First Post!

After deciding to move out of accounting and into finance I have re enrolled at university. I will be commencing a Masters of Commerce Advanced majoring in Applied Finance. This is a 2 year degree that incorporates a research component as well as all the courses offered in the honours year of a Bachelor of Commerce. Completing this degree will allow me to apply for a number of graduate jobs in a financial capital and will be a big step in my career.

Next week is orientation week. This pretty much gives me time to catch up on all the assumed knowledge for each of my courses. In addition to this I will be attending approximately 7 hours of skills workshops with a focus on writing and presentation skills. All in all this will be quite a busy week as I get everything in line to begin classes on the 25th.

The classes I have enrolled into for this semesters are:

Financial Statement Analysis

Corporate Finance

Economics for Commerce

Financial Risk Management

These courses are 4/6 of the prime courses in the applied finance major. I expect the work load to be very large despite only having 3 contact hours per subject (5 for corporate finance). It is my intention to complete this semester with a high distinction average. This is important as it will have a large effect on all my internship applications as well as give me access to the research subjects later in my degree.

I am also taking a number of steps outside of university to help my career prospects. I will be detailing these over the next couple of weeks in posts. Stay tuned...