New Financial Planning and Accounting Double Degree Is

— New Financial Planning and Accounting Double Degree Is All About The Future Abdullahi Dahir Ahmed Associate Professor

Why this combination is important? • A change in the way financial service professionals are to be educated and trained • Service providers respond to change by reshaping their brand services • Graduates of this double degree will be to provide a holistic and integrated financial advice • Provide professional advice on a broad range of business and organisational activities • Broader accreditation

Why this combination is important? • 4 year full-time degree • Includes a possibility of a full-time semester-based internship experience option • Work Integrated Learning courses in Financial Planning and Accounting • Graduates of the program are eligible to apply for membership of FPA Australia, CAANZ and IPA • RMIT University has a strong reputation in Financial Planning discipline and was among the first universities in the country to offer the program

What is distinctive about FP at RMIT • Financial Planning and Accounting double degree - first of its kind in Australia, providing a holistic and integrated approach to business, financial and wealth advice • Financial Planning is an allied profession to Accounting (shared knowledge in financial service delivery) • Internship component - 6 months

What is distinctive about FP at RMIT • Adoptability (flexible structure) • Work Integrated Learning (WIL) designated courses - students are seen as “work-ready” by the time they graduate • Financial Planning as social practice – facilitating tailored investment for economic and social order set on the foundation of effective as well ethical behaviour • Focus on ethical approach in professional advice

What is distinctive about FP at RMIT • Blended learning • Mentoring (observation/industry links) by a practicing Financial Planner • Specialised topics/emphasis within the Financial Planning major