COURSE OUTLINE Course ID Course title Credits NT403DE01 International payment 03 A. Course Specifications: Total periods* Lecture/ Seminar (To be applied to Semester:, School year:. under Decision No...../QĐ-BGH date......) Laboratory/ Studio Periods Activity Fieldwork Selfstudy periods Periods in classrom Lecture room Lab room Fieldwork (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 45 30 15 00 00 90 45 00 00 *(1) = (2) + (3) + (4) + (5) = (7) + (8) + (9) B. Other related Subjects: Other related Subjects Course ID Course title Prerequisites: 1. NT203DV01/NT203DE01 International economics AV204DV02 EIC4 C. Course Description: This subject supplies the students with knowledges about: the foreign exchange rate, factors affecting the foreign exchange rate, the risks of the foreign exchange rate and solutions. Some transactions on the foreign exchange market such as Spot, Forward, Swap, Option, and futures Some instruments of international payment: Bill of exchange, promissory note, cheque, payment card...some methods of international payment: Telegraphic Transfer, Cash against documents, collection, Letter of credit their advantages and disadvantages as well. Documents in the the field of the international payment, some common differences in documents and ways to solve these problems. Vietnamese laws and international regulations relating to the international payment. D. Course Objectives: No. 1. Course Objectives Supply with knowledges of types of currencies used in the world, ways to calculate the foreign exchange rate.
2. 3. 4. 5. Help the students catch the idea, understand and apply the foreign exchange transactions and the methods of payment nowadays. Provide the students in the field of international trade with the content of some instruments of payment such as Bill of exchange, Cheque... Enrich the students with techniques of dealing with the documents in the section of the international payment. Equip the students with specialized knowledges to solve cases in the international payment. E. Learning Outcomes: No. Learning Outcomes 1. Have knowledge about different kinds of currencies in the world. Know how to read the foreign exchange rate, ways to calculate the cross rate 2. quickly, risks of the foreign exchange rate and various solutions to solve the problems. Understand different instruments in the international payment such as Bill of 3. Exchange, Cheque, payment cards..., the way to establish and procedure to use them. Know and apply the flexible methods of international payment in the foreign 4 trade transactions and their advantages, disadvantages as well. Learn about some sorts of special letter of credit in the international payment 5 (tranferable L/C, back to back ;/C, standby L/C) Build up the applicaion for opening the letter of credit by themselves, and 6 understand the content of a letter of credit. Be good at arranging payment documnets, checking these files, identifying 7 differences in documents, and solving cases arising. Have the knowledges of risks, disputes often happening in the area of the 8 international payment. F. Instructional Modes: This subject is carried out by lecture and exercises of students groups as following: 1. Lecture: - The lecture time is 30 periods (2/3 total amount of time for this subject), spends 1 4 weeks; it means that there will be a theoretical class in every week. Teachers lecture in English and note some special terms in English. - Before going to school, students read stipulated chapter of the textbook in the course outline first. Besides, students must read more materials, Bill if exchange, application form for opening L/C, documents in the field of the international payment. - Students go to class to observe and listen to definitions, difficult or important ideals of each chapter stressed by lecturer and update practice knowledge at present. - If students have problems from above step 1 to step 3, they need discuss with their friends or bring them to class to debate with others in the exercise period. 2. and exercise
- 1/3 of total time (about 15 periods) is for presentation and exercises, there is one period every week after the theoretical time. - After the theoretical time, students practices exercises and answer questions in the textbook (as said in the course outline) to check whether they understand the lessons or not. - As to presentation, students will be divided into small groups, not more than 10 students each group to do topics assigned by lecturer. - Before the time for making presentation, students should learn practical issues related to their topic as much as possible. - After a group makes presentation, students in class and lecturer make questions and discuss with each other to make clear all key problems of the topic. - In the semester, students will do a major exercise to get marks in week 14. - At the end of exercise period, the lecturer will summarize all main ideas so that all the class will have more knowledge about this topic. Types of classroom period 1 Theoretical classroom 45 2 Computer practice room 00 Total 45 G. Textbooks and teaching aids: 1. Required Textbooks and Materials: Technical officers, Finance of international trade, National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 909873 534, ninth edition 2000 2. Suggested Course Materials: Tran Hoang Ngan & Nguyen Minh Kieu, intenational payment, the Statitics publisher 2010 Đinh Xuan Trinh, intenational payment, Labor and Social publishing house. UCP 600, URC 522, Incoterms 2010 Law on negotiable instruments 2005 of Viet Nam Websites of banks 3. Teaching aids: no H. Assessment Methods (Requirements for Completion of the Course): 1. Description of learning outcomes assessment Students learn The international payment will be remarked by three ways: 1.1 Exercise: Students do exercises after each theoretical chapter. 1.2 Major assignment: i. Students are divided into many groups, each group consists of less than 10 students. Every group will make research and make presentation about one topic assigned by lecturer.
ii. This is the work of the whole group, so students will be remarked as one group, which means that all students in the same group will receive the same marks for the result. If any member sees that one student in group doesn t contribute to the result, please inform the lecturer to solve the problem. In he can t bear this situation, he can do the assignment by himself. iii. The mark of presentation replaces for the mid-term mark. 1.3 The final test The final test will extend 90 minutes. The test will include essay. This test will check both theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge as well. Students are prohibited from using 2. Summary of learning outcomes assessment * For main semester: Components Duration Assessment Forms Percentage Schedule Mini-Test 1 15 exercises 20% Week 2-14 minutes Mid term test 45 Week 2-14 Group work 30% minutes Final Test 90 Essay without using 50% According to students minutes documents services department Total 100% Note: Students will be prohibited from takinh the exam if they are absent from the class for over 30 pct of the total periods. * For extra semester: Components Duration Assessment Forms Percentage Schedule Mini-Test 1 15 exercises 20% Week 2-6 minutes Mid term test 45 Week 3-4 Group work 30% minutes Final Test 90 Essay without 50% According to students minutes using documents services department Total 100% I. Academic Integrity Academic integrity is a fundamental value that affects the quality of teaching, learning, and research at a university. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity at Hoa Sen University, students are required to: 1. Work independently on individual assignments: Collaborating on individual assignments is considered cheating. 2. Avoid plagiarism Plagiarism is an act of fraud that involves the use of ideas or words of another person without proper attribution. Students will be accused of plagiarism if they: i. Copy in their work one or more sentences from another person without proper
citation. ii. Rephraser, paraphrase, or translate another person s ideas or words without proper attribution. iii. Reuse their own assignments, in whole or in part, and submit them for another class. 3. Work responsibly within a working group In cooperative group assignments, all students are required to stay on task and contribute equally to the projects. Group reports should clearly state the contribution of each group member. Any acts of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the task at hand and/or immediate failure of the course, depending on the seriousness of the fraud. Please consult Hoa Sen University s Policy on Plagiarism at http://thuvien.hoasen.edu.vn/chinh-sach-phong-tranhdao-van. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity, the university asks that students report cases of academic dishonesty to the teacher and/or the Dean. The names of those students will be kept anonymous. I.Teaching Staff: No. Professor s name Email, Phone number, Office location 1 ThS. Trần Thị Trúc Lan Lan.tranthitruc@hoasen.edu.vn 2 ThS. Ngụy Thị Sao Chi Chi.nguythisao@hoasen.edu.vn Office hours Position J. Outline of Topics to be covered (Learning Schedule): * For main semester topics: Week/ Meeting Topics Referenc es Homework /Assignment 1/1 Chapter 1. The common knowledge about international payment I. The definition of the international payment II. The roles of the international payment III. Subjects in the international payment 2/2 IV. Nostro & VostroAccount V. SWIFT VI. Laws and regulations in the international payment. [1], [2]
3/3 Chapter 2: The foreign exchange market I. History of the foreign exchange market II. Features III. Participants IV. Roles V. The Viet Nam foreign exchange market 4/4 Chapter 3: The foreign exchange rate I.The definition of The foreign exchange rate II. The basic of The foreign exchange rate III. ISO regulations about currencies. IV. Ways of quotation V. Usual types of The foreign exchange rate VI. Cross rate VII. factors affacting The foreign exchange rate 5/5 Chapter 4: The foreign exchange transactions I. Spot II. Arbitrage 6/6 III. Forward IV. Swaps 7/7 V. Option VI. Future of group 1: The fact of the foreign exchange bussiness in Viet Nam nowadays. of group 2: How does the fluctuation of The foreign exchange rate affect the Viet Nam economy? of group 3: arbitrage transaction and spot. of group 4: forward transaction and swap. of group 5: futures and options.
