• Emerging Financial Markets
• Emerging Financial Markets– China Study-Abroad (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong)
• Emerging Financial Markets– Vietnam Study-Abroad
• International Finance
• Financial Management
• Investments

• Contemporary Global Finance Issues and Policy
• Global Financial Services – China Study-Abroad (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Hong Kong)
• Global Economics – Executive MBA Program
• Financial Management

The course gives students the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills, and experiences concerning emerging economies and financial markets. The main contents include understanding and analyzing economic, financial, and political systems and policies of emerging market economies, financial globalization and international diversification, market structures and investment instruments, monetary policies, exchange rate regimes, risks and returns, analysis and valuation of investments, and current issues and developments in emerging economies and markets. Students will also complete a comprehensive country analysis project.

This course focuses on the introduction and application of economic analysis for managerial decision making with the objective of developing knowledge and skills to understand, analyze, and draw business implications from economic and financial issues that occur in the global, national and company environments. The intention is to develop high-level executive thinking on economic events and issues. The topics covered include macroeconomic concepts and indicators, economic growth theories and evidence, aggregate demand, aggregate supply, international trade, balance of payments, exchange rate determination, cross-border capital flows, monetary policy and fiscal policy. The course applies concepts through presentations and discussions of current global economic issues and a country economic analysis paper.

This course critically examines the current finance and economic crises and issues faced by specific countries and the global financial system with a view to understand the causes, consequences, and implications of such issues and formulate appropriate policies to deal with, prevent or mitigate such issues. The topics covered include major schools of economic thought in regard to financial and economic crises, forms and theories of financial crises, macroeconomics foundations of international finance and exchange rates, European Monetary Union, theory of optimal currency areas, eurozone common currency area, Great Depression, Asian Crisis, U.S. subprime crisis, Irish banking crisis, Greek debt crisis, Icelandic financial crisis, public debt sustainability, Japanese new economic policies (Abenomics), US-China trade war and currency issues, China One-Belt One-Road initiative, Brexit, Covid-19 economic crisis, and other contemporary global economic and finance issues.

The course gives students a broader perspective on the global financial services industry with special reference to China. The main contents of the course include the Chinese economic, monetary, and financial system and policies, China’s transition from a socialist to a market economy; structure, players, and operation of the banking, bond, stock, insurance, real estate, commodities, private equity, wealth management and currency markets and industries in China; Chinese financial sector regulatory regime; the role of the Chinese manufacturing and trade in the Chinese and global economy and financial markets; foreign direct and portfolio investments in China; and issues and challenging facing the Chinese economy and the financial markets. The course engages students in readings, lectures, and presentations delivered by both the instructor and Chinese academics and industry experts, and field visits to manufacturing and financial companies and intuitions for experiential learning. Students will also engage in significant cultural activities in order to understand the dimensions of Chinese culture and its influence on business, finance, and economics. The grading components of the course include a research paper, quizzes, a group presentation, cultural reflection journals, and active course participation.