Regulations for the Certificate in Business Administration

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.

Certificate in Business Administration (CBA)
1.	To be eligible for the award of the Certificate in 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 30 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations.
2.	For the Certificate in Business Administration, the University has prescribed that a student must:
	a)	successfully complete any 25 credits from courses in Table 1; and
	b)	successfully complete any 5 credits from courses offered by the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration.

Table 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
Foundation level
BIS B123 ^1,2	Business Computing Applications	5
BUS B103 ^1,6	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
FIN B280 ^1,³	Introduction to Financial Management	5
MGT B240 ¹	Principles and Practices of Management	5
MKT B250 ¹	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.
BIS B220 has been replaced by BIS B121.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 BIS B121 has been replaced by BIS B123.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.
If students have successfully completed ACT B303, FIN B382 or FIN B400, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for FIN B280. However, ACT B303, FIN B382 or FIN B400 may only be counted as 5 credits against the CBA Programme requirements.
BUS B170 has been replaced by BUS B171 and BUS B172/BUS B272.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.
If students have successfully completed BUS B100, they are deemed to have satisfied the requirements for BUS B103.
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