Finance

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Finance is both the art and science of money management. It is an integral part of all modern economies and also important to the success of any entity: individuals, businesses, and government. Finance Program provides the students with the theoretical financial principles, analytical tools, and practical knowledge for making ethical and sound financial decision in a modern business environment.

The program offers only ONE major concentration: Investment and eight business concentrations. It also prepares the students for a variety of professional careers in both financial and non-financial services industries as well as further study in a higher degree.

Investment concentration covers the investment options, investment objectives, investment strategies and portfolio management. The students need to analyze the best alternative investment opportunities given a risk and return objectives.

Curriculum (TQF2 2017)

Number of credits 142 credits
Duration of study Students must complete all the requirements for the degree in a maximum of 8 years.
Curriculum structure
Total number of credits		142	credits
A.	General education courses Language courses Social science courses Humanities courses Science and mathematics courses	40 15 12 7 6	credits credits credits credits credits
B.	Specialized courses Business core courses Major required courses Concentration courses Plan A: Major concentration* Plan B: Business concentration* Plan C: Major electives*	93 48 30 15	credits credits credits credits
C.	Free elective courses	9	credits

Note*
Plan A: Major Concentration service
Choose one major concentration (Investment) and take all five courses.
Plan B: Business Concentration
Choose one business concentration (Accounting, Industrial Management and Logistics, Insurance, International Business Management, Management Information Systems, Management-Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Marketing, or Real Estate) and take all five courses.
Plan C: Major Electives
Choose five courses from major elective courses.

A. General education courses

Language Courses

Language courses
Course code	Course title	credits
BG 1001	English I	3 (2-3-6)
BG 1002	English II	3 (2-3-6)
BG 2000	English III	3 (2-3-6)
BG 2001	English IV	3 (2-3-6)
GE 1403 (OR) GE 1405 (OR) GE 1408	Communication in Thai (OR) Thai Language and Culture (for international students) (OR) Thai usage (for students who graduated from international schools)	3 (3-0-6)
Total		15 credits

Social science courses

Social science courses
Course code	Course title	credits
ECO 2201	Microeconomics	3 (3-0-6)
ECO 2202	Macroeconomics	3 (3-0-6)
GE 2202	Ethics	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 1101	Introduction to Business	3 (3-0-6)
Total		13 credits

Humanity courses

Humanity courses
Course code	Course title	credits
GE 1204	Physical educations	1 (1-0-2)
GE 2101	World Civilization	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 2404	Managerial Psychology	3 (3-0-6)
Total		6 credits

Science and mathematic Courses

Science and mathematic courses
Course code	Course title	credits
MA 1200	Mathematics for Business	3 (3-0-6)
GE 1301	Environmental Science	3 (3-0-6)
Total		6 credits

B. Specialized courses

Business core courses

Business core courses
Course code	Course title	credits
ACT 1600	Fundamentals of Financial Accounting	3 (3-0-6)
ACT 2620	Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting	3 (3-0-6)
SA 1201	Statistics I	3 (3-0-6)
BG 1400	Business Law I	3 (3-0-6)
BG 1401	Business Law II	3 (3-0-6)
SA 2200	Statistics II	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 1221	Computer Literacy	0 (0-1-1)
MIS 2221	Quantitative Analysis Tools	0 (0-1-1)
FIN 2201	Principles of Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3101	Corporate Finance	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 2201	International Business Environment	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 2900	Principles of Management	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3905	Operations Management	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3907	Business Communication	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3940	Business Research Methodology	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 4914	Entrepreneurship	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 2280	Principles of Marketing	3 (3-0-6)
Total		45 credits

Major required courses

Major required courses
Course Code	Course Title	Credits
FIN 3102	Business and Economic Analysis for Decision Making	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3201	Investment	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3202	Financial Reporting and Analysis	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3203	Bank Management	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4101	Financial Management	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4102	International Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4103	Derivatives Securities	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4104	Quantitative Analysis for Financial Decisions	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4201	Special Topics in Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4202	Corporate Strategies and Financial Policies	3 (3-0-6)
Total		30 credits

Plan A

Plan A - Major concentration courses
Students pursuing PLAN A must select a concentration in the major area and study the five specified courses.
Course code	Course title	credits
Investment
FIN 3211	Fixed Income Securities	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3212	Real Estate Investment and Entrepreneurs	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4111	Financial Modeling	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4112	Portfolio Management and Security Analysis	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4211	Risk Management	3 (3-0-6)
Total		15 (15-30)

