Bachelor of Business with Minor in International Trading

For our admission requirements, please refer to the following links:

Singapore Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Level

Diploma (polytechnic or equivalent institution)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

NUS High School Diploma

International & Other Qualifications

A-level, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, NUS High and polytechnic graduates may be granted course exemptions for a relevan​t accountancy or business core course based on their qualifications.

Course exemptions include:

• A-Level Graduates

  If you have obtained an A grade and above for Economics at H2 Level, you will be eligible for exemption from the first-year core course HE5091_Principles of Economics.

• IB Diploma Graduates

  If you have obtained a Grade 7 and above for Economics at Standard Level OR a Grade 6 and above for Economics at Higher Level, you will be eligible for exemption from the first-year core course, HE5091_Principles of Economics.

• NUS High Graduates

  If you have taken both MA5107 Statistics and MA6207 AP Statistics, and score​d at least B+ for MA6207, you will be eligible for exemption from the first-year core course,  AB1202 Statistics & Analysis. If you have obtained a Subject CAP 4 and above for Economics, you will be eligible for exemption from the first-year Core course HE5091_Principles of Economics.

• Polytechnic Graduates 
  You may be granted an exemption for a relevant first-year course related to the Diploma you have obtained. Note that only Diplomas listed in Annex A are allowed exemptions. Students who are considering an exemption for  AC1103 Accounting I, please see the special instructions here. 

Nanyang Business School students transferring from other programmes can seek exemptions and credit transfers for similar or relevant courses covered in their previous programme of study.

Students transferring from other universities should submit an Exemption Request Form, together with their degree audit/transcript, and detailed outline of the course(s) via email to NBS Registration for review and consideration.

Students applying for course exemptions must submit their application before the end of the second week of the first semester for their enrolment.

If you opt for an exemption, you :

• Are deemed to have fulfilled the course requirements and the required number of Academic Units.
• Do not need to attend the lectures, tutorials, seminars, or examinations for the exempted course(s).
  
• Will not be given a grade for the exempted course(s).

Exempted courses do not count towards your Grade Point Average and have no bearing on the classification of the honours that you will be awarded.

If you are eligible for a core course exemption, you do not have to take up the offer. For example, you may prefer to read the course at the undergraduate level as a useful refresher of the higher-level courses. In which case, no action is needed on your part. Simply attend the course as scheduled in your timetable. 

Three years, with direct honours. 

Core Courses

• Business Operations and Processes
• Management Principles, Skills and Competencies
• Strategic Management
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Management
• Statistics & Analysis
• Business Law
• Marketing
• Organisational Behaviour & Design
• Principles of Economics
• Intermediate Excel

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Common Core)

• Healthy Living and Mental Wellbeing
  
• Sustainability: Society, Economy & Environment
  
• Science and Technology for Humanity
  
• Career & Entrepreneurial Development for the Future World
  
• Ethics & Civics in a Multi-Cultural World
  
• Navigating the Digital World
  
• Inquiry and Communication in the Interdisciplinary World

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Foundational Core)

• Careers Future Forward
• Decision Making with Programming & Analytics
• Professional Attachment
• Communication Management Strategies

Broadening and Deepening Electives (Minor in International Trading)

Six courses

• Commodity Markets
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Trade Incoterms & Ship Chartering
• International Tax and Trading Law
• Trade, Structured & Supply Chain Finance
• Commodities Trading

Specialisation Component (Business Specialisation Courses - Six to Ten courses)

Actuarial Science

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Actuarial Economics
2. Mathematics of Finance
3. Statistical Modeling
4. Models
5. Life Contingencies & Demography
6. Actuarial Statistics
7. Actuarial Aspects of Asset Valuation
8. Actuarial Computing

The following courses are also available to Actuarial Science majors as Broadening & Deepening Electives (BDEs):

1. Actuarial Management
2. Insurance Practice
3. Property & Liability Insurance

Banking & Finance

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Ethics in the Investment Profession
2. Investments

Specialisation Prescribed Courses

Choose six electives:

