Programme Schedule

General Information Programme Structure Programme Schedule Syllabus (COMP Courses Only)

Suggested Schedule for 2025/26 Year 1 Students
The information shown below is for students admit to Year 1 from September 2025 onwards.

Year 1

Semester 1	Units	Semester 2	Units
COMP1007 Introduction to Python and Its Applications	3	COMP1016 Mathematical Methods for Business Computing	3
ECON1007 Basic Economic Principles	3	FINE2005 Financial Management	3
MATH1026 Probability and Statistics with Software	3	GFAI1005 AI Literacies for Social Good	2
UCLC1005 University Chinese	3	UCLC1008 University English I ^#	3
LANG0036 Enhancing English through Global Citizenship ^#	0	General Education Programme – Values and Meaning of Life	3
General Education Programme – Healthy Lifestyle	2	General Education Programme – Culture and Civilization	3
ULIF1005 University Life	0
Total units: 31

^# Students who just meet the minimum English language requirements for entrance to undergraduate programmes are required to take the English Proficiency Enhancement (EPE) Course (LANG0036). Students who do not need to take “LANG0036 Enhancing English through Global Citizenship” will take University English I (UCLC1008) in Semester 1 instead of Semester 2.

Year 2

Semester 1	Units	Semester 2	Units
BUSI3076 AI Ethics and Governance	3	BUSI3046 Business Communications in the Technology Era	3
COMP2045 Programming and Problem Solving	2	COMP2016 Database Management	3
ECON3106 Big Data Analytics in Business	3	FINE3005 Investment Management	3
University English II	3	General Education Programme – Interdisciplinary Thematic Courses II	3
General Education Programme – Quantitative Reasoning	3	Free Elective 1	3
General Education Programme – Interdisciplinary Thematic Courses I	3	Free Elective 2	3
Total units: 35

Year 3

Semester 1	Units	Semester 2	Units
COMP3057 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	3	COMP3115 Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization	3
ECON3096 Causal Inference: Capturing Cause-and-Effect Relationships with Data	3	COMP4145 Business Intelligence, Decision Support and Project Development	4
FINE4026 FinTech for Banking and Finance	3	General Education Programme – Capstone	3
Major Elective 1	3	Major Elective 2	3
Free Elective 3	3	Free Elective 5	3
Free Elective 4	3
Total units: 34

Summer of Year 3: COMP3056 Internship for Business Computing and Data Analytics (0 Units).

Year 4

Semester 1	Units	Semester 2	Units
COMP4918 Final Year Project I	3	COMP4919 Final Year Project II	3
Major Elective 3	3	Major Elective 5	3
Major Elective 4	3	Major Elective 6	3
Free Elective 6	3	Free Elective 8	3
Free Elective 7	3	Free Elective 9	1
Total units: 28

Total Units (Minimum) for Graduation

128^

^At least 36 units must be at the upper level (Levels 3 and 4)

Major Elective Requirements

Students are required to take 18 units of major electives, with at least THREE courses from each of the following two categories: (A) Business Applications, and (B) Analytical Methodologies.

A: Business Applications

Select any THREE of the following subjects:

BUSI1005 The World of Business and Entrepreneurship
BUSI2035 Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking
BUSI2056 Entrepreneurial Accounting and Finance (for non-BBA students)
ECON3097 Data Visualization for Business Storytelling
ECON4006 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
ECON4035 Economics of Digital Currencies
ECON4036 Business Forecasting for Analysts
FINE2006 Banking and Credit
FINE3025 Entrepreneurial Finance
FINE4016 Business Valuation Using Financial Statements
ISEM3036 Advanced Business Analytics and Data Visualization for Digital Commerce
ISEM4017 Consumer Insight: Online Customer Data Analytics and Machine Learning Approaches
ISEM4035 Blockchain: Virtual Assets and Business Applications
ISEM4036 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
MKTG3047 Big Data Marketing
MKTG3056 Social Media Marketing
MKTG4006 e-CRM
REMT3006 Smart Retailing

B: Analytical Methodologies

Select any THREE of the following or a COMP course subject to the COMP Department’s approval.

COMP2015 Data Structures and Algorithms
COMP2027 Applied Linear Algebra for Computing
COMP3015 Data Communications and Networking
COMP3045 Advanced Algorithm Design, Analysis, and Implementation
COMP3046 Advanced Programming for Software Development
COMP3047 Software Engineering
COMP3065 Artificial Intelligence Application Development
COMP4015 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
COMP4017 Computer and Network Security
COMP4027 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
COMP4035 Database System Implementation
COMP4045 Human Computer Interaction
COMP4046 Information Systems Control and Auditing
COMP4047 Internet and World Wide Web
COMP4075 Social Computing and Web Intelligence
COMP4097 Mobile Computing and Internet of Things
COMP4106 E-Business Technology
COMP4125 Visual Analytics
COMP4127 Information Security
COMP4136 Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models
COMP4137 Blockchain Technology and Applications

BSc (Hons) in Business Computing and Data Analytics