Course title: Fundamentals of Money and Finance
Course code: TCHE301
Department: Money – Banking, Faculty of Banking and Finance
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Macroeconomics (KTEE203), Microeconomics (KTEE201)
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
This is a bridging course, connecting foundation courses to professional knowledge courses. This course provides basic theories of money, including: function and development of money, its impact to trade and settlement, the roles of financial institutions, especially the role of banks. Moreover, this course introduces the role of central bank to monetary policy and its impact to the society.
This is the basic theoretical financial module connecting basic theoretical modules with professional financial modules.
The module presents basic theory in finance like: what finance is, functions and nature of finance; financial system and the role of each component in the system; financial markets; time value of money, yields and risks, generalizing the main contents of financial activities in areas such as state budget, insurance, credit and corporate finance
- COURSE CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE
No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribute to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar |
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1. |
Chapter 1. Overview of Finance and Money |
3 |
0 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
1 |
2. |
Chapter 2: Interest Rate |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.75 |
2 |
3. |
Chapter 2: Interest Rate (cont.) |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.75 |
2 |
4. |
Chapter 3: Time value of money |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3 |
3.75 |
3 |
5. |
Chapter 3: Time value of money (cont.) |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
3.75 |
3, 4 |
6. |
Chapter 3: Time value of money (cont.) |
0 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
3, 4 |
7. |
Chapter 4: Financial Markets |
3 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
5, 8, 12 |
8. |
Chapter 4: Financial Markets (cont.) |
3 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
5, 8, 12 |
9. |
Mid – term test |
3 |
0 |
1.5 |
6 |
|
10. |
Chapter 5: Financial Institutions |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
6, 10, 12 |
11. |
Chapter 5: Financial Institutions (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
6, 10, 12 |
12. |
Chapter 6: Central Banks |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
7, 10, 11, 12 |
13. |
Chapter 7. Central Banks (cont.) |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
7, 10, 11, 12 |
14. |
Chapter 7. Corporate Finance |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
15. |
Chapter 8. State Budget |
2 |
1 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
Total |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
|
Formative |
Attendance |
Class attendance |
Attendance checking: randomly |
1-8 |
10% |
Summative |
Midterm test |
All issues that have been studied in class |
Provide clear and reasonable answers; Analyze the issue logically and critically; Giving example |
1-12 |
30% |
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Final exam |
All issues that have been studied in class |
Written Exam (On or Offline) (essay questions, calculation, multiple-choice questions…) |
1-12 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |