Youth Programme: Business and Finance

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course will provide a strong conceptual foundation for finance. This programme has two primary objectives. The first objective is to build a strong conceptual foundation for finance. The second objective is to use finance theory to solve practical problems faced by financial managers.


By the end of this programme, participants should be able to understand the:

  • goal of financial management
  • concept of time value of money
  • application of various appraisal techniques
  • management of working capital
  • financial analysis of companies

     

  • Who Should Attend

    Undergraduate students with strong desire to learn basics of financial management with professional terminology, but without jargon.

    Pre-Requisites

    Students will find it beneficial to have some basic knowledge of accounting, algebra, and statistics prior to enrolling in this course. Those without pre-requisite basic knowledge will be required to put extra effort in order to follow material.

    Programme Schedule

    For individuals interested in NUS SCALE Youth programmes, please click here to enquire.
    For schools/companies interested in customised and/or group bookings, please click here.

    Mode of Delivery

    On-campus Programme: 15 hours of face-to-face lessons, tutorials and a final project presentation.

    Mode of Assessment

    Students will be assessed via a variety of assignments and assessments:

    • Final Presentation (group)

    COURSE INSTRUCTORS

    Below are the faculty members who have developed the course, and taught the programme in the past (names are arranged in alphabetical order):

    Speaker

    Dr Ruth Tan
    Associate Professor
    Department of Finance

    Business School

    Dr Ruth Tan is Associate Professor of Finance at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS) and a Fellow of CPA Australia. She has received several teaching excellence awards at NUS. She is currently a Fellow at the NUS Teaching Academy. Her case studies are widely used by top universities such as Harvard, MIT and Columbia. She has co-authored several books: “Household Finance” published in 2020; “Fundamentals of Corporate Finance” published in 2016; and “Corporate Finance” published in 2014. She is the overall supervising professor for the Enterprise 50 Educational Project since 2010. Under this project, students work with the top 50 SMEs in Singapore. She was also the overall supervising professor for SPRING’s Business Excellence program as well as National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s Company of Good program in 2017 and 2018. She has conducted in-house executive training for various companies such as Ikea, Sime Darby, Mitsui, Kalbe, Bridgestone, Cerebos, NKSJ Holdings and AGC. She is currently the co-director of the executive program, Accounting and Finance for non-financial managers.

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

    Successful participants who complete all requirements of the programme including passing the assessment will receive a certificate of completion issued by NUS SCALE.
    Certificate of Completion

    A sample of the Certificate of Completion.

    Assessment Report

    A sample of assessment report.

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    COMMENDATION LETTER

    Participants from the project team with the highest score for the group project will also receive a commendation letter.

    Commendation Letter

    A sample of the Commendation Letter.

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    SPEAK TO US

    For enquiries, contact us through the following forms:

    • For individuals interested in NUS SCALE Youth programmes, please click here to enquire.
    • For schools/companies interested in customised and/or group bookings, please click here.
     
    11 March 2025