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Course Overview

Finance concerns the management of money and the acquisition of funds by individuals, business entities and governments through the financial system. It deals with activities such as managing financial resources for daily operations, the designing of sound financial or investment strategy, raising of funds, acquiring low-cost credit, fund allocation and financial risk management.

The Bachelor of Finance (Honours) aims to prepare students with specialist skills in finance and the ability to design financial management strategies as well as provide top-level financial advice to governments, companies and individuals. It allows for in-depth study of critical concepts in finance, economics and accounting while focusing on issues of business finance in both domestic and international settings. There is an emphasis on quantitative techniques and will require skills in key qualitative and quantitative research methods. We have excellent learning facilities including the most up-to-date Bloomberg Financial Terminals. Having access to Bloomberg in their coursework, our students will learn how to analyse financial markets, assess economic scenarios and interpret the key news developments that impact the global economy.

UTAR is one of the few universities in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) University Programme that included significant portion of the CFA Program  into its curricula. Hence, UTAR Bachelor of Finance (Honours) will be provided with a solid foundation to pursue the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Programme. Besides, UTAR has partnered with to enable the Finance students to access the CIMA Professional Qualification. Students will only need to complete 3 Case Studies exam to complete the professional qualification concurrently with the UTAR Bachelor of Finance (Honours) degree.

In addition, graduates of the Bachelor of Finance (Honours) are also eligible for certain professional paper exemptions from other prestigious professional bodies such as ACCA, CIMA, FPAM (well known as CFP), ICSA and MACS.

Achievement

The UTAR Bachelor of Finance (Honours) is recognised by the following organisations.

Curriculum

Year 1

• Co-Curriculum
• Corporate and Business Law
• Economics?
   
• Elective I
• English Proficiency I
• English Proficiency II
   
• Financial Accounting Framework I
   
• Financial Accounting Framework II
• Financial Management
   
• Management Principles
• MPU1*
   
• National Language/ Other Languages
   
• Quantitative Techniques I
   
• Quantitative Techniques II
   
• Sun Zi's Art of War and Business Strategies
   
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Year 2

• Basic Econometrics
• Corporate Ethics and Governance?
• Corporate Finance
• Econometrics
• Elective II
• Financial Investment
   
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Industrial Training?
   
• Islamic Finance
   
• Management Accounting
• MPU1**
• Research Methods
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Year 3

• Business and Society
• Elective III
• Financial Derivatives
• Financial Markets and Institutions?
   
• Fixed Income Securities
• International Monetary Systems And Banking
   
• Multinational Finance
   
• Personal Financial Planning and Management?
• Research Project
   
• Risk Management
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Elective I - Choose 1 course

• Financial Information for Management
• Investment Management
   
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Elective II - Choose 1 course

• Confucianism And Modern Society?
• Digital Entrepreneurship?
   
• Financial Technology
• Fundamentals of Digital Media Technology?
   
• Interpersonal Communication?
   
• Positive Psychology?
• Public Speaking And Oral Presentation?
   
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Elective III - Choose 2 course(s)

• Advanced Financial Prediction with Deep Learning in Python
   
• Business Analysis?
   
• Business Taxation?
• International Trade?
   
• Introduction to Financial Prediction with Machine Learning in Python?
   
• Islamic Banking?
   
• Portfolio Management?
   
• Times Series Analysis?
   
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MPU 1* - Choose 1 course
 

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    • Falsafah dan Isu Semasa - For Local Students 
    • Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 - For International Students 

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  • MPU 1** - Choose 1 course

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      • Philosophy and Current Issues - For International Students 
      • Penghayatan Etika dan Peradaban  - For Local Students 

National Language/Other Language - Choose 1 course

• Bahasa Kebangsaan (A) - For Malaysian only, without SPM-BM credit
• Introduction to Chinese Language I
• Introduction to French
• Introduction to German Language
   
• Introduction to Japanese
   
• Introduction to Korean
   
• Introduction to Tamil Language
   
• Introduction to Thai Language

Co-curriculum - Choose 1 course

• Art, Craft, and Design
• Arts and Cultural Performance
• Business Plan Writing & Preparation
• Community Project
• Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
   
• Language, Culture and Social Study Aboard
• Leadership and Teambuilding
   
• Managing Personal Finance
• Martial Arts
   
• Music Performance
   
• Oral Communication
   
• Social Entrepreneurship Project
   
• Sports
• Study Soft Skills and/or Life Skills Abroad
   
• Team Work and Collaborative Project
   
• Work Ethics and EQ
   
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Entry Requirements

• UTAR Foundation Programme
• STPM: Grade C/C+ in 2 relevant subjects depending on the programmes (except M.B.B.S. and Quantity Surveying)
• A-Level: Grade D in 2 or 3 relevant subjects
• UEC: Grade B in 5 relevant subjects
• SAM: ATAR 70 and Grade B in at least 2 relevant subjects
• CPU: An average of 70% in 6 relevant subjects (depending on programmes)
• Matriculation Certificate, Ministry of Education
• Foundation/Diploma in the relevant fields
• Other recognised equivalent qualifications

Career Prospects

• Research Analyst & Investment Analyst
• Insurance & Reinsurance Advisor
• International Trade Consultant
• Treasury & Risk Manager
• Financial Analyst Investment Performance Specialist
• Investment Banking Analyst

Study Abroad Pathway

No