Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning)

Bachelor

Spark your interest for financial planning With a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) you'll gain a solid grounding of critical concepts and issues in commerce while studying the specifics of the financial planning industry.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Course Code

MGB304.2, 65

About this course

Spark your interest for financial planning

With a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) you'll gain a solid grounding of critical concepts and issues in commerce while studying the specifics of the financial planning industry. The course is delivered using a practical focus and you'll learn how to undertake a selection of real-world activities, including creating risk management strategies, preparing best-practice Statements of Advice, and helping individuals plan for retirement by developing essential strategies for wealth creation and protection.

You'll engage in a range of authentic, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities to help improve your professional practice and will graduate work-ready, with the skills and ambition to progress your career or study plans to the next level.

What you will learn

evaluate the concepts and theories acquired in financial planning
exercise critical thinking skills when dealing with ambiguous and incomplete information
identify and obtain relevant information for decision making and providing advice to stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds
utilise discipline-specific technologies to analyse complex problems in a variety of contexts
communicate a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas to a variety of stakeholders, addressing a diverse range of business/commerce problems
develop the capacity to exercise initiative and professional judgement in an ethically and socially responsible manner.

Career pathways

Financial planner
Client service officer
Paraplanner
Financial analyst
Wealth manager
Financial adviser
Financial consultant

Credit for prior study or work

A credit transfer arrangement is available for this course for the following institutions:

University Of Canberra College

Diploma of Business (30302)

Xiangtan University

Undergraduate - Accounting Program (25512)

Undergraduate - Financial Management Program (25499)

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at University of Canberra.

83.9%

Overall satisfaction

82%

Skill scale

65.2%

Teaching scale

82%

Employed full-time

$62k

Average salary

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