CURRICULUM FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Curriculum for BBA in Global Business

Major Program Requirements Core courses ACCT ECON or ECON or ECON FINA ISOM ISOM ISOM MARK MGMT 101 110 111 191 111 101 111 161 112 121 Introduction to Accounting for Business Majors Introductory Microeconomics Microeconomics Honors Microeconomics Financial Management Introduction to Information Systems Business Statistics Operations Management Marketing Management Organizational Behavior [3-0-0:3] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:3] [3-0-1:3] [3-1-0:4] [3-0-0:3] [3-0-0:3] [3-0-0:3]

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Required courses BMGB BMGB BMGB BMGB BMGB BMGB LANG LANG LANG LANG LANG LANG LANG MATH MGMT 100 101 102 201 211 392 024 031 041 051 061 081 111 006 222 Global Leadership Development Global Business Analysis Public Service Project Global Perspectives on Contemporary Issues Integrated Business Case Studies Final Year Project Elementary Japanese I Elementary French I Latin and the Legacy of the Roman World Elementary German I Elementary Spanish I Classical Greek and Its Impact in the Modern World Chinese Business Communication I Calculus and Linear Algebra Business, Society and the Individual [0 credit] [3-0-0:3] [0-1-3:1] [3-0-0:3] [1-1-0:2] [1-1-6:4] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3] [3-1-0:3] [1-0-0:1]

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Required elective courses Any two of the following: BMGB 202 Global Business Case Studies BMGB 301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship ACCT 261 Business Law (6) ECON 338 Globalization: Trade, Investment and Exchange Rate MGMT 331 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Studies MGMT 337 Strategic Management in China [2-2-0:4] [3-0-0:3] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:4] [3-1-0:4]

Elective courses
Elective types Minimum no. of courses Minimum total credits

SB&M

Business and Management Elective

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General Education Requirements Electives must be selected from amongst those general education courses that are listed under the section Designated General Education Courses for Undergraduate Students of the online Course Catalog at http://publish.ust.hk/calendar.
Elective types Minimum no. of courses Minimum total credits

GEE(SCIE) GEE(ENGG)
(7)

GEE(H&SS)

Science General Education Elective Engineering General Education Elective Humanities and Social Science General Education Elective

1 1 4

6 12

Required Courses in English Communication LABU 102 LANG 201 Other Requirement
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Honors Business Case Analyses Business Communication

[0-3-0:3] [0-3-0:3]

HLTH

001

Healthy Life Style

[0 credit]

Notes: (1) Students entering with AL Economics take ECON 111; however, those with grade B or above in HKAL Economics will take ECON 191. All other students without AL Economics background, including those entering with AL Business and Economics, take ECON 110. (2) Students may take SBMT 102 to replace this course. (3) Students cannot replace this course by LANG 014/015 for graduation purposes. Students recruited from Mainland China will replace this course by a free elective. For international students who are assessed as having inadequate Chinese background to take LANG 111, they will replace this course by LANG 113. (4) Students should take MATH 006 or a free elective with respect to their prior mathematics background as follows: Prior mathematics background Course to be taken HKCEE Mathematics only, or grade C or below in HKCEE Additional Mathematics Grade B or above in HKCEE Additional Mathematics; OR a passing grade in AS Mathematics and Statistics, AL/AS Applied Mathematics or AL Pure Mathematics Qualification apart from the above students in this group are required to take a Mathematics Placement Test. MATH 006 Free Elective

MATH 006 or a free elective, subject to School approval on consideration of the placement test result. Details are available at http://www.ust.hk/mathplacement.

(5) Students may take MGMT 222 in either Fall or Spring during their 2nd year of study. (6) At least two Global Business required elective courses (7-8 credits) must be selected from BMGB 202, BMGB 301, ACCT 261, ECON 338, MGMT 331 and MGMT 337. Students are not allowed to use the Global Business required elective courses to fulfill the requirement of their second major required courses and second major electives. (7) Of these courses, at least one course in Humanities and one course in Social Science are required.

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(8) Students are required to take and pass this course in their first year of study. Details of the course and its requirements are announced on the course website http://sao.ust.hk/HLTH001 managed by the Student Affairs Office.

A minimum of 102 credits is required for the BBA program in Global Business. Students must take additional course(s) and/or elective(s) of higher-than-required credit value to meet the minimum total of 102 credits. Students in the Global Business Program who have an SGA below 6.0 in both Fall and Spring semesters of their first year are required to transfer to BBA in General Business Management, or another BBA program subject to approval from the program offering department. Recommended Pattern of Study for BBA in Global Business 1st year Fall C ACCT 101, ISOM 111, MGMT 121 R BMGB 100, HLTH 001, LANG 024/031/041/051/061/081, LABU 102, MATH 006/FREE (Total: 19 credits) C ECON 110/111/191, FINA 111, ISOM 101, ISOM 161, MARK 112 R BMGB 100, BMGB 101, HLTH 001

Spring

(Total: 19 credits)

2nd year

Fall

R BMGB 100, BMGB 102/SBMT 102, BMGB 201, BMGB 211, LANG 111/113/FREE, MGMT 222# E SB&M, GEE(H&SS) (Total: 16-17 credits) Exchange Semester R LANG 201, MGMT 222# E SB&M, GEE(SCIE), GEE(H&SS), FREE R BMGB 100, BMGB 392, Global Business Required Elective E SB&M, GEE(ENGG), GEE(H&SS) R BMGB 100, BMGB 392, Global Business Required Elective E GEE(H&SS), FREE, SB&M

Spring

(Total: 16-17 credits)

3rd year

Fall

(Total: 13-14 credits)

Spring

(Total: 15-18* credits)

* BMGB 392 is a two-semester course. The course credits will be earned on completion of the course at the end of 3rd year Spring. # Students may take MGMT 222 in 2nd year Fall or Spring. C = core course; R = required course; E = elective course

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Recommended Pattern of Study for 120-Credit BBA in Global Business (for students admitted through the preparatory year) Prep year 1st year Fall Please follow the pattern listed on p. 216-217 C ACCT 101, MGMT 121 R BMGB 100, LANG 024/031/041/051/061/081, LABU 102 E GEE(H&SS) (Total: 15 credits) C FINA 111, ISOM 101, ISOM 161, MARK 112 R BMGB 100, BMGB 101 (Total: 15 credits)

Spring 2nd year Fall

R BMGB 100, BMGB 102/SBMT 102, BMGB 201, BMGB 211, LANG 111/113/FREE, MGMT 222# E SB&M, Business Breadth Elective (Total: 16-17 credits) Exchange Semester R LANG 201, MGMT 222# E SB&M, Business Breadth Elective, GEE(H&SS), FREE

Spring

(Total: 16-17 credits)

3rd year

Fall Spring

R BMGB 100, BMGB 392, Required BMGB elective E two SB&M, GEE(H&SS) (Total: 14-15 credits) R BMGB 392, BMGB 100, Required BMGB elective E GEE(ENGG), FREE (Total: 14-17 credits)

* BMGB 392 is a two-semester course. The course credits will be earned on completion of the course at the end of 3rd year Spring. # Students may take MGMT 222 in 2nd year Fall or Spring. C = core course; R = required course; E = elective course

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