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CURRICULUM 2016 – 2020

Curriculum name: Bachelor of Business Administration

Major: International Business

1. Objectives

The curriculum is designed for bachelor degree in Business Administration with special field of International Business. After completing this curriculum, students will have knowledge and skills to work as a position of staff or managers in the international business environment such as multi-national companies, foreign trade companies, import-export trading companies, international organizations, foreign representative offices, industrial parks, processing zones, and hi-tech zones in Vietnam.

Knowledge: Students who complete this curriculum will have the knowledge of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Principles of Management, and management of a modern business in global environment. Particularly, this curriculum provides students knowledge of:

organizing and implementing import- export and logistic activities
planning and implementing the business/marketing strategies to international market
setting up a business plan, monitoring and managing projects of foreign investment in domestic market and investment projects of Vietnam companies in oversea market.
Solving issues of management in multinational corporations.

Skills: Students undertakes this curriculum will have following skills to finish their duties:

Self-study and analysis skills and applying theories and knowledge trained to solve the problems faced during to work.
Team working and independent working skills to finish their duties.
Data collection and analysis skills to get information needed for decision making.
Listening, presenting, discussing and negotiating skills.
Skills of planning, controlling and managing time to catch the job deadlines.

2. Curriculum design

Social sciences: 07 credits

National defense and security education: 08 credits

Physical Education: 05 credits

General education
1. Politics: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	30	30
	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	Total	10

2.1.2 Social sciences: 07 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1.	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
2.	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
3.	BusinessCommunication	2	30	30
4.	Guest Lecture	1	30
	Total	7

2.1.3 English: 32 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	Total	32

2.1.4 Math and IT skills: 09 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	General computer science	3	45	45
	Total	9

Career education: 77 credits
1. Foundation courses: 12 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1	Microeconomics	3	45	45
2	Macroeconomic	3	45	45
3	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
5	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	Total	12

Core courses: 24 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	Financial management	3	45	45
	Strategic management	3	45	45
	Marketing management	3	45	45
	Brand management	3	45	45
	Project Management	3	45	45
	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	Marketing Research	3	45	45
	Total	24

Major courses: 30 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
Compulsory (21 credits)
	International Business 1	3	45	45
	International business 2	3	45	45
	Import export management	3	45	45
	International Business Law	3	45	45
	Multicultural Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	International marketing	3	45	45
	E-commerce	3	45	45
	Total	21
Elective: Choose three of the courses listed below (09 credits)
	Corporate Social Responsibility	3	45	45
	Operation management	3	45	45
	Transportation and Insurance	3	45	45
	Business planning	3	45	45
	International Financial Management	3	45	45
	International Payment	3	45	45
	Supply Chain Management	3	45	45
	Global Investment	3	45	45
	Public Relations	3	45	45
	The Second Degree of Foreign Language	3	45	45
	Total	9

Thesis or courses: 11 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
Compulsory
1	Internship 1	1	30
2	Internship 2	4	120
Elective: Choose thesis or two elective courses
2	Thesis	6	180
2	Elective courses	6	90	90
	Total	11

Note: The curriculum includes 11 periods (3,5 years); 3 periods per year. Period 11 includes internships and thesis or two courses.

LEARNING SCHEDULE

Year	Period	Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Hours	On class
1	1	COMP1401	General computer science	3	45	45
	1	PEDU1201	Physical Education	2
	1	MATH1301	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	1	GLAW1201	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
	1	EDUC1201	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
	2	GENG0405	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	2	BADM2302	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	2	ECON1301	Microeconomics	3	45	45
	2	BADM1201	BusinessCommunication	2	30	30
	2		Physical Education 2	3
	3	GENG0406	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	3	ECON1302	Macroeconomics	3	45	45
	3	POLI1201	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	3	DEDU1801	National defense and security education	8	180
2	4	GENG0407	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	4	BADM2301	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
	4	BADM2303	Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	4	ACCO2301	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	4	BADM1301	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	5	GENG0408	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	5	BADM4304	Marketing research	3	45	45
	5	BADM4312	Project Management	3	45	45
	5	POLI2302	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	6	GENG0409	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	6	FINA4306	Financial management	3	45	45
	6	BADM3308	International Business 1	3	45	45
	6	BADM3306	E-commerce	3	45	45
	6	BADM2304	Marketing management	3	45	45
3	7	GENG0410	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	7	BADM3332	International business 2	3	45	45
	7	POLI2201	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	7	BADM3302	International marketing	3	45	45
	7	BADM4321	Multicultural Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	8	GENG0411	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	8		Elective courses 1	3	45	45
	8	BADM3304	Brand management	3	45	45
	8	BADM4301	Strategic management	3	45	45
	8	GLAW2301	International business law	3	45	45
	8	GLAW4101	Internship 1	1	30
	9 9	GENG0412 BADM3334	Academic English 8 Import export management	4 3	60 45	60 45
	9		Elective course 2	3	45	45
	9		Elective course 3	3	45	45
	9	GLAW4102	Guest Lecture	1	30
	9	POLI2301	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
4	10	BADM4409	Internship 2	4	120
4	11		Thesis or Elective courses	6

