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City University's Faculty of Business plans to introduce a programme which allows undergraduates to change their major after Year One and also select minors outside the faculty.

  A first at the institution, this option also will incorporate one year of compulsory core courses for students wanting a broader foundation in business studies.

  The Dean of Business, Professor Ho Yan-ki, said the revamp would cater to the business market by giving students flexibility.

  'Hong Kong's business is very market-driven and the only way we can train students who are capable of coping with this is to be dynamic ourselves,' Professor Ho said.

  'The revamp allows us to add related minor modules for students to choose whenever the market's demand for certain specialists increases.'   The business department offers eight three-year degree programmes: accountancy, managerial statistics, quantitative analysis for business, business studies, international business studies for Japan and China, business economics, finance, and information systems.

  Professor Ho said from September all 850 new business students will take the same 'core modules' for 17 hours a week, and general topics for two hours.

  Such modules include Chinese communication skills, economics, English communication skills for business, and management information systems.

  Associate Dean at the faculty, Professor Oliver Yau Hon-ming, said a broader general business foundation would make students more competitive.

  'If accountancy majors know more about management, for instance, they would have a better chance working at the management level,' he said.

  The proportion of time spent on core courses will decrease from Year One's 17 hours to between six and seven hours in Year Two, and just three hours in Year Three.

  Some students will be able to change their major in Year Two. Professor Ho explained: 'The top five per cent of Year One students who would like to shift their major can apply for transfer within the faculty.'   Minors will be introduced in Years Two and Three.

  To accommodate the revamp, the faculty will change its degree title to Bachelor of Business Administration.



CityU option to switch courses after first year