Corporate Finance/Advisory Major
Corporate finance is an area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximise corporate value while reducing the firm's financial risks. The finance function in large corporations involves making decisions about capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policies and mergers and acquisitions. These decisions can all have a significant impact on the valuation of a business.
In this Major you will learn skills and techniques in financial analysis and valuation. These form the foundations to expand your understanding of a corporations capital structure, mergers and acquisitions and the implications of how they are funded as well as project finance and other specialist areas.
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Subjects to Complete^
To graduate with a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance with a Corporate Finance/Advisory Major, you must complete 8 subjects in total: 4 core subjects and 4 Corporate Finance/Advisory subjects.
To graduate with a Master of Applied Finance with a Corporate Finance/Advisory Major, you must complete 12 subjects in total: 4 core subjects, 4 Corporate Finance/Advisory subjects, 2 elective subjects and 2 compulsory subjects (FIN234 Strategic Management and FIN236 Quantitative Applications in Finance).
Corporate Finance/Advisory Subjects
Choose 4 of the following subjects. The 4 you choose must include FIN224 Applied Valuation. To view a subject outline, click on the name of the subject in the table below.
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** indicates compulsory subjects you must complete to major in Corporate Finance/Advisory.
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Download Majors table (PDF)
Core Subjects
To view Core Subjects and their outlines, please refer to the Course Map.
Elective Subjects
To view Elective Subjects and their outlines, please refer to the Course Map.
Can I Change My Mind?
If you begin to complete the Major but then change your mind, that’s ok, you can continue on and complete the Graduate Diploma or Master’s without a Major and enrol in subjects across a range of areas.
Other Majors Available
Not interested in completing the Corporate Finance/Advisory Major, but still want to specialise? Consider one of the following other Majors available.
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Financial Planning (as part of the Master’s only)
- Investment Management
- Wealth Management
^Please note that Kaplan Professional reserves the right to alter subject content and assessment as market needs dictate and to withdraw or postpone subjects. Where new subjects are under development final content and assessment will be confirmed prior to enrolment opening for those subjects.