Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accountancy
Programme Director: Mr LAM, Paul
The Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accountancy is a four-year full-time self-financing degree programme. It is developed primarily for accounting and business associate degree and higher diploma graduates, who will be admitted directly into the third year of this programme, with the first and second years of study being exempted. The third and fourth years of the programme build upon and enhance the associate degree and higher diploma curricula by including most of the courses from the third and final years of the University’s BBA (Hons)—Accounting Concentration.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Business Core Courses | 43 units |
| II) | Major Required Courses | 21 units |
| III) | Elective Courses | 33 units |
| IV) | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| V) | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| 128 units |
Requirements
| I. | Business Core Courses | 43 units |
| ACCT3016 Accounting Research Methods | 3 units | |
| ACCT4895 BCom Accountancy Project | 3 units | |
| BACY2015 Financial Management | 3 units | |
| BACY3035 Business Communications | 3 units | |
| BACY3045 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 units | |
| BACY3065 Principles of Law | 3 units | |
| BACY4056 Strategic Management | 3 units | |
| Pre-requisite core courses*: | ||
| Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking | 3 units | |
| Management Information Systems | 3 units | |
| Marketing Management | 3 units | |
| Organisational Behaviour | 3 units | |
| Principles of Accounting I | 3 units | |
| Principles of Accounting II | 2 units | |
| Principles of Economics I | 3 units | |
| Principles of Economics II | 2 units | |
| II. | Major Required Courses | 21 units |
| BACY2005 Intermediate Accounting I | 3 units | |
| BACY2006 Intermediate Accounting II | 3 units | |
| BACY3005 Cost and Management Accounting I | 3 units | |
| BACY3015 Hong Kong Taxation | 3 units | |
| BACY3025 Company Law | 3 units | |
| BACY4005 Advanced Accounting I | 3 units | |
| BACY4015 Auditing I | 3 units | |
| III. | Elective Courses^ | 33 units |
| List of suggested/recommended/required elective courses: | ||
| ACCT3046 Accounting Internship I | 3 units | |
| ACCT3047 Accounting Internship II | 3 units | |
| BACY3105 Cost and Management Accounting II | 3 units | |
| BACY3115 Financial Statement Analysis | 3 units | |
| BACY3125 Corporate Finance | 3 units | |
| BACY3135 Cyber Law and Risk | 3 units | |
| BACY3145 Legal Aspects of China Business | 3 units | |
| BACY4105 Advanced Accounting II | 3 units | |
| BACY4115 Auditing II | 3 units | |
| BACY4125 Listing Obligations and Compliance in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| BACY4135 Management Control | 3 units | |
| BACY4145 Tax Planning and Management | 3 units | |
| BMKT3155 Services Marketing | 3 units | |
| BMKT3185 Strategic Digital Marketing | 3 units | |
| BMKT4155 Event Marketing | 3 units | |
| IV. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| V. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| 128 units | ||
* Graduates from associate degree and higher diploma programmes in business or related disciplines can be exempted from Year 1 and Year 2 courses if they have studied relevant courses in their previous studies. All unit transfer or course exemption shall be considered on a case-by-case basis upon admission.
^ - BACY3105 Cost and Management Accounting II – required for the HKICPA/ACCA recognition/exemption subject to annual review.
- BACY4105 Advanced Accounting II, BACY4145 Tax Planning and Management and BACY4115 Auditing II – recommended for a better preparation of the HKICPA/ACCA qualification examinations.
