School of Business

Accounting Concentration

The Accounting Concentration aims at providing an education that has a proper balance of breadth and depth in the accounting discipline, with a view to producing accountants of an analytical and conceptual mind. Graduates will develop their careers in professional accounting firms as well as in commercial and industrial sectors.

Specific objectives are:

(1)	To provide students with in depth training in the accounting discipline so as to give them adequate preparation for their careers in the field of accounting;
(2)	To provide students with a multi disciplinary knowledge and analytical ability which make them aware of the complexity of the business environment;
(3)	To develop students’ information processing skills and communication skills; and
(4)	To give students a sound liberal education which will render a sufficiently broad perspective to meet future challenges brought about by the ever changing environment.

Requirements

Concentration Required Courses				21 units
	ACCT	2005	Intermediate Accounting I	3 units
	ACCT	2006	Intermediate Accounting II	3 units
	ACCT	3005	Cost & Management Accounting I	3 units
	ACCT	3006	Hong Kong Taxation	3 units
	ACCT	4005	Advanced Accounting I	3 units
	ACCT	4006	Auditing I	3 units
	LLAW	3005	Company Law	3 units
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				21 units

Recommended Elective Courses:

For the 30 units of elective courses, students have to take ACCT 3007 to fulfil the entrance requirement of the CPA Qualification Programme (QP) of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). Also, students are recommended to take ACCT 4007, ACCT 4016 and ACCT 4017 because they provide better preparation for the QP examinations.