Bachelor of Applied Financial Advice

You will gain technical capabilities in financial planning while also developing competence in client-centred practice. Core to the degree are skills in financial markets, tax, risk management, retirement, professional identity, behavioural finance, superannuation and estate planning, as well as client care, active listening, and the law. You will also develop the high-quality written and oral communication skills required to meet client needs. This online degree has been designed to meet industry needs – new financial advisers are required to hold a bachelor degree or higher under the sector’s new professional standards. You will have opportunities for practical work experience and career skills development as part of your study. Plus, you have the option of the BusinessPLUS program, which offers mentoring, networking and career mapping workshops.

Note: Students study over three trimesters each year, completing the three year program in two years.

Areas of study

Banking and finance.

Career opportunities

Financial services industry (banks, funds management and financial planning companies) client services officer, para-planner, provisional financial adviser (additional work and training requirements are required to qualify as a financial adviser); roles in insurance and superannuation, futures, options and foreign exchange trading.

Note: Additional work and training requirements are required to provide personal financial advice. New entrant information is available via the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority.

Fees and charges

Refer to Griffith University current fee information.