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NOTE:

This course is offered to registered students only. Please do not share any course material (Tencent Meeting information, lecture notes, homework, references, wechat group code and etc) without my permission. Unauthorized sharing/copying might result in failing or being banned from the course.

 

Time and Location:   

In this semester, this course is a hybrid course offered to students offline and online via Tencent/VooV Meeting in the Global Virtual Classroom Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Virtual Exchange Program of the APRU (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Alliance of Pacific Ring University)

 

  • Time: Week 2-6: Thursdays 18:00 pm – 20:40 pm

(September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20)

  • Virtual Classroom: Tencent Meeting
    • Meeting ID：383-9154-4022
    • PWD：220922


Office Hour and Contact:

In this semester, I will use Tencent Meeting+ MOOC Classroom to teach an online interactive course. To facilitate the interaction during the teaching, please prepare the following:

  1. Install Tencent Meeting on your computer/ipad, and make sure the camera and microphone on the computer is working properly. 
  2. Install wechat on your mobile phone, and register an account.
  3. Register at https://www.icourse163.com. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., search course "Bank Management" by Nan Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and join the course (To be updated)
  1. Scan the QR code using Wechat to join the Online Classroom at China MOOC.
  2. Join the course wechat group by scanning the QR code (TBA) 

Note:

  1. Please change you group Nickname to:

"real name" + University + PhD/MA/Undergraduate + Year.

  1. Please do not post anything in this group irrelevant to this course. I will kick out and ban anyone who violates this rule without warning.
  • Online Office hour is by appointment.
  • The most efficient way to contact me is by email nanli@sjtu.edu.cn, or by wechat message in the course group, and I will usually reply in 24 hours.
  • Course Website (For students need credits):
    • CANVAS: oc.sjtu.edu.cn
  • Personal Website: www. nanlifinance.org

 

Important Due Dates:

  • October 6, 6:00 pm: Class Assignment 1 Due
  • October 20, 6:00 pm: Class Assignment 2 Due 
  • October 29, 6:00 pm: Term Paper Due​


Course Objective:
This course builds on basic financial theory and the principles courses in economics to address topics that are important for managing banks in China. Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to understand recent development in the Chinese banking industry and how banking reforms change the banking industry landscape in China. More importantly, students are expected to understand the special role of financial institutions in the Chinese economy and how to manage the risks faced by the banks in China in a rapidly changing international environment. 

Prerequisites:
Students should have some background in basic macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, algebra, differential calculus, statistics, and a disposition to keep themselves informed of current developments in the area of banking and finance in China as well as in the world.
 

Textbooks and References:

  • Lecture notes
  • Saunders and Cornett, Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach, 8th edition, International Edition, McGraw Hill, 2014 (FIM)
  • Peter S. Rose and Sylvia C. Hudgins, Bank Management and Financial Services, 8th Edition, Machinery Industry Press, 2011 (BMFS)

 

Grading Policy:

  • Class Assignment:                  50%
  • Presentation:                           20%
  • Term Paper:                            20%
  • Class Participation:                 10%


Class Assignments

  • ​There will be two class assignments. Each student should finish the assignments on her or his own and hand in separate answers.  

 

Term Paper and Class Presentation

  • Students are advised to form a working group of no more than 5 students. Each group should write a term paper and present it in the class. Each group can choose to write a paper on essential issues related to the Chinese banking industry and apply the methods and techniques learned in the class to analyze the problems. The topic chosen by each group is subject to the approval of the lecturer. The term paper can be a case study, research paper or a referee report of the paper in the references. The following questions should be addressed in your term paper,
    • What is the question and why it is interesting and important?
    • What are your opinions? What are the arguments and empirical evidence to support your opinion?
    • What are the policy implications or the implications on the risk management of Chinese banks of your research? 
  • Each group should prepare to present the term paper in Week 5, with 20 minutes presentation and 5 minutes Q&A. The presentation slides and term paper should be submitted before the presentation. 
  • The term paper should be no more than 20 pages with double spaces and fonts no smaller than 12 pt. The data source and references should be clearly and completely documented.

 
Class Participation

  • Students are encouraged to actively participate in the class discussion. Such activities include comments and questions for lecturer in the class as well as for presenters in the group presentation.

 
Warning:
Plagiarism is taken very seriously. Students caught plagiarizing in class assignments and/or term paper in this course will be severely penalized according to the school regulation.

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