MSc in Applied Accounting & Finance (MScAAF)
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Applications for the 2024-25 intake (i.e. programme commences in September 2024) have started. Review of applications will start before the deadline and continue until all places are filled. Therefore, early applications are strongly encouraged.
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Introduction
The MSc in Applied Accounting and Finance (MScAAF) is a master's degree program in Hong Kong that integrates applied knowledge and skills in accounting and finance to train professionals who will be at home in both fields. The program emphasizes real, practical international cases. Students acquire an in-depth understanding of and updated knowledge in both accounting and finance. This makes the program suitable not only for accounting and finance professionals but also for managers and executives in other business areas.
The MScAAF curriculum itself is flexible in providing students with the option of completing the program in 1-year full-time mode (3 trimesters, 2 to 4 courses in each trimester) or 2 years part-time mode (5-6 trimesters, 1-2 courses in each trimester). The required courses for both part-time and full-time modes are identical.
Classes are held at HKBU Kowloon Tong campus on weekday evenings and/or weekend afternoons. Full-time classes may also be held during the daytime on weekdays. However, while every effort will be made to keep this arrangement, it is subject to change due to some exceptional circumstances.
This is the only program in Hong Kong that integrates applied knowledge and skills in accounting and finance to train professionals who will be at home in both fields. The program emphasizes real, practical international cases. Students acquire an in-depth understanding of and updated knowledge in both accounting and finance. This makes the program suitable not only for accounting and finance professionals but also for managers and executives in other business areas.
Program Outcome
Programme Theme
Enhance and Broaden Knowledge in Professional Accountancy and Finance
Programme Objectives
- To provide an opportunity for Business Managers, Professionals, and Senior Executives to develop their analytical, judgmental, and conceptual minds;
- To enhance students’ understanding of the state-of-the-art knowledge in accounting and finance;
- To equip students with the solid accounting and finance knowledge and practical skills needed for managing their organizations;
- To prepare students to advance further in their professional careers, or to continue their studies in the relevant fields, and
- To facilitate students to prepare for relevant professional qualification examinations.
Learning Goals
- LG1: Students will have knowledge in contemporary accounting and have related problem-solving skills supported by accounting theories.
- LG2: Students will have knowledge in contemporary finance and have related problem-solving skills supported by finance theories.
- LG3: Students will enhance their analytical and critical thinking skills through integrating acquired accounting and finance knowledge with rational decision making in the fields of accounting and finance.
- LG4: Students will explain the key issues and increase awareness of the ethical and professional responsibilities of the accounting and finance profession in a changing environment.
The programme has been included in the list of reimbursable courses for CEF purposes.
Curriculum
Programme Content
- ACCT7210 Advanced Corporate Financial Reporting
- ACCT7220 Strategic Management Accounting and Controls
- ACCT7230 Issues on Internal and External Auditing
- ACCT7240 Accounting Theory and Policy
- FIN7210 Corporate Finance
- FIN7220 Investment and Portfolio Analysis
- FIN7230 Financial Strategy
- FIN7260 Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation
- ACCT7270 Corporate Governance and Disclosures (Elective)
- ACCT7870 Financial Regulations and Compliance (Elective)
- ACCT7880 Governance, Leadership and Ethics (Elective)
- ACCT7910 Hong Kong and International Taxation (Elective)
- ACCT7920 Commercial and Company Law (Elective)
- FIN7240 Derivative Securities and Risk Management (Elective)
- FIN7750 Financial Technology (FinTech) (Elective)
- ISEM7210 Business Processes and Information Management (Elective)
- ACCT7280 Independent Study/Integrative Project (in Accounting) (Elective)* / FIN7280 Independent Study/Integrative Project (in Finance) (Elective)*
- BUS7510 MScAAF Seminars and Workshops
*The independent studies/integrated project can only be selected to replace an elective course under the special circumstance and advance approval is required.
Please note that the elective course will be opened with at least 12 students enrolled.
Assessment Methods
The assessment methods of the programme follow the Grade Point Average (GPA) System set by Hong Kong Baptist University to assess coursework and examination performance. Besides the requirement of a final written examination, continuous coursework assessment which includes interim tests and quizzes, case studies, individual and group presentations, term projects and hands-on simulated exercises will be used to optimize successful learning.
Criteria for Progression or Award
Students with a trimester GPA below 2.20 will be put on academic probation and an official warning will be given to those students who have obtained a cumulative GPA of 2.20 to 2.49. Students who have successfully fulfilled the programme requirements with an average cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above will be awarded the degree of the Master of Science in Applied Accounting and Finance. Students who have obtained a cumulative GPA of 3.40 to 3.66 will be awarded the degree with merit and those students with a cumulative GPA of 3.67 and above will be awarded the degree with distinction.
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Career Services
Professional career development advice is offered to full-time business students by the Career Services Section of School of Business.
- Recruitment talks
- Job Search Skills workshop
- Career Advice and Counselling Service