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Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning

Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning is designed for students wanting an accredited qualification in financial planning.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

2 years part-time

Course Code

GradDipFinPlan

Study Mode

Online

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning is designed for students wanting an accredited qualification in financial planning. The course equips students with the specialist knowledge and skills to apply professional and ethical judgement in the provision of financial planning advice in accordance with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Code of Ethics and the regulatory and legal obligations of the financial planning profession. Students will undertake authentic learning activities that enable them to apply advanced discipline knowledge and ethical frameworks to client-based financial planning scenarios, simulated activities and design of financial planning documents such as statements of advice. Graduates will create a portfolio of work demonstrating their professional financial planning knowledge and skills across a range of client-based and financial services contexts. Graduates will develop their communication, inter-personal, problem-solving and decision-making skills and understanding of behavioural finance to enable the provision of professional and ethical financial planning advice to meet the needs and goals of clients. Students will be given authentic and simulated client based financial advice scenarios to analyse data and information, and use professional and ethical knowledge and judgement to develop strategies, draft statements of advice and provide financial planning advice appropriate to the level of financial literacy of the client.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) be an existing adviser* and hold a relevant** AQF Level 7 or higher qualification; or

(b) be an existing adviser* and hold a non-relevant** AQF 7 or higher qualification; or

(c) be an existing adviser*, and hold an AQF Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning from an Australian TAFE or Registered RTO

AND

have completed FASEA- recognised study*** to attain a professional designation; or

(d) be an existing adviser*, and hold an AQF Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning from an Australian TAFE or Registered RTO

have completed FASEA-recognised study to attain a professional designation; or

(e) be an existing adviser*; or

(f) hold an AQF Level 7 or higher qualification and not be an existing adviser*, OR otherwise

be qualified for admission (see

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Rule

and

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Procedures

*An existing adviser is:

(a) a person who:

(i) is a relevant provider at any time between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019 (except a person who has ceased to be a relevant provider under subsection 1546B(4) or (5)) of the Corporations Act 2001 ; and

(ii) is not banned, disqualified or suspended under Division 8 of Part 7.6 on 1 January 2019; or

(b) a person who:

(i) at any time between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019, provides personal advice in a foreign country to retail clients in relation to relevant financial products; and

(ii) is not prohibited under the law of the foreign country from providing such advice on 1 January 2019.

Existing advisers shall submit their ASIC Financial Advisor number for vertification; applicants who are NOT existing Financial Advisors (rule (f) above) shall provide a Statement of Service for their work experience from their employer (on company letterhead).

**A relevant qualification is one in a related field of study containing at least 8 units (subjects) in one or more of the designated fields of study in any combination: financial planning (includes financial advice areas of superannuation, retirement, insurance, estate planning), investments (includes all types of investments eg shares, derivatives, foreign exchange, options etc.), accounting, taxation/tax law (as defined by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), finance law, finance, business law (as defined by the TPB), estate law, banking and economics.

Related fields of study include, but are not limited to:

Accounting

Business

Commerce

Economics

Finance

***FASEA-recognised study: e.g. Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) Certified Financial Planner Program

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and application of key financial planning, professional ethics and regulatory and legal obligations, and the ability to apply these in various scenarios and client-based situations involving the provision of financial advice;
use cognitive and communication skills, tools and digital technologies to engage in professional and ethical communication within the financial planning profession and with a range of clients and stakeholders in compliance with regulatory and legal frameworks, and in accordance with the FASEA Code of Ethics;
demonstrate critical thinking and application of professional judgement to analyse authentic financial planning situations and synthesise material for a wide variety of sources to provide professional and ethical financial planning advice through simulation activities, statements of advice and capstone experiences;
provide financial planning advice relevant to the needs and goals of clients and stakeholders, with an understanding about targeting such advice at an appropriate level of financial literacy aligned to the knowledge and understanding of the audience;
demonstrate professional and ethical judgement in critically evaluating and formulating financial advice in response to complex social, cultural and ethical issues in financial planning;
demonstrate preparedness to engage in continuous learning and reflection to help inform professional and ethical practice within the dynamic financial planning profession; and
apply professional and ethical standards, to be able to work independently and collaboratively within the financial planning profession and with clients and stakeholders relating to the provision of financial advice in accordance with the legal and regulatory obligations of financial advisers.

Career pathways

FASEA-recognised Financial Planner.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at University of New England (UNE).

87.3%

Overall satisfaction

76.6%

Skill scale

70.9%

Teaching scale

93.9%

Employed full-time

$108.5k

Average salary

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