Curriculum

For students admitted in 2020-2021 and thereafter, the normative period of study is 4 years, and students have to complete at least 123 units and satisfy requirements under separate categories:

Category	Units
Major Requirement (including compulsory courses, elective courses, and capstone course)	78
Chinese and English Language	6 and 9
General Education	21
Information Technology	1
Physical Education	2
Other Free Electives	6
Total	123

For major requirement, students are required to complete a minimum of 78 units of courses as follows:

Required Courses

ACCT1111	Foundations in Financial Accounting	3 units
ACCT2121	Introductory Management Accounting	3 units
Either CSCI1510 or	Computer Principles and C Programming	3 units
CSCI1520 or	Computer Principles and C++ Programming	3 units
CSCI1540 or	Fundamental Computing With C++	3 units
CSCI1580	Visual Programming	3 units
DOTE1030	Economics for Business Studies I	3 units
DOTE1040	Economics for Business Studies II	3 units
FINA2010	Financial Management	3 units
FINA2200	Introduction to Actuarial Science	3 units
FINA2220	Quantitative Methods for Actuarial Analysis I	3 units
FINA2230	Quantitative Methods for Actuarial Analysis II	3 units
FINA3080	Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management	3 units
FINA3210	Risk Management and Insurance	3 units
FINA3221	Basic Long-term Actuarial Mathematics	3 units
FINA3222	Basic Short-term Actuarial Mathematics	3 units
FINA3230	Life and Health Insurance	3 units
FINA3240	Corporate Property and Liability Insurance	3 units
FINA3290	Linear Models for Actuaries	3 units
MATH1010	University Mathematics	3 units
MATH1530	Basic Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences	3 units
MATH1540	University Mathematics for Financial Studies	3 units
MGNT1020	Management	3 units

Elective Courses - 18 units of courses from the following:

ACCT3151	Business Law	3 units
ACCT3161	Taxation	3 units
CSCI2100 or	Data Structures	3 units
CSCI2520	Data Structures and Applications	3 units
DOTE2051	Business Information Systems	3 units
FINA3010	Financial Markets	3 units
FINA3030	Management of Financial Institutions	3 units
FINA3070	Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice	3 units
FINA3250	Derivatives for Actuaries I	3 units
FINA3260	Internship Experience	1 unit
FINA3295	Advanced Statistical Modeling for Insurance and Finance	3 units
FINA4030	Selected Topics in Finance	3 units
FINA4110	Options and Futures	3 units
FINA4120	Fixed Income Securities Analysis	3 units
FINA4140	Computational Finance	3 units
FINA4150	Quantitative Methods for Financial Derivatives	3 units
FINA4160	Intermediate Financial Theory	3 units
FINA4211	Advanced Long-term Actuarial Mathematics	3 units
FINA4215	Introduction to Actuarial Computing Using Prophet	1 unit
FINA4221	Advanced Short-term Actuarial Mathematics	3 units
FINA4280	Derivatives for Actuaries II	3 units
IBBA3040	Business Lectures Series	1 unit
MATH2010	Advanced Calculus I	3 units
MKTG2010	Marketing Management	3 units
MGNT2511	Global Experiential Learning I	1 unit
MGNT2512	Global Experiential Learning II	1 unit
MGNT2611	Business Sustainability	2 units
RMSC4001	Simulation Methods for Risk Management Science and Finance	3 units
STAT3007	Introduction to Stochastic Processes	3 units

Elective Courses - 3 units of Capstone elective courses from the following:

FINA4270	Research Project in Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis	3 units
FINA4290	Actuarial Internship	3 units
FINA4291	Internship in Insurance and Financial Institutions	3 units
MGNT4010	Strategic Management	3 units

Current students should refer to the AQS website for the most updated undergraduate student handbook in:
http://rgsntl.rgs.cuhk.edu.hk/aqs_prd_applx/Public/Handbook/Default.aspx?id=2&tv=T&lang=en

Student scheme applicable to student admitted in 2020-21

Student scheme applicable to student admitted in 2021-22

Student scheme applicable to student admitted in 2022-23

Student scheme applicable to student admitted in 2023-24

Recommended Pattern of Study

Example Course Patterns

EXAMPLE 1 (WITH INTERNSHIP):

Year	Recommended Course Pattern	Unit
1st	Term 1	9
	ACCT1111, DOTE1030, MATH1530 or MATH1010	9
	Term 2	9-12
	DOTE1040, FINA2010, 2200, MATH1010 (if not taken)	9-12
2nd	Term 1	9
	FINA2220, 3210, MATH1540	9
	Term 2	15
	ACCT2121, FINA2230, 3080, 3221, 3230	15
3rd	Term 1	12
	CSCI1510 or 1520 or 1540 or 1580, FINA3222, 3240, 3290	12
	Term 2
	Actuarial Internship
4th	Term 1	12
	MGNT1020, one capstone course and two major elective courses	12
	Term 2	12
	Four major elective courses	12
	Total:	78-81

EXAMPLE 2 (WITH BOTH EXCHANGE AND INTERNSHIP):

Year	Recommended Course Pattern	Unit
1st	Term 1	9
	ACCT1111, DOTE1030, MATH1530 or MATH1010	9
	Term 2	9-12
	DOTE1040, FINA2010, 2200, MATH1010 (if not taken)	9-12
2nd	Term 1	9
	FINA2220, 3210, MATH1540	9
	Term 2	15
	ACCT2121, FINA2230, 3080, 3221, 3230	15
3rd	Term 1	12
	CSCI1510 or 1520 or 1540 or 1580, FINA3222, 3240, 3290	12
	Term 2
	Overseas Exchange / Actuarial Internship
4th	Term 1
	Actuarial Internship / Overseas Exchange
	Term 2	12
	MGNT1020, one capstone course and two major elective courses	12
5th	Term 1	12
	Four major elective courses	12
	Total:	78-81