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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, financial
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 Kong and
global banking will also be discussed.

FIN 330 International Finance
1 Term; 3 Credits
Under a highly globalized and integrated world economy, issues related to international
financial management have emerged rapidly. The course aims to equip students with several
important topics in international finance, including nature of international financial system, key
parity relationships, managing foreign exchange risk, international portfolio relationship and

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