Financial Management
MODULE: Financial Management
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 42 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
Financial management and analysis is one of the most important and valuable skills for today's managers and executives. It is essential to understand the impact on the organization's financial performance of every decision made. This program gives the essential tools, strategies, and tactics for analyzing and improving the financial dimensions of operating decisions.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Financial Markets & Institutions
Financial Services Management Mergers & Acquisitions Options & Derivatives Cash Flow Management Financial Performance Evaluation Financial Accounting & Analysis Decision Making & Analysis Financial Management Financial Strategic Planning Corporate Finance International Finance & Taxation Capital Markets Investment Strategies
Academic Supervisor: Jose A. Cordova
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Financial Markets & Institutions
This course illustrates how financial institutions work, their regulation and importance of financial markets for both businesses and the consumer. Key concepts covered include the role of financial markets in society, financial transactions in a global environment, and provides a framework for understanding the major institutions of capital markets, such as banks, money managers, pension funds and insurance companies.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Financial Services Management
This course illustrates strategic developments in banking and assurance services, with emphasis on financial services marketing, pricing, product and customer policies, and services management. It also takes a close look at strategy, diversification, organization and controlling in the investment decision process, and pension fund management.
Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial
Mergers & Acquisitions
This course provides a solid understanding of how the merger and acquisition process works. It describes the types of mergers, the legal process, important regulations, valuation concepts and process, financial analysis, post merger integration, and anti-takeover defenses.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Options & Derivatives
This course examines financial innovations in the securities market. It includes extensive analysis of futures and forward contracts, options, and swaps. It examines the valuation of these contracts and their use as dynamic hedging instruments, the role of secondary mortgage market, and the various derivative mortgage products in the context of asset-backed lending.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Cash Flow Management
This course examines the principles and practices related to the management of cash flows, considering the measurement of cash flow cycles, cash flow forecasting, and short-term financing.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Financial Performance Evaluation
This course explains the ratios that can be useful in measuring and monitoring financial performance in conjunction with a set of financial statements. It provides a clear and concise overview of specific ratios that are used to measure liquidity, asset management, profitability, leverage, market value ratios, and comparative analysis.
Instructor: Jose A. Cordova
Financial Accounting & Analysis
This course shows to interpret financial reporting and accounting in order to make useful business management and investment decisions. The main financial and accounting statements are analyzed: balance sheet, income, cash flows, cost accounting, cost-volume analysis, budgeting, and capital budgeting.
Instructor: María del Carmen Villanueva Kcom
Decision Making & Analysis
This course examines the major decisional areas with respect to establishment of goals and the determination of strategies. It deals with the dynamic conditions of uncertainty and risk characterizing the environment of modern organizations. It emphasizes analytical approaches for problem formulation and solution, and decision implementation.
Instructor: Earle Taylor
Financial Management
Financial management and analysis is one of the most important and valuable skills for today's managers and executives. It is essential to understand the impact on the organization's financial performance of every decision made. This course gives the essential tools, strategies, and tactics for analyzing and improving the financial dimensions of operating decisions.
Instructor: María del Carmen Villanueva Kcom
Financial Strategic Planning
This course outlines the process for effective financial planning, including where to start, what types of budgets to prepare, and how to turn planning into a value-added activity. The objective of the course is to provide guidance for the user on how to do financial strategic planning.
Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial
Corporate Finance
This course focuses on the techniques used by corporate financial managers to assure liquidity and to minimize the risk of bankruptcy. In addition to liquidity assessment, the course will examine investment of surplus funds, cash management, risk management, credit/accounts receivables analysis, inventory management, and short-term financing alternatives.
Instructor: María del Carmen Villanueva Kcom
International Finance & Taxation
This course examines the international financial environment with particular emphasis on the foreign exchange markets and their interrelationships with international financial management and taxation. It also focuses on the principles involved in the taxation of inbound and outbound international transactions; jurisdictional issues; double taxation; taxation of income from inbound and outbound investment; international tax treaties; and fiscal incentives for investment.
Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial
Capital Markets
This course discusses the operation of capital markets from the perspective of investments (buy side) and corporate finance (sell side). It examines how investors construct portfolios consisting of securities with differing risk and return characteristics. It reviews capital budgeting, financing decisions, methods for evaluating and controlling risk, and compliance with regulatory requirements and processes.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
Investment Strategies
This course deals with the theory and practice of portfolio management. Topics included are alternative techniques for designing investment portfolios and the criteria for revision and performance evaluation. It also discusses portfolio insurance, the use of options and futures markets, and international topics, ethics, and social issues affected by investment strategies.
Instructor: Saidur Rahaman Dipu
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.
Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.
