International University
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSE SYLLABUS
BA016IU
Fundamentals of Financial Management
1. COURSE STAFF
Lecturer: Ms. Phan Ngọc Anh, MBA
Room: #205
E-mail: pnanh@hcmiu.edu.vn
Consultation hours: Thursday OR by appointment (preferred)
Teaching Assistant: TBA
Should the students wish to meet the staff outside the consultation hours, they are advised to make appointment in advance.
2. COURSE INFORMATION Prerequisite courses: Principles of Accounting
1 2.1 Teaching times and Locations
Lecture: Saturday, 13:00 – 16:00
Venue: C102 1 2 2.2 Units of Credit: 3 credits
2.3 Parallel teaching in the course: N/A
2.4 Relationship of this course to others
BA207U – Fundamentals of Financial Management provides students with basic concepts of financial management. The course is provided based on foundation knowledge of financial accounting and economics. This course may fulfill requirements of curriculum for students majoring in business administration in general; however is the foundation for students majoring in finance and accounting. For those students that major in finance and accounting, they can take higher level of courses in finance after this course, to count for some, Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions and Market, Investment and Portfolio Management, International Finance, etc.
2.5 Approach to learning and teaching
Employing the interactive learning and problem-based teaching approach, this course emphasizes the interaction between lecturers and students. The lecture materials will be uploaded in Blackboard to help the students to preview the materials and to concentrate on listening and critical thinking during the lecture. This will help students to interact with the lecturer during the classroom. The sessions for presentations and discussions comprise company case studies as well as answering some theoretical and conceptual