Secondary Major in Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Programme Structure

Credit Requirements

Compulsory subjects:
i) 5 core subjects	15 credits
ii) Discipline-specific Company Attachment Students to take the ‘Company Attachment’ subject offered by their Host Department	6 credits
Sub-total	21 credits
Elective subjects:
iii) IE electives 6 credits in any areas of: Accounting and Finance Innovation and Technology Management Management Marketing	6 credits
iv) Discipline-specific electives Students to take the Discipline-specific electives as prescribed by respective Block X offering Department	6 credits
v) General electives 3 credits from ‘General electives’ or ‘IE electives’ or ‘Discipline-specific electives’	3 credits
Sub-total	15 credits
Total Credits Required	36 credits

Students may count up to 12 credits of their Major/GUR subjects towards the Secondary Major. Nevertheless, students must take at least 12 credits from Secondary Major in IE in order to satisfy the residential requirement of the Secondary Major in IE. Students who have completed more than 12 credits of subjects that are eligible for double counting will need to apply for graduation and indicate the subjects intended for double counting. Notwithstanding the above, students must meet the minimum credit requirements of the “X + Secondary Major” concerned, i.e., 132 credits.

Subject List

Subject Code	Subject Title	Offering Dept	Credits	Pre-requisite	Exclusion	Block-X Offering Dept
Core (Compulsory subjects)
MM2021	Management and Organisation	MM	3
LGT3161/ MM3161	Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship	LMS/ MM	3		LGT3161 & MM3161 are mutually exclusive
MM2901 or	GBA Immersion	MM	3		MM2902
MM2902	Field Study for Innovation Ecosystems	MM	3		MM2901
MM3162	Innovation and Entrepreneurship Colloquium	MM	3
MM4393	Business Innovation Project	MM	3
Compulsory (Discipline-specific Company Attachment) Students shall take the subject offered by their Host Dept
ABCT4118	Company Attachment	ABCT	6	LGT/MM3161		ABCT
AMA4941	Company Attachment	AMA	6	LGT/MM3161		AMA
AP40022	Company Attachment	AP	6	LGT/MM3161		AP
APSS3783	Company Attachment	APSS	6	LGT/MM3161		APSS
BME44262	Company Attachment	BME	6	LGT/MM3161		BME
BRE4999	Company Attachment	BRE	6	LGT/MM3161		BRE
BSE484	Company Attachment	BEEE	6	LGT/MM3161		BEEE
HTM4366	Company Attachment	SHTM	6	LGT/MM3161		SHTM
ISE4018	Company Attachment	ISE	6	LGT/MM3161		ISE
SFT4217G	Company Attachment	SFT	6	LGT/MM3161		SFT
SD4003	Company Attachment	SD	6	LGT/MM3161		SD
SO4050	Company Attachment	SO	6	LGT/MM3161		SO
IE Electives (6 credits from any areas below)
Area: Accounting and Finance
AF3319	Entrepreneurial Finance	AF	3
Area: Innovation and Technology Management
BME34143	MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship	BME	3
COMP3531	IT Entrepreneurship	COMP	3
LGT4312	Managing Innovation and Technology	LMS	3
MM3422	Business Information Systems	MM	3		MM2422
MM3451	Knowledge Management	MM	3
MM4411	E-Commerce for Management	MM	3	MM2421/ MM3422
Area: Management
MM4191	Business Negotiation	MM	3	MM2021
MM4342	Global Business Management	MM	3	MM2021
MM4351	Entrepreneurship	MM	3	MM2021
MM4361	Social Innovation: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Business	MM	3	MM2021
MM4392	Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project	MM	3
MM4522	China Business Management	MM	3	MM2021	MM4521
Area: Marketing
MM2711	Introduction to Marketing	MM	3		MM2BN05
MM3842	Digital Marketing	MM	3	MM2711/ MM2BN05	MM3841
MM3851	Social Media Marketing	MM	3	MM2711/ MM2BN05
MM4772	Product Management	MM	3	MM2711/ MM2BN05	MM4771 & MM484
MM4831	Strategic Brand Management	MM	3	MM2711/ MM2BN05
Discipline-specific electives (6 credits from the list below) Students should take the Discipline-specific electives as prescribed by the Block X offering Department; Students will normally take Company Attachment in the Summer Term, however, they may be allowed to take this subject in Semester One/Two if approval is obtained from the Block X offering Department.
ABCT3104	Commercialization of Biotechnology Products	ABCT	3			ABCT
ABCT4104	Recent Developments in Medical Biotechnology	ABCT	3	ABCT2103		ABCT
AMA3654	Survey Sampling	AMA	3	AMA2601 /AMA2634 /AMA2634A/ AMA2691	AMA264	AMA
APSS3234	Financial Planning and Management in Organizations	APSS	3	APSS331		APSS
APSS328	Programme Planning and Evaluation	APSS	3	APSS331		APSS
APSS331	Management in Human Services	APSS	3			APSS
APSS4511	Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprises	APSS	3			APSS
APSS4535	Social Innovation for Grand Challenges	APSS	3			APSS
APSS454	Legal Aspects of Human Services	APSS	3			APSS/SO
BME31147	Biomedical Engineering Innovation for the Community	BME	3	BME21151		BME
BME34143	MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship	BME	3			AP/BME
BRE4291	Real Estate Marketing	BRE	3			BRE
BRE465	Asset Management	BRE	3			BRE
BSE3515	Construction Management for Building Sciences and Engineering	BEEE	3			BEEE
BSE4317	Fire Engineering Safety Management	BEEE	3	BSE3322 (from 2022/23 cohort)		BEEE
BSE4417	Energy Efficient Buildings and Assessment	BEEE	3			BEEE
BSE4419	Renewable Energy and Smart Grid	BEEE	3	BSE5549		BEEE
BSE4512	Building Aquaponics	BEEE	3	BSE3313 or equivalent		BEEE
BSE4513	Urban Environments for Older Citizens	BEEE	3	BSE2215 & BSE2217		BEEE
BSE457	Facility Management and the Workplace	BEEE	3	BSE3515 (from 2022/23 cohort)		BEEE
BSE458	Building Performance Diagnosis and Management	BEEE	3	BSE3515 (from 2022/23 cohort)		BEEE
COMP3531	IT Entrepreneurship	COMP	3			AMA
ENG4001	Project Management	ISE	3			AP/ISE
HTM3227	Attractions Management	SHTM	3			SHTM
HTM4352	Integrated Resort and Gaming Management	SHTM	3			SHTM
ISE376	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	ISE	3			ISE/SO
ISE430	New Product Planning and Development	ISE	3			ISE
SFT328FB	Fashion Retail Buying	SFT	3			SFT
SFT329FB	Fashion Visual Merchandising	SFT	3			SFT
SFT321FS	Environment, Social, and Governance in Fashion Business	SFT	3			SFT
SFT340E	Luxury Fashion Marketing and Management	SFT	3			SFT
SFT418E	Fashion Entrepreneurship Management	SFT	3			SFT
SFT339E	Omni-channel Marketing and Retailing	SFT	3			SFT
MM4711	Business to Business Marketing	MM	3	MM2711/ MM2BN05		ISE
SD3272	User Studies Seminar	SD	3	SD3266		SD
SD4306	Design for Social and Culture Business	SD	3			SD
SD4772	Interactive Media and Marketing	SD	3			SD
SO4044	Practice Management	SO	3			SO
General Electives (3 credits from the list below)
Including all IE electives
Including all Discipline-specific electives
ABCT4107	Case Study in Biotechnology Companies	ABCT	3	ABCT2102
ABCT4708	Principles of Quality Assurance	ABCT	3	ABCT3113/ ABCT3747
BSE449	Environmental Economics and Policy	BEEE	3
BSE4511	Principles of Ecological Design	BEEE	3
ENGL3011	Content Design for Social Media	ENGL	3
ENGL3029	The Language of Advertising	ENGL	3		ENGL3009
ENGL3031	Language and Intercultural Communication for the Professions	ENGL	3
ENGL4004	Effective Communication for Public Relations	ENGL	3
HTM4352	Integrated Resort and Gaming Management	SHTM	3
HTM4354	Wine Studies	SHTM	3	HTM1C07
HTM4356 & HTM4357	Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Hospitality, Tourism and Events I & II	SHTM	6	HTM4356 before taking HTM4357
HTM4360	Experience Mapping in Hospitality, Tourism and Events	SHTM	3
HTM4361	Luxury Management	SHTM	3

