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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

ECON 450 Economics and Ethics
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course introduces students to the relevance and importance of ethics and social
responsibility in economics and finance. It aims to increase students’ awareness and
understanding of ethical issues in everyday life and to provide students with useful conceptual
tools to guide their analyses and decisions. After completing the course, students are
expected to be equipped with basic ethical concepts so that they can identify, think critically
about, and resolve ethical issues that are encountered in decision making at the individual,
organizational and societal levels.

ECON 460 Internship
1 Term; 3 Credits

The course aims to provide students with an opportunity to broaden their horizons
beyond the classroom and enable students to apply their academic and transferrable skills to
real world practice. Hence, it helps students enhance their employability and explore their
career goals.

FIN 205 Foundations of Finance
1 Term; 3 Credits

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of investment products, finan-
cial analysis, and portfolio theory. Moreover, practical applications for real-world financing and
asset allocation decisions will be covered.

FIN 243 Money and Banking
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course aims to use basic economic models to develop students’ understanding of
the nature of a money economy, the structure of a banking system, principles and practice of
bank management, and the role of monetary policy in the economy.

FIN 245 Introduction to Corporate Finance
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of corporate finance. It aims
to enable students to address the concepts and techniques of valuation of cash flows, capital
budgeting decisions, risk and return, cost of capital, capital structure theories and decisions,
dividend theories and policy, working capital management, and financial planning.

FIN 324 Financial Institutions in Hong Kong and Global Banking
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course aims to develop students’ understanding of the theoretical concepts on local
financial institutions and the role of global banking in Hong Kong. It also aims to enhance
students’ abilities to analyse the interaction between global banking industry and local
financial institutions. The challenges and prospects faced by the financial institutions in Hong

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