1. Wealth Management
2. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies
3. Introduction to Compliance
4. FinTech in Investment Management
5. Corporate Finance and Strategy
6. Fixed Income Securities
7. Equity Valuation
8. Financial Modelling
9. Alternative Investments
10. Portfolio Management
11. Global Financial Markets and Management
12. Relationship Management
13. Blockchain and AI in Finance
14. Financial Application Design and Development
15. Foundations of Risk Management
16. Financial Markets and Products
17. Financial and Risk Analytics I
18. AI in Accounting and Finance
19. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques

You are advised to take the specific courses from one of the four clusters listed below if you want to enter certain sectors in the banking and finance industries.

Note: Cluster courses are not mandatory. Courses with * are considered more important than the courses below in each cluster.

Wealth Management

1. Wealth Management*
2. Introduction to Compliance*
3. Global Financial Markets and Management*
4. Relationship Management*

1. Alternative Investments
2. Foundations of Risk Management
3. Financial Markets and Products

You should aim to pass the CMFAS exams or CACS exams by IBF before graduation.

Asset Management

1. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies*
2. Fixed Income Securities*
3. Equity Valuation*
4. Portfolio Management*
5. Global Financial Markets and Management*

1. Financial Modelling
2. Alternative Investments
3. Financial and Risk Analytics I
4. Foundations of Risk Management
   

You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation.

Investment Banking

1. Corporate Finance and Strategy*
2. Equity Valuation*
3. Financial Modelling*
4. Global Financial Markets and Management*

1. Introduction to Compliance
2. Foundations of Risk Management
3. Financial Markets and Products
4. Financial and Risk Analytics I

You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation.

FinTech

1. FinTech in Investment Management*
2. Blockchain and AI in Finance*
3. Financial Application Design and Development*
4. Financial and Risk Analytics I / Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques*

1. Introduction to Compliance
2. Financial Modelling
3. AI in Accounting and Finance

Business Analytics

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Designing & Developing Databases
2. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
3. Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose three electives:

1. Supply Chain Analytics
2. Financial Service Processes & Analytics
3. Lean Operations & Analytics
4. Business Analytics Consulting
5. Programming for Business Transformation
6. Decision Modelling & Analytics
7. AI in Accounting & Finance
8. Service Operations Management

Human Resource Consulting

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose seven electives:

1. Strategic HR Management & Consulting
2. Total Rewards Management
3. Talent Sourcing & Acquisition
4. Managing & Consulting through Research
5. Employment Law
6. Talent Development & Management
7. People Analytics
8. Cultural Intelligence: How to be an Explorer of the World

Note: In view of the pre-requisites for various HR consulting (HRC) courses, HRC students have to take BH2605 Strategic HR & Consulting in Year 2 Semester 1 in order to have more options in course selections in Year 3.

Marketing

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Consumer Insights
2. Digital Marketing
3. Marketing Analytics
4. Strategic Brand Management

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose three electives

1. Market Intelligence
2. Integrated Marketing Communications
3. Channel Value Creation
4. Modern and Emerging Technologies in Marketing
5. Marketing Strategy
6. Consumer Neuroscience: How Brain Science Is Informing Business

Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management & Insurance)

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Quantitative Analysis
2. Foundations of Risk Management
3. Financial Markets and Products
4. Financial & Risk Analytics I
5. Valuation and Risk Models
6. Financial & Risk Analytics II

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose one elective:

1. FinTech in Investment Management
2. Insurance Practice
3. Property & Liability Insurance
4. Computing for Risk Management & Insurance Practices
5. Operational Risk and Resiliency
6. Alternative Risk Transfer
   

• Marketing, Business Development and Analysis 
• Operations, Procurement and Sourcing 
• Market Research and Product Development 
• Trading and Sales 
• Finance and Regulations

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 

• CPA Australia 

• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) 

• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) 

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) 

• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) 

• Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) 

Seven Specialisations 

1. Actuarial Science
2. Business Analytics
3. Marketing
4. Banking and Finance
5. Human Resource Consulting 
6. Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management and Insurance)
7. International Trading