Majors

Global Business

	Normative 4-year Degree
Major	Global Business 環球商業
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Business Administration in Global Business 工商管理學士(環球商業)
Offering Academic Unit	College of Business
Normal Period of Study	4 years
Maximum Period of Study	8 years
Credit Units Required for Graduation	120 credit units

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

GE Requirements (30 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

		Credit Units
University Requirements	GE1401 University English	3
	GE2402 English for Business Communication	3
	GE1501 Chinese Civilisation - History and Philosophy	3
Distributional Requirements	Take at least 1 course from each of the three distributional areas: Area 1: Arts and Humanities Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations Area 3: Science and Technology Visit the GE website for more course information.	12
College-specified Courses	CB2203 Data-driven Business Modeling	3
	CB2240 Introduction to Business Programming in Python	3
	CB3043 Business Case Analysis and Communication	3

College / School Requirements (42 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

1. College Core Courses (33 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CB2100	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
CB2101	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
CB2200	Business Statistics	3
CB2201	Operations Management	3
CB2300	Management	3
CB2400	Microeconomics	3
CB2402	Macroeconomics	3
CB2500	Information Management	3
CB2601	Marketing	3
CB3410	Financial Management	3
CB4303	Strategic Management	3

2. College Electives (9 credit units) ^#

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
AC3202	Corporate Accounting I	3
CB2041	Applications of Game Theory to Business	3
CB3021	Business Discovery Methods	3
CB3041	Financial Statement Analysis	3
CB3044	Introduction to Financial Markets	3
CB3045	Advanced Seminar on Business Case Analysis	3
CB3800	Business Practice Internship	3	This course can be used to fulfil the internship/ consultancy project/ research project requirement
CB4605	Business Consultancy Project	6	This course can be used to fulfil the internship/ consultancy project/ research project requirement
CS1102	Introduction to Computer Studies	3
IS2021	Big Data Management	3
IS2023	Mobile Applications for Business	3
MA1006	Calculus and Linear Algebra for Business	3
MGT3306	Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management	3
MKT3601	China Business Environment	3
MS3124	Global Supply Chain Management	3
MS3252	Regression Analysis	3
LW2903	Business and Law	3

# For BBA students, in the case that the same course being offered in the Major and in College Electives, the credit units earned will count only once, for fulfilling the Major requirement, then for fulfilling the College requirement. Students have to take another College elective course to make up for the freed credit units. Students are responsible for ensuring the College and Major requirements are fulfilled to obtain graduation qualification.

For Normative 4-year students declaring BBA double major, 9 credits of College Elective will be exempted.

Normative 4-year degree students admitted from 2022/23 onwards are required to fulfill the internship/ consultancy project/ research project requirement. Students may fulfill this requirement by taking approved course from college elective or major core/elective but preference shall be given to the major course as it is more directly relevant to students' chosen major(s).

Students enrolled in double degree programmes with other schools/colleges, or joint bachelor's degree programmes with overseas universities are not required to fulfill this internship/ consultancy project/ research project requirement, unless otherwise required by the major programme.

Major Requirements (30 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2024/25

1. Major Core Courses (24 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CB3041	Financial Statement Analysis	3
CB3042	China Business Environment	3
CB3302	International Corporate Social Responsibility	3
CB3601	Global Perspectives on Contemporary Issues	3
CB3645	Marketing Research	3
CB4601	Global Marketing	3
CB4604	Global Business Consultancy Project	3	Or CB4605 Business Consultancy Project. This course can be used to fulfil the internship/consultancy project/ research project requirement.
CB4605	Business Consultancy Project	6	Or CB4604 Global Business Consultancy Project (Student taking CB4605 will be exempted from 1 core course). This course can be used to fulfil the internship/consultancy project/ research project requirement.
CB4606	Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project

2. Major Electives (6 credit units)

Group A*: Students are required to take 1 course (3 credit units) from the following table. If students wish not to take course from Group A, they are required to take 2 courses from Group B.

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
LCXXXX	Japanese Language (Level 1 – 6)	3	Students are suggested to take any ONE course# as an elective from among LC2930 (Level 1)/LC2931 (Level 2)/LC3932 (Level 3)/LC3933 (Level 4)/LC4994 (Level 5)/LC4995 (Level 6).
LCXXXX	Korean Language (Level 1 – 5)	3	Students are suggested to take any ONE course^ as an elective from among LC2973 (Level 1)/LC2974 (Level 2)/LC3982 (Level 3)/LC3983 (Level 4)/LC4406 (Level 5).
LC2905	Putonghua for Office Administration	3
LCXXXX	Students can enroll in any ONE of the European Language courses offered by Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre as an elective.	3

Remarks:

*Students are not allowed to take courses in their native language. Students may choose to take language course subject to Programme Leader’s approval.

#Students who have enrolled in any ONE of the above-mentioned Japanese Language courses will be required to take the language placement test which is offered by Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre (LC), in order to test the enrolled students’ Japanese proficiency. The Course Leader might require those students with higher proficiency in Japanese to enroll in another higher-level Japanese Language course.

^Students who have enrolled in any ONE of the above-mentioned Korean Language courses will be required to take the language placement test which is offered by LC, in order to test the enrolled students’ Korean proficiency. The Course Leader might require those students with higher proficiency in Korean to enroll in another higher-level Korean Language course.

Group B: Students are required to take 1 course (3 credit units) from the following table. For students choose not to take course from Group A, they are required to take 2 courses (6 credit units) from Group B.

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CB4301	Cross-Cultural Negotiations	3
CB4305	International Business	3
EF4313	Corporate Finance	3
IS2502	Social Media and Social Networks	3
IS2505	e-Business	3
MGT4307	People and HR Analytics	3
MKT4628	Digital Marketing	3
MKT4636	Customer Analytics	3

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