Accounting Concentration
The Accounting Concentration aims at providing an education that has a proper balance of breadth and depth in the accounting discipline, with a view to producing accountants of an analytical and conceptual mind. Graduates will develop their careers in professional accounting firms as well as in commercial and industrial sectors.
Specific objectives are:
- To provide students with an in-depth training in the accounting discipline so as to give them adequate preparation for their careers in the field of accounting;
- To provide students with a multi-disciplinary knowledge and analytical ability which make them aware of the complexity of the business environment;
- To develop students’ information processing skills and communication skills; and
- To give students a sound liberal education which will render a sufficiently broad perspective to meet future challenges brought about by the ever changing environment.
Requirements
| Concentration Required Courses | 21 units | |
| ACCT2005 Intermediate Accounting I | 3 units | |
| ACCT2006 Intermediate Accounting II | 3 units | |
| ACCT3005 Cost and Management Accounting I | 3 units | |
| ACCT3006 Hong Kong Taxation | 3 units | |
| ACCT4005 Advanced Accounting I | 3 units | |
| ACCT4006 Auditing I | 3 units | |
| LLAW3005 Company Law | 3 units | |
| 21 units | ||
IMPORTANT:
Additional requirements for the HKICPA/ACCA recognition/exemption:
(1) ACCT3006 Hong Kong Taxation, LLAW3005 Company Law and LLAW3007 Principles of Law must be completed at HKBU.
(2) ACCT3007 Cost and Management Accounting II is required for HKICPA/ACCA recognition/exemption. Students need to take this course using the units for free elective courses.