CURRICULUM 2016 - 2020

Curriculum name: Bachelor of Business Administration

Major: Marketing

1. Objectives

The curriculum is designed for bachelor degree in Business Administration with special field of Marketing. After completing this curriculum, students will have knowledge and skills to work as a position of staff or managers in the domestic or multinational companies to do market research, create plan of advertising & sales promotion and develop customer relations. Besides, students can become sales persons, staff for Public Relations, events planning in service companies or manufacturing companies.

Knowledge: Students who complete this curriculum will have the knowledge of Principles of Management and marketing, macro and micro economics, qualitative and quantitative methods for marketing. Particularly, this curriculum provides students knowledge of:
- studying customer behaviour,
- building and maintaining the relationship with customers
- doing market research
- planning and implementing advertising and sales promotion programs
- setting up marketing plan and strategy in an enterprise

Skills: Students undertakes this curriculum will have following skills to finish their duties:

Self-study and analysis skills and applying theories and knowledge trained to solve the problems faced during to work.
Team working and independent working skills to finish their duties.
Data collection and analysis skills to get information needed for decision making.
Listening, presenting, discussing and negotiating skills.
Skills of planning, controlling and managing time to catch the job deadlines.

2. Curriculum design

Politics: 10 credits

Social sciences: 07 credits

National defense and security education: 08 credits

Physical Education: 05 credits

2.1. General education

Politics: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	30	30
	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	Total	10

Social Sciences: 07 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1.	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
2.	Business communication	2	30	30
3.	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
4.	Guest Lecture	1	30
	Total	7

English: 32 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	Total	32

Math and IT skills: 09 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	General computer science	3	45	45
	Total	9

2.2. Career education: 77 credits

Foundation courses: 12 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1	Microeconomics	3	45	45
2	Macroeconomic	3	45	45
3	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
5	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	Total	12

Core courses: 24 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	Financial management	3	45	45
	Strategic management	3	45	45
	Marketing management	3	45	45
	Brand management	3	45	45
	Project Management	3	45	45
	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	Quantitative analysis in management	3	45	45
	Total	24

Major courses: 30 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
Compulsory (21 credit)
	Integrated marketing communications	3	45	45
	Marketing research	3	45	45
	Customer Relationship Management	3	45	45
	International marketing	3	45	45
	Services marketing	3	45	45
	Marketing Strategy	3	45	45
	Consumer Behavior	3	45	45
	Total	21
Elective: Choose three of the courses listed below (9 credits)
	Public Relations	3	45	45
	Corporate social responsibility	3	45	45
	Pricing policy and strategy	3	45	45
	Distribution channel management	3	45	45
	Business Planning	3	45	45
	Sales Management	3	45	45
	E-commerce	3	45	45
	Law on Business	3	45	45
	Advertising and Promotion	3	45	45
	Total	9

Thesis or course work: 11 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
Compulsory
1	Internship 1	1	30
	Internship 2	4	120
Elective: Choose thesis or two elective courses
2	Thesis	6	180
2	Elective courses	6	90	90
	Total	11

Note: The curriculum includes 11 periods (3,5 years); 3 periods per year. Period 11 includes internships and thesis or two courses.

