FNCE90065 Fundamentals of Finance (University of Melbourne): rated 1.8/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 4 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
FNCE90065 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 金融基础
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Finance
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
This subject introduces students to the fundamentals of finance, financial securities and financial markets. Topics include: key financial concepts such as the time-value-of-money, risk, return, present value, diversification, arbitrage, leverage and voting control; key financial securities such .
FNCE90065 has 4 scored reviews: overall 1.8/5 · usefulness 0.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (0.0/5 overall); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "I took this last semester, and the group assignments were quite easy, but the exam was unbelievably tough and the questions were twisted. The group assignments total up to 30%, and the exam is like 70% - no scaling up or down."
On Reddit: "This isn't entirely relevant since I don't have experience with postgrad finance subjects, but I did major in finance at this uni in my undergrad. The workload over the sem was a lot more chill in finance, but the exams felt much harder than anything I've seen in the Master of I…"
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Q: Is FNCE90065 hard?
A: Students rate FNCE90065's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is FNCE90065 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 0.0/5, overall 1.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FNCE90065, and when is it offered?
A: FNCE90065 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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