Bachelor of Business

at Nanyang Technological University

Core Courses

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

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Common Core)

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

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Foundational Core)

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

Broadening and Deepening Electives (Choose Five to Six Courses)

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

Actuarial Science

• Specialisation Core Courses
• Actuarial Aspects of Asset Valuation
• Actuarial Computing
• Actuarial Economics
• Actuarial Statistics
• Life Contingencies & Demography
• Mathematics of Finance
• Models
• Statistical Modelling

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

• Actuarial Management
• Insurance Practice
• Property & Liability Insurance

Banking & Finance

• Specialisation Core Courses
• Ethics in the Investment Profession
• Investments
• Specialisation Prescribed Courses

Choose six electives:

• AI in Accounting and Finance
• Alternative Investments
• Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
• Blockchain and AI in Finance
• Corporate Finance and Strategy
• Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies
• Equity Valuation
• Financial Application Design and Development
• Financial Markets and Products
• Financial Modelling
• Financial and Risk Analytics I
• FinTech in Investment Management
• Fixed Income Securities
• Foundations of Risk Management
• Global Financial Markets and Management
• Introduction to Compliance
• Portfolio Management
• Relationship Management
• Wealth Management

You are advised to take the specific courses from one of the four clusters listed below if they 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

• Wealth Management*
• Introduction to Compliance*
• Global Financial Markets and Management*
• Relationship Management*
• Alternative Investments
• Foundations of Risk Management
• Financial Markets and Products

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

Asset Management

• Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies*
• Fixed Income Securities*
• Equity Valuation*
• Portfolio Management*
• Global Financial Markets and Management*
• Financial Modelling
• Alternative Investments
• Financial and Risk Analytics I
• Foundations of Risk Management
• You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation

Investment Banking

• Corporate Finance and Strategy*
• Equity Valuation*
• Financial Modelling*
• Global Financial Markets and Management*
• Introduction to Compliance
• Foundations of Risk Management
• Financial Markets and Products
• Financial and Risk Analytics I
• You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation

FinTech

• FinTech in Investment Management*
• Blockchain and AI in Finance*
• Financial Application Design and Development*
• Financial and Risk Analytics I / Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques*
• Introduction to Compliance
• Financial Modelling
• AI in Accounting and Finance
• Business Analytics

Specialisation Core Courses

• Designing & Developing Databases
• Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
• Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques
• Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose Three Specialisation Prescribed Electives:

• Supply Chain Analytics
• Financial Service Processes & Analytics
• Lean Operations & Analytics
• Business Analytics Consulting
• Programming for Business Transformation
• Decision Modelling & Analytics
• AI in Accounting & Finance
• Service Operations Management
• Human Resource Consulting

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose Seven Specialisation Prescribed Electives:

• Strategic HR Management & Consulting
• Total Rewards Management
• Talent Sourcing & Acquisition
• Managing & Consulting through Research
• Employment Law
• Talent Development & Management
• People Analytics
• 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.

International Trading

Specialisation Core Courses

• Ethics in the Investment Profession
• Investments
• Trade Incoterms & Ship Chartering
• Commodity Markets
• International Tax & Trading Law
• Trade, Structured & Supply Chain Finance
• Enterprise Risk Management in Commodity Markets
• Commodities Trading
• Marketing

Specialisation Core Courses

• Consumer Insights
• Digital Marketing
• Marketing Analytics
• Strategic Brand Management

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose three of these electives

• Market Intelligence
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Channel Value Creation
• Modern and Emerging Technologies in Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Consumer Neuroscience: How Brain Science Is Informing Business
• Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management & Insurance)

Specialisation Core Courses

• Quantitative Analysis
• Foundations of Risk Management
• Financial Markets and Products
• Financial & Risk Analytics I
• Valuation and Risk Models
• Financial & Risk Analytics II
• Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose one elective:

• FinTech in Investment Management
• Insurance Practice
• Property & Liability Insurance
• Computing for Risk Management & Insurance Practices
• Operational Risk and Resiliency
• Alternative Risk Transfer

Minimum subject requirement: SL Mathematics

Both Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (MAA) and Mathematics: Applications and
Interpretation (MAI) are acceptable

• Fulfil one of the following Mother Tongue Language (MTL) requirement (only for Singapore Citizens
• and Permanent Residents):
• a grade D7 for Higher MTL at Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level; or
• a pass in MTL 'B' or a grade S for H1 MTL or H2 MTL Language and Literature or General Studies
• in Chinese at Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level; or
• a pass in MTL Language A or Language B at Standard Level or Higher Level at IB Diploma; or
• an MOE-approved MTL-in-lieu*; or
• an MOE-approved MTL-exemption*.

Students who have not satisfied the requirement above may still apply for admissions with no
prejudice to their application. Admissions will be on a provisional basis and students are required to
attain the MTL within the period of their University study.

*For students who have been away from Singapore's school system for some years, the University will
submit the application for MTL-in-lieu or MTL-exemption on your behalf if you are offered admissions.
MOE does not accept direct applications.

Students must have completed at least 12 years of general education or will be taking High School national examinations in the year of application in order to be considered for admission.

The cost of studying at Nanyang Technological University varies largely depending on the type of university and the degree chosen. More often than not, humanities, arts, and education courses are less expensive than degrees in medical, engineering, or management. Furthermore, students who choose to study at the postgraduate level typically pay higher tuition fees, which again vary depending on the programme chosen.

Most universities provide scholarships or financial aid to students in order to help them offset their tuition costs. Students should be aware that additional course fees and incidental expenses may not be included in tuition. On average, international students can expect to pay S$20,100 annually, to study in Nanyang Technological University.

With a Bachelor of Business degree from Nanyang Technological University, you will be able to choose from a broad, diverse range of career options, such as:

• Asset Management Analyst  
• Business Analyst  
• Portfolio Analyst  
• Investment Banker  
• Wealth Management Consultant