Associate of Business Administration

Regulations for the Associate of Business Administration

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These regulations are made under paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications (Sub-degrees).

In these regulations definitions shall apply as in the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications and in the Interpretation Section of the Academic Rules and Regulations.

Associate of Business Administration (ABA07)
1.	To be eligible for the award of the Associate of Business Administration, a student shall:
	a)	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	b)	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications (Sub-degrees); and
	c)	obtain at least 80 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations.
2.	For the Associate of Business Administration, the University has prescribed that a student must:
	a)	successfully complete 60 credits from courses in Table 1; and
	b)	successfully complete 20 credits from any courses offered by the University of which at least 15 credits must be at Foundation level or above.

Table 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
Foundation level
BIS B123 ^1,3	Business Computing Applications	5
BUS B103^1,2	English and Communications for Business I	5
BUS B104 ¹	English and Communications for Business II	5
Middle level
ACT B210 ^1,5	Introduction to Accounting	10
BUS B273 ^1,4	Quantitative Analysis for Business	10
ECON A231 ^1,8	Introduction to Microeconomics	5
ECON A232 ^1,8	Introduction to Macroeconomics	5
FIN B280 ^1,7	Introduction to Financial Management	5
LAW B262^1,6	Business Law I	5
MGT B240¹	Principles and Practices of Management	5
MKT B250¹	Introduction to Marketing	5

Notes:

Courses form excluded combinations with other courses. Only one of the courses of the excluded combinations can count towards an OUHK award. Students should refer to the list of excluded combinations for details.
If students have successfully completed BUS B100, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BUS B103.
BIS B220 has been replaced by BIS B121. If students have successfully completed BIS B220, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BIS B121. BIS B121 has been replaced by BIS B123. If students have successfully completed BIS B121, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BIS B123.
BUS B170 has been replaced by BUS B171 and BUS B172/BUS B272. If students have successfully completed BUS B170, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BUS B171 and BUS B172/BUS B272. BUS B171 and BUS B272 have been combined into BUS B273. If students have successfully completed BUS B171 and BUS B272, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BUS B273.
If students have successfully completed ACT B211 and ACT B212, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for ACT B210.
LAW B260 has been replaced by LAW B262 and LAW B263. If students have successfully completed LAW B260, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for LAW B262.
If students have successfully completed ACT B303, FIN B382 or FIN B400, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for FIN B280.
ECON A230 has been replaced by ECON A231 and ECON A232. If students have successfully completed ECON A230, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for ECON A231 and ECON A232.
Courses presented in full time face-to-face mode are identical to courses with the same course code but without the suffix “F”. Students who have successfully completed courses presented in full time face-to-face mode are not allowed to take the same courses in the distance learning mode, and vice versa.

October 2019