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The Finance major* prepares students for careers as bankers and investment consultants. The courses required in the major combine the most up-to-date ideas pertaining to these areas with the application of the concepts within the Asia-Pacific context.

*Note: The Finance major has replaced the Wealth Management as one of the BBA majors with effect from the academic year 2020-21 (applicable to students of 2020-21 and thereafter intakes).

Programme Structure

Applicable to the 2023-2024 intake cohort and thereafter

Course CodeCourse TitleYear of StudyCredits
ACCT1101Introduction to financial accounting16
ECON1210Introductory microeconomics16
FINA1310Corporate finance16
Statistics requirement – choose one of the following courses:
ECON1280 or    Analysis of economic data or1 or 26
IIMT1640 orProbability and statistics for business or
STAT1602 orBusiness statistics or
STAT1603Introductory statistics
Course CodeCourse TitleYear of StudyCredits
ECON1220Introductory macroeconomics1 or 26
Mathematics requirement – choose one of the following:
MATH1009 orBasic mathematics for business and economics or16
MATH1013University mathematics II 
ECON2280Introductory econometrics2 or 36
FINA2320Investments and portfolio analysis2 or 36
FINA2322Derivatives2 or 36
ECON4200Senior seminar in economics and finance (Capstone course)46
Course CodeCourse TitleYear of StudyCredits
Business requirement – choose one of the following:
IIMT2601 orManagement information systems or2 or 3 or 46
MGMT2401 orPrinciples of management or
MKTG2501Introduction to marketing
FINAxxxxFinance disciplinary electives2 or 3 or 412
  Total78

 

*Note: Students admitted before 2023-2024 shall refer to the BBA syllabus of their intake cohort for the programme structure of the Finance major (or the Wealth Management major for students admitted before 2020-2021).

Representative for Finance Major

Prof. Alex CHAN

Prof. Alex CHAN

Representative for Finance Major

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