11. International Finance

General education knowledge: 50 CREDITS

Course	Credits
1. Marxist - Leninist Philosophy	3
Marxist - Leninist Philosophy module provides students with the most general knowledge of development and movement as a scientific basis for evaluating and solving problems arising in life. The module includes the basic contents: dialectical materialism, materialistic dialectism and historical materialism. Dialectic materialism provides learners with a scientific worldview as the basis for a positive and creative attitude to life. Dialectic materialism provides learners with a method of dialectic thinking to correctly recognize and solve problems in life. Historical materialism provides learners with a correct understanding of the existence and social development as well as the scientific methodology to recognize and solve social problems.
2. Marxist - Leninist Political Economics	2
The Marxist - Leninist Political Economy course is used for non-specialized political theory, studying the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism about the production of goods, the market and the role of actors in the economy. market economy. Research produces surplus value in a market economy, associated with it is the problem of capital accumulation and reproduction, along with manifestations of surplus value. The subject also studies competition and monopoly in the market economy. Study of the socialist-oriented market economy and economic interest relations in Vietnam. Study the strategy of industrialization, modernization and international economic integration of Vietnam.
3. Scientific Socialism	2
It is one of three constituent parts of Marxism-Leninism, a compulsory subject in the training program of universities and colleges in the country. The scientific socialism subject (social science) for the undergraduate degree without majoring in political theory equips students with the core content of the following specific issues: The process of formation and development of socialism; Working-class history mission; Socialism and the transition to socialism; Socialist democracy and a socialist state; The social-class structure and class alliances, class in the period of transition to socialism; Ethnic and religious issues in the transition to socialism; The family problem in the transition to socialism. On that basis, it helps students form their thinking, analytical skills, evaluate and identify the nature of socialism and the transition period to socialism in Vietnam, forming a school, Marxist-Leninist ideology, building appropriate social responsibility in employment and post-graduate life.
4. History of Vietnamese Communist Party	2
Equip students with the knowledge of objects, purposes, tasks, research methods, study of Party History and the basic, core, systematic knowledge about the birth of the Party (1920 - 1930), the process of the Party leading the struggle for power (1930 - 1945), leading two resistance wars against French colonialism and the American imperialist invasion, completing national liberation, reunification (1945) - 1975), led the country transitionally to socialism and carried out the reform (1975 - 2018). Thereby affirming the successes, raising the limitations, summarizing the experiences of the revolutionary leadership of the Party to help learners raise awareness, belief in the Party and the ability to apply the learned knowledge. into practical work, contributing to building and defending the Socialist Vietnam Fatherland.
5. Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology	2
The Ho Chi Minh Thought module consists of 6 chapters, providing students with basic knowledge of: Objects, research methods, meaning of learning subjects. ; on the basis, process of formation and development of Ho Chi Minh's thought; Ho Chi Minh's basic ideas about national independence and socialism, the Communist Party of Vietnam, about national solidarity and international solidarity, culture, morality and people.
6. General Business English	4
General Business English helps students: - Develop English language skills on the topics and contexts of work and business environments. - Have general knowledge of many fields such as careers, companies, selling, great ideas and stress. - Equip knowledge and skills to take the test for the international certificate of business communication English (TOEIC), contributing to achieving English output standards at level B1 (according to the European Framework of Reference, CFER).
7. English for Business 1	3
This module aims to enhance students' comprehension of academic language and literacy practices within the field of economics. The design of the module facilitates the integration of language learning with key content areas, enabling students to develop a profound understanding of how language functions in communicating subject matter. Consequently, students will be able to acquire essential language skills relevant to the field of economics. Students actively foster their learning experience through engaging in diverse learning activities such as case studies, role-plays, simulations, presentations, and group discussions.
8. English for Business 2	3
