Master of Commerce (Decision, Risk and Financial Sciences) (MC-COMDRFS) // Course structure
About this course
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Level 4, 198 Berkeley Street
Telephone: +61 3 8344 1670
Email: buseco-gradresearch@unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Professor Peter Bossaerts and Dr Carsten Murawski
Course structure
The Master of Commerce (Decision, Risk and Financial Sciences) consists of 16 subjects, comprising 10 core subjects (125 points), 2 elective subjects (25 points) 2 lab rotations (25 points) and a research report (25 points).
Year 1
During the first year of the course students complete 8 core subjects.
Year 2
In the final year of the course students complete 2 core, 2 elective, 2 lab roations subjects and the research report.
Subject options
Core Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNCE90070 | Experimental Methods in Decision Studies | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| FNCE90002 | Foundations of Finance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ELEN90026 | Introduction to Optimisation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90049 | Knowledge Technologies |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ECOM90001 | Basic Econometrics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90002 | Microeconomics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NEUR90011 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience A | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC90097 | Mind, Brain & Behaviour 1 | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90051 | Statistical Machine Learning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECOM90002 | Econometrics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
In consultation with a Program Director students choose 2 subjects from the elective list.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNCE90041 | Finance Theory - Investments | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BMEN90002 | Neural Information Processing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90022 | Game Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NEUR90009 | Brain Imaging and Neural Networks A | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90038 | Algorithms and Complexity |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Lab Rotation Subjects
Students must complete both subjects.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNCE90073 | Laboratory Rotation 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FNCE90074 | Laboratory Rotation 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Subject
Students must complete both subjects.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNCE90071 | DRFS Research Report Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FNCE90072 | DRFS Research Report Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020