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Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning)

  • Bachelor

Spark your interest for financial planning

With a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) you'll gain a solid grounding of critical concepts and issues in commerce while...

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Study Mode
Online, In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Spark your interest for financial planning

With a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) you'll gain a solid grounding of critical concepts and issues in commerce while studying the specifics of the financial planning industry. The course is delivered using a practical focus and you'll learn how to undertake a selection of real-world activities, including creating risk management strategies, preparing best-practice Statements of Advice, and helping individuals plan for retirement by developing essential strategies for wealth creation and protection.

You'll engage in a range of authentic, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities to help improve your professional practice and will graduate work-ready, with the skills and ambition to progress your career or study plans to the next level.

Study a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) at UC and you will:
  • evaluate the concepts and theories acquired in financial planning
  • exercise critical thinking skills when dealing with ambiguous and incomplete information
  • identify and obtain relevant information for decision making and providing advice to stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds
  • utilise discipline-specific technologies to analyse complex problems in a variety of contexts
  • communicate a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas to a variety of stakeholders, addressing a diverse range of business/commerce problems
  • develop the capacity to exercise initiative and professional judgement in an ethically and socially responsible manner.
Work Integrated Learning

The Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) sees academics and industry working together to develop a range of diverse WIL opportunities for students, including internships, work placements, industry projects, competitions, exhibitions, study tours, virtual real-world learning experiences and more.

Through the WIL experiences across the course, you'll acquire the necessary professional skills consistent with industry expectations for your future career in the worlds of commerce and financial planning. Previous Financial Planning students have undertaken internships with organisations including National Australia Bank, Legal Aid ACT, International IDEA, eChoice and the US Embassy.

The course culminates in a capstone project, which aims to integrate what you've learned across your degree and prepare you for the transition to either successful future employment or further studies.

Career opportunities
  • Financial planner
  • Client service officer
  • Paraplanner
  • Financial analyst
  • Wealth manager
  • Financial adviser
  • Financial consultant
Course-specific information

Students should note the assumed knowledge requirements for individual majors and minors when choosing a program of study.

This course is accredited by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA).

High-achieving students can enrol in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) program.

Professional accreditation

Accredited by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA)

Entry requirements

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Assumed knowledge

It is recommended that students have Mathematics T/Mathematic Applications (ACT) or Mathematics (NSW) and English (major) (ACT) or English Advanced (NSW), or their equivalents. International students need to meet the English language requirements of the University of Canberra. Students should note the assumed knowledge requirements for individual majors and minors when choosing a program of study.

Periods course is open for new admissions
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Domestic International
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 29 July 2024
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 02 February 2026
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 27 July 2026
Credit arrangements

A credit transfer arrangement is available for this course for the following institutions:

University Of Canberra College

Diploma of Business (30302)

Xiangtan University

Undergraduate - Accounting Program (25512)
Undergraduate - Financial Management Program (25499)

Study locations

Canberra

Online

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at University of Canberra.
83.9%
Overall satisfaction
82%
Skill scale
65.2%
Teaching scale
82%
Employed full-time
$62k
Average salary