Program Overview

Program Overview

The program is designed for students to complete in 4 years, with a total of 123 units required. The curriculum is divided into several categories, including Major Requirement, Chinese and English Language, General Education, Understanding China, Hong Kong in the Wider Constitutional Order, Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking, Physical Education, and Other Free Electives.

Curriculum Requirements

• Major Requirement: 78 units
  • Compulsory courses:
    • ACCT1111: Foundations in Financial Accounting (3 units)
    • ACCT2121: Introductory Management Accounting (3 units)
    • Either CSCI1510, CSCI1520, CSCI1540, or CSCI1580: Computer Principles and Programming (3 units)
    • DOTE1030: Economics for Business Studies I (3 units)
    • DOTE1040: Economics for Business Studies II (3 units)
    • FINA2010: Financial Management (3 units)
    • FINA2200: Introduction to Actuarial Science (3 units)
    • FINA2220: Quantitative Methods for Actuarial Analysis I (3 units)
    • FINA2230: Quantitative Methods for Actuarial Analysis II (3 units)
    • FINA3080: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (3 units)
    • FINA3210: Risk Management and Insurance (3 units)
    • FINA3221: Basic Long-term Actuarial Mathematics (3 units)
    • FINA3222: Basic Short-term Actuarial Mathematics (3 units)
    • FINA3230: Life and Health Insurance (3 units)
    • FINA3240: Corporate Property and Liability Insurance (3 units)
    • FINA3290: Linear Models for Actuaries (3 units)
    • MATH1010: University Mathematics (3 units)
    • MATH1530: Basic Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences (3 units)
    • MATH1540: University Mathematics for Financial Studies (3 units)
    • MGNT1020: Management (3 units)
  • Elective courses: 18 units from the following:
    • ACCT3151: Business Law (3 units)
    • ACCT3161: Taxation (3 units)
    • CSCI2100 or CSCI2520: Data Structures (3 units)
    • DOTE2051: Business Information Systems (3 units)
    • DOTE3010: Artificial Intelligence Empowered Business (3 units)
    • FINA3010: Financial Markets (3 units)
    • FINA3030: Management of Financial Institutions (3 units)
    • FINA3070: Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice (3 units)
    • FINA3250: Derivatives for Actuaries I (3 units)
    • FINA3260: Internship Experience (1 unit)
    • FINA3295: Advanced Statistical Modeling for Insurance and Finance (3 units)
    • FINA4030: Selected Topics in Finance (3 units)
    • FINA4110: Options and Futures (3 units)
    • FINA4120: Fixed Income Securities Analysis (3 units)
    • FINA4140: Computational Finance (3 units)
    • FINA4150: Quantitative Methods for Financial Derivatives (3 units)
    • FINA4160: Intermediate Financial Theory (3 units)
    • FINA4211: Advanced Long-term Actuarial Mathematics (3 units)
    • FINA4215: Introduction to Actuarial Computing Using Prophet (1 unit)
    • FINA4221: Advanced Short-term Actuarial Mathematics (3 units)
    • FINA4280: Derivatives for Actuaries II (3 units)
    • IBBA3040: Business Lectures Series (1 unit)
    • MATH2010: Advanced Calculus I (3 units)
    • MKTG2010: Marketing Management (3 units)
    • MGNT2511: Global Experiential Learning I (1 unit)
    • MGNT2512: Global Experiential Learning II (1 unit)
    • MGNT2611: Business Sustainability (2 units)
    • RMSC4001: Simulation Methods for Risk Management Science and Finance (3 units)
    • STAT3007: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (3 units)
  • Capstone elective courses: 3 units from the following:
    • FINA4270: Research Project in Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis (3 units)
    • FINA4290: Actuarial Internship (3 units)
    • FINA4291: Internship in Insurance and Financial Institutions (3 units)
    • MGNT4010: Strategic Management (3 units)
• Chinese and English Language: 5 and 8 units
• General Education: 19 units
• Understanding China: 1 unit
• Hong Kong in the Wider Constitutional Order: 1 unit
• Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking: 3 units
• Physical Education: 2 units
• Other Free Electives: 6 units

Recommended Pattern of Study

The recommended pattern of study is provided in two examples:

Example 1 (With Internship)

• Year 1:
  • Term 1: ACCT1111, DOTE1030, MATH1530 or MATH1010 (9 units)
  • Term 2: DOTE1040, FINA2010, 2200, MATH1010 (if not taken) (9-12 units)
• Year 2:
  • Term 1: FINA2220, 3210, MATH1540 (9 units)
  • Term 2: ACCT2121, FINA2230, 3080, 3221, 3230 (15 units)
• Year 3:
  • Term 1: CSCI1510 or 1520 or 1540 or 1580, FINA3222, 3240, 3290 (12 units)
  • Term 2: Actuarial Internship
• Year 4:
  • Term 1: MGNT1020, one capstone course, and two major elective courses (12 units)
  • Term 2: Four major elective courses (12 units)

Example 2 (With Both Exchange and Internship)

• Year 1:
  • Term 1: ACCT1111, DOTE1030, MATH1530 or MATH1010 (9 units)
  • Term 2: DOTE1040, FINA2010, 2200, MATH1010 (if not taken) (9-12 units)
• Year 2:
  • Term 1: FINA2220, 3210, MATH1540 (9 units)
  • Term 2: ACCT2121, FINA2230, 3080, 3221, 3230 (15 units)
• Year 3:
  • Term 1: CSCI1510 or 1520 or 1540 or 1580, FINA3222, 3240, 3290 (12 units)
  • Term 2: Overseas Exchange / Actuarial Internship
• Year 4:
  • Term 1: Actuarial Internship / Overseas Exchange
  • Term 2: MGNT1020, one capstone course, and two major elective courses (12 units)
• Year 5:
  • Term 1: Four major elective courses (12 units)