Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Administration (Global Entertainment) (JS2930)

Entertainment business covers a broad coverage of film, music, theatre, media, gaming, museum, arts and cultural events and performances. It has been rapidly developing in Hong Kong, the Mainland and across the globe in recent years. Technologies and new forms of monetization are also changing the viewer experience drastically. Global entertainment businesses need specialists who can perform a wide range of duties including content development, licensing, finance, marketing, administration, circulation, audience development, public education and more importantly, who can support and champion the fast-evolving new forms of audience engagement.

This transdisciplinary programme is open to students from all academic backgrounds. Business-minded students who wish to pursue a career in the entertainment business and/or arts, cultural and creative industries should apply.


Programme Activities

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Curriculum Framework

Students will be given options to explore the range of theory and research across the disciplines of arts and business while mandating the completion of core units in creativity, cultural understanding, ethics, and communication. Students will collaborate on projects from the industries and undergo an array of experiential learning activities as such industry seminars and roundtable discussions. They will work on company-based projects to provide solutions to real-life problems in the creative and cultural industries under the supervision of renowned professors and experts in and outside Hong Kong. They will complete multiple learning experiences such as field trips and internships in the Mainland particularly the Greater Bay Area and overseas. By the time of graduation, students will have a strong portfolio documenting their achievements. There will be portfolio and project-based assessment based on constant problem solving. Skills such as teamwork and communication will also be cultivated and assessed.


Programme Structure

Units
University Requirements
University Core 13
General Education 12
Free Electives 25
Programme Requirements
Major Required Courses (including Final Year Project) 57
Major Elective Courses 21
Total 128
Transdisciplinary Common Core (TCC) 9 Units
ITS1005 Global Challenges I 3
ITS2028 Global Challenges II 3
ITS2029 Global Challenges II 3
Programme Specific Experiential Learning (Exp) 24 Units
ARTT3005 Transdisciplinary Collaboration I 6
ARTT3006 Transdisciplinary Collaboration II 6
BAGE3005 Global Entertainment Business Field Trip 3
BAGE3006 Industry Internship 3
BAGE4898 Company-Based Final Year Project I 3
BAGE4899 Company-Based Final Year Project II 3
Programme Specific Knowledge/Skills Core (KS) 24 Units
BUSI1005 The World of Business and Entrepreneurship3
BUSI2045 Data Analytics for Business Decision Making3
BUSI3006 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility3
FILM3147 Entertainment 3.0: Creative Industries and Technology 3
HUMN2026 Globalization and Culture3
LLAW2007 Entertainment Law3
MUSI3136 Creative Entrepreneurship3
WRIT1005 Creativity: Theory and Practice 3
Total 57 Units
Select any SEVEN of the following courses*: 21 Units
Courses offered by Academy of Film
FAGS3017 Media Arts and Performance3
FILM2047 Storytelling3
FILM3047 Hollywood Cinema3
FILM4026 East Asian Cinemas: History and Current Issues3
GAME3026 Online Media Management3
GAME4036 Game Economy: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology3
Courses offered by Academy of Visual Arts*
VART3395 Studio: Graphic Design9
VART3405 Studio Experience Design9
Course offered by Department of History
HIST4315 Introduction to Museum Studies3
Courses offered by Department of Humanities and Creative Writing
HUMN3005 Artistic Creativity and Aesthetics Awareness3
HUMN3025 Chinese Song Lyric Writing3
HUMN3026 Creative Industries: Theories and Practices3
HUMN3037 New Media Cultures3
HUMN3045 Popular Music Studies3
HUMN3046 Science Fiction, Film and Culture3
HUMN3075 East Asia Media Cultures in the Global Age3
HUMN4005 Asia Discourses3
HUMN4017 Media Representations of Ethnicity3
HUMN4027 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction3
WRIT3007 Writing for New Media3
Courses offered by Department of Music
MUSI3066 Music and Media3
MUSI3085 Introduction to Music Business and Music Marketing3
MUSI3087 Iconic Figures of Chinese Popular Music3
MUSI3096 Legal Perspective in the Creative Arts3
MUSI3097 Music Design and Programming for Video Games3
MUSI3105 History and Analysis of Game Scoring3
MUSI3107 The Past and Present of Music Theatre: from Opera to Broadway3
MUSI3115 Female and LGBTQ artists in Music, Arts and Society3
MUSI3127 Sight and Sound: Great Film Music Collaborations3
MUSI3135 Listening to the Twentieth Century3
Courses offered by School of Business3
BUSI3025 Cross-Cultural and Comparative Management3
BUSI3057 Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures3
ECON3087 Understanding the Digital Economy3
ECON3097 Data Visualization for Economic Storytelling3
ECON3105 Big Data Analytics3
FINE3025 Entrepreneurial Finance3
ISEM3035 Introduction to Business Data Analytics and Visualization3
ISEM4017 Consumer Insight: Online Customer Data Analytics and Machine Learning Approaches3
MKTG3006 Global Marketing3
MKTG3007 Consumer Behaviors3
MKTG3026 Strategic Digital Marketing3
MKTG3046 Sports Marketing3
MKTG4026 Leisure Marketing3
MKTG4055 Event Marketing3


