11039 (v.4) International Trade and Banking 305

Area:

School of Economics and Finance

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Equivalent(s):

300671 (v.2) BAN34 International Trade and Banking or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

11001 (v.3) Economics (Macro) 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Fundamentals of international trade, competitive advantage of firms in global trade, dynamics of national advantage, global infrastructure of international banking, transaction and documentation risk in international trade from a banking perspective, mechanics of trade capital transactions and international settlements. Country and political risk as a tool for managing credit risk, a portfolio approach to country risk, assessing credit risk in international banking, lending instruments and capital markets in international banking, international project financing, risk management techniques in international banking and cross cultural issues in international banking.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

081101 Banking and Finance

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y			Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y
2007	Mktg Inst of S'pore	Trimester 3A	Y
2007	Open University HK	Trimester 1A	Y
2007	UHK SPACE Admiralty Ctr	Trimester 1A	Y
2007	UHK SPACE CIDP	Semester 1A	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External