Program in Department of Finance

Program Needs to be Served

The program of the Department of Finance is based on the educational philosophy of the College to strengthen the academic profession, cultivate a humanistic spirit, pursue innovative thinking, and develop a global perspective. Its goal is to give its students a solid, well-rounded education in finance, accentuating creativity and a global outlook. The rapid growth of the monetary, foreign exchange, and capital markets has increased the complexity of financial instruments. Therefore, it is important for the program in Finance to harness its resources to provide students with opportunities to acquire both theoretical and practical skills. The program aims to meet the rising needs of financial professionals’ capability enhancement in Taiwanese enterprises.

Learning Goals

Financial Profession

Our program enhances students’ professional ability and knowledge in finance through education integrating finance theories and practices. Students are required to take courses in Corporate Finance, Investment, and Financial Markets and Institutions. Moreover, with a balanced emphasis on theory and practice, we also offer Mathematics of Finance and Economic Theory to enhance the students’ analytical and strategic thinking and to expose them to the best management practices.

Financial Ethics and Social Responsibility

To enhance students’ financial ethics and social responsibility, they will be offered two sections of the course “Analysis on Contemporary Financial Problems,” one theoretical and the other practical in nature. These courses are designed to introduce theories on financial ethics and analyze ethical dilemmas that crop up in conducting business. The courses also invite experts in industries to share practical applications.

Global Vision

To foster a global outlook in students, we offer a string of unique international courses, including “International Financial Management,” “International Portfolio Management,” “Fixed-income Securities Product Design and Portfolio Management,” “Capital Markets and Financial Institutions,” “Positive Economics,” “Merger and Acquisition,” “Portfolio Management,” and “Financial Decision-Making.” All courses mentioned above are using English-language textbooks to provide students with international knowledge and topics. Students may enhance their global vision by engaging in intercultural communication through the College’s 43 partner universities (21 sister schools in Europe, 12 in Asia-Pacific, 9 in North America, and 1 in Australia) plus the University’s 143 partner universities.

Communication Capability

Most of the courses require students to analyze cases in the financial market. Through case analysis, students not only gain knowledge of finance theories but also learn to apply this professional knowledge. In addition, through case discussions they will increase their capability as effective communicators.

Problem-Solving Ability

Through assignments, investigations, reports, and case analyses, students increase their capability to apply theories to practical cases and to solve problems in making business and financial decisions.

Technological Facilities

The classes will take place at the College’s NSYSU campus facilities. The Department of Finance also provides the following databases for students to practice: 3000Xtra Service w/Chinese News, WorldScope, I/B/E/S, Ownership, CSMAR, Workflow ERP, TEJ, Financial Databases by Chinatimes Info Winner System, Datastream- Global Economics, Equity, Bonds, Options and Futures, Bankscope, MPI StylusTM Pro, SDC- Global New Issues, CRSP Survivor─Bias Free US Mutual Fund Database, CompuStat (100-103) and others. Available software includes Eviews, Gauss System, LIMDEP, Microfit, S. Stata SE11, and Model risk professional.

Glorious

In 2013, the Department of Finance was recognized by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) as one of its 148 international cooperative partners, which will facilitate the professional certification of students. And the Institute of Human Resource Management was certified by the Taiwan Training Quality System (TTQS), a governmental quality control body, in recognition of the overall quality of its training activities.