Mode of Attendance 

Full-time  
 

Duration of Programme

Four Years
 

Curriculum (for 2021 and onwards)

Year 1

 (38 credits)
Code Course Units
CHI 101 First Year Chinese I
4
CHI 102 First Year Chinese II 4
ENG 111 English Usage I
3
ENG 112 English Usage II 3
ACCT 100 Financial Accounting  3
BUS 120 Principles and Practice of Management 3
BUS 130 Principles of Marketing 3
ECON 100 Introduction to Economics
3
LAW 100  Legal Research and Writing 3
LAW 101 Legal Process
3
LAW 191 Legal Literacy Workshop I 0
- General Education X 2 (3 credits for each course) * 6
*From the academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of General Education courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements. For more information, please visit https://www.hksyu.edu/ge/ge/.

Year 2

(30 credits)
Code  Course Units
ENG 211 English Writing I 3
ENG 212 English Writing II 3
BUS 220 Quantitative Methods for Business 3
BUS 250 Organizational Behaviour 3
LAW 201 Contracts 3
LAW 301 Torts  3
LAW 290 Legal Literacy Workshop II 0
-
 General Education X 2 (3 credits for each course) * 6
-
 Elective Course X 2 (3 credits for each course)  6
*From the academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of General Education courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements. For more information, please visit https://www.hksyu.edu/ge/ge/.

Year 3

 (30 credits)
Code Course Units
BUS 309 Human Recources Managment  3
FIN 243 Money and Banking 3
LAW 300 Chinese Legal System 3
LAW 314 Commercial Dispute  Resolution  3
LAW 315 Commercial Law 3
LAW 320 Corporate Secretaryship 3
LAW 410 Company Law 3
- Elective Course X 3 (3 credits for each course) 

9

Year 4

 (27 credits)
Code Course Units
BUS 418 Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance 3
BUS 460 Business Strategy 3
LAW 400 Property Law 3
LAW 402 Banking Law 3
LAW 416 Private International Law 3
- Elective Course X 4 (3 credits for each course)  12
Code Course
BUS 308               
 Financial Management
BUS  310
 Estate and Retirement Planning
BUS  330
 China Marketing
BUS 405 Hong Kong Taxation and Planning
BUS 406
 Insurance
BUS  408
 Asia Pacific Management Issues
BUS  410  Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
BUS  440 Industrial Relations and Labour Law
BUS  480 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
ECON 233 The Economy of Hong Kong
ECON 323 The Economy of Contemporary China
FIN 324 Financial Institutions in Hong Kong and Global Banking
FIN 423 Financial Risk Analysis and Management
LAW 200 Constitutional Law
LAW 203 Employment Law
LAW 302 Equity and Trusts 
LAW 303 Criminal Law
LAW 310 Finance Law
LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crime
LAW 322 Risk and Compliance
LAW 323 Internship
LAW 324 Mooting and Advocacy
LAW 410 Research Project
LAW 412 Civil Procedure
LAW 414 Evidence
LAW 420 Criminal Procedure

 

Concentrations

Students may take some elective courses from across all of the University disciplines, though at least 18 credits must be law and business courses. Students wishing to undertake some specialisation may complete one or two of the elective concentrations, below. They may also take a mix of electives from across two or more of the concentrations. Completion of a minimum of 4 courses within one concentration will be listed with the “Name of Concentration” on the graduation transcript.

Code Course
LAW 302 Equity and Trusts
LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crime
LAW 412 Civil Procedure
LAW 414 Evidence
LAW 420 Criminal Procedure
Code Course
BUS 308 Financial Management
BUS 405 Hong Kong Taxation and Planning
BUS 480 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Rssponsibility 
LAW 322 Risk and Compliance
LAW 410 Research Project

Curriculum (for 2020 or before)

Year 1

 (32 credits)
Code Course Units
CHI 101 First Year Chinese I
4
CHI 102 First Year Chinese II 4
ENG 111 English Usage I
3
ENG 112 English Usage II 3
BUS 120 Principles and Practice of Management 3
ECON 100 Introduction to Economics
3
LAW 100  Legal Research and Writing 3
LAW 101 Legal Process
3
LAW 201 Contracts I
3
LAW 202 Contracts II 3
LAW 191 Legal Literacy I 0
LAW 192 Legal Literacy II 0