LEARNING SCHEDULE

Year	Period	Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Hours	On Class
1	1	PEDU1201	Physical Education	2
	1	COMP1401	General computer science	3	45	45
	1	MATH1301	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	1	GLAW1201	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
	1	EDUC1201	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
	2	GENG0405	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	2	BADM2302	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	2	ECON1301	Microeconomics	3	45	45
	2	BADM1201	Business communication	2	30	30
	2		Physical Education 2	3
	3	GENG0406	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	3	ECON1302	Macroeconomic	3	45	45
	3	POLI1201	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	3	DEDU1801	National defense and security education	8	180
2	4	GENG0407	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	4	BADM2301	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
	4	BADM1301	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	4	ACCO2301	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	4	BADM2305	Quantitative analysis in management	3	45	45
	5	GENG0408	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	5	BADM2304	Marketing management	3	45	45
	5	BADM2303	Human Resource Management	3	45	45
	5	POLI2302	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	5	BADM3301	Customer Behavior	3	45	45
	6	GENG0409	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	6	BADM3302	International marketing	3	45	45
	6	BADM4312	Project Management	3	45	45
	6	BADM4304	Marketing research	3	45	45
3	7	GENG0410	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	7	BADM3304	Brand management	3	45	45
	7	FINA4306	Financial management	3	45	45
	7	BADM3305	Public Relations	3	45	45
	7	POLI2201	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	7	GLAW4102	Guest Lecture	1	30
	7	BADM4301	Strategic management	3	45	45
	8	GENG0411	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	8		Elective courses 1	3	45	45
	8	BADM3325	Customer relations management	3	45	45
	8	BADM4310	Services marketing	3	45	45
	8	BADM4302	Integrated marketing communication	3	45	45
	8	GLAW4101	Internship 1	1	30
	9	GENG0412	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	9		Elective courses 2	3	45	45
	9		Elective courses 3	3	45	45
	9	POLI2301	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
4	10	BADM4409	Internship 2	4	120
4	11		Thesis or Elective courses	6

Finance - Banking

CURRICULUM 2016 – 2020

Curriculum name: Bachelor of Finance and Banking

Major: Finance

1. Objectives

The curriculum is designed for bachelor degree in Finance and Banking. After completing this curriculum, students will have knowledge and skills to work as a position of staff or managers at financial department of corporations, including local and multinational, and financial institutions including mutual funds, investment funds, insurance companies, finance companies, stock companies and commercial banks.

Knowledge: Students who complete this curriculum will have the knowledge of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and operations of financial industry. Particularly, this curriculum provides students knowledge of:

Operations of Financial Markets including capital markets, money markets, foreign exchange markets and derivative markets.
Operations of financial institutions including commercial banks and other non-bank institutions such as financial companies, leasing companies, stock companies and investment funds.
More detailed knowledge of corporate finance such as financial statements analysis and planning, investment decisions including financial assets investment, fixed assets investment and currents assets investment, financing decisions including financial leverage and capital structure, and dividend policy decisions. Also, knowledge of financial risk management is covered in this curriculum.

Skills: Students undertakes this curriculum will have following skills to finish their duties:

Self-study and analysis skills and applying theories and knowledge trained to solve the problems faced during to work.
Team working and independent working skills to finish their duties.
Data collection and analysis skills to get information needed for decision making.
Listening, presenting, discussing and negotiating skills.
Skills of planning, controlling and managing time to catch the job deadlines.

2. Curriculum design

Politics: 10 credits

Social sciences: 07 credits

National defense and security education: 08 credits

Physical Education: 05 credits

2.1. General education

2.1.1 Politics: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	Total	10

2.1.2 Social sciences: 07 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1.	Guest Lecture	1	30
2.	Elective: Choose one of the courses listed below (02 credits)
	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
	Introduction to Psychology	2	30	30
3.	Business Communication	2	30	30
4..	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
	Total	7

2.1.3 English: 32 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	Total	32

2.1.4 Math and IT skills: 09 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	Probability and Statistics	3	45	45
	General computer science	3	45	45
	Total	9

2.2. Career Education: 83 credits

2.2.1 Foundation courses: 15 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1	Microeconomics	3	45	45
2	Macroeconomics	3	45	45
3	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
5	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
7	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	Total	15

2.2.2 Core courses: 24 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	Money and Banking	3	45	45
	Financial Markets	3	45	45
	Corporate Finance 1	3	45	45
	International Finance	3	45	45
	Financial Derivatives Markets	3	45	45
	Financial Accounting 1	3	45	45
	Commercial Banking	3	45	45
	Total	24

