Basics of Finance and Results From Examination in Selected Groups of Students

The aim of the paper is to evaluate and compare students 'study results in the subject "Basics of finance". This subject is taken in the second year of the study at the University of Hradec Kalove at the Faculty of Informatics and Management. Four-point grade system is used for evaluation of students 'performance in final examination. Students 'results in examinations from two academic years are compared and presented. The sample of students is divided into two groups consisting of full-time students and part-time students. Full-time students have weekly two face-to-face classes and can immediately discuss the topics with their teacher. Part-time students have only two six-hour meetings with their teacher. New training modules were created in LMS Blackboard for part-time students of Financial management and Tourism management studying subject "Basics of Finance". These training modules include lectures, links to interesting websites, calculators or simulators in MS Excel etc. There are no exercises, but the links can motivate students to a deeper understanding of individual topics from real life and show nice examples from the real life. By studying materials, students can revise knowledge via tests that are aimed at various topics. The tests serve as a control mechanism. The whole course is built on the philosophy of constructivism and methodology of adult education. The introduction to the topic and the literature review form the first part of the paper. The main part of the paper covers two areas. The first one is based on the introduction of the subject "Basics of Finance" at the Faculty of Informatics and Management. The other part is focused on the examination results of all student's groups. Final recommendations are presented at the end of the article. The hypothesis is stated and then on the basis of gained results it will be confirmed or rejected in the paper. It is expected that part-time students who use LMS Blackboard with all support materials and tests will have better results in the examination. A detailed research together with the analysis and critical assessment of accessible materials will enable to identify the main objectives in the field of study. The analysis of the initial state will consequently enable to identify the key factors and knowledge