YEAR ONE MODULES (CORE MODULES)
Introduction to Management, Business and Marketing
This module provides an overview of the activities of the organisation and the management. It introduces participants to the basic functions of management (planning, organising, leading and controlling) and the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness. The core implications of changes in modern business environment for organisational structure and responses will also be explored.
Introduction to Accounting
This module covers the preparation and interpretation of both financial and management accounts. It consists of two parts - Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. Topics covered include preparation of accounts for sole proprietors and companies, accounting theories, concepts, principles and treatment of stock valuation, identification and classification of relevant costs for decision-making.
Introduction to Economics
This module will comprise of two parts - Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Microeconomics will cover the choice and decision-making by households and firms, and examine how these decisions are coordinated by market mechanism. The behaviour of individuals, firms, factors of production and market structures will be the core focus. Macroeconomics will consider the problems of the economy as a whole, and the underlying relationships between economic aggregates, such as aggregate demand and supply, the circular flow, demand and supply of money, investment and savings, IS-LM model models, employment and inflation.
Information Systems
This module gives the students an overall view of information technology including methods of processing, storing and transmitting information, together with an appreciation of the scope and diversity of the applications of information technology.
Singapore Business Law
This module introduces participants to the Singapore Legal framework in the perspective of business. Topics include contract laws, agreements, agency and misinterpretations, company laws, company formation, takeovers, mergers, auditing, negligence and liquidation of a company. An introduction to the different forms of business organisations in Singapore will also be covered.
Statistical Methods
The objective of this module is to develop participants’ understanding of statistical methods at intermediate level and an awareness of their many applications in the business and management environment.
YEAR TWO MODULES
Advanced Quantitative Methods
This course emphasises the importance of quantitative analysis techniques and issues for today’s changing business environments by providing students with the understanding and knowledge of techniques of quantitative methods to perform quantitative analyses and make business plans and decisions.
Introduction to Investment
This course aims to analyse how an individual will make investment decisions in an environment under uncertainty. The course provides a brief overview of the financial markets and financial instruments, followed by detailed discussions of some of the common concepts in investment: risk and return, diversification, CAPM (Capital Asset Pricing Model), etc. It focuses on analyzing two types of financial assets (stocks and bonds) in this course. It also discusses the derivatives (i.e. options and futures) and mutual funds markets.
Financial Accounting
Explain the core theories, basic concepts and context that underpin and make an impact on accounting and its development. Enable to record and summarize accounting transactions. Integrate and understand the impact of accounting adjustments into the accounting records. Prepare and present financial statements. Understand how various taxation elements can influence business decisions and financial reporting practice.
Bank Management
This module aims to introduce students to the principles of bank management, the major issues facing a modern bank manager, and the basic financial and analytical tools needed to deal with those issues.
Corporate Finance
To provide students with an understanding of the various methods of raising funds for investment under risk and uncertainty; the principles and techniques involved in making investment decision to maximize possible returns; the optimal financial structure and the distribution of wealth to shareholders; and financial statements analysis and their implications.
International Investments
This course aims to examine the following complex tasks faced by investors in the international context: Foreign exchange issues; Market equilibrium and international investing; Stock market and fixed income investments; Futures, options and other instruments; Design of international performance analysis; Structure of the international investment process.
YEAR THREE MODULES
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
The module aims to explain the investment environment and current trends in investment theory and practical application of valuation. The course also covers such topics as fixed-income securities, equity securities and derivative securities as well as portfolio management techniques, principles and theories. The participants will also learn about portfolio investment process, asset allocation, portfolio construction and portfolio performance evaluation.
Investment Banking
The aims of this module are to examine the role of investment banking and investment banks in the financial system and the international environment. Also, the module covers such topics as asymmetric information and agency problems in investment banking, sources of bank income, and how banks diversified, underwriting, trading, brokerage and market manipulation.
Fixed Income Analysis
The course is designated to examine technical issues related to fixed income analysis in the overall investment framework.
Derivatives
The course aims to examine the derivatives market, such aspects as valuation and risk management, interest rate mechanisms, forward/futures and swap valuations. Also, the course will concentrate on stock, currency and commodity derivatives.
Risk Management Banking
The course aims to examine the risks associated with banking practices including preventive solutions and their relevance to daily operations of a bank and its overall performance as a whole. Also, risk management processes and risk regulation system in banking will be discussed in details.
Islamic Banking and Finance
To raise the awareness that over the past two or three decades Islamic banking and finance has emerged as another viable way of financial intermediation. It has gained credibility and has spread worldwide and is the preferred way of banking for one fifth of the world’s population. Thus, the course aims at providing an insight into the key features of Islamic banking business, the risk environment, capital adequacy, securitisation, corporate governance and human resource management policies of Islamic financial institutions.