FINC3023 Behavioural Finance (University of Sydney): rated 2.4/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 16 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
FINC3023 is a University of Sydney course taught by the University of Sydney Business School in Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 行为金融学
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Finance
Faculty: The University of Sydney Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit explores the interaction between psychology and behaviour in financial decision-making. The unit will examine how people evaluate financial risks in practice, and how behavioural biases affect financial decisions.
FINC3023 has 16 scored reviews: overall 2.4/5 · usefulness 1.5 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by USYD students on USYD Wall (5.0/5 overall); 11 StudentVIP reviews (average 1.6 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "I did FINC3023. Not too difficult but I did make the mistake of thinking it was going to be a breeze. The lecturer I had made it very calculation based even though previous lecturers had kept it more theory based (which is a lot easier since it's just memorising experiments). In…"
On Reddit: "Finc3023 was a joke when i did it, like for the first 6 weeks there was an average of 20 slides a week (most of it super wishy washy) and then the lecturers switched and it was less of a joke but still piss easy. And then the final exam was just a conversation based on a group r…"
The course panel on USYD Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is FINC3023 hard?
A: Students rate FINC3023's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is FINC3023 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 16 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 1.5/5, overall 2.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FINC3023, and when is it offered?
A: FINC3023 is taught by the University of Sydney Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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