Majors

Business Analysis

	Normative 4-year Degree
Major	Business Analysis 商業分析
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Analysis 工商管理學士(商業分析)
Offering Academic Unit	Department of Management Sciences
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 2021/22

		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 Modellling	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 2021/22

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	Strategy and Policy	3

2. College Electives (9 credit units) ^#

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
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
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.

Major Requirements (30 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2022/23

Notes:

Major-based students admitted in 2021 will follow the Major Requirements of Catalogue Term Semester A 2021/22.
Department-based students admitted in 2021 will follow the Major Requirements of Catalogue Term Semester A 2022/23, when they declare a home major next year.

1. Core Courses (9 credit units)

(The core courses are compulsory for both streams)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
MS3251	Analytics using SAS	3
MS3252	Regression Analysis	3
MS3227	Probability and Applications in Business	3

A. Business Analysis Stream

Stream Core Courses (12 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
MS3111	Quantitative Business Analysis with Visual Basic for Applications	3
MS4224	Enterprise Data Mining	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS4226	Financial Risk Analytics	3
MS4252	Big Data Analytics	3

Stream Electives (9 credit units)

Students are required to take Three electives from Groups A and B and at least ONE must be from Group A.

Group A (Business Analysis electives)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
MS3224	Business Survey Design	3
MS3403	Internship for Business Analysis and Operations Management	3	Student are allowed to take both CB3800 and MS3403. If both courses are taken, (a) they must be taken in different academic years and under different organizations, (b) only one of them can be used to satisfy major elective requirements and other can be used to fulfill free elective course requirements.
MS4212	Predictive Analytics and Forecasting	3
MS4251	Quantitative Analysis for Marketing	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS4253	Business Analysis Project	3
MS4262	Advanced Analytics using SAS	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements

Group B (Other electives)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CS2360	Java Programming	3
CS2468	Data Structures and Data Management	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS3240	Advanced Business Programming in Python	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3106	Simulation	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3125	Business Project Management	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3322	Quality Management	3
MS4227	Pricing and Revenue Management	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
LT3233	Computational Linguistics	3
	Any one Core & Elective course from other BBA Majors	3

B. Data Informatics Stream

Stream Core courses (15 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
MS4224	Enterprise Data Mining	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS4226	Financial Risk Analytics	3
IS3240	Advanced Business Programming in Python	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS3100	Techniques for Big Data	3
IS3331	Database Management	3

Stream Electives (6 credit units)

Students are required to take TWO electives from the following list:

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
AC4301	Corporate Accounting II	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
AC4342	Auditing	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
EF3320	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
EF3333	Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS2505	e-Business	3
IS4861	Machine Learning for Business	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
IS4940	Global Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation	3
MGT4313	Strategic Entrepreneurship	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MKT3603	Consumer Behaviour	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MKT3608	Marketing Intelligence and Applications of Analytics	3	Subject to fulfilling pre-requisite requirements
MS3224	Business Survey Design	3
	Any one Core & Elective course from other BBA Majors	3