2.2.3 Major courses: 33 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Corporate Finance 2	3	45	45
	Financial Statements Analysis	3	45	45
	Establishing and assessing an investment project	3	45	45
	Tax & Business Operations	3	45	45
	Financial Investment and Analysis	3	45	45
	International Payment	3	45	45
	Managerial Accounting	3	45	45
	Total	21
	Elective: Choose four of the courses listed below (12 credits)
	Credit Appraisal	3	45	45
	Portfolio Management	3	45	45
	Firm Valuation and Analysis	3	45	4
	Mergers and acquisitions	3	45	45
	Commercial Banking Simulation	3	45	45
	Auditing	3	45	45
	Business Research methods	3	45	45
	Financial Risk Management	3	45	45
	Foreign Exchange Trading	3	45	45
	Bank Marketing	3	45	45
	Commercial Bank Management	3	45	45
	Accounting of Banking	3	45	45
	Total	12

Thesis or courses: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Compulsory
1	Internship 2	4	120
	Elective: Choose thesis or two elective courses listed above
2	Thesis or	6	180
2	Two replaced courses (in the list above)	6
	Commercial Bank Management	3	45	45
	Financial Risk Management	3	45	45
	Total	10

Note: The curriculum is designed into 11 periods (3,5 years), 3 periods per year.

LEARNING SCHEDULE

Year	Period	Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Hours	On class
	1	GENG0405	Academic English 1	4	60	60
1	1	COMP1401	General computer science	3	45	45
	1	MATH1301	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	1	EDUC1201 PEDU1201	Understanding University Learning Physical Education	2 2	30	30
	2	GENG0406	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	2	MATH1304 BADM1201	Probability and Statistics Elective of Social sciences Business Communication	3 2 2	45 30 30	45 30 30
	2		Physical Education 2	3
	2	DEDU1801	National defense and security education	8	240
	3	GENG0407	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	3	BADM2302	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	3	ECON1301	Microeconomics	3	45	45
	3	GLAW4102	Guest Lecturer	1	30
	3	POLI1201	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	4	GENG0408	Academic English 4	4	60	60
2	4	ECON1302	Macroeconomics	3	45	45
	4	ACCO2301	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	4	FINA1301	Money and Banking	3	45	45
	5	GENG0409	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	5	BADM1301	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	5	FINA3320	Financial Markets	3	45	45
	5	POLI2302	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	6	GENG0410	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	6	ACCO2302	Financial Accounting 1	3	45	45
	6	FINA3319	Corporate Finance 1	3	45	45
	6	BADM2301	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
3	7	GENG0411	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	7	FINA3301	International Finance	3	45	45
	7	FINA3321	Commercial Banking	3	45	45
	7	POLI2201	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	8	GENG0412	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	8	FINA3302	International Payment	3	45	45
	8		Elective course 1 (Credit Appraisal/ Portfolio Management/ Firm Valuation and Analysis)	3	45	45
	8	FINA3317	Financial Derivatives Markets	3	45	45
	9	FINA3312	Financial Statements Analysis	3	45	45
	9	FINA3403	Corporate Finance 2	3	45	45
	9	FINA3318	Tax & Business Operations	3	45	45
	9		Elective course 2 (Auditing/ Business Research methods/ Mergers and acquisitions)	3	45	45
	9	POLI2301	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	10	BADM3321	Establishing and assessing an investment project	3	45	45
	10	FINA3315	Financial Investment and Analysis	3	45	45
4	10	ACCO4302	Managerial Accounting	3	45	45
	10		Elective course 3 (Foreign Exchange Trading/ Bank Marketing)	3	45	45
	10		Elective course 4 (Commercial Banking Simulation/ Accounting of Banking)	3	45	45
	11	FINA4499	Internship 2	4	120
	11	FINA4699	Thesis or	6	180
	11	FINA3307 FINA3314	2 replaced courses as Commercial Bank Management Financial Risk Management	6 3 3	45 45	45 45

CURRICULUM 2016 – 2020

Curriculum name: Bachelor of Finance and Banking

Major: Banking

1. Objectives

Knowledge: Students who complete this curriculum will have the knowledge of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and operations of financial industry. Particularly, this curriculum provides students knowledge of:

Operations of Financial Markets including capital markets, money markets, foreign exchange markets and derivative markets.
Operations of financial institutions including commercial banks and other non-bank institutions such as financial companies, leasing companies, stock companies and investment funds.
More detailed knowledge of corporate finance such as financial statements analysis and planning, investment decisions including financial assets investment, fixed assets investment and currents assets investment, financing decisions including financial leverage and capital structure, and dividend policy decisions. Also, knowledge of financial risk management is covered in this curriculum.

