(Issued together with Decision No. … of the President of Foreign Trade University)
- Training objectives
General Objectives:
The high-quality undergraduate program in Banking and Finance aims to develop high-quality human resources with a solid foundation of professional knowledge, essential professional skills, and systematic and innovative thinking to solve practical problems in the field of banking and finance. The program equips students with lifelong learning capabilities, effective communication skills, critical thinking, political awareness, social responsibility, professional ethics, and adaptability in multicultural, digitalized, and internationally integrated working environments. Graduates are capable of taking on positions relevant to their field of study in financial institutions, banks, and enterprises both domestically and internationally. They are also able to pursue further education at postgraduate levels or obtain professional certifications such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Specific Objectives:
PO1: Graduates are able to take on positions as specialists, analysts, or financial managers in financial institutions, banks, enterprises, or international organizations at both national and international levels, with in-depth expertise in banking and finance.
PO2: Graduates develop essential soft skills to work effectively and communicate flexibly in multicultural environments; demonstrate professionalism, resilience, ethical standards, social responsibility, and strong political awareness; possess information technology competencies, digital capabilities, artificial intelligence application skills, and innovation capacity; and are able to adapt quickly to changes in the banking and finance sector.
PO3: Graduates are equipped with a solid foundation in economics, finance, and business; possess design thinking, critical thinking, and innovation capabilities; and are able to apply tools and quantitative models in financial analysis to solve practical problems in the banking sector.
PO4: Graduates develop lifelong learning capabilities and are able to pursue postgraduate studies or professional certifications recognized internationally, such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
- Program Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
PLO1: Apply foundational knowledge in political science, social sciences, and humanities in study and professional practice.
PLO2: Apply principles in banking and finance, economics, and business.
PLO3: Evaluate advanced practical issues in the field of banking and finance to support decision-making and problem-solving.
Skills
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PLO4: Apply innovative thinking and data analysis skills, using financial tools and models to solve professional and practical problems in the banking and finance sector.
PI4.1: Apply innovative thinking to solve professional and practical problems in banking and finance.
PI4.2: Apply data analysis skills to solve professional and practical problems in banking and finance.
PLO5: Organize individual and group learning and research activities effectively to solve professional problems, applying both disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge.
PI 5.1: Organize individual learning and research effectively to address professional problems using disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge.
PI 5.2: Organize group learning and research effectively to address professional problems using disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge.
PLO6: Communicate effectively in English in diverse professional contexts and multicultural working environments in the banking and finance sector; achieve Level 5/6 according to the Vietnamese Foreign Language Proficiency Framework.
PLO7: Demonstrate advanced information technology skills as regulated by the Ministry of Information and Communications; achieve Level 5/8 in digital competencies and Level 4/8 in artificial intelligence application according to the Digital Competency Framework issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.
PI7.1: Demonstrate advanced information technology skills in accordance with national standards.
PI7.2: Achieve Level 5/8 in digital competencies.
PI7.3: Achieve Level 4/8 in artificial intelligence application competencies.
Autonomy and Responsibility
PLO8: Demonstrate a serious attitude and a strong sense of responsibility toward individuals, teams, and organizations in assigned tasks, while complying with regulations and professional ethics.
PLO9: Proactively apply acquired knowledge from learning and research to professional practice to adapt flexibly to changes and challenges in the banking and finance sector.
3. Curriculum framework
| No. | Course name
|
Course code | Number of credits | Prerequisite(s) |
| 1 | General education knowledge | 41 | ||
| 1.1 | Political Theory (Courses as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training) | 11 | ||
| 1 | Marxist-Leninist Philosophy
|
TRIH114 | 3 | None |
| 2 | Marxist-Leninist Political Economy
|
TRIH115 | 2 | None |
| 3 | Scientific socialism
|
TRIH116 | 2 | TRIH114, TRIH115 |
| 4 | History of the Communist Party of Vietnam
|
TRIH117 | 2 | TRIH114, TRIH115 |
| 5 | Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology | TRIH104 | 2 | TRIH114, TRIH115 |
| 1.2 | Social Sciences, Humanities – Arts, Mathematics – Computer Science | 15 | ||
| 6 | Advanced Mathematics | TOAE105 | 3 | None |
| 7 | Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business | TOAE203 | 3 | TOAE105 |
| 8 | Introduction to Law | PLUE111 | 3 | None |
| 9 | Digital technology and Applied AI | TINE210 | 3 |
None |
| 10 | Design thinking and Innovation | DTIE100 | 3 | None |
| 1.3 | Foreign Languages | 15 | ||
| 1.3.1 | Foreign Language – English | 15 | ||
| 11 | English for Specific Purpose 1 (Advanced Business English) | ESP111 | 3 | EAB241 or equivalent certificate as prescribed. |
| 12 | English for Specific Purpose 2 (Business Communication) | ESP121 | 3 | ESP111 |
| 13 | English for Specific Purpose 3(Banking and Finance) | ESP233 | 3 | ESP121 |
| English for Specific Purposes 4 – Students choose one of the following two courses: |
3 | |||
| 14 | English for Specific Purpose 4 (Business Correspondence) | ESP341 | 3 | ESP233 |
