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Join Massey University’s finance programme to gain superior decision-making skills and a career advantage.

Finance and financial decision-making includes determining what to invest in, how to pay or finance the investments and what to do with the money earned on those investments.

Real-world learning

As a BBus (Finance) student you will have access to our state-of-the-art Trading Room. Here you will gain real-world experience in financial markets and financial assets including shares, bonds, foreign exchange, options and futures. Massey’s dedicated student investment fund can also provide you with real fund management experience.

Sound theoretical foundation

The BBus (Finance) will give you a sound theoretical foundation. You will develop your decision-making, logic and analytical skills to solve real business problems.

You will learn about financial markets and how they impact on decision-making in organisations. You will also study the core finance areas of business finance, investments, financial institutions and markets, as well as risk management practices in these core areas. At a more advanced level, you can choose from courses in advanced business finance, international finance, investment analysis, financial risk management (futures and options) and banking.

Business fundamentals

When you graduate, you will be someone that has a sound base in the business fundamentals of accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, law and communication. The skills gained will be valuable in many different types of businesses – in New Zealand and around the world.

Our lecturers are actively researching both nationally and internationally, bringing the most relevant developments in business theory and practice into your classroom.

Careers

A finance major will open many employment doors in corporates, investment banking, fintech, commercial or retail banking, financial services industry, financial planning, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital and insurance.

Careers include:

• securities analyst
• investment banking analyst
• portfolio or fund manager
• share broker, investment broker, financial trader, quant trader
• analyst for businesses, Reserve Bank and Treasury
• Chief financial officer (CFO)
• finance/commercial manager
• Capital investment manager
• Personal financial planner
• financial analyst
• bank manager and loan officer
• risk management officers
• actuary.

Further study
Study options upon completion of this programme could include:

• Master of Finance
• Master of Business Studies
• Master of Analytics.

Bachelor of Business (Finance) structure

The BBus majoring in Finance has a total of 360 credits

• Core courses 120 credits
• Major courses 120 credits
• Elective courses 120 credits