It should be noticed that the offering of elective subjects is subject to staffing resources and student enrolment and not all elective subjects will be offered every single year.

Indicative Progression Pattern

Suggested Semester	Code	Subject	Credit	Compulsory(C)/ Elective(E)
Year 2
1 or 2	MM2021	Management & Organization	3	C
1 or 2	LGT3161/MM3161	Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship	3	C
2		Elective 1	3	E
2 or 3		Company Attachment (This subject can be taken in Year 2 to 4, or as prescribed by the Block X Dept)	6	C
3 (Optional Summer Term)	MM2901 Or MM2902	GBA Immersion Or Field Study for Innovation Ecosystem (MM2901 and MM2902 are exclusions; this subject can be taken in Year 2 or 3)	3	C
			9 to 18
Year 3
1	MM3162	Innovation and Entrepreneurship Colloquium	3	C
1		Elective 2	3	E
1 or 2	MM4393	Business Innovation Project	3	C
1 or 2 or 3		Company Attachment (This subject can be taken in Year 2 to 4, or as prescribed by the Block X Dept)	6	C
2 or 3	MM2901	GBA Immersion (This subject can be taken in Year 2 or 3)	3	C
3 (Optional Summer Term)	MM2902	Field Study for Innovation Ecosystem (MM2901 and MM2902 are exclusions; this subject can be taken in Year 2 or 3)	3	C
			9 to 18
Year 4
1		Elective 3	3	E
1		Elective 4	3	E
1 or 2		Company Attachment (This subject can be taken in Year 2 to 4, or as prescribed by the Block X Dept)	6	C
2		Elective 5	3	E
			9 to 15
Year 2 to 4		Total	36
Compulsory subjects: 21 credits Elective subjects: 15 credits Requirement on Elective subjects: IE Electives – any 6 credits from 18 designated IE-related subjects Discipline-specific Electives – any 6 credits from electives prescribed by the respective Block X offering Department General Electives – any 3 credits from IE Electives or Discipline-specific Electives or General Electives

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