The principal aim of this module is to enhance students' cognitive mastery of the intricate interplay between academic language and the specialized discourse conventions within the field of economics. The structural framework of the module strategically facilitates the integration of linguistic acquisition with the foundational subject matter, thereby endowing students with the capacity to cultivate a profound comprehension of the nuanced role of language in the dissemination of specialized knowledge. Consequently, students will acquire and develop essential language competencies that are intrinsically pertinent to the field of economics. Students will be involved in various interesting activities like studying real cases, acting out scenarios, doing simulations, giving presentations, and having group discussions to make their learning experience exciting and valuable.
9. Introduction to Psychology	2
The objective of the field of psychology is to understand how the mind and brain interact with the external world to shape behavior. This course is designed to be an introduction to the science of psychology, which focuses mainly on the study of mind, emotion and behavior in humans. The course will provide basic knowledge that helps students build foundations in psychology. Furthermore, students will also understand how the knowledge of psychology is applied in management, economics, marketing, consumer behavior, technology management, and other fields. The contents of this course will include 3 modules: (1) Module 1: Introduction to psychology, (2) Module 2: psychological processes and behaviors, (3) Module 3: Correcting individual and social behaviors.
10. Sustainable Development	2
The course "Sustainable Development" introduces students to the key principles, concepts, and challenges of sustainable development with a focus on the context of Vietnam. As a rapidly developing nation, Vietnam faces complex social, economic, and environmental issues that require sustainable solutions. This undergraduate-level course aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development theory, its application, and the role of various stakeholders in achieving sustainable outcomes. Studying "Sustainable Development" is essential for students to develop a holistic understanding of the challenges facing the world and to equip themselves with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute positively to a sustainable and equitable future. The course fosters critical thinking, global awareness, and responsible citizenship while providing a pathway to meaningful and impactful careers in a world that increasingly values sustainability.
11. Design Thinking	2
Design thinking is a problem-solving method that puts the user at the center of the process. It provides a dynamic framework for approaching idea formation, creative exploration, and divergent thinking. The Design Thinking course provides knowledge of principles, tools, and methods that promote creative thinking, such as Empathy Map, Persona/ User profile, Journey Mapping, How might we …?, Value Chain Analysis, Brainstorming, Mind Mapping, Story Telling, Problem Statement, Concept Development, Assumption Testing, Rapid Prototyping, Customer Co-Creation, Prototype to test, Experience Testing, Learning Launch….. Students will learn purposeful use of tools and alignment with process to solve real-world situations. They will develop skills in teamwork, critical thinking, presenting and expressing ideas. Students will learn how to communicate effectively, give and receive feedback, respect the ideas and perspectives of others.
12. Data Science	2
This module aims to equip learners with basic knowledge of data science, heritage problems and methods; includes methods of math-statistics and computing, and application of DS for practical socio-economic problems. In addition, the module helps learners have necessary knowledge and skills on the application of new technologies in data collection and analysis in the fields of marketing, supply chain management, financial analysis and credit activities.
13. Mathematics for Business and Economics	3
This subject covers the basics of Advanced Math (Linear Algebra and Calculus), including: + Matrices and Its Basic Operations. + Determinants and Its Properties. + Inverse and Rank of Matrices. + Systems of Linear Equations and and Its Economic Applications. + Functions of Single Variable and Its Economic Applications. + Multivariate Functions and Its Economic Applications. + First Order and Second Order Differential Equations.
14. Applied Statistics for Business and Economics	3
Statistics for Economics and Business course provides in a systematic way statistical methods including gathering data on economic; business phenomena and processing collected data into useful information which are used as facts for making decisions for the management of the economy and society. These methods include descriptive statistics, statistical inference, index-number, forecasting ... To introduce students to popular and easy to use packages as a tool to support statistical treatments to save time, effort and increase the accuracy of the results, helping students familiar with outputs from the packages.
15. Microeconomics	3
Principles of microeconomics is an introductory course for students of Economics - Business and Management majors, teaching about the basic principles of microeconomics. This course will help us make decisions and understand how the world works by studying the behavior of economic actors in the market toward making decisions about allocating scarce resources. The subject focuses on the motives, how actors make decisions, and the interactions that affect other actors as well as the economy as a whole. The course also addresses market failures, which underlie government regulatory measures for optimal efficiency under competitive general equilibrium.
