Teaching Mathematics for Business Administration Students in Vietnam: A Curriculum Analysis
Quang Huy Vu
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Thi Bich-Ngoc Tran
Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam
Le Van-An Nguyen
Vietnam Journal of Education, Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi, Vietnam
Thi Thuy-Quynh Nguyen
Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Vu Kieu-Trang Lai
Hanoi University of Culture, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tien Trung Nguyen
Faculty of Pedagogy, VNU University of Education, Ha Noi City, Vietnam
Hiep-Hung Pham
Center for Research and Practice on Education, Phu Xuan University, Hue, Vietnam; Reduvation
Research Group, Thanh Do University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Volume 18: 2023, pp. 153-170; ABSTRACT
Mathematics is among the foundation subjects in the curriculum of business
administration (BA) undergraduate programs in universities around the world. However, at many
Vietnamese universities, mathematics is not adequately included in BA programs; and there has not
been extensive research on the issue. This research aims to fill this void by exploring how
mathematics is taught to Vietnamese business students. To address the research purpose, data was
collected from the curricula and syllabi of 80 undergraduate BA programs in Vietnam, alongside
semi-structured interviews with eight university managers and curricula designers. The findings
reveal that having been granted greater autonomy in curriculum design since 2014, Vietnamese
universities have made several attempts to innovate mathematics teaching for their business
students. Regarding institutional types (multidisciplinary vs. business-oriented universities and
public vs. private universities), this study identifies different strategies used by various types of
universities to integrate mathematics into their BA curricula.
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