 

Year 2

(30 credits)
Code  Course Units
ENG 211 English Writing I 3
ENG 212 English Writing II 3
ACCT 100 Financial Accounting 3
BUS 130 Principles of Marketing 3
LAW 301 Torts I 3
LAW 303 Criminal Law I 3
LAW 290 Legal Literacy III: Writing Solutions to Legal Problems 0
LAW 291 Legal Literacy IV: Writing Solutions to Moot Problems 0
-
 General Education X 2 (3 credits for each course) * 6
-
 Elective Course X 2 (3 credits for each course)  6
*From the academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of General Education courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements. For more information, please visit https://www.hksyu.edu/ge/ge/.

Year 3

 (31 credits)
Code Course Units
BUS 220 Quantitative Methods for Business 3
BUS 250 Organizational Behaviour 3
FIN 243 Money and Banking 3
LAW 200 Constitutional Law 4
LAW 300 Chinese Legal System 3
LAW 302 Equity 3
- General Education X 2  (3 credits for each course) * 6
- Elective Course X 2 (3 credits for each course) 

6
*From the academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of General Education courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements. For more information, please visit https://www.hksyu.edu/en/education/general-education .

Year 4

 (30 credits)
Code Course Units
BUS 418 Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance 3
BUS 420 Advanced Business Writing & Communication 3
BUS 460 Business Strategy 3
LAW 400 Property Law 3
LAW 401 Company Law 3
LAW 402 Banking Law 3
- Elective Course X 4 (3 credits for each course)  12
Code Course
BUS 308               
 Financial Management
BUS  309
 Human Resources Management
BUS  310
 Estate and Retirement Planning
BUS  330
 China Marketing
BUS 405 Hong Kong Taxation and Planning
BUS 406
 Insurance
BUS  408
 Asia Pacific Management Issues
BUS  480 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
ECON 233 The Economy of Hong Kong
ECON 323 The Economy of Contemporary China
FIN 324 Financial Institutions in Hong Kong and Global Banking
FIN 423 Financial Risk Analysis and Management
LAW 310 Finance Law
LAW 311 Trusts
LAW 314 Commercial Dispute Resolution
LAW 315 Commercial Law
LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crimes
LAW 319 Criminal Law II
LAW 320 Corporate Secretaryship
LAW 321 Hong Kong Taxation
LAW 322 Risk and Compliance
LAW 323 Internship
LAW 324 Mooting and Advocacy
LAW 410 Research Project
LAW 411 Torts II
LAW 412 Civil Procedure
LAW 414 Evidence
LAW 416 Private International Law
LAW 420 Criminal Procedure

 

Concentrations

Students may take some elective courses from across all of the University disciplines, though at least 18 credits must be law and business courses. Students wishing to undertake some specialisation may complete one or two of the elective concentrations, below. They may also take a mix of electives from across two or more of the concentrations. Completion of a minimum of 5 courses within one concentration will be listed with the “Name of Concentration” on the graduation transcript.

Code Course
LAW 314 Commercial Dispute Resolution
LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crime
LAW 411 Torts II
LAW 412 Civil Procedure
LAW 414 Evidence
LAW 420 Criminal Procedure
Code Course
BUS 330 China Marketing
BUS 408 Asia Pacific Management Issues
ECON 233 The Economy of Hong Kong
ECON 232 The Economy of Contemporary China
LAW 410 Research Project
LAW 418 Chinese Commercial Law
Code Course
BUS 308 Financial Management
BUS 309 Human Resource Management
LAW 310 Finance Law
LAW 320 Corporate Secretaryship
LAW 321 / BUS 405 Hong Kong Taxation / Hong Kong Taxation and Planning
LAW 410 Research Project
Code Course
BUS 480 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
FIN 423 Financial Risk Analysis and Management
LAW 310 Finance Law
LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crimes
LAW 322 Risk and Compliance
Code Course
BUS 310 Estate & Retirement Planning
BUS 405 Hong Kong Tax Planning 
BUS 406 Insurance
FIN 424 Financial Services in China
LAW 310 Finance Law
LAW 410 Research Project

For the course aims of the LAW courses, pleaes click: here

Admission Requirments and Procedures