MTH5840 Minor industry placement
Faculty of Science
MTH5840 Minor industry placement is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Science, offered in 2020 in Summer A, Semester 1, Winter, Semester 2 and Summer B at Clayton. It needs MTH5510, MTH5520, MTH5530 and MTH5210.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Summer A, Semester 1, Winter, Semester 2, Summer B
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MTH5840
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MTH5840
No unit lists MTH5840 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Overview
This unit is designed to provide you with industry experience and work-based learning. Through the placement, you will be able to apply financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the Masters programme to solve real-life problems in finance and related areas. In the process they will acquire invaluable experience and knowledge on the functioning of a finance-related workplace.
You must complete at least 180 hours of placement in a relevant industry.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester A | Clayton | On campus |
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Winter semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Summer semester B | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Three minor reports (10% each)30%
- Oral presentation20%
- Final report50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Put into practice financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the programme;
- 2
Analyse financial and/or insurance data using tools developed throughout the programme;
- 3
Construct models and solutions in specific settings relating to financial and/or insurance problems;
- 4
Recommend solutions to real-life problems in finance and related areas;
- 5
Design solutions to real-life problems in finance and related areas based on financial thinking, modelling techniques and mathematical and statistical skills acquired throughout the programme;
- 6
Exhibit effective reporting and writing skills in the context of a workplace. At the end of this capstone unit, students are expected to gain graduate placements in relevant industries.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachProfessional placement
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Oscar Tian
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Oscar Tian