General Information

The BSc (Hons) in Business Computing and Data Analytics (BCDA) programme is an interdisciplinary programme jointly offered by the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, and Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, School of Business. The Department of Computer Science is the hosting department and takes up the quality assurance management role.

The goal of the programme is to nurture the next-generation business leaders for the international job market, equipped with the latest technical knowhow to succeed in fast-changing technologies for business. We expect our graduates to possess a full set of skills that make them attractive to many employers. They can start their careers as data scientists, database administrators, business communicators, financial analysts, market researchers, and other IT professionals or financial services jobs. The training in this programme would also facilitate their ventures into launching their own businesses.

More specifically, the programme has the following objectives.
Upon completion of this programme, students will be able to:
Graduates of this programme are expected to possess knowledge and professional skills in essential areas of computer science, economics, finance and decision sciences related to business computing. In addition to all the essential areas, graduates will also possess in-depth knowledge and professional skills in some specific areas via major elective courses and free electives*. Our graduates are also expected to possess a set of transferable skills which is essential in work environments.

*In addition to major elective units, students are encouraged to consider selecting more major electives using their free elective units.

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