Derivatives
PostgraduateTAS-BEA7102025
Previously TAS-BEA602
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $3,128
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Derivatives
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Determine the mechanics of derivative instruments and their markets.
- Design and communicate collaborative derivative strategies to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Critically analyse market data to price derivative instruments.
- Apply derivative solutions to satisfy the needs of key organisational stakeholders.
- Derivatives and Risk Management
- Forwards, Futures and Options
- Option Trading Strategies
- Option Relations
- Single/Multiperiod-Period Binomial Model
- The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
- Using the Black-Scholes Merton Model
- Arbitrage and Trading
- The Cost and The Extended Cost of Carry Model
- Yields and Forward Rates
- Swaps and Financial Engineering
Derivatives or derivative securities are (as the name suggests) derived from other securities. Derivatives are used for a number of purposes, including insuring against price movements (hedging), increasing one’s exposure to price movements (speculation) or getting access to an otherwise hard-to-trade asset or market (market completion).
The subject is comprised of three main modules: Options, Futures and Swaps. Topics covered include currency and futures contracts, pricing derivative securities, behaviour of share prices forward contracts, coupon swaps, interest rate derivative securities and other derivative securities, share options, options on stock indices, binomial, and Black-Scholes option pricing, hedging positions in options, advanced trading strategies, and exotic options.
After completing this subject, students will be familiar with derivatives valuation and their use in risk management. The acquired skills will be useful in the management of financial risks in the financial sectors.
- Online Quizzes x 2 (40%)
- Final Take-Home Examination (40%)
- Group Assignment (20%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
TAS-BEA602 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Pre-recorded lectures provided online, every week (12 weeks), up to 1.5 hours per lecture (3-5 short lectures of maximum 20 minutes each). Online students will join on-campus students via Zoom for 4 blocks of 3 hour workshops , 180 minutes per workshop. Any students located in Hobart who wish to attend in person may discuss this with the Unit Coordinator to see what options may exist.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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