FINS3655 Behavioural Finance (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.1/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
FINS3655 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Banking and Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 行为金融学
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Banking and Finance
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
In this course, we will examine how people make predictable and repeatable mistakes in financial decision-making. We will describe the nature of these mistakes and their origin, using insights from psychology, neurosciences and experimental economics on how the human mind works.
FINS3655 has 4 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "I recommend it. The course is interesting and relatively easy, make sure you get with a good group for the group presentation, final and midterm are all open book so you really only need to understand the content not memorise it."
On Reddit: "FINS3655 is pretty good, has a group project though"
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Q: Is FINS3655 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FINS3655, and when is it offered?
A: FINS3655 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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