Skills: Students undertakes this curriculum will have following skills to finish their duties:

Self-study and analysis skills and applying theories and knowledge trained to solve the problems faced during to work.
Team working and independent working skills to finish their duties.
Data collection and analysis skills to get information needed for decision making.
Listening, presenting, discussing and negotiating skills.
Skills of planning, controlling and managing time to catch the job deadlines.

2. Curriculum design

Politics: 10 credits

National defense and security education: 08 credits

Gymnastics: 05 credits

Social sciences: 07 credits

2.1. General education

2.1.1 Politics: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology	2	30	30
	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	Total	10

2.1.2 Social sciences: 07 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1.	Guest Lecture	1	30
2.	Elective: Choose one of the courses listed below (02 credits)
	Introduction to Law	2	30	30
	Introduction to Psychology	2	30	30
3.	Business Communication	2	30	30
4..	Understanding University Learning	2	30	30
	Total	7

English: 32 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Academic English 1	4	60	60
	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	Academic English 4	4	60	60
	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	Total	32

2.1.4 Math and IT skills: 09 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	Probability and Statistics	3	45	45
	General computer science	3	45	45
	Total	9

2.2. Career Education: 83 credits

2.2.1 Foundation courses: 15 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
1	Microeconomics	3	45	45
2	Macroeconomics	3	45	45
3	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
5	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
7	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	Total	15

2.2.2 Core courses: 24 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	Money and Banking	3	45	45
	Financial Markets	3	45	45
	Corporate Finance 1	3	45	45
	International Finance	3	45	45
	Financial Derivatives Markets	3	45	45
	Financial Accounting	3	45	45
	Commercial Banking	3	45	45
	Total	24

2.2.3 Major courses: 33 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Compulsory
	Corporate Finance 2	3	45	45
	Financial Statements Analysis	3	45	45
	Credit Appraisal	3	45	45
	Accounting of Banking	3	45	45
	Financial Investment and Analysis	3	45	45
	International Payment	3	45	45
	Foreign Exchange Trading	3	45	45
	Total	21
	Elective: Choose four of the courses listed below
	Establishing and assessing an investment project	3	45	45
	Portfolio Management	3	45	45
	Managerial Accounting	3	45	45
	Merger and Acquisition	3	45	45
	E-commerce	3	45	45
	Auditing	3	45	45
	Business Research methods	3	45	45
	Financial Risk Management	3	45	45
	Tax and Business Operations	3	45	45
	Bank Marketing	3	45	45
	Commercial Bank Management	3	45	45
	Commercial Banking Simulation	3	45	45
	Total	12

2.2.4 Thesis or courses: 10 credits

No	Course name	Credits	Hours	On class
	Compulsory
1	Internship 2	4	120
	Elective: Choose thesis or two elective courses listed above
2	Thesis	6	180
2	Elective courses (in the list above)	6
	Commercial Bank Management	3	45	45
	Financial Risk Management	3	45	45
	Total	10

Note: The curriculum is designed into 11 periods (3,5 years), 3 periods per year.

