Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance |
| Deakin course code | M535 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Law |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Online | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025 Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
This course is available for part-time study only in Trimester 1 Full-time study is available to students commencing only in Trimester 2 | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Mandatory student checks
- Pathways
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Research and research-related study
- Fees and charges
Course overview
As the finance industry undergoes a digital transformation, are you positioned for the career opportunities already emerging from new financial technologies? Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance equips you with the essential tools and concepts of digital finance.
Do you have the skills to succeed in the fintech era?
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics and cryptocurrency are just a few of the technologies transforming the finance industry. These innovations are allowing new players, products and business models to come to the fore, forcing established institutions to catch up, and changing the industry for good.
Develop fundamental knowledge of the digital transformation of financial markets, understand the technologies behind new financial products and services and gain critical insights into the ways data analytics empowers financial decision making.
The knowledge and skills you gain from the Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance is applicable to all kinds of finance roles and seniorities. Early career candidates will find the course particularly valuable for analyst roles, including financial, credit, investment, digital banking, or regulatory technology and compliance (regtech).
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Career opportunities
This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to succeed in roles including:
- digital banking business analyst
- technology/innovation consultant
- financial/credit/investment analyst
- regulatory technology/risk/compliance analyst.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other checks.
Pathways
N/A
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply specialised financial technology knowledge and digital skills in financial decision making. |
| Communication | Communicate financial information and data to support business decision making. |
| Digital literacy | Apply specialised digital technologies to find, manage and disseminate complex financial data and solutions. |
| Critical thinking | Critically evaluate, analyse and synthesise financial data to improve the quality of financial decision making. |
| Problem solving | Identify solutions to complex business problems through the use of financial technology and data analytics. |
| Self-management | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
| Teamwork | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
| Global citizenship | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance students must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 3 credit points of core units
- 1 credit point of course elective units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study:-
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Core units
| MAF702 | Financial Markets and Digital Innovations |
| MAF716 | Fintech Foundations and Cryptocurrencies |
| MIS716 | Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Enterprise Applications |
Course electives
Plus one course elective chosen from:
| MAF759 | Financial Data Analytics |
| MIS712 | Managing Digital Transformation |
| MIS741 | Ethics of Digital Transformation |
| MAF752 | Principles of Finance ^ |
^Students who do not have prior finance background are recommended to take MAF752 in their first trimester of study.
Work experience
This course does not require students to undertake formal work integrated learning units.
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Research and research-related study
Components of research and research-related study are embedded across a number of units in this course where student achievement is demonstrated in specific assessment tasks.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.