Bachelor of Business Analysis - Financial

A uniquely focused programme that offers you an alternative business degree to management studies if numbers and their meaning are your game.

The Bachelor of Business Analysis (Financial) is a three-year degree with a particular emphasis on financial management, so you can get your qualification and get on with investment banking or stockbroking or any number of other financial sector careers. Rather than covering the broader aspects of business management, you’ll look in depth at the quantitative (math-based) disciplines.

Your first major will be in Accounting, Economics or Finance and it’s strongly recommended that you also choose a second major. While this can be in any subject, you’ll really focus your qualification if you take a second major in another BBA subject. You can study any combination of two of the three subjects, such as Accounting and Finance, or Economics and Accounting. Other good second major subjects include Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science.

If you choose to major in Accounting, you can use this degree (with either an Honours year or a Graduate Diploma) as a route to meet the academic requirements for membership of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

BBA(Fin) Benefits

• Specialist financial management degree.
• Meets industry demands for specialist financial analysts.
• Can meet NZICA requirements with an additional forth year (either Honours or Graduate Diploma).
• Approved by the CPA Australia.
• Overseas exchanges available.

Majors

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance

Specialisations

A specialisation is similar to a major in that it is a group of papers in a specific subject area, though it usually requires fewer papers than a major.

It is optional whether you take a specialisation. You may choose to specialise in: Agribusiness, Management Education Abroad, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish or Te Reo Māori.

Entry Requirements

You will be eligible to apply for this degree if you have University Entrance and meet any additional requirements for the qualification. All other applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students are required to have 14 credits at Level 3 in NCEA Mathematics with Calculus or Statistics and Modelling and 14 credits at Level 3 NCEA English or Te Reo Māori or History (including Achievement Standard 90658) or Classical Studies (including Achievement Standard 90513), or they will be required to take certain prerequisite papers in their first year of study.

Practical Experience

Students have the opportunity to undertake a research project (the “399”) where you prepare a report for an external company and address a practical challenge within their organisation. You’ll also have the opportunity to take papers such as ACCT313 Accounting Information Technology and Systems, where you’ll get hands-on experience with computerised accounting packages.

Scholarships

The Bartlett Scholarship, The Brian Perry Charitable Trust Business Management Scholarship, The Brian Smith Memorial Entrance Scholarship, The Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship.

For more information, visit www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships

Degree Structure

3 Years - 360 Points

BBA(Fin) Career Opportunities

• Accountant
• Auditor
• Business Analyst
• Commercial and Investment Banker
• Economics Teacher
• Mutual Fund Analyst or Trader
• Policy Adviser
• Portfolio Manager
• Sharebroker
• Treasury Manager

* Students doing a 2nd major will need to take a 200 level major paper in place of a Year 1, 100 level elective paper

^ If you chose to do a 2nd major, ECON200 may be counted towards your 1st major in Economics and FINA201 towards your 1st major in Finance or Accounting

Candidates must demonstrate competency in computing and in writing, as prescribed in the Waikato Management School Student Handbook and undertake an Employment Skills module toward the end of the degree.