Course overview
This research-based capstone course allows students to further develop business research skills through the analysis of financial and industry information. This course is designed to be taken consecutively with Finance Industry Project 1. This is latter half of the overall industry project and requires completion of Project 1. In Finance Industry Project 2, students will utilise their in-depth research and analysis proposal from Finance Industry Project 1 and compose an extensive research report on their topic of choice. Hypotheses will be critiqued, refined, and ultimately tested prior to reporting of the findings.
Course learning outcomes
- Integrate and apply advanced theoretical and technical knowledge of financial analysis and related areas
- Apply advanced technical knowledge and skills to critically analyse financial data to investigate problems in finance
- Communicate research findings including critical analysis, reporting, and presenting quantitative and qualitative data, to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Identify research limitations and evaluate research designs and advanced methodologies as per current finance research