BASc in Financial Technology
Curriculum
The BASc(FinTech) degree is designed to nurture financial technologists and entrepreneurs with essential knowledge in both finance and technology, so they can take leading roles in innovation and applications of financial technology.
An emerging interdisciplinary area with very high impact on the economy of every society, this programme combines computing, finance, and policies and regulations to give students a thorough grounding in FinTech.
The programme consists of foundation courses in mathematics, statistics, finance, computing and law, as well as courses in:
- FinTech (distributed ledger and blockchain technology, big data and data mining, computational finance and algorithmic trading, e-payment and crypto-currency, financial programming and databases, and mathematical finance etc.); and
- Arts and social sciences (training students to have a broader mindset and allowing them to apply their knowledge and skills adaptively and creatively in this fastgrowing discipline). This programme prepares graduates with knowledge in both finance and technology, allowing them to have a broad career pathway as they could take up positions in FinTech industry, finance and IT industries.
Summary of Curriculum Structure
The curriculum comprises 240 credits of courses as follows:
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Course Categories |
No. of credits |
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UG5 Requirements |
36 |
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BASc Requirements |
18 |
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Discipline Core Course |
54 |
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Discipline Elective Courses |
30 |
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Capstone Experience |
12 |
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Electives |
90 |
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Total |
240 |
A Discipline Core course is a compulsory course which a candidate must pass in the manner provided for in the Regulations.
A Discipline Elective course refers to any course offered by the Faculty of Engineering or the Faculty of Business and Economics for the fulfillment of the curriculum requirements of the degree of BASc in Financial Technology that are not classified as discipline core course.
Curriculum Details
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Course Categories |
Details |
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UG 5 Requirements (36 credits) |
CAES9542 Technical English for Computer Science CENG9001 Practical Chinese for engineering students Four University Common Core Courses Note 1 UG5E1001 Non-credit bearing courses as required by the University |
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BASc Requirements (18 credits) |
BASC9001 Approaching Interdisciplinarity: Knowledge Beyond Disciplines DESN9002 Sustainable leadership STAT1016 Data Science 101 |
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Discipline Core Courses (54 credits) |
ENGG1330 Computer programming I FITE1010 Introduction to financial technologies FITE2000 Foundations of FinTech Programming FITE2010 Distributed ledger and blockchain MATH1853 Linear algebra, probability and statistics Note 2 ACCT1101 Introduction to financial accounting ECON1210 Introductory microeconomics FINA1310 Corporate finance LLAW3069 Regulation of financial markets |
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Discipline Elective Courses (30 credits) |
One course from the following list:
Four courses from the following list:
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Capstone Experience (12 credits) |
FITE4801 Project |
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Elective Courses (90 credits) |
Any courses except Common Core Courses. |
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Degree Classification
The degree of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology shall be awarded in five divisions in accordance with FITE 15 of the Regulations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology and UG 9 of the Regulations for First Degree Curricula.
Note 1 Students have to complete 24 credits of courses in the Common Core Curriculum, comprising at least one course from each Area of Inquiry.
Note 2 For candidates without taking Extended Module 1 or 2 in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examinations, or equivalent, they have to take “MATH1011 University mathematics I” (6 credits) in the first semester of their first year of studies.