16. Macroeconomics	3
Macroeconomics studies the economy at the aggregate level, including: Describe and measure macroeconomic variables including output (GDP, GNI, GNDI), inflation, employment and unemployment. Apply simple macroeconomic models to explain the relationships between macroeconomic variables, for example those between government budget and economic growth and inflation, those between money supply and interest rate and exchange rate. Analyze short-run macroeconomic fluctuations, issues of business cycles, supply and demand shocks, the roles of fiscal and monetary policies in stabilizing the economy.
17. The Legal Environment of Business	3
This course equips students with the economics and law majors at UEH with basic legal knowledge to operate in the business environment in Vietnam, focusing on comparison with advanced countries. The subject consists of two parts: Part One Outline of the law in the business environment. This part focuses on teaching learners who have basic understanding / knowledge of law, including: nature of law, existence of law and legal subjects. From there, help learners approach specific issues of the law of a businessman in the future, including: constitutional law protecting freedom of business, management and supervision of the state with business activities. business and legal liability of business entities. Understanding the law and its role, judging the law and having an attitude of law is the main objective of this section.Part Two Laws for business people. This section equips students with basic knowledge about the formation, existence and operation of an enterprise such as setting up a business, entering a market, conducting a business and withdrawing from the market. The main contents of this section include: law on property, corporate law, law on business contracts, law on dealing with disputes in business, law on corporate bankruptcy. Understanding, evaluating, analyzing and applying the provisions of the law on entering, operating and withdrawing from the market is the key objective of this section.
18. Principles of Accounting	3
The principles of accounting module help students to understand and awareness the basic theoretical knowledge of accounting, as a foundation for application and research into the next professional subjects of the economic sector such as administration, business, finance, banking, accounting, auditing, ...
19. Soft Skills	2
Soft skills course generates the foundation knowledge of soft skills, applicable to the workplace environment. The goal of learning is to combine the major knowledge with content and implementation of core soft skills techniques, giving students more effective access to the work environment after graduation. The core soft skills include Critical thinking; Problem-solving skills; Adaptability to the working environment; Effective communication and presentation skills; Service Oriented, Self-positioning skills, Feedback and Coaching.
20. Entrepreneurship	1
Career orientation is always a very important thing for students when entering university lecture halls and they only succeed in their careers when they have a passion and have self-efficacy (self-efficacy) to follow. Pursue your professional career goals. However, igniting, creating awareness and shaping the intention of starting a business is important in shaping students to become business owners operating in their field or major. Receive training instead of a career as an expert, administrator or economic policymaker in public institutions and that is why the course is offered to students in all branches. Starting a business is, in the most common sense, starting a business project by starting a business that operates in different forms under the Enterprise Law and being an entrepreneur and they need it. There must be appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to minimize the risk of failure. In general, the basic knowledge that an entrepreneur needs to have generally includes general knowledge of the business and business planning, industry and customer knowledge, and knowledge of business models and knowledge business environment awareness; Besides, the skills of identifying business opportunities, network interaction and innovation are always essential elements to support entrepreneurs; and in the end, the risk-taking and self-confident attitude will allow them to venture into attractive but potentially risky business projects. In order to equip the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes for future entrepreneurs, the module covers the basics such as: (1) Start-up ecosystem (to help students know the support of internal and external actors to support the startup project); (2) The relationship between innovation, innovation and entrepreneurship from the results of innovation and innovation (innovative entrepreneurship); (3) Identifying business opportunities; (4) Business model; (5) Legal issues to be taken such as protection of intellectual property rights resulting from creation, fulfillment of tax obligations and compulsory employee insurance and selection of business formula; (6) Business Planning & Start-up Financing

