FinTech

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Analyse the roles and responsibilities of financial institutions in developing strategic responses to innovation and disruption
  2. Evaluate how FinTech tools and techniques communicate financial ideas and solutions for financial analysts
  3. Solve finance and technological problems in banking and financial institutions with sustainability focus
  4. Prepare advice on regulating financial technologies

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-MPA-MAS-2025 - Master of Professional Accounting

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• TAS-BEA674-Data and Business Decision Making

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Pre-recorded lectures provided online, every week (13 weeks), up to 1.5 hours per lecture (3-5 short lectures of maximum 20 minutes each). Workshop (online students will join on-campus students via Zoom), 4 blocks of 3 hour workshops, 180 minutes per workshop.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.