Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (Honours)

The Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (Honours) teaches you the skills to apply sophisticated mathematical and statistical techniques to real-world problems. You are also encouraged to develop computing and communication skills, which are assets in the job market.

Bankers, investment managers, insurance companies and financial companies all rely on financial mathematics to survive and stay ahead of the competition. Maths and Finance graduates work in all areas of industry and government as risk managers, investment advisers, traders, financial analysts and more. They work in all aspects of the finance sector from traditional banking to futures trading.

There are opportunities for scholarships from corporate partners, plus summer scholarships and undergraduate research projects with academic staff, access to programs of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and inter-university courses via our Access Grid Room.

You will develop comprehensive and advanced skills to apply mathematical methods, concepts and reasoning to economic theory and problem-solving in microeconomics.  You will study mathematical foundations that include econometrics,
financial and linear modelling and differential calculus, differential equations, statistics and associated topics.

You will also learn some important theories in quantitative finance such as option pricing theory and some associated computational methods popularly used in the finance industry. In your final year, you will complete a Mathematics and Finance Honours Project.