商业硕士-金融

商业硕士（MCom）学位允许个人研究的发展。从良好的课程背景开始，学生将有机会为现有领域做出贡献或开始开发新的研究领域。金融是一门涉及金钱，市场和估值的现代且引人入胜的学科，与商业，个人和专业计划的各个方面都息息相关。金融专业人士涉及投资，计划和风险方面的众多问题。该主题经常与会计混淆。但是，尽管两者都涉及金钱和价值，但会计却涉及控制系统以及记录和报告历史交易的结果。相反，金融关注的是投资者对未来的期望与当前市场价值之间的关系。通过专注于市场，该主题也可以与经济学混淆。然而，经济学涉及广泛的资源分配问题，
The Master of Commerce (MCom) degree allows for the development of individual research. Starting with a sound background of coursework, students will have the opportunity to contribute to existing fields or to begin to develop new areas of research. The MCom can be pursued by a combination of papers and thesis, or by thesis only. Students who have a good Bachelor's degree (or equivalent qualification) will complete the MCom by papers and thesis (at least two years' full-time study). The first year consists of a selection of papers worth 120 points, leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce (PGDipCom). Students who have a good Honours degree or a PGDipCom (or equivalent qualification) can complete an MCom by thesis only (minimum one year).<br>Finance focuses on investments (including portfolio theory); corporate finance (how businesses make internal financial decisions); derivatives (the study of financial securities deriving their value from other assets’ values); and international finance (finance across borders).Every person and every organisation raises and spends money. Finance examines the theory and practice of this process, with particular attention to the measurement and management of risk. It’s about deciding how money is allocated in the real world.Finance is both a science and an art – a science because it systematically analyses information and uses it to make and test<br>predictions; an art because these activities are not exact and there is frequently no “right” answer.<br>The range of careers in finance is wide and varied, and well-paid. Graduates work in planning and budgeting, portfolio management, investments, securities, trading, risk management and foreign currency trading. They are employed by government departments, the education sector, banks, insurance companies, investment banks, accounting firms, stockbroking firms and many others.Because a Finance degree is relevant to economic structures worldwide, it is highly exportable. There are many job opportunities overseas, and Otago graduates compete well in international markets.