Subjects of Major: 33 CREDITS

Course	Credits
21. Financial Economics	3
This course provides the background knowledge of money and the financial system including the money issues, payment system, money supply and economic growth, as well as the overview of financial instruments, financial markets and financial institutions. Besides, this course also delivers core knowledge about the relationship between interest rates, the term of interest structure and major instruments in the financial markets including stocks and bonds. In addition, learners will be equipped with rudimentary knowledge about exchange rates, the formation and factors affecting exchange rates. Finally, students will get to know more about banking, banking governance, the role of the central bank, the money supply process and the implementation of monetary policy in the economy.
22. Corporate Finance	3
The course of Corporate Finance aims to equip students with the knowledge of making financial decisions within corporation or organization. The content of this course deals with the nature of the three important corporate financial decisions: capital budgeting decision, financing decision, and decision related to managing short-term assets and liablities on the daily basis. This course also provide financial fundamentals that are needed for financial managers and investors in real world such as financial ration analysis using financial statements, the nature of debt and long-term financing, alternative dividend policies and firm value, short-term financial planning... Upon a completion of this subject, students can grasp the basic and modern knowledge of corporate finance for in-depth study of other subjects in finance or study at higher level of education.
23. International Finance	3
The international finance course provides learners with analyses of the relationships between three important and closely related macroeconomic issues in an open economy: exchange rates, trends of capital movements, and financial crisis. This course will not only provide knowledge on classical theories in international finance related to macroeconomic variables (such as inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates), but also covers factors affecting exchange rates, government implementation of exchange rate policies, as well as financial crises that have occurred in the past few decades.
24. Research Methods in Finance	3
This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge of how to conduct research in finance, write a research proposal, analyze literature reviews, and develop interesting research questions. Learners can then apply different quantitative analysis and regression techniques at a basic level to test the proposed research hypotheses and examine possible relationships among variables in the fields of corporate finance, international finance, financial investment, and more. In addition, students will also be able to use historical data to forecast trends of important financial variables in the future, which today have many important real-world applications. This course also introduces students to several popular computer software programs such as Stata, R-studio, and others, which are widely used by financial analysts and academic researchers to handle econometric financial models in both academic research and their future professional work.
25. Econometrics for Finance	3
The Econometrics for Finance course supplements students' knowledge of quantitative research in finance, enabling them to understand and apply regression analysis techniques to various research models, especially time series analysis techniques. In addition to equipping students with advanced estimation techniques to address endogeneity issues when performing regressions using panel data, deal with sample selection bias, and conduct event studies, the course also introduces techniques for modeling volatility in nonlinear time series, analyzing Markov switching models, and applying other nonlinear time series analysis methods to financial research. This course also aims to equip students with practical quantitative techniques to support financial decision-making in the real world, including techniques for analyzing financial data using real-time data to value financial assets and forecast important financial variables in the fields of financial investment, corporate finance, international finance, and risk management. The various econometric models discussed in this course have many practical applications in the fields of economics and finance, whether students plan to apply them in business or academic research.
26. Financial Accounting	3
This course is designed for users of financial reports in making economics decisions. This course provides students with the basic knowledge and skills that make them understand the process of recognizing, measuring, presenting and disclosing the basic elements of financial reports. As a result of this, students gain a complete understanding of financial information.
27. Investments	3
This course covers theories and practices related to financial investment management. With the fundamental and specialized knowledge as well as necessary skills accumulating from the course, students are expected to meet the demands of future careers in the investment industry. The course concentrates on basic knowledge of the investment environment, types of investment assets, investment funds, and how securities are traded in the market. Furthermore, the specialized topics associated with risk - returns, asset allocation, and asset pricing are extensively explored. Students will know how to construct and manage an investment portfolio in alignment with the objectives and constraints of individual and institutional investors in financial markets.
28. Derivatives	3
The course “Derivatives” provides modern knowledge about derivative products that are popular in both international and Vietnamese markets, thereby equips students with a foundation for building strategies to hedge and manage financial risks for individual investors and business entities. Derivatives are financial instruments such as forward contracts, futures contracts, swaps and options allow risk managers to reduce or even eliminate undesirable risks that the company is facing, thus allowing the company to focus on its comparative advantage. This course covers contents related to: the basic concepts of derivative products, the structure and operation of the derivative market, principles and pricing models of derivatives on the stock market, the foreign exchange market, the currency market and commodities such as options, forwards, futures and swaps.
29. Bank strategy & Management	3
Bank strategy and management provide students with basic knowledge of banking business strategies in a new environment affected by legal changes, technology and globalization. It helps students to understand how to formulate and execute a bank strategy including: strategies in product, pricing, size and organizational structure and business model of the bank.
- Elective: Select 1 out of 2	3

30. Tax planning	3
The module provides the basic principles of tax planning and control over the cash flows of business and investment. The module explores the tax environment in business and investment. The module focuses on the application of the tax research process in business and investment by qualitative research. The module equips the ability to plan an optimal tax in business and investment to ensure taxpayers achieve the highest value of cash flow within a compliance framework.
31. Global Strategy Management	3
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of the global environment, its impact on global business, the selection of specific strategies for foreign market entry, maintain the best competitive advantages of a global business model, develop organizational capacities by developing strengths and commitment to strategy execution, and implementing joint ventures and partnerships with strategic partnership. In summary, this course aims to provide knowledge and skills in designing and choosing an effective global business strategy.
- Elective: Select 1 out of 2	3

32. International Accounting	3
The International Accounting 1 helps students understand the international financial reporting environment. Specifically, the course provides knowledge so that students can understand basic accounting concepts such as financial statements’ elements and qualitative characteristics of financial statements. In addition to understanding the conceptual framework, the course helps students understand and analyze some international accounting standards (IAS) or international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to be able to apply these standards address the measurement, recognition, presentation and disclosure of information in financial statements. This course not only helps students understand the principles of accounting in accordance with the IAS / IFRS standards, but also helps students explain the basis of the development of accounting principles and the influence of them on financial statements of the business.
33. Law on financial services	3
The subject content includes legal provisions governing the business of banking services, including (1) specific regulations on the establishment, management organization, reorganization, special control, dissolution and bankruptcy of financial service business entities; (2) legal regulations governing banking business. In addition, students have access to legal regulations governing the business of insurance services, including (1) specific regulations on the establishment, management organization, reorganization, and special control. separation, dissolution and bankruptcy of insurance service business entities; (2) legal regulations governing insurance business such as insurance contracts, types of insurance as well as legal regulations governing securities trading, including (1) Regulations on the organization of the securities market and the issue of securities, (2) specific provisions applicable to types of securities business entities, (3) legal regulations governing the activities of Securities trading activities as specific regulations in securities trading.

