Bachelor of Business - Applied Finance and Fintech

In a fast-changing world, critical thinking, adaptability, and resilience are essential skills for future success. The Bachelor of Business is a future-focused degree designed to equip you with the knowledge, mindset, and tools to thrive in an evolving global economy. Delivered by experienced lecturers in state-of-the-art learning spaces, this program combines academic excellence with real-world relevance. Throughout your studies, you'll build essential employability skills in critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and agility. These skills are embedded across each year of the degree and applied through work-integrated learning experiences, including internships and industry projects. You'll also receive support through mentorship, career guidance, and networking opportunities to help you turn your ideas into action and make confident career decisions. This innovative degree places a strong emphasis on the intersection of business, technology, innovation, and social purpose. You’ll learn to drive innovation, apply sustainable business strategies, and engage critically with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), preparing you to become a responsible and ethical leader in your field. Build on your strengths and interests by specialising in one of ten majors: Accounting, Applied Finance and FinTech, Business Analytics, Economics, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing and MarTech, Property, or Sport Management. This diverse range of study areas opens the door to exciting and varied career opportunities, both locally and globally. Those undertaking the Sports Management major will have an opportunity to apply skills and knowledge gained from this degree in a workplace setting, through an internship or an engaging work-integrated learning experience. The School of Business is AACSB accredited, the longest standing and most recognised form of specialised business program accreditation, a reflection of the School’s ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching, research, curriculum development and learner success.The Applied Finance and Fintech major equips you with the expert skills to create a career as a finance specialist. In this major you will develop in-depth knowledge of finance with a focus on investment and securities, banking and finance, and new financial technologies. The major integrates new technologies that are impacting the finance landscape, recognising the ongoing expansion of the Fintech industry and its impact on the evolution of the traditional finance sector. Finance has a significant synergy with technological innovation, primarily due to the data-rich nature of the finance industry. This major provides opportunities for you to engage with this synergy. This major fulfils the educational requirements for admission as an Associate (A Fin) of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) provided the applicant is at least working in the financial services industry. All other students are eligible to apply for Affiliate membership (no postnominals apply).

Successful completion of Year 12 with an ATAR of 60, successful completion of a recognised foundation studies program, 1 year of university studies or completion of a qualification equivalent to an Australian AQF Certificate IV.