*For courses offered by Academy of Visual Arts, each 9-unit course can be counted as THREE 3-unit courses.

Career Prospects

Graduates of the programme will develop transdisciplinary skills, creativity, intercultural awareness and entrepreneurial mindset that enable them to facilitate creative content creation and delivery and/or take up business positions in administration, marketing, distribution, project and event management for entertainment, arts, culture and creative industries. Graduates will be effective in running business operations, engaging the public audiences, enhancing customer services and front-stage experiences. Their employers include entertainment businesses, creative industries, cultural venues, museums, exhibition spaces, performing venues, art groups, NGOs and foundations, art traders, event organisers’ and the Government.

Facilities

Students will study in the existing facilities of HKBU and the state-of-the-art facilities in the Jockey Club Campus of Creativity to be opened in 2023/24.

Admission

The programme will follow the general admission requirements. Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio and may be required to attend an interview. 100% of holistic assessment, including academic performance, portfolio and interview, will be adopted.

The intake quota is 25 for 2025/26 Intake.

For details, please visit Undergraduate Admissions website.

FAQ

Local students apply on the strength of Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) should submit application via the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS) at https://www.jupas.edu.hk/en/.

Non-JUPAS applicants please apply via the Direct (Non-JUPAS) Admissions Scheme. Please visit the website of Academic Registry of the Hong Kong Baptist University at http://ar.hkbu.edu.hk/pros/ for details.

In addition to the University’s admission requirements, applicants are also required to participate in programme admission exercise with an aim to assess their suitability to the programme. Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio for review. Based on the submitted portfolios, candidates will be shortlisted for an interview.

Applicants will also be encouraged to submit a portfolio for review. Your portfolio should include a personal statement, a short video of yourself and showcase of creativity. Preparing a portfolio gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your passion, creativity, talent, and potential to succeed in the degree, alongside your academic achievements. Click here for the portfolio submission guideline.

Applicants will be assessed according to their motivation, personal interests and commitment to the global entertainment business and/or arts, culture and creative industries.

The interview will be conducted in English.

Yes. You can apply for an exchange programme. The University has established exchange collaborations with overseas institutions. Students could choose to study in one of the foreign countries such as Australia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA for a semester or a full academic year.

Yes. A 3-credit bearing Global Entertainment Business Field Trip course will be offered to all Year 3 students in this programme. International exposure and experiences are essential to prepare students who wish to pursue a career in the global entertainment business and/or arts, culture and creative industries. This course will provide students with an opportunity to visit a country/city outside Hong Kong, to acquire first-hand knowledge of the business operations through field visits.

Yes. A 3-credit bearing Industry Internship course will be offered to all Year 3 students in this programme, as we believe an internship links classroom theory to professional practice and provides students with learning experience beyond the academic programme. Students will work in an organization that are primarily related to venue operation, administration, marketing, project and event management. Alternatively, students may be involved in content creation, or given an opportunity to bring changes for existing and emerging forms of arts and culture.

Enquiry

For further information or enquiry about the programme, please contact us at or 3411-2105


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