Elligibility Criteria

To be elligible to the Bachelor of Business & Management (Major in BBanking & Finance), a student must have

  • Successfully completed the "Business & Management Foundation Year" with an overall minimum GPA of 1.75
  • A student must have minimum grade of “CREDIT” in the following three courses: Foundation Economics, Introduction to Accounting and Applied Finite maths.

Please note that selection preference will be given to those students with not only the highest GPAs but those who will also meet requirement (b) above to fill the limited quota of around 20 to 25 students that is allocated to the Banking and Finance program each academic year.

 

Duration of Study

6 Semesters (3 Years)

 

In this program students are required to cover and grasp the concepts of banking, finance and actuarial sciences. Indeed as an eventual outcome they are expected to be well acquainted with the principles of banks and other financial intermediaries, their range of services, their scope of operations, their role in both the financial markets and the overall economy, and the principles of management of these intermediaries in both domestic and international contexts.

The program is geared towards preparing the graduates for both further studies (as with the theoretical background), and immediate employment (as with the principles and management concepts). In the latter successful candidates are expected to find employment in commercial banks, merchant banks, super or pension funds, savings and loans societies, insurance and assurance companies, stockbrokers and other corporate entities and government departments. Depending on the existence of vacancies some may find employment with the Central Monetary Authority, the Bank of Papua New Guinea. In the case of the former, they could choose to continue to post-graduate programs in Executive MBAs, non-Executive MBAs, Master degrees and other higher degree qualifications.

 

Program Outline

{tab Year 2}

Course NumberCourse NameCourse TypeStatusCredit Points
Semester 1
3.20601 Finance Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.20602 Financial Markets & Institutions Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.20331 Principles of Microeconomics Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.22201 Financial Accounting I Broadening Compulsory 3
1.20811 Basic statistics Broadening Compulsory 3
Semester 2
3.20603 Introduction to Banking Core - Major Compulsory 3
1.10804 Fundamentals of Calculus Core - Minor Compulsory 3
3.20605 Introduction to Finance Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.22202 Financial Accounting II Broadening Compulsory 3
4.23904 Civics & Ethics Enrichment Optional 3

{tab Year 3}

Course NumberCourse NameCourse TypeStatusCredit Points
Semester 1
3.30602 Applied Finance Core Major Compulsory 3
3.30603 Micro-finance & Banking Core Major Compulsory 3
3.20303 Quantitative Economics I Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.30606 Risk Management & Insurance Core - Major Compulsory 3
Semester 2
3.30604 Import-Export Banking Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.30605 Banking & Community Obligations Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.20332 Principles of Macroeconomics Core - Major Compulsory 3

{tab Year 4}

Course NumberCourse NameCourse TypeStatusCredit Points
Semester 1
3.40601 International Finance Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40602 International Banking Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40603 Financial Modelling Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40609 Trading & Investment Techniques Core - Major Compulsory 3
Semester 2
3.40605 Bank Failure & Financial Crisis Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40606 Financial Risk Management Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40607 Special Topics in Finance & Banking Core - Major Compulsory 3
3.40608 Applied International Finance Core - Major Compulsory 3

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