8/8 Chapter 5: the instruments of the international payment I. Bill of exchange - definition - features - form - content - classification - ways to establish - related transactions 9/9 II. Promissory note III. Checque VI. Payment cards 10/10 Chapter 6: The methods of international payment I. Open account II. Telegraphic transfer III. CAD 11/11 IV. Clean collection V. Documentary collection of group 6: Analyze Bill of exchange. of group 7: Analyze checque, payment cards and summarize Law on negotiable instruments of group 8: process of CAD and T.T, and of group 9: process of DA and DP. and
12/12 VI. Documentary Credit - definition - the process of opening L/C - the process of making payment by L/C - types of L/C - Some transactions related to L/C 13/13 Chapter 7: Checking the payment documents I. Checking the content of L/C II. Checking the content of the payment 14/14 Meeting with guest speaker or company tour. 15/15 Review of group 10: process of L/C and * For extra-semester topics: Week/ Meeting Topics Referenc es Homework /Assignment 1/1 Chapter 1. The common knowledge about international payment I. The definition of the international payment II. The roles of the international payment III. Subjects in the international payment 1/2 IV. Nostro & VostroAccount V. SWIFT VI. Laws and regulations in the international payment. [1], [2]
2/3 Chapter 2: The foreign exchange market I. History of the foreign exchange market II. Features III. Participants IV. Roles V. The Viet Nam foreign exchange market 2/4 Chapter 3: The foreign exchange rate I.The definition of The foreign exchange rate II. The basic of The foreign exchange rate III. ISO regulations about currencies. IV. Ways of quotation V. Usual types of The foreign exchange rate VI. Cross rate VII. factors affacting The foreign exchange rate 3/5 Chapter 4: The foreign exchange transactions I. Spot II. Arbitrage 3/6 III. Forward IV. Swaps 4/7 V. Option VI. Future of group 1: The fact of the foreign exchange bussiness in Viet Nam nowadays. of group 2: How does the fluctuation of The foreign exchange rate affect the Viet Nam economy? of group 3: arbitrage transaction and spot. of group 4: forward transaction and swap. of group 5: futures and options.
4/8 Chapter 5: the instruments of the international payment I. Bill of exchange - definition - features - form - content - classification - ways to establish - related transactions 5/9 II. Promissory note III. Checque VI. Payment cards 5/10 Chapter 6: The methods of international payment I. Open account II. Telegraphic transfer III. CAD 6/11 IV. Clean collection V. Documentary collection of group 6: Analyze Bill of exchange. of group 7: Analyze checque, payment cards and summarize Law on negotiable instruments of group 8: process of CAD and T.T, and of group 9: process of DA and DP. and
6/12 VI. Documentary Credit - definition - the process of opening L/C - the process of making payment by L/C - types of L/C - Some transactions related to L/C 7/13 Chapter 7: Checking the payment documents I. Checking the content of L/C II. Checking the content of the payment 7/14 Meeting with guest speaker or company tour. 7/15 Review of group 10: process of L/C and