Course Title: Apply economic principles to work in the financial services industry

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6113

Course Title: Apply economic principles to work in the financial services industry

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 60.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ECON5049C	City Campus	TAFE	650T Vocational Business Education	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2012, Term1 2013, Term2 2013, Term1 2014, Term2 2014, Term1 2015, Term2 2015

Course Contact: Arie Herrnstadt

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5897

Course Contact Email: arie.herrnstadt@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply broad principles of financial economics that underpin a range of tasks and functions in the financial services industry. It includes understanding how financial instruments are priced in markets and techniques and processes government and organisations use to manage financial risk demonstrating broad knowledge of economic theories and related decision-making in a national and organisational economic context.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

Ideally each student group should have access to a laptop. It is however recommended that you have access to a mobile computing device to allow greater flexibility in terms of where you can work on campus both in and outside class times.

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None. 

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	FNSINC601A Apply economic principles to work in the financial services industry
Elements:	1. Identify economic principles and theories related to financial services functions and tasks
	2. Evaluate economic aspects that apply to decision making
	3. Review own work
	4. Maintain a personal understanding of economic policies

Learning Outcomes

Learning Activities
In-class activities will account for 51 of the 60 nominal hours allocated to this course and will include lectures, tutorial exercises and class discussion. The remaining 9 hours of self-directed learning will be taken up with work on the assignment outside scheduled class.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework, assignments, group and/or individual projects, in class exercises, written and practical tests, problem solving exercises, presentations, direct observation of actual and simulated work practice, presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files, review of products produced through work-based or course activities.

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met. Students will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check their progress