Bachelor (Honours)
Quantitative corporate finance and investment looks at the funding source and the capital structure of corporations. It examines tools and analysis utilised in corporate and business financial decision-making from a quantitative perspective. These decision processes may be short-term or long-term. Long-term decisions typically deal with the choice and type of corporate investments, sources of equity or debt funding and financial risk management. Short-term decisions mainly deal with working capital management of short-term assets and liabilities.
This degree
The Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (Honours) teaches you the skills to apply sophisticated mathematical and statistical techniques to real-world problems. You are also encouraged to develop computing and communication skills, which are assets in the job market.
Bankers, investment managers, insurance companies and financial companies all rely on financial mathematics to survive and stay ahead of the competition.
Maths and Finance graduates work in all areas of industry and government as risk managers, investment advisers, traders, financial analysts and more. They work in all aspects of the finance sector from traditional banking to futures trading.
There are opportunities for scholarships from corporate partners, plus summer scholarships and undergraduate research projects with academic staff, access to programs of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and inter-university courses via our Access Grid Room.
What you will study
You will learn how to assess investments and the method for identifying the best financial or investment product for a corporation. You'll develop quantitative skills and simultaneously develop an understanding of the corporate finance and investment sector.
Subjects you will study include: investment analysis, portfolio analysis, financial calculus, applied probability and financial risk, international finance, advanced corporate finance, linear and generalised linear models and partial differential equations. You will complete a Mathematics and Finance Honours Project.