Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance

General Requirements (Notes)

1. Applicants shall be eligible to apply if they:

*have obtained in one sitting of the GCE Advanced Level Examination pass grades in no less than three Advanced Level subjects (Applicants with pass grades in 2 Advanced Level and 2 Advanced Subsidiary Level subjects may also apply)*; OR

*have acquired an International Baccalaureate Diploma (check preferred subject requirements of the programmes)*; OR

*possess a qualification obtained outside Hong Kong which qualifies them for university admission in the country/region where such qualification is originated (e.g. high school diploma plus SAT in USA, UEC / STPM in Malaysia, ATAR in Australia, OSSD in Canada, GSAT in Taiwan, etc.); OR

have successfully completed:

*at least one year of full-time undergraduate study at a recognized university; OR

*a course of study leading to the qualification of an associate degree / higher diploma; OR

*are mature persons aged 23 or over on 1st September in the year when admission is sought, provided they are able to show either by publication or by other acceptable evidence that they have achieved sufficient competence in their chosen field of study to justify admission; or have shown exceptional ability in appropriate academic or professional fields; OR

*have other exceptional achievements which merit admission.

For candidates who have completed only GCE-AS or the first year of IB Diploma studies with outstanding results, they may be considered for admission under special circumstances on individual merits case-by-case.

2. Language Requirement

Applicants should have attained an acceptable level of proficiency in English. Below are the minimum required scores or grades for some of the more common acceptable examinations.

Test (English Language) Minimum Attainment

GCE-AL/AS          E

GCSE/IGCSE/GCE-OL      C

IB            4

IELTS      6.0

SAT Reasoning Test Essay             8

TOEFL   

- Paper 550

- Computer         213

- Internet            80

In addition to the General Requirements, including the Language Requirement, individual programmes may have additional or higher requirements. Please refer to the website(s) of the respective programme(s) to which you wish to apply for admission for updates on the programme requirements.

Notes:

Students admitted on GCE A-level / IB or equivalent qualifications (e.g. STPM) will normally be required to complete 99 units of courses (normative period of study is 3 years) in order to graduate. Students admitted on standing below GCE A-level / IB qualification (e.g. qualifications obtained outside Hong Kong for admission to 4-year undergraduate programmes of an overseas university) will normally be required to complete 123 units of courses (normative period of study is 4 years) in order to graduate. There are yet some other programmes that are offered as a standard four-year or five-year programme.

Additional Considerations

Applicants are:

1.expected to possess keen interests, suitable talents or academic background to make a unique contribution to the cultural diversity on campus;

2.recommended to take TOEFL, IELTS or another acceptable language test, if English is not their native language;

3.expected to be able to support themselves financially during all periods of enrolment

Course Code      Course Title        Unit(s)

ACCT2121            Introductory Management Accounting  3

ACCT4214            Applied Financial Statement Analysis      3

ACCT4251            Securities Regulation      3

CSCI1510              Computer Principles and C Programming              3

CSCI1520              Computer Principles and C++ Programming         3

CSCI1530              Computer Principles and Java Programming        3

CSCI1580              Visual Programming        3

CSCI2520              Data Structures and Applications              3

DSME2010           Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions I            3

DSME2020           Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions II          3

DSME2050           Information Systems and e-Commerce 3

DSME4130           Business Applications Programming        3

ECON3121           Introductory Econometrics          3

ECON4120           Applied Forecasting Methods    3

FINA2010             Financial Management  3

FINA2110             Financial Management: Foundations and Analysis            3

FINA2210             Interest Theory and Finance       3

FINA3010             Financial Markets             3

FINA3012             Technical Analysis: Theory and Practice  3

FINA3018             E-Finance            3

FINA3020             International Finance     3

FINA3021             Foreign Exchange Practices         3

FINA3030             Management of Financial Institutions     3

FINA3040             Commercial and Central Banking               3

FINA3060             Real Estate Finance and Investment        3

FINA3080             Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management               3

FINA3088             Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice                3

FINA3110             Issues in Finance              3

FINA3180             Introduction To i-Banking             1

FINA3181             Introduction To Credit Rating      1

FINA3182             FX MKT: Applications and Practices          1

FINA3210             Risk Management and Insurance              3

FINA3220             Actuarial Models I            3

FINA3230             Life and Health Insurance             3

FINA3240             Corporate Property and Liability Insurance           3

FINA4030             Selected Topics in Finance           3

FINA4050             Mergers and Acquisitions             3

FINA4060             China Finance    3

FINA4080             Cases in Corporate Finance         3

FINA4089             Fund Management and Asset Allocation               3

FINA4110             Options and Futures       3

FINA4120             Fixed Income Securities Analysis               3

FINA4130             Empirical Finance             3

FINA4140             Computational Finance 3

FINA4150             Quantitative Methods for Financial Derivatives  3

FINA4160             Intermediate Financial Theory   3

FINA4181             Bond Market: Applications and Practices               1

FINA4182             Structured Products Analyses    1

FINA4189             Banking and Finance Practicum  3

FINA4190             Research Project in Quantitative Finance              3

FINA4210             Actuarial Models II          3

FINA4220             Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models I             3

FINA4230             Reinsurance and Alternative Risk Transfer            3

FINA4240             Employee Benefits, Retirement and Estate Planning       3

FINA4250             Applications of Risk Models         3

FINA4260             Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models II           3

FINA6232             Seminar in Asset Pricing                3

FINA6242             Seminar in Corporate Finance    3

FINA6252             Empirical Research in Finance     3

MATH2010          Advanced Calculus I        3

MATH2083          Essential Mathematical Methods I           3

MATH2510          Linear Algebra and Applications 3

MATH3290          Mathematical Modeling                3

MATH3310          Computational and Applied         3

MATH4240          Stochastic Processes      3

MGNT1020         Principles of Management           3

MGNT4010         Business Policy and Strategy       3

MKTG2010          Marketing Management              3

SEEM3440           Operations Research II  3

SEEM3540           Concepts of Information Systems            3

STAT2001             Basic Concepts in Statistics and Probability I         3

STAT2006             Basic Concepts in Statistics and Probability II        3

STAT3006             Statistical Computing      3

STAT3007             Introduction to Stochastic Processes       3

STAT4005             Time Series         3