Bachelor of Applied Financial Advice

If understanding markets and making the most of investment opportunities excites you, then this degree is for you. You’ll study financial markets, taxation, risk management, retirement and superannuation, estate planning, professional identity and behavioural finance. You’ll also study management, decision-making and data analysis, so you develop the capability to integrate and apply the knowledge you have to current market positions. In addition, you will develop the professional skills required to communicate financial advice and ideas in complex collaborative contexts involving finance and investment professionals and clients. You'll have the opportunity to complete a work-integrated learning subject as part of your degree, where you’ll learn how to put theoretical study into practice and gain a head start in your career. This degree is accredited by the Financial Adviser Standards, 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.

Refer to Griffith University current fee information.

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