Page 150 - SYU Prospectus

Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

Department of Business Administration

Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.)

Aims and Special Features

The Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.) programme aims to educate students
to become business professionals with advanced communication and critical thinking skills,
who have a broad understanding of the principles and practices of modern business. Upon
completion of the programme, students will be able to apply what they have learned in a
variety of business settings. In addition to core competencies in key business disciplines,
students will be equipped with communication and information literacy skills, while gaining
cross-cultural awareness within the context of preparation for both work and further study.
This holistic approach to education underpins Shue Yan University’s longstanding strategy of
teaching business within a framework of traditional and modern Chinese cultural values and
norms.

The BBA degree is a broad-based programme in which half of the credits are obtained
from the study of courses within the Department of Business Administration. The remaining
courses cover accounting, economics, law, information and communication technologies and
general education. The minimum requirement for graduation is 125 credits.

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Business Administration
(Hons.) is listed below:
2015/16 cohort 2017/18 cohort 2018/19 cohort
2016/17 cohort
Requirements
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4

Language Requirements 16 8 - - 16 6 - - 14 6 - -

Departmental Core 12 21 24 18 12 12 21 12 12 12 21 12
Requirements
Departmental Electives
6-9 5-9 9-12 6-9 3-6 7-9 12-15 12-15 3-6 9-12 12-15 12-15
Free Electives

General Education* - - - - 3 9 - - 6 6 - -
Total minimum number 34 34 33 24 34 34 33 24 35 33 33 24
of required credits
Minimum required 125 125 125
credits for graduation
* From academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12
credits of GE courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation
requirements.

p. 146