Plan B

Major elective courses
Students pursuing PLAN B must select a concentration in the major area and study the five specified courses.
Course code	Course title	credits
Accounting (ACT)
ACT 3602	Intermediate Accounting I	3 (3-0-6)
ACT 3603	Intermediate Accounting II	3 (3-0-6)
ACT 3614	Taxation I	3 (3-0-6)
ACT 3622	Cost Accounting	3 (3-0-6)
ACT 3629	Profits and Control	3 (3-0-6)
Industrial Management and Logistics (IML)
IML 3201	Business Analytics	3 (3-0-6)
IML 3203	Logistics and Supply Chain Management	3 (3-0-6)
IML 3204	Industrial Safety and Risk Management	3 (3-0-6)
IML 4201	Lean Manufacturing and Agile Supply Chain	3 (3-0-6)
IML 4203	Quality Management	3 (3-0-6)
Insurance (INS)
INS 3101	Principles of Risk Management and Insurance	3 (3-0-6)
INS 3201	Property Insurance	3 (3-0-6)
INS 3202	Casualty Insurance	3 (3-0-6)
INS 3301	Principles of Life Assurance	3 (3-0-6)
INS 4302	Accident, Health and Group Insurance	3 (3-0-6)
International Business Management (IBM)
IBM 3101	Cross Culture Human Resource Management	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 3102	Export-Import Policy and Strategy	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 3203	International Management	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 4115	International Products and Brand Planning	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 4208	International Strategic Management	3 (3-0-6)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
MIS 3111	Business Process Management	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 3121	Database Systems	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4111	Information Systems Project Management	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4122	Business Intelligence	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4211	Information Systems Strategy, Management and Acquisition	3 (3-0-6)
Management-Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MGT)
MGT 3901	Organization Theory	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3917	Innovation and Change Management	3 (2-2-6)
MGT 3922	Introduction to New Venture	3 (2-2-6)
MGT 3942	Organization Behavior	3 (2-2-6)
MGT 4916	Negotiation Strategy	3 (3-0-6)
Marketing (MKT)
MKT 3102	Integrated Marketing Communications	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 3525	Sales Management	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 3530	Consumer Behavior	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 4725	Competitive Analysis and Strategy	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 4730	Marketing Management	3 (3-0-6)
Real Estate (REM)
REM 3111	Principles of Real Estate	3 (3-0-6)
REM 3112	Real Estate Law	3 (3-0-6)
REM 3113	Real Estate Economics	3 (3-0-6)
REM 3114	Building Design and Construction Techniques	3 (3-0-6)
REM 3115	Principles of Real Estate Development	3 (3-0-6)
Total		15 Credits

Plan C

Plan C - Major elective courses
Students pursuing PLAN C must select any five major elective courses
Course code	Course title	credits
MIS 3122	Principles of Electronic Commerce	3 (2-2-6)
MIS 4112	Digital Marketing Technology	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4113	Digital Banking and Payment Systems	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4117	Knowledge Management Systems	3 (2-2-5)
MIS 4124	Data Mining	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4125	Data Visualization	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 4142	Big Data	3 (3-0-6)
ECO 2551	Introduction to Econometrics	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3211	Fixed Income Securities	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3212	Real Estate Investment and Entrepreneurs	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3231	Financial Feasibility Planning	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3232	Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3233	Import-Export Procedure and Financing	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3234	Central Banking System and Policy	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3235	Managerial Economics	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3236	Laws and Practices in Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3237	Wealth Management and Financial Planning	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4111	Financial Modeling	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4112	Portfolio Management and Security Analysis	3 (2-2-5)
FIN 4211	Risk Management	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4231	Behavioral Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4232	Financial Mathematics	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4233	Valuation	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4234	Investment Banking	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4235	Individual Research in Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4236	Internship in Finance	3 (3-0-6)
Total		15 credits

Note:
* All major required courses are offered in the first and the second
semester, not in summer (“C” is the passing grade.).

Plan A: Corporate Financial Management (no longer offered)

Prerequisites must be completed before taking the subject.

C. Free elective courses**

Students can take free elective courses of 6 credits from any faculty in Assumption University upon completion of the prerequisites (if any). However, they are certain courses that the Martin De Tours School of Management and Economics does not allow the students to enroll as follows:

Subject code	Subject name
BG 1112 or GE 1202 or	General Psychology
GE 1207	Fundamental Psychology
BG 1203	Fundamentals of Statistics
BG 1402 or	Business, Society and Government
GE 1203	Society, Politics and Economics
ECO 2220	Introduction to Economics
ECO 2531	Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 2541	Principles of Macroeconomics
GE 1101	Thai Civilization
GE 1203	Society, Politics and Economics
GE 1404	Thai Culture and Tradition (For Comm.Arts Students only) = BG1405 Thai Language and Culture
PC 3803 or PC 3311 or	Personality and Social Interactive
PC 3311	Acting for Personality/Social Interaction
ACT 1601	Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (For Arts Students)
ACT 1602	Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (For Science and Technology Students)
Subject with 1 or 2 credits
GS 1000	Use of Library
MA 1101	Applied Composition I

** For updated annoucements about free elective courses click this link.

Study plans

First and Second Year (Freshmen and Sophomore)

During the freshmen year, all students in Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics pursues the same study plan consisting of general education courses and business core courses, which provide them with the basic knowledge on all the disciplines in business. The study plan also prepares the students with adequate knowledge to select a concentration that suits his/her ability, background, and preferences.

