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Financial Planning Major

With the industry calling for higher education standards, now is the time to upgrade your education. Our Master of Applied Finance with a Financial Planning Major will give you the advanced knowledge and skills you need to meet rising industry standards and provide quality advice to clients. The major will also give you ASIC RG 146 compliance in the following areas.

• Generic knowledge
• Specialist knowledge and skills in: Financial planning, General insurance, Life insurance, Insurance broking, Superannuation, Managed investments, Securities

The Financial Planning major can only be completed as part of the Master of Applied Finance. To specialise in financial planning at Graduate Diploma level, consider the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning.

If you are a current student studying towards a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance with a Financial Planning Major, please refer to the Financial Planning Study Options page to understand your options.

Need more information? Submit an enquiry and a Student Adviser will contact you.

Please note: if you have taken out the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning, you will not receive the Financial Planning Major on your Master’s award.

Subjects to Complete^

To graduate with a Master of Applied Finance with a Financial Planning Major, you must complete 12 subjects in total: 4 core subjects, 4 financial planning subjects, 2 elective subjects and 2 compulsory subjects (FIN234 Strategic Management and FIN236 Quantitative Applications in Finance).

For Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning completion requirements, please visit the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning course page.

Financial Planning Subjects

Choose 4 of the following subjects. To view a subject outline, click on the name of the subject in the table below.

• Enrol in a subject
• Download the 2011 subject availability table (PDF)
• Download the 2012 subject availability table (PDF)
• Download Majors table (PDF)
• Review the trimester timetable and key dates
• Register for a free Course Information Session or submit an enquiry

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 Financial Planning Major, but still want to specialise? Consider one of the following other Majors available.

• Banking
• Corporate Finance/Advisory
• Financial Markets
• 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.

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