| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-04-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Business in Finance at the University of Wollongong in Dubai equips students with a comprehensive understanding of financial management, problem-solving skills, and industry-ready knowledge. The program integrates theoretical concepts with practical application through case studies, simulations, and industry projects, preparing graduates for diverse career opportunities in both the public and private sectors globally.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Overview:
The Bachelor of Business in Finance degree at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the financial field. It equips graduates with the necessary skills and knowledge to become successful financial professionals across various industries. With a focus on real-world issues and relevant financial software, the program prepares students for the challenges of the modern business environment.
Objectives:
- To impart a holistic understanding of financial management within businesses.
- To develop problem-solving and analytical skills in financial decision-making.
- To equip students with job-ready skills in valuation, equity trading, modern lending practices, and financial services innovations.
- To prepare graduates for diverse career opportunities in both the public and private sectors globally.
Overall Description:
The program integrates theoretical knowledge with practical application through the use of case studies, simulations, and industry projects. Students have the opportunity to work on real-world datasets in the trading lab, gaining valuable industry experience. The program also emphasizes ethical and responsible business practices, aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Outline:
Format:
The program can be completed in 3 years by students who meet the advanced entry requirements or 4 years through the standard entry route.
Classes commence in September, January, and April.
Structure:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Business (Finance), students must complete 144 credit points comprising of:
- Common business subjects: These foundational subjects provide a broad understanding of business principles and practices.
- Specialised subjects required for the major: These subjects delve deeper into the specific field of finance, covering areas such as investments, corporate finance, and financial markets.
- General electives: Students can choose from a variety of electives to tailor their studies to their individual interests.
- General education subjects: These subjects broaden students' knowledge and critical thinking skills beyond their chosen discipline.
- A final year project: This project allows students to apply their knowledge and skills to a real-world problem, demonstrating their research and analytical abilities.
Courses:
The program curriculum is designed to reflect the critical techniques and skills used in today's financial world. Some of the key courses within the program include:
- Accounting for Decision Making: Introduces the role and use of accounting information in a variety of organizational settings.
- Principles of Responsible Business: Provides students with a conceptual tool kit for understanding and practicing responsible and ethical commerce.
- Statistics for Business: Introduces quantitative techniques and their application to the business world with an emphasis on the decision-making process.
- Economic Essentials for Business: Introduces essential macroeconomic and microeconomic ideas and reasoning, which helps students understand various economic issues.
- Introductory Principles of Finance: Introduces fundamental concepts of corporate and personal finance, and the relationship with financial planning.
- Financial Accounting II A: Builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in introductory accounting courses, exploring concepts necessary to understand the framework established in Australia for financial reporting.
- Investment Analysis: Deals with security analysis and portfolio management, covering a range of securities and the market they operate in.
- Financial Markets & Institutions: Examines the history and development of financial institutions and financial markets in Australia and elsewhere.
- Corporate Finance: Provides an introduction to the fundamental quantitative techniques and underlying concepts and theories in investment, financing and working capital management decisions facing corporations.
- Urban Sociology: Examines the growth of cities and urban spaces in the UAE, sustainable development practices, and the ‘built’ environment.
- Public Health: Focuses on current pertinent public health problems in the UAE and GCC region, assessing causation and examining intervention and management strategies at personal, social, and organizational levels.
- UAE and International Relations: Offers an overview of the UAE’s emerging significance and its increased role in global networks of international relations and diplomacy.
- Society and Environment – Resources, Challenges, Futures: Aims to provide an understanding of relations and interactions between society and environment, including the impact of societies on the Earth and its processes.
- Arabic Language: Provides some of the basics of Arabic language, enabling students to communicate on a basic, conversational level.
- Muslim Societies Across the Ages: Tradition, Secularism & Modernity: Introduces students to the formation of Islamic culture(s) and their historical, religious, and philosophical significance.
- Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Focuses on learning innovation and entrepreneurship that can be applied to any high-growth enterprise or other organization.
- Applied Financial Modelling: Enables students to apply econometric modelling techniques to analyse contemporary finance and economics issues.
- Advanced Corporate Finance: Examines advanced aspects of the financial management of corporate resources with an emphasis on issues in financial planning and strategy.
- Portfolio Analysis: Blends portfolio theory with the practice of advanced security analysis and portfolio management.
- Financial Statement Analysis: Develops knowledge and skills in the principles and techniques of financial information analysis.
- International Finance: Analysis financial markets in the international sphere, concentrating on the Australasian region.
- Integrative Business Capstone: Enables students to apply the principles of ethical, socially responsible, and sustainable commerce in a simulated business environment.
Careers:
Graduates of the Bachelor of Business in Finance may pursue a variety of exciting career opportunities such as:
- Corporate Finance Manager
- Equity Trader
- Business Partner
- Corporate Financial Controller
- Internal Finance Head
- Fintech Strategist
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Consultant The degree opens doors to employment in both public and private sectors across the world.
Other:
- The UOWD 3-year Bachelor programs are the first of their kind in the UAE.
- All degrees are available in a 4-year format as well.
- All business degrees are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
- Students are issued a UOW Australia degree upon graduation.