Third and Fourth Years (Junior and Senior)

During the junior and senior years, students who select the Finance Major follow the program of studies:

1. Ten Major Required Courses

2. Five Concentration Courses

Plan A: Major Concentration Courses Or

Plan B: Business Concentration Courses Or

Plan C: Major Elective Courses

3. Three Free Elective Courses

First Year

First year
First semester
Course code	Course title	credits
BG 1001	English I	3 (2-3-6)
MA 1200	Mathematics for Business	3 (3-0-6)
SA 1201	Statistics I	3 (3-0-6)
BG 1400	Business Law I	3 (3-0-6)
GE 1204	Physical Education	1 (1-0-2)
GE 1301	Environmental Science	3 (3-0-6)
GE 1403	Communication in Thai	3 (3-0-6)
Total		19 (18-3-38)

Second semester
Course code	Course title	credits
ACT 1600	Fundamentals of Financial Accounting	3 (3-0-6)
BG 1002	English II	3 (2-3-6)
BG 1401	Business Law II	3 (3-0-6)
SA 2200	Statistics II	3 (3-0-6)
ECO 2201	Microeconomics	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 1221	Computer Literacy	0 (0-2-0)
MGT 1101	Introduction to Business	3 (3-0-6)
Total		18 (17-5-36)

Second Year

Second year
First semester
Course code	Course title	credits
ACT 2620	Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting	3 (3-0-6)
BG 2000	English III	3 (2-3-6)
ECO 2202	Macroeconomics	3 (3-0-6)
MIS 2111	Introduction to Management Information Systems	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 2404	Managerial Psychology	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 2900	Principles of Management	3 (3-0-6)
Total		17 (18-3-36)

Second semester
Course code	Course title	credits
BG 2001	English IV	3 (2-3-6)
FIN 2201	Principles of Finance	3 (3-0-6)
GE 2101	World Civilization	3 (3-0-6)
GE 2202	Ethics	3 (3-0-6)
IBM 2201	International Business Environment	3 (3-0-6)
MKT 2280	Principles of Marketing	3 (3-0-6)
Total		18 (17-3-36)

Third Year

Third year
First semester
Course code	Course title	credits
MIS 2221	Quantitative Analysis Tools	0 (0-1-1)
FIN 3101	Corporate Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3102	Business and Economics Analysis for Decision Making	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3905	Operations Management	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3907	Business Communication	3 (3-0-6)
Two free elective courses		6 (6-0-12)
Total		18 (18-1-37)

Second semester
Course code	Course title	credits
FIN 3201	Investment	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3202	Financial Reporting and Analysis	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3203	Bank Management	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 3940	Business Research Methodology	3 (3-0-6)
One Plan A / Plan B / Plan C course		3 (3-0-6)
One Plan A / Plan B / Plan C course		3 (3-0-6)
Total		18 (18-0-36)

Fourth Year

Fourth year
First semester
Course code	Course title	credits
FIN 4101	Financial Management	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4102	International Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4103	Derivatives Securities	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4104	Quantitative Analysis for Financial Decisions	3 (3-0-6)
One Plan A / Plan B / Plan C course		3 (3-0-6)
One Plan A / Plan B / Plan C course		3 (3-0-6)
Total		18 (18-0-36)

Second semester
Course code	Course title	credits
FIN 4201	Special Topics in Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4202	Corporate Strategies and Financial Policies	3 (3-0-6)
MGT 4914	Entrepreneurship	3 (3-0-6)
One Plan A / Plan B / Plan C course		3 (3-0-6)
One Free Elective Course		3 (3-0-6)
Total		15 (15-0-30)

Course (s) Offered to Other Programs

The Finance Department offers the following courses as core course and Plan B Business Concentration (Finance) for other programs of Martin de Tours School of Management and Economics as well as a minor in Finance for the Bachelor of Arts Programs of the Faculty of Arts.
Course code	Course title	credits
FIN 2201	Principles of Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3101	Business and Economic Analysis for Decision Making Corporate Finance	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3102	Business and Economic Analysis for Decision Making (Substituted with FIN3202 Financial Reporting and Analysis for MGT students)	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3201	Investment	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3203	Bank Management	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 3231	Financial Feasibility Planning	3 (3-0-6)
FIN 4101	Financial Management (Substituted with FIN4102 International Finance for MGT students)	3 (3-0-6)