Programme Structure
Participants are required to complete a minimum of 40 credit units in order to attain the EMBA Award conferred by City University of Hong Kong.
PILLAR 1: Residential Courses (at least 16 credits)
- FB6890 Management, Strategy and Leadership (including Student Orientation) *
- FB6891 Strategic Issues on Fintech and Financial Services
- FB6892 Strategic Innovation Management
- FB6893 Innovations in Marketing
- FB6894 Technology Management for Innovation
- FB6895 Venture Capital and Private Equity Investing
- FB6896 Strategies on Initial Public Offering and Debt Financing
- FB6897 Strategies on Merger, Acquisitions and Turnaround
*Compulsory course
PILLAR 2: Online Courses (at least 8 credits)
PILLAR 3: Global Learning Tours (at least 4 credits)
- FB6801 Business Innovations: Asia Field Study 1
- FB6802 Business Innovations: Asia Field Study 2
- FB6803 Business Innovations: Global Field Study 1
- FB6804 Business Innovations: Global Field Study 2
Each course from Residential Courses and Global Learning Tours carries 4 credit units; course from Online Courses carries 2 credit units.
Graduation requirements is 40 credits (minimum).
REMARKS:
A residential course with 4 credit units will include the following learning activities:
- Pre-class study (around 40 hours): Reading assignments, video watching assignments, video-taped lectures, quizzes, essays, and/or online tutorials;
- Intensive class meeting (around 40 hours in 5 days): Seminars, workshops, class discussions, case studies, group presentations, expert sharing, and/or company visits.
- Out-of-the-class work (around 80 hours): Group projects, group discussions, individual reports, take-home examinations, quizzes, video-taped presentations, and/or online tutorials.
A field study (i.e. a study tour or a global learning immersive tour) with 4 credit units will include the following learning activities:
- Pre-tour study (around 20 hours): Reading assignments, video watching assignments, group discussions, quizzes, essays, and/or online tutorials;
- Tour (around 70 hours): Company visits and meetings with local professors, senior executives and EMBA learning partners of local universities;
- Out-of-the-tour work (around 70 hours): Group projects, group discussions, individual reports, take-home examinations, quizzes, video-taped presentations and/or online tutorials.
An online course with 2-credit units includes the following learning activities:
- Pre-class study (around 20 hours): Reading assignments, video watching assignments, and/or others;
- Online interactive class meetings (around 20 hours) Seminars, workshops, class discussions, case studies, group presentations, expert sharing, and/or company visits;
- Out-of-the-class work (around 40 hours): Projects, group discussions, individual reports, take-home examinations, quizzes, video-taped presentations, essay assignments and/or others.
ELECTIVE COURSES (subject to EMBA Programme Director's approval)
- FB6873 Innovation Internship 1 (2 credit units)
- FB6874 Innovation Internship 2 (2 credit units)
- FB6875 Crypto Assets: Valuation, Accounting and Auditing (2 credit units)#
- FB6876 Family Business Innovation and Succession (2 credit units)#
- FB6877 Modern Project Management (2 credit units)#
- FB6878 Climate Change, Corporate Strategy and Asset Management (2 credit units)#
- FB6937 Business Models and Operational Strategies (2 credit units)#
- FB6938 Topics in Global and Asia Business (2 credit units)#
- FB6939 Topics in Sustainability (2 credit units)#
- FB6941 Topics in Marketing and Management (2 credit units)#
- FB6942 Business Statistics and Analytics (2 credit units)#
- FB6943 Topics in Business and Technology (2 credit units)#
- FB6944 Topics in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2 credit units)#
- FB6812 EMBA Consulting Project (4 credit units)*
- FB8001D Methodology for Applied Business Research I (3 credit units)*
- FB8002D Methodology for Applied Business Research II (3 credit units)*
- FB8004D Residential Workshop I (2 credit units)*
- Existing courses in other Master’s Degree programme of College of Business, CityU
# Approval is being sought for offering either in-person or online mode and to be determined by EMBA Programme Director.
* Participants who wish to pursue CityU’s DBA programme after graduation must take FB6812, FB8001D, FB8002D and FB8004D as their elective courses. Block credit transfer of these courses (total: 12 credit units) to the DBA programme will be arranged upon successful completion of the courses, subject to the approval by EMBA & DBA Programme Directors.
Note:
- A minimum attendance requirement of 70% may be prescribed as part of the coursework assessment for courses of the EMBA programme at the discretion of individual lecturers.
- The programme considers credit transfer in accordance to Academic Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Degrees.