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BUS 8008BEF

Course Guide
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES

BUS 8008BEF

Course Guide

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES

Course Start Date
Sum 2025
Course Level
Postgraduate
Length in Terms
1 term
Credits
12
Language
English
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Quota and Schedule
Course Start Date
Course LevelLength in TermsCredits
Language
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Sum 2025
Postgraduate1 term12
English

Course Coordinators:

  • Dr Ma Jiawen, BSc (SDU, China); MSc (HKU); PhD (SMU, Singapore)
  • Dr Guo Hui, BSc (SCU, China); MSc (SCU, China); PhD (HKU)

Excluded Combinations

BUS 8028BEF

Aims

This course aims to equip students with fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in management, economics, accounting and decision making that are needed for pursuing a Master's Degree in business administration. It is a course for new students joining the Master's programme through the Special Entry Route.

Contents

The course covers the following topics:

  • Managerial decision making
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Accounting
  • Economics

Contact hours

A total of 90 hours in one term.

Assessment (Subject to final approval by the University)

There are four individual assignments, four in-class assessments, and class participation. The assignments account for 50% of the total course score, the in-class assessments account for 40%, and class participation accounts for the remaining 10%. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)

The following is the textbook for economics:
Mankiw, N G (2020) AE Principles of Economics (9th edition), Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9789814915342.

The following is the textbook for accounting:
Harrison Jr, W T, Horngren, C T, Thomas, C W, Tietz, W M and Suwardy, T (2018) Financial accounting: International Financial Reporting Standards (11th edition), Pearson, ISBN: 9781292211145.