ISEC Course Syllabus Course Title: Service Learning I Program of The Students: Financial Engineering Course Credit:2 Total Contact Hours:32 Semester:5 Pre-Requisite：Business English Instructor：Liu Aie Course Description: (Approx 200 Words) This course is a professional course for economic management majors, a branch of international finance, which explores the theoretical and practical issues of international monetary movement from a micro perspective, and its main purpose is to settle the creditor's rights and debts between countries in monetary terms in the most scientific and effective way. It mainly teaches the knowledge of cross-border settlement tools, settlement methods and bank-centered fund transfer and clearing, and teaches the skills of issuing settlement bills, overseas remittance, collection, letter of credit, bank guarantee, international factoring, forfaiting, etc. In the teaching, this course is interspersed with the practical operation of international settlement, and through the analysis of real cases, students' thinking, practice and innovation ability are improved. This course is a follow-up course of monetary finance, , and lays a foundation for the study of international finance, international trade, foreign exchange bank accounting, international financing practice, and import and export document certification courses. Course Learning Outcomes： After completing the course learning, the students will be able to 1. LO1: Identify and define key concepts in the negotiable instruments，methods of remittance, collection and letter of credit, bank guarantees, international factoring and forfaiting; 2. LO2: Use negotiable instruments and methods of settlement for business activities; 3. LO3: Developing students' effective oral expressive ability, apply the international settlement strategies and skills to solve problems in business activities, and have the ability to think innovatively. Mapping of Assessment Event and LOs （Tick the LOs that can be evaluated by the particular assessment events） Assessment Event (AE) Percentage % LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 1. Class Participation Discussion 10% √ √ √ 2. Case Study 20% √ √ √ 3. Exercise 30% √ √ 4. Examination 40% √ √ √ 100% Mapping of Teaching /Learning Activities and LOs Teaching / Learning Activities （TLA） Week LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 1. Lecture/tutorial Week1-15 √ √ √ 2. Case Study Week1-15 √ √ √ 3. Exercise Week1-15 √ √ 4. Examination Week16 √ √ √ Week: To indicate when the activities will be organized. The TLA will be cross checked in session Plan. Session Plan: Week Chapter Title / Contents Activities LO 1 Chapter One Introduction Lecture (70min) Case Study (20 min) LO1, LO2 2 Chapter Two Negotiable Instrument Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 3 Chapter Two Negotiable Instrument Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 4 Chapter Three Remittance Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 5 Chapter Four Collection Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 6 Chapter Four Collection Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 7 Chapter Five Letter of Credit Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 8 Chapter Five Letter of Credit Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 9 Chapter Five Letter of Credit Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 10 Chapter Six Documents in International Settlement Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 11 Chapter Six Documents in International Settlement Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 12 Chapter7 Examination of Documents under Letter of Credit Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 13 Chapter7 Examination of Documents under Letter of Credit Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 14 Chapter8 Financing in Interntaional Settlement Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 15 Chapter9 Risk in Interntaional Settlement Review(5min) Lecture (60 min) Casy Study (10min) Exercise(15min) LO1, LO2, LO3 16 Final Exam LO1, LO2, LO3 Policies: Ø Attendance Policy · Students are responsible for punctual and regular attendance in all classes and required class activities. Unexcused absences will be reflected in the final grade. · The teacher does not grant excused absences; therefore, contact the teacher prior to the class if the student is not going to attend. A student is tardy if not attend at the class’s scheduled begin time. · Leave requires documents and approval from the counselor and dean. Three unexcused absences will directly lead to “F” grade. Ø Participation Policy · Students should participate in their registered classes actively and effectively. The Participation Grade is related to the Attendance Grade. Students’ final attendance grade is the maximum of their participation grade. · Participation grade will be based on a variety of factors including participate in class discussions and activities, answering questions correctly, obeying class rules, and being prepared for the class. Ø Policy on Assignments and Quizzes · Students should finish their assignments completely and punctually. Assignments should be submitted on the date appointed by the teacher. If a student cannot submit the assignment on time, the reasonable excuse will be needed. Late submissions will receive a maximum grade of 79. An submission that is late for more than 3 days will be marked but receive 0. · Students are advised to print all assignments in the format specified by the teacher. If the format is not standard will receive a maximum grade of 80. Ø Plagiarism · Any form of cheating is NEVER tolerated. Any student ONCE caught cheating on a quiz, assignment or examination will receive a 0 for that particular work for the whole semester. The definition of plagiarism will be carefully explained at the beginning of each semester. When any thoughts or writings of another person are used, the sources must be clearly referred (using quotes, bibliography and giving reference). Ø Classroom Policies · No eating, electronic dictionaries, smoking, chatting or drowsing in class. · Please speak English rather than Chinese in class as possiable as you can. · Stand up when answering questions. · Respect classmates’ ideas, opinions, and questions of your classmates. · You are welcome to visit the instructor’s office during his/her office hours. · Put the trash into the trash-bin. · All your classroom involvement, performance and after-class communications with instructor will affect your participation score. TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCES References / Periodicals: [1] Xu Nan, Zhang Ya, Li Jianjun. International Settlement, China Renmin University Press,2021. [2] Pang Hong. International Settlement, China Renmin University Press,2024. Note: This syllabus is tentative and may be changed or modified throughout the semester. All students will be notified and a new syllabus will be given. Assessment Event Rubrics For example: Case Study Report(20%) ( TLA) Assessment Criteria Excellent (20-16) Good (15-12) Unsatisfactory (11-0) Knowledge of Letter of Credti (20%) LO(s) 1,2 Very clear of the basic characteristics of letter of credit, can clarify the differences with other settlement methods. Generally clear of the characteristics of letter of credit, can clarify the differences with one or two other settlement methods. Students do not clear of the letter of credit, cannot explain the difference with other settlement documents. Documentation ability (30%) LO(s) 2,3 Accurately make documents under L/C Accurately make documents under L/C with a few mistakes. Cannot make documents under L/C principle. Analytical Ability (30%) LO(s) 1,2,3 Can analyze mistake of the L/C terms and make amendment Basically have the ability to analyze mistake of the L/C terms and make amendment Not capable of analyze mistake of the L/C terms and make amendment Normative writing ability (20%) LO(s) 2,3 Complete documentsand basicly no grammar and spelling mistakes Very few grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. Many grammatical spelling mistakes, affect reading Late Work Policy: Attendance in class is mandatory for all students enrolled in the course. Any excused absence must be discussed directly with the teacher. Being late to class within 3minutes will be recorded as 1 LATE and being late over 5 minutes will be recorded as 1 ABSENCE. 3 LATES equal to 1 ABSENCE. 20% absences of the total teaching hours will cause an F (a failing grade) directly. However, students are still welcome to continue to attend class. F students have no right to drop this course anymore. Each unexcused absence will result in the lowering of the attendance grade by 1 point. Each excused absence will result in the lowering of the attendance grade by 0.5 point.If someone has special reason to be absent, the one must tell the teacher the real reason alone.