are recommended for your course, but you may also be able to choose from a range of University-wide electives or electives from other interest areas or disciplines. Note these electives may have their own prerequisites and other requirements. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook for the subjects available.
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