Program Overview

With a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) you’ll gain a solid grounding of critical concepts and issues in commerce while studying the specifics of the financial planning industry. The course is delivered using a practical focus and you’ll learn how to undertake a selection of real-world activities, including creating risk management strategies, preparing best-practice Statements of Advice, and helping individuals plan for retirement by developing essential strategies for wealth creation and protection.

You’ll engage in a range of authentic, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities to help improve your professional practice and will graduate work-ready, with the skills and ambition to progress your career or study plans to the next level.

Study a Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) at UC and you will:

• Evaluate the concepts and theories acquired in financial planning
• Exercise critical thinking skills when dealing with ambiguous and incomplete information
• Identify and obtain relevant information for decision making and providing advice to stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds
• Utilise discipline-specific technologies to analyse complex problems in a variety of contexts
• Communicate a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas to a variety of stakeholders, addressing a diverse range of business/commerce problems
• Develop the capacity to exercise initiative and professional judgement in an ethically and socially responsible manner.

Work Integrated Learning

The Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) sees academics and industry working together to develop a range of diverse WIL opportunities for students, including internships, work placements, industry projects, competitions, exhibitions, study tours, virtual real-world learning experiences and more.

Through the WIL experiences across the course, you’ll acquire the necessary professional skills consistent with industry expectations for your future career in the worlds of commerce and financial planning. Previous Financial Planning students have undertaken internships with organisations including National Australia Bank, Legal Aid ACT, International IDEA, eChoice and the US Embassy.

The course culminates in a capstone project, which aims to integrate what you’ve learned across your degree and prepare you for the transition to either successful future employment or further studies.

Specialist Major: Financial Planning
Want a career in financial planning? This major gives you a solid grounding in critical concepts and issues in the financial planning industry. This content is delivered using a practical focus, ensuring students are work ready by the time they graduate. Briefly, major topics include, assisting individuals prepare for retirement by developing basic strategies for wealth creation and protection, developing risk management strategies, and preparing best-practice Statements of Advice.