Subjects of Minor: 30 CREDITS

Course	Credits
34. Advance Corporate Finance	3
The content of this unit presents deeply theories of the financial decisions, theories and techniques of managing capital resources to maximize shareholder wealth in public corporation, organization, and investors. Upon a completion of this course, students are expected to have advanced understanding of the concepts and techniques of financial management in the modern public corporations which has not been discussed in Corporate Finance course but is very practical in reality and crucial in doing comtemporary research. The unit presents the MM theory with bankcruptcy cost, agency problem, asymmetry information and the limit to the use of debt; efficient market and behavioral finance; long-term financing and raising capital; options, futures, and corporate finance. Finally, this unit also provide in-depth knowledge of financial distress which is an important financial concept but hard to define precisely and now a day in Vietnam there is a variety of events befalling firms under financial distress but the issues remain unidentified and problematic to many Vietnamese firms.
35. Multinational Corporate Finance	3
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of international financial markets in which multinational companies operate, and the risks the latter might face in a global environment. In particular, this course focuses on the financial decisions of multinational corporations, including measuring exchange rate exposures, taxes, short-term investment and financing decisions, investment activities and cross-border mergers and acquisitions issues, evaluation of international investment projects, international capital structure and cost of capital.
36. International Financial markets	3
This course will provide students with knowledge about the organizational structure and the operation of financial markets. It also introduces the features and roles of main financial institutions such as savings and loans associations, insurance companies and mutual funds. Besides, this course gives a depth analysis of different types of instruments traded in the money markets and capital markets such as deposits, stocks, bonds, and securitization, thereby representing the dynamic of capital flows in the market and highlighting the role of financial institutions. In addition, this course also gives attention to the relationship between domestic and international financial markets, as well as introduces financial institution regulations.
37. International Investments	3
This course focuses on the theoretical and practical issues of financial investment and portfolio management in a global environment. For investment in the context of international capital markets, the role of analyzing, evaluating, and forecasting the effects of exchange rates is particularly important. Core concepts such as capital asset pricing models, equity and bond investment strategies, and portfolio diversification will be discussed and evaluated on a cross-border basis. In addition, currency risk management strategies will also be considered from an international investment perspective. Finally, the principles and methods for international portfolio performance assessment will be introduced, from which learners can complete their approach to the global investment process.
38. Financial Risk Management	3
This course is designed to apply theories and methods to the needs of financial risk management. With the development of the financial market and many global financial crises occurring in recent years, financial risk management today is playing an increasingly important role to help financial managers understand types of financial risks and how to deal with them. This course will introduce several strategies to manage financial risk through the use of derivative products including futures, futures, options, and swaps for hedging and managing all kinds of risks due to fluctuations in commodity prices, exchange rates, securities prices, interest rates ... that have adverse effects on performance of businesses and financial institutions. Apart from risk hedging, trading strategies based on the above derivatives are also covered in this course. In addition, the course will present some of the basics of financial risk management techniques and related applications.
39. Financial Regulations	3
The financial market has become more complex over the years and regulating it was brought to the spotlight after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Furthermore, the introduction of new technology has brought drastic changes to the way the financial market operates, leading to more issues for the authorities to address toward ensuring an efficient and stable financial system. This course introduces the basic elements and structures of the financial system, the principles and regulatory framework behind it, as well as the challenges it currently faces
40. Trading systems and strategies	3
This course investigates methods implemented in multiple quantitative trading strategies with emphasis on automated trading and quantitative finance based approaches to enhance the trade-decision making mechanism. The course provides a comprehensive view of the algorithmic trading paradigm and some of the key quantitative finance foundations of these trading strategies. Topics such as markets, financial modeling and its pitfalls, factor model based strategies, portfolio optimization strategies, and order execution strategies as well as automated and semi-automated strategies will be explored. Additionally, the data mining and machine learning based trading strategies are also introduced, and various timeframes, markets, asset classes and analytical methods will be discussed.
- Elective: Select 3 out of 7	9