LEARNING SCHEDULE

Year	Period	Module Code	Module Title	Credits	Hours	On class
	1	GENG0405	Academic English 1	4	60	60
1	1	COMP1401	General computer science	3	45	45
	1	MATH1301	Advanced mathematics (Part 1)	3	45	45
	1	EDUC1201 PEDU1201	Understanding University Learning Physical Education	2 2	30	30
	2	GENG0406	Academic English 2	4	60	60
	2	MATH1304 BADM1201	Probability and Statistics Elective of Social sciences Business Communication	3 2 2	45 30 30	45 30 30
	2		Physical Education 2	3
	2	DEDU1801	National defense and security education	8	240
	3	GENG0407	Academic English 3	4	60	60
	3	BADM2302	Application of Statistic in Business	3	45	45
	3	ECON1301	Microeconomics	3	45	45
	3	POLI1201	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 1	2	30	30
	4	GENG0408	Academic English 4	4	60	60
2	4	ECON1302	Macroeconomics	3	45	45
	4	ACCO2301	Principles of Accounting	3	45	45
	4	FINA1301	Money and Banking	3	45	45
	5	GENG0409	Academic English 5	4	60	60
	5	BADM1301	Principles of Management	3	45	45
	5	FINA3320	Financial Markets	3	45	45
	5	POLI2302	The basic principles of Marxism - Leninism 2	3	45	45
	6	GENG0410	Academic English 6	4	60	60
	6	ACCO2302	Financial Accounting	3	45	45
	6	FINA3319	Corporate Finance 1	3	45	45
	6	BADM2301	Principles of Marketing	3	45	45
3	7	GENG0411	Academic English 7	4	60	60
	7	FINA3301	International Finance	3	45	45
	7	FINA3321	Commercial Banking	3	45	45
	7	POLI2201 GLAW4102	Ho Chi Minh’s ideology Guest Lecture	2 1	30 30	30
	8	GENG0412	Academic English 8	4	60	60
	8	FINA3302	International Payment	3	45	45
	8		Elective course 1 (Bank Marketing/ Business Research methods)	3	45	45
	8	FINA3317	Financial Derivatives Markets	3	45	45
	9	FINA3308	Foreign Exchange Trading	3	45	45
	9	FINA3403	Corporate Finance 2	3	45	45
	9	FINA3304	Credit Appraisal	3	45	45
	9		Elective course 2 (Commercial Banking Simulation/ Portfolio Management/ E-Commerce)	3	45	45
	9	POLI2301	Revolution of Vietnamese Communist Party	3	45	45
	10	ACCO3306	Accounting of Banking	3	45	45
	10	FINA3315	Financial Investment and Analysis	3	45	45
4	10	FINA3312	Financial Statements Analysis	3	45	45
	10		Elective course 3 (Auditing/ Establishing and assessing an investment project)	3	45	45
	10		Elective course 4 (Managerial Accounting/ Tax And Business Operations)	3	45	45
	11	FINA4499	Internship 2	4	120
	11	FINA4699	Thesis or	6	180
	11 11	FINA3307 FINA3315	2 replaced courses as Commercial Bank Management Financial Risk Management	6 3 3	45 45	45 45

Accounting

The Faculty offers bachelor’s degrees in Economic Laws and Law. Economic Laws Program officially started in 2009 and Law Program started in 2015. Previously, Open University of Ho Chi Minh City began to offer graduate degree in Law in 1993.

To earn a bachelor’s degree in Economic Laws, students have to complete of 126 credits, from required courses in business and commercial laws and elective courses in Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting and International Payments. To deepen training and knowledge, students can select Import and Export Law, Investment Law, Law on Insurance Business, and more.

English

Bachelor’s Degree Program in Law comprises of 125 credits, with required courses in Civil Law and Administrative Law. Elective courses offered are Administrative Procedure Law, Law on Inspection, Complaint and Denouncement, Civil Executive law, Common Contracts, Roman Law, Law on City Management, etc.

The training objectives of the Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Law and Law of Economics are to train qualified jurists with in-depth knowledge of all the legal work and with specialty in commercial laws. Besides, the Faculty focuses on training students with technical skills and soft skills, forming the right attitude toward the profession, the community as well as society. These skills and principles are integrated into teaching and classroom interactions, extracurricular activities, academic competitions, student club events, the participated sessions in court, law firm, etc.

Students will be learning from and working with faculty members, highly qualified enthusiastic lawyers and judges. The highlights of the two programs are to incorporate theoretical and applied trainings in their curricula.

Students of Junior Year are sent to enterprises, government agencies, courts to serve as interns for one month at each selected agency. The goal is for students to receive work-related, communication, and problem solving skills while still in training. These practical opportunities will help student form and early awareness of the legal profession they have chosen and reflect on their real and potential abilities; help students identify the knowledge and skills they have or have yet acquired so that they can improve and strengthen themselves before entering the workforce.

In addition, the Faculty of Law also organizes regular seminars and mentoring with the participation of well-established legal experts.

Business Law

Bachelor’s Degree Program in Law comprises of 146 credits, with required courses in Civil Law and Administrative Law. Elective courses offered are Administrative Procedure Law, Law on Inspection, Complaint and Denouncement, Civil Executive law, Common Contracts, Roman Law, Law on City Management, etc.

In addition, the Faculty of Law also organizes regular seminars and mentoring with the participation of well-established legal experts.

Contact

97 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Phone

(84-8) 39309 918

Email

sas@ou.edu.vn

Fax

(84-8) 3930 0085

HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY
35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84-028) 38364748
Fax: (84-028) 39207639 hoặc (84-028)-39207640
Email: ou@ou.edu.vn
Website: http://www.ou.edu.vn