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HKUST MBA |
CURRICULUM REVAMP AND NEW ELECTIVE COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
New MBA Curriculum for Tomorrow’s Global Business Leaders
New MBA Curriculum for Tomorrow’s Global Business Leaders
This reform is driven by our belief that every student is different and we should recognize the strengths and developmental needs of each individual. The existing curriculum will undergo two major changes — reducing half of the core courses and introducing the concept of flexible cores. The original 14 core courses will be cut to 7, and students can choose 6 out of a pool of 12 courses as flexible cores.
Apart from shifting a number of core courses to the flexible pool, a series of new courses emphasizing hard skills in finance and business technology will be added. This will enable students to further customize their MBA experience and dive into advanced studies, focusing on their career goals and setting themselves apart from the competition. Meanwhile, we will continue to review our curriculum and courses regularly to respond to global business trends.
The higher curriculum flexibility brings along a more career-oriented study plan to our upcoming students. They can choose courses from the combined pools of electives and flexible cores along the 6 career streams: Business Technology and Analytics, Finance, Consulting and Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and General Management.
Here are some of the workshops and electives introduced this fall. We will share more details about the curriculum revamp in the coming issues.
Apart from shifting a number of core courses to the flexible pool, a series of new courses emphasizing hard skills in finance and business technology will be added. This will enable students to further customize their MBA experience and dive into advanced studies, focusing on their career goals and setting themselves apart from the competition. Meanwhile, we will continue to review our curriculum and courses regularly to respond to global business trends.
The higher curriculum flexibility brings along a more career-oriented study plan to our upcoming students. They can choose courses from the combined pools of electives and flexible cores along the 6 career streams: Business Technology and Analytics, Finance, Consulting and Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and General Management.
Here are some of the workshops and electives introduced this fall. We will share more details about the curriculum revamp in the coming issues.
Global Implications of FinTech Innovations
This is a new initiative to host a purely online course taught by Prof. Theodore Clark in collaboration with the Global Network of Advanced Management (GNAM), a network of top global business schools including Yale, Oxford, IE and Berkeley. Our students can benefit from international exposure, joining the online classes with other 30 students from our partner schools without going abroad. This course covers the analysis of risks and challenges associated with technology, which enables students to gain a solid understanding of the social, economic, and political challenges and trade-offs associated with the transformation of financial markets using technology-enabled innovations.
IoT Management Strategy
IoT stands for the Internet of Things, the access to data from billions of connected devices. The course is taught by Prof. Samson Tai who is the Chief Technologist at IBM Innovation Network. He will demonstrate how these data accelerate digital transformation in an organization based on his exceptional industry experiences.
By Jason Wong, Academic Team
IoT Management Strategy
IoT stands for the Internet of Things, the access to data from billions of connected devices. The course is taught by Prof. Samson Tai who is the Chief Technologist at IBM Innovation Network. He will demonstrate how these data accelerate digital transformation in an organization based on his exceptional industry experiences.
By Jason Wong, Academic Team