41. Transfer Pricing	3
The International Transfer Pricing course provides learners theoretical and practical knowledge about the ways of transfer pricing of multinational companies in an international scope. By understanding and applying the basic principles of transfer pricing, as well as country-specific regulations and international practice, the learners can understand why it is possible for a company which has overseas operations to maximize profits within acceptable limits. In addition, the course also outlines the multinational corporations’ motivation for transfer pricing, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of this course of action.
42. Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings	3
This course will provide learners with the foundations of Merging, Acquisitions (M&A) and corporate restructuring such as basic M&A concepts; M&A history; M&A trends in the world as well as in Vietnam. In addition, this course also provides students with an in-depth understanding of popular M&A strategies, helping them to answer the question of why and when a company will perform M&A; tactics are often applied in an M&A deal with the advantages, disadvantages, applicability of each tactic; business strategies can be used to prevent potential takeovers, especially when hostile acquisitions occur; analysis and valuation in M&A; forms of business restructuring, the effect of these on the value of the owner; In addition, learners are introduced to laws and policies related to corporate restructuring.
43. Risk Analysis & Modelling	3
The course explores quantitative methods of risk measurement and modelling. The course provides students with a thorough understanding of market risk analysis from both a practical and technical point of view. Topics in the course are focused on price and return properties, univariate and multivariate models to forecasting risk, risk measures, implementing and evaluating of risk forecasts, and simulation. After completing this course, students can understand theoretical concepts and techniques which are use in market risk analysis. Besides, the course also helps students involving programming in quantitative risk management. This will help students to deal with real world problems in risk managment from perspective of quantitative aspect.
44. Quantitative Finance	3
This course refers to various financial models that bring the knowledge learned from textbooks to real life when financial decisions are made reliably. The basics of information technology and statistics are combined with financial theories to develop quantiative models for decision making in the field of corporate financial management, investment and portfolio management, and assest pricing. With the support of computer software, the ability to calculate and process data in financial models is implemented quickly and efficiently. Therefore, the subject is very practical as its apllication in reality has a great potential in industries. The subject of financial modeling focuses on the application of Excel, VBA and MatLab to develop: (1) Corporate finance models (2) Portfolio management models and Monte Carlo Simulation. 3) Option pricing models and Monte Carlo Simulation. 4) Models for Bond valuation, immunization strategies and term structure of interest rates.
45. Fixed income securities	3
This course provides learners with the basics of fixed income securities, especially bonds. Specifically, learners will be equipped with knowledge of different types of fixed income securities such as bonds, preference shares, structured products, and markets with their characteristics; and pricing principles and bond pricing; attributes of term structure of interest, risks associated with investing in fixed income securities, and how the risk is measured when investing in fixed income securities; hedging strategies in investing in fixed income securities.
46. Financial Technology	3
This course is designed to help learners understand the huge changes that fintech is taking place, which in turn affects other industries in the economy. The course offers detailed insights into financial services, modern technologies and business models that have emerged in recent years that have radically changed traditional business models. Besides, some global case studies are also presented from Europe, America, to emerging markets in Asia. The course also presents the respective eco-systems and legal frameworks related to Fintech in the economy.
47. Green finance	3
In the recent years, the global economy has been focusing on the ESG (environmental, social and governance) standards, in order to make sure corporations act responsibly towards the environment and society, as well as to ensure sustainable development of the economy. In order to achieve those goals, the economy has to undergo a major transition process, which involves restricting activities which inflict negative effects on the environment, and prioritizing green sectors/industries that can contribute to sustainable development. Therefore, the financial system cannot go against this trend, since the aforementioned transition will require significant amounts of investment capital. The financial system has to play the role of allocating capital to the entities that serve the green and sustainable development objectives, hence help accelerate the green transition process. In this course, we will cover the concepts related to ESG, as well as the current environmental issues such as climate change, shortage of natural resources. From then on, we will explore how the objectives of ESG can be integrated to traditional economic models, how the financial system and capital can be mobilized to fulfill those objectives, and how investment can be structured in order to ensure the functioning of society while limiting the negative impacts on the natural environment.

General education knowledge: 50 CREDITS

Subjects of Major: 33 CREDITS

Subjects of Minor: 30 CREDITS

Graduation Internship: 10 CREDITS

Total credits: 123 CREDITS

UEH Standard programs in English (100% English)

General education knowledge: 50 CREDITS

Subjects of Major: 33 CREDITS

Subjects of Minor: 30 CREDITS

Graduation Internship: 10 CREDITS

Total credits: 123 CREDITS