国内外金融学科存在一定的差异：国内高校在金融教学中比较注重货币银行和货币政策，国外金融教学注重金融市场和公司金融领域。

徐涛等编著的《现代金融理论文选》分为12章。第1章介绍了货币与金融机构；第2章介绍金融中介理论；第3章介绍了金融监管；第4章介绍了金融创新；第5章介绍了金融发展理论；第6章介绍了货币需求；第7章介绍了货币供给；第8章介绍了中央银行及其独立性问题；第9章介绍了中央银行最后贷款人问题；第10章介绍了货币政策传导机制；第ll章介绍了货币政策效应；第12章简要介绍了现代投资理论。

Unit 1 Money and Financial Institution

Section I Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 2 Financial Intermediary

Section 1 Introduction

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 3 Financial Regulation

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 4 Financial Innovation

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 5 Financial Development and Economic Growth

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 6 Money Demand

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 7 Money Supply

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 8 Central Bank

Section1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 9 The Central Bank as the Lender-of-Last-Resort

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 10 Transmission Channels of Monetary Policy

Section 1 Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 11 Monetary Policy Effect

Section I Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings

Unit 12 Evolution of the Investment Theories

Section I Concepts

Section 2 Reading Materials

Section 3 Theories

Section 4 Supplementary Readings