• How are Finance majors selected?

• What is required for a BBA in Finance?

• Declaring Double Major in Year 3

• Transferring to Finance Major (program transfer)

• Employment prospects

• What is Finance about?

• New Electives – focus on the practice of finance

• Exchange-out and Credit Transfer Policy 

• Calculation of SGA/CGA/GGA 

• Double Major: Rules and Procedures 

• Guidelines on Credit Load 

• How to apply for ...... 

• Undergraduate Regulations

• Suggested UG Courses for the CFA Examination

• Recruitment Talk Videos

• Business related public examination websites

Major Selection Criteria

Students enter the BBA program in which they are given a broad.based foundation training in the first year.  Student will select Finance as a major subject area of study from the second year.

Students who wish to major in Finance should have at least C+ CGA and C+ in FINA111 (Financial Management). Students who wish to choose Finance as their second major should have at least C+ CGA and B in FINA111. These are minimum requirements and the actual cutoffs are much higher.

In year 2005, we will admit 85 first major students and 15 second majors. 

More information about UG programs can be found here. [Admissions Matters]

What is required for a BBA in Finance?

(For students admitted in 2004-05)

• A minimum of 101 credits is required for a BBA in Finance.
  • Students must take additional courses and/or higher credit courses to meet this requirement.
• The main requirements for Major are:
  • Take required courses ACCT203, FINA221 and FINA321 in the 1st and 2nd semester of the second year, respectively.
  • In addition, a minimum of 3 finance electives is required. 

See the Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook here. [Curriculum]

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1. The above recommended pattern of study is for reference only.  Current students should refer to the latest issue of "Undergraduate Curriculum Handbook" for program requirements.
2. Prospective students should refer to the latest issue of the Academic Calendar for a description of the BBA(FINA) CURRICULUM.

• Requirements for Graduation same as that of the first major.
• Registration priority in courses is given to the first major students. However, if courses still have quota, then 2nd majors will have priority from the waiting list.

Declaring Double Major in Year 3

• Second major programs will not be shown in the transcript unless necessary forms have been filled out in year 3.
• If you did not declare finance double major at the end of year one, then you can do so in the third year provided you have fulfilled the requirements.
  • However, you do not have priority in course registration, so meeting the requirements may be difficult.

 

Minimum requirements to be considered for a program transfer include (i) a CGA of B and (ii) a B in FINA221. Meeting these criteria, however, would not automatically qualify you for a program transfer. You also need to provide us with recommendation from at least one faculty member and additionally appear for an interview.

• Hong Kong - being a major financial center in Asia - has numerous banks, financial institutions and global corporations.
• Graduates in Finance typically find jobs with:
  • Commercial banks
  • Investment banking houses
  • Insurance firms
  • Accounting firms
  • Management consulting firms
  • Government agencies
  • Large and small corporations.

Median : $11,417
Mean : $11,601

Banking/Finance
Accounting/Auditing/Taxation/Secretarial
Marketing/Sales
Administrative/Management
Insurance Services
Teaching/Lecturing
Systems Analysis/Programming
Economic/Statistical work
Other

Insurance/Finance/Banking/Accounting firms :

Manufacturing/Retail

Companies in Property Sector

IT

HKSAR Govt
Benelux
BNP Paribus
Calbee Four Seas
Cathay Pacific
Cheung Kong
City Telecom
Deloitte Touche Risk
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Ernst & Young
Exxommobil
Hang Seng Bank
Henderson Land Deveopment
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Broadband Network
HSBC
KCRC
KPMG
PCCW
PricewaterhouseCoopers
QPL
Standard Chartered Bank

• Three Broad Areas:
  • Corporate Finance
  • Investment and Portfolio Management
  • Financial Institutions & Markets
• Focus on special issues facing firms in the Asia-Pacific region.
• In addition, special courses such as:
  • Speculative Markets
  • International Finance

New Electives – focus on the practice of finance

• Special course in Security Analysis 
  • Hands on experience in writing research reports on companies
  • Invited guest lecturers are industry experts – financial analysts and senior investment professionals.
• Advanced topics in Corporate Finance 
  • Focuses on real world decisions facing firms using real world case studies
• Behavioral Finance
  • Fun course at the cutting edge of finance:
    • How investor psychology affects stock prices
    • Explains what drives investor decision making