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This course enables you to better tailor your study to suit your specific interests in science and gives you access to advanced-level units relevant to an honours degree.

You will learn core science units and choose a science major in which to specialise. From your second year you’ll benefit from work-integrated learning opportunities that give you practical experience and skills before you graduate – an attribute that is highly valued by employers.

You’ll also undertake internal and external research experiences, and in your final year you may conduct a self-directed honours project that adds to the scientific knowledge of your field.

This science degree is unique in Western Australia in that you will also study scientific professional practice, entrepreneurship and leadership. It is designed to ensure you graduate as a resourceful and creative professional who can respond innovatively to changing industry and employment landscapes.

What you'll learn

Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the nature of science, its methods and processes, and an advanced knowledge in one or more disciplinary areas enabling the ability to contribute new knowledge to a field of study.

Critically analyse challenging and multi-faceted problems, address them by applying practical and theoretical tools and critically evaluate findings within the current body of disciplinary knowledge.

Access and make judgements on the value of available knowledge using a variety of tools, and incorporate them into the planning, conduct and communication of their own work.

Communicate approaches and solutions, ideas and findings to informed professional scientific and industry audiences.

Use established and emerging technologies in their chosen discipline and apply them within the context of their profession.

The Financial Mathematics (BAdvSci) (Honours) major provides a flexible and personalised approach to studying Financial Mathematics with students able to explore the field through for-credit immersive research experiences, industry placement and/or interdisciplinary team-based projects.

Mathematics is the study of concepts such as quantity, structure, space and change and to use these concepts to model and describe the behaviour of real world complex systems. It has been described as the science of patterns – whether found in numbers, space, science, engineering, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere.

Through abstraction and logical reasoning, mathematics evolved from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Today, mathematics is used in most fields, including technology, natural science, engineering, medicine, finance and the social sciences, such as sociology and psychology.

This course will provide you with a broad range of analytical and mathematical skills, with particular relevance to statistical modelling and operations research in the financial context.

It offers a flexible and personalised approach to studying financial mathematics. You'll be able to explore the field through for-credit immersive research experiences, industry placement and/or interdisciplinary team-based projects.

What jobs can the Financial Mathematics (Advanced) lead to?
Careers

• Commercial banker
• Finance/funds manager
• Financial analyst
• Financial planner
• Stockbroker
• Superannuation manager