《Financial Management》Syllabus

Course Number:           2110020804

Course Name:               Financial Management

Instructors:                    Wang Bing

Required Text:              Zhou Qingfu. Financial Management[M].Shanghai: Lixin Accounting Press，2023

Course Description:      This course is a compulsory course for the professional platform of the financial management major. It is a science to study the financial activities and financial relations of enterprises, and is one of the basic types of knowledge that the staff engaged in economic management must have. Through the study of this course, students can firmly establish the concept of enterprise financial management, master the basic theories and methods of financial management, and improve the structure of students' professional knowledge. Through the study of this course, students can flexibly analyze, evaluate and make decisions on capital movements in the production and operation process of enterprises according to the characteristics of enterprises, solve practical problems in management activities such as enterprise financing, investment and profit distribution, and cultivate students' basic financial management ability and financial data analysis ability. Through the study of this course, students will be equipped with the basic qualities that financial managers should have, such as love and dedication, careful and rigorous, honest and trustworthy, keen thinking, innovation, scientific financial management, etc., highlighting the professional quality of financial management, innovation quality training and financial management thinking concept.

Credits/Teaching Hours

Outline of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:   (3 Credits/48 Teaching Hours)

I.    Pandect                                              6 Teaching Hours

Section 1 The concept and content of financial management

Section 2 Objectives of financial management

Section 3 Financial management environment

II.  The values of financial management                       8 Teaching Hours

Section 1 Time value of money

Section 2 Risk and reward

III. Financing management                                10 Teaching Hours

Section 1 The basic content of enterprise financing

Section 2 Equity capital financing

Section 3 Debt capital financing

Section 4 Cost of capital

Section 5 Leverage benefits and risks

Section 6 Capital structure

IV. Project investment management                          8 Teaching Hours

Section 1 Project investment management overview

Section 2 Cash flow and its calculation

Section 3 Project investment decision evaluation index

Section 4 Application of evaluation index of project investment decision

V. Securities investment management                        4 Teaching Hours

Section 1 Overview of securities investment management

Section 2 Bond investment management

Section 3 Stock investment management

Section 4 Security portfolio

VI. Working capital management                            8 Teaching Hours

Section 1 Overview of working capital management

Section 2 Cash management

Section 3 Accounts receivable

Section 4 Inventory control

VII. Income distribution management                        4 Teaching Hours

Section 1 An overview of income distribution management

Section 2 Dividend theory and dividend policy

Section 3 Dividend distribution

Section 4 Stock splits and buybacks

Total (Teaching Hours)                                       48 

Summary of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:                   (48 Teaching Hours)