Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Management Studies

Programme Information for New Students

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Programme Description

This programme provides broad coverage of the key aspects of today's management. It also gives students the opportunity to acquire contemporary knowledge and skills, including innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and social responsibilities, and how they are embedded in practice behind successful businesses. Together with the transferable skills developed through the programme, students could build a successful career or start their own business in a wide range of business areas.

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (PILOs)

Explain and critically review business theories and concepts to identify issues, analyse situations, and develop solutions for multi-faceted problems in organisational settings.
Critically evaluate issues and make informed judgements in view of the organisation's strategies as well as ethical considerations.
Reflect on new ways of thinking and make meaningful contributions as a leader and member in a team setting and communicate effectively.
Command knowledge of the practices and activities of different aspects of management.
Integrate and apply advanced analytical skills to address issues and make business and management decisions related to complex situations.
Assimilate and synthesise new knowledge in different aspects of management, apply it to solve problems related to management, and develop practical recommendations.

Programme Requirement

Students pursuing this programme must successfully complete at least 120 credit-units, of which no more than 30 credit-units shall be at 1000-level, at least 24 credit-units shall be at 3000-level and at least 24 credit-units shall be at 4000-level. Students are required to complete:

(a) 9 credit-units of University Core courses:

Course code		Course title	Credit-units	Level
UNI 1001ABW		University Core Values	2	1000-level
UNI 1011ABW		Social Responsibilities	1	1000-level
UNI 2001BEW		Effective Communication and Teamwork	3	2000-level
UNI 3001BEW	^	Entrepreneurial Mindset and Leadership for Sustainability	3	3000-level

(b) 78 credit-units of Core courses:

Course code	Course title	Credit-units	Level
BUS 1000BED	An Introduction to Business and Management	18	1000-level
BUS 1030BED	Making Your Learning Count	6	1000-level
BUS 2007BED	Shaping Business Opportunities	18	2000-level
BUS 2070BED	Communication Skills for Business and Management	9	2000-level
BUS 3027BED	Creating Futures: Sustainable Enterprise and Innovation	9	3000-level
MGT 4002BED	Strategic Management	18	4000-level

(c) 18 credit-units of Management Concentration Core course from Table 2 and 9 credit-units of Management Concentration Elective course from Table 3 in one of the following combinations:

Table 1: Combinations

	Management Concentration Core course	and	Management Concentration Elective course
i.	ACT 3094BED	and	MGT 4029BED / MKT 4028BED
	OR
ii.	BUS 3005BED	and	ACT 4091BED / FIN 4094BED
	OR
iii.	MGT 3008BED	and	ACT 4091BED / FIN 4094BED / MKT 4028BED
	OR
iv.	MKT 3006BED	and	ACT 4091BED / FIN 4094BED / MGT 4029BED

Table 2: Management Concentration Core courses

Course code	Course title	Credit-units	Level
ACT 3094BED	Accounting in Business and Practice	18	3000-level
BUS 3005BED	Exploring Innovation and Entrepreneurship	18	3000-level
MGT 3008BED	Developing Leadership	18	3000-level
MKT 3006BED	Understanding Customers	18	3000-level

Table 3: Management Concentration Elective courses

Course code		Course title	Credit-units	Level
ACT 4091BED	^	Management Accounting and International Finance	9	4000-level
FIN 4094BED		Financial Analysis and Decision Making	9	4000-level
MGT 4029BED		Leadership in a Changing World	9	4000-level
MKT 4028BED		Marketing in Action	9	4000-level

(d) 6 credit-units, as necessary, from any English and/or Chinese 1000-level, 2000-level, 3000-level or 4000-level courses offered by the University.

While choosing and enrolling an elective course, please check the lists of “Excluded Combination” and “Courses not to be taken again”. These lists display combinations of courses which cannot be used towards same award. For details, please refer to the Distance Learning Programme Admission webpage: https://admissions.hkmu.edu.hk/dl/

^ New course, subject to final approval by the University for presentation but likely to be available.

Students are required to complete 120 credit-units but they may opt to graduate with a lower qualification, Associate of Business [ABUS] (60 credit-units) after completing the required number of credit-units and fulfilling the requirements of the programme regulations.

For details of Professional Recognition, click here.

Choosing the first courses to get started

Undergraduate students taking the BBAHMS programme in English are recommended to begin their BBAHMS studies with BUS 1000BED An Introduction to Business and Management.

Other combinations of Concentration Courses

If students prefer to take Management Concentration courses in another combination, they may consider related programme.

Table 4: Combinations of Concentration courses and related programme(s)

Concentration Core course	Concentration Elective course
	ACT 4091BED (9 credit-units)	FIN 4094BED (9 credit-units)	MGT 4029BED (9 credit-units)	MKT 4028BED (9 credit-units)
ACT 3094BED (18 credit-units)	BBAHAC / BBAHAC1	BBAHAC / BBAHAC1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1
BUS 3005BED (18 credit-units)	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHIE / BBAHIE1	BBAHIE / BBAHIE1
MGT 3008BED (18 credit-units)	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHLP / BBAHLP1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1
MKT 3006BED (18 credit-units)	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBAHMS / BBAHMS1	BBHHMM / BBAHMM1

Programme Code: Programme (Please click below link for detail)

BBAHAC: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Accountancy

BBAHAC1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Accountancy (through Pathway 1)

BBAHIE: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Innovation and Enterprise

BBAHIE1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Innovation and Enterprise (through Pathway 1)

BBAHLP: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Leadership Practice

BBAHLP1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Leadership Practice (through Pathway 1)

BBAHHMM: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Marketing Management

BBAHHMM1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Marketing Management (through Pathway 1)

BBAHMS: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Management Studies

BBAHMS1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Management Studies (through Pathway 1)

BBAHPS: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Professional Studies

BBAHPS1: Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours in Professional Studies (through Pathway 1)

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