Finance is concerned with the study of financial instruments, institutions, markets and systems. It involves the study of financial decision making under uncertainty, which has applications in many fields including banking, financial consulting and planning, funds management, merchant banking, stockbroking and treasury.

This programme provides rigorous training in the theory and applications of finance. The programme involves a core in mainstream finance supplemented with studies in related quantitative techniques and methodologies, economics and management.

Upon completion of this programme, graduates will understand:

• how corporations make financial decisions
• how individual investors select and manage their investment opportunities and portfolios
• the intricacies of derivative securities
• the management of the financial services industry

3-year honours programme

31 subjects including a graduation project

14 weeks for full semester; 7 weeks for half semester

Seminars covering the following areas will be conducted and all students are required to attend. Although these seminars do not count as credits towards graduation, all HELP graduates must be trained in the following essential skills:

Resolving Conflicts

Negotiation

Interpersonal Dynamics

Team Building

YEAR 1

9 COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

• ACC101 Financial Accounting 1
• ACC103 Management Accounting 1
• ECO101 Principles of Microeconomics
• ECO102 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ITC101 Information Technology for Business

• LAW101 Business Law
• MGT101 Principles of Management
• MKT101 Principles of Marketing
• QBM101 Business Statistics

YEAR 2 & 3

FINANCE  (14 COMPULSORY SUBJECTS)

• ECO202 Macroeconomic Analysis
• ACC203 Financial Accounting 2
• FIN202 Financial Management
• FIN203 Financial Institutions, Instruments & Markets
• FIN204 Investment Analysis; Decision Making
• FIN205 Wealth Management
• FIN302 Analysis of Equity; Fixed Income Investments

• FIN304 Global Financial Management
• FIN305 Strategic Issues in Financial Management
• FIN306 Derivative Securities & Risk Management
• FIN307 Portfolio Management
• HRM201 Managing Human Resources
• MGT203 Business Research
• MGT400 Graduation Project

And choose 3 electives from any Year 2 or Year 3 subjects (1 of them must be a Year 3 subject)

PARTIAL LIST OF ELECTIVES (FOR ALL SPECIALISATIONS)

• ACC201 Management Accounting 2
• ACC291 Islamic Bank Management
• ACC305 Corporate Governance
• ACC312 Reporting Framework & Accounting Practice
• BKG301 Comparative Banking Structure
• COM200 Managerial Communication
• ECO203 International Economics
• FIN203 Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets
• FIN204 Investment Analysis & Decision Making
• FIN206 Introduction to Technical Analysis & Trading
• FIN207 Mergers & Acquisitions
• FIN301 Corporate Finance
• ITC201 Principles of Web Design
• ITC304 Digital Payment and Security
• LAW201 Company Law
• LAW305 International Business Law
• LAW311 Cyberlaw & Ethics
• MAT201 Business Mathematics
• MGT200 Small Business Management
• MGT201 Organisational Behaviour
• MGT202 E-Business
• MGT204 Asian Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• MGT205 Asian Business Environment
• MGT209 Production & Logistics Management

• MGT211 E-Commerce
• MGT212 Business Analytics for Decision Making (strongly recommended)
• MGT300 Managing People across Cultures
• MGT302 Change Management
• MGT303 Corporate Policy & Strategy
• MGT304 Strategic International Business Management
• MGT305 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
• MGT309 Project Management
• MGT312 E-Commerce Strategies
• MKT206 Retail Management
• MKT208 Brand Management
• MKT212 Social Media Marketing
• MKT213 Mobile Marketing
• MKT301 Integrated Marketing Communications
• MKT302 Strategic Global Marketing
• MKT305 Strategic Marketing Relationship
• MKT307 Environmental Marketing
• MKT308 B2B Marketing
• MKT309 Marketing Engineering
• MKTT313 Digital Product Management
• MKT314 Search Marketing
• QBM201 Advanced Business Statistics

GRADUATION PROJECTS

• All students are required to complete a graduation project in their related fields under supervision.

MPU

5 COMPULSORY MPU SUBJECTS

MPU1 (CHOOSE 2 SUBJECTS)

• MPU3113 Hubungan Etnik(Malaysian students)
• MPU3123 Tamadun Islam dan Tamadun Asia(Malaysian students)

• MPU3143 Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2(International students)
• MPU3173 Pengajian Malaysia 3(International students)

MPU2 (CHOOSE 1)

• MPU3213 Bahasa Kebangsaan A (for Malaysian students without a credit in SPM Bahasa Melayu)
• MPU3233 Leadership in Business

• MPU3243 Personal Branding and Career Management

MPU3 (CHOOSE 1)

• MPU3313 Comparative Ethics for Malaysia
• MPU3323 Malaysian Constitution
• MPU3333 Malaysian Digital Transformation

• MPU3343 Career Pathways in the field of Behavioural Sciences in Malaysia
• MPU3353 Personal Financial Planning in Malaysia
• MPU3373 Goods & Services Tax in Malaysia

MPU4 (CHOOSE 1)

• MPU3412 Co-curriculum – Sport 2
• MPU3422 Co-curriculum – Community Service 2

• MPU3432 Co-curriculum- Event Managment 2

MOST SUBJECTS FOLLOW THE ASSESSMENT PATTERN BELOW:
 

• Continuous assessment – 40%
• Final examination – 60%
• Total – 100%

Any one of the following:

• HELP Foundation in Arts / Foundation in Science
  Minimum CGPA score of 2.5 out of 4.0**
• HELP Diploma in Business
  Minimum CGPA score of 2.5 out of 4.0**
• STPM
  2 C+**
• A-Level
  2 passes
• Senior Middle 3 (UEC)
  5 Bs’***
• CPU
  5 passes with a minimum average of 50%
• Australian Matriculation Programmes
  University Aggregate of 50% or ATAR score of at least 50 for various programmes
• Equivalent qualification