| 15 | English for Specific Purpose 4 (Contract) | ESP342 | 3 | ESP233 |
| 16 | English for Specific Purpose 5 (Public Speaking) | ESP451 | 3 | ESP233 |
| 1.3.2 | Second Foreign Language – Elective (students choose one of the following foreign languages: Chinese, Japanese, French, or Spanish) | 0 | Students who excel in English may choose to take an additional second foreign language course. The results of the second foreign language course are not included in the cumulative GPA and are not a condition for evaluating the achievement of the program’s learning outcomes. The learning results are recorded and accompanied by a Student’s Certificate of Learning. | |
| 1.4. | Physical education | |||
| Physical training | ||||
| 1.5. | National defense and security education | |||
| Military training | ||||
| 2 | Professional education knowledge | 72 | ||
| 2.1 | Fundamental knowledge of the field/discipline | 12 | ||
| 2.1.1 | Obligatory | 9 | ||
| 17 | Microeconomics | KTEE201 | 3 | TOAE105 |
| 18 | Macroeconomics | KTEE203 | 3 | TOAE105 |
| 19 | Principles of Accounting | KETE201 | 3 | None |
| 2.1.2 | Elective (Students choose 1 out of 8 courses) | 3 | ||
| 20 | Financial Accounting | KETE301 | 3 | KETE201 |
| 21 | Fundamentals of Management | QTRE303 | 3 | None |
| 22 | Managerial Accounting | KETE310 | 3 | KETE201 |
| 23 | Principles of Marketing | MKTE301 | 3 | None |
| 24 | Statistics and Business Analysis | TOAE308 | 3 | KTEE203 |
| 25 | Data Management Systems | TINE313 | 3 | None |
| 26 | Programming for Data analysis and Scientific Computing | TINE314 | 3 | None |
| 2.2 | Major knowledge | 27 | ||
| 27 | Principles of Finance | TCHE302 | 3 | KTEE201 |
| 28 | Money and Banking | TCHE303 | 3 | KTEE203 |
| 29 | Financial Markets and Institutions | TCHE401 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 30 | Corporate Finance | TCHE321 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 31 | International Finance | TCHE414 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 32 | Principles of Banking | NHAE302 | 3 | TCHE303 |
| 33 | Financial Economics | TCHE341 | 3 | KTEE203 TCHE321 |
| 34 | Professional Ethics and Corporate Governance | DTUE304 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 35 | Quantitative Methods for Finance | TCHE442 | 3 | TOAE203 |
| 2.3 | Specialized knowledge | 33 | ||
| 2.3.1 | Obligatory | 21 | ||
| 36 | Securities Analysis and Investments | DTUE401 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 37 | Financial Statement Analysis | TCHE424 | 3 | KETE201 |
| 38 | International Financial Management | TCHE425 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 39 | Portfolio Management | DTUE406 | 3 | DTUE401 |
| 40 | Financial Risk Management | TCHE409 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 41 | Applied Technology in Finance and Banking | NHAE408 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 42 | International Trade Finance | TCHE417 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 2.3.2 | Elective (Students choose 4 courses) | 12 | ||
| Interdisciplinary approach to finance | ||||
| 43 | Sustainable Finance | TCHE308 | 3 | None |
| 44 | Applied machine learning in financial analysis | TCHE310 | 3 | None |
| 45 | AI Applications in Corporate Finance | TCHE311 | 3 | None |
| 46 | Financial Technology | TCHE404 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 47 | Blockchain and Digital Currency | TCHE312 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 48 | Behavioral Finance | TCHE427 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 49 | Public Finance | TCHE431 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 50 | Law on Finance and Banking | PLUE302 | 3 | PLUE111 |
| 51 | Financial Econometrics | KTEE310 | 3 | TOAE203
|
| 52 | Marketing of Financial Services | MKTE405 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| Financial and banking management | ||||
| 53 | Strategic Corporate Finance | TCHE421 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 54 | Project Flancing | TCHE426 | 3 | TCHE321 |
| 55 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | TCHE446 | 3 | None |
| 56 | Short -term Finance | TCHE453 | 3 | TCHE321 |
| 57 | Mergers & Acquisitions | TCHE456 | 3 | None |
| 58 | Security Technical Analysis | DTUE408 | 3 | DTUE401 |
| 59 | Financial Modelling | TCHE443 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 60 | Real Estate Finance | DTUE306 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 61 | Bank Risk Management | NHAE406 | 3 | TCHE303 |
| 62 | Bank Lending | NHAE401 | 3 | TCHE303 |
| 63 | Applied Personal Finance | TCHE405 | 3 | None |
| International finance | ||||
| 64 | Global Climate Finance | TCHE313 | 3 | TCHE414 |
| 65 | International Carbon Markets | TCHE314 | 3 | TCHE414 |
| 66 | International Financial Markets | TCHE403 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 67 | International Payment | TCHE412 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 68 | Foreign Exchange Trading | TCHE419 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 69 | Risk Management for MNCs | TCHE309 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 70 | International Financial Stability | TCHE315 | 3 | TCHE414 |
| 71 | Global Supply Chain Finance | TCHE316 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 3. | Project-based course (practical, internship) | 9 | ||
| 72 | Hi-Fin 1 – Project-based learning | TCHE100 | 3 | TCHE302 |
| 73 | Hi-Fin 2 – Project-based learning | TCHE201 | 3 | TCHE100 DTUE401 |
| 74 | Hi-Fin 3 – Internship | TCHE501 | 3 | TCHE201 |
| 4. | Graduation Thesis | 9 | ||
| 75 | Hi-Fin 4 – Graduation | TCHE531 | 9 | TCHE501 |
| TOTAL | 131 | |||
** Second Foreign Language of the Training Program (choose one of the following languages: English/Chinese/Japanese/French/Spanish)
Upon completing the second foreign language modules, students achieve level 3/6 in the Vietnamese Foreign Language Proficiency Framework 6, as stipulated in Circular No. 01/2014/TT-BGDĐT. The results of the second foreign language course are not included in the cumulative GPA and are not a condition for evaluating the achievement of the program’s learning outcomes. The learning results are recorded and accompanied by the student’s Certificate of Learning.