FAQ

The basic selection criteria for First Major in Operations Management are C+ or above in ISOM 2700 Operations Management and C or above in your BCGA. For details, please refer to the Major Selection Exercise: https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/major-selections

For the BA Option, you need to fulfill 2 core courses for OM, 2 required courses for business analytics option and 4 elective courses (selected from a list of OM and statistics courses). 

For the SCM Option, you need to fulfill 2 core courses for OM, 2 required courses for supply chain management option and any 4 OM elective courses. 

For details, please refer to the program catalogue: <LINK>

Yes, if you belong to the eligible intake (i.e. 2014-15 intake or after for taking the BA Option, and 2017/18 intake for taking the SCM Option), you can opt for both Options. Note that in such case, you have to take the four Option required courses IN ADDITION to the OM major program requirements.

Students who take an Option MUST complete all Option requirements specified IN ADDITION to the major program requirements. Courses taken as Option Required Courses under BBA-OM CANNOT be reused to count towards the OM major program requirements (neither OM required course nor OM elective course) at the same time. For example, if you take the SCM Option, you will have to take at least 26 credits (20 credits for the OM major program + 6 credits for the Option required courses) to fulfill both the OM major program and the SCM Option requirements.

The course is offered by IS program and CANNOT be counted as OM elective course.

To graduate with an additional major, students admitted in 2015-16 or after must take all the requirements specified for that major, within which they must complete at least 20 single-counted credits. These 20 credits cannot be used to fulfill any other requirements for graduation except for the 120-credit degree requirement. 

Students who are majoring in both IS & OM, AND opt for the Business Analytics Option offered by their 1st Major program, they should note that the option required courses (either ISOM 3360 (IS course) or ISOM 3900 (OM course)) CANNOT be reused to fulfil the additional major program requirements at the same time due to the “20 single-counted credits” rule for additional major as prescribed above. They have to take extra courses/credits for the additional major in order to fulfill such rule.

Students who wish to declare the BA or SCM Option can do so in their FINAL term of study by completing an online application form and submit to bbaom@ust.hk before the deadline announced in each term.

If you wish to enroll in courses which does not meet the prerequisite requirement, you may submit a "requisite waiver" approval request via SIS during course validation and enrollment period. the course offering department will consider your requests accordingly.

Please keep your name on the waitlist because the actual enrollment and/or final quota might change from time to time. There is nothing much we can do at this point. If your name is on the waitlist, you will be enrolled once a seat is available for you.

Kindly understand that different courses/instructors may have different setting/concern regarding the optimum class size in consideration of achieving the best teaching and learning environment, and conducting effective class activities, while classroom capacity may not be the only deciding factor in determining the class size/quota.

A normal credit load per term is basically our recommended credit load per term. However, to give you the flexibility of managing your own study plans, you have the option to have credit overloads, provided you meet the following conditions: 
https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/academic-regulations

For information on the credit transfer policy for the exchange out program, please visit:
https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/exchange/outbound-exchange/preparing-for-exchange

Before taking a course elsewhere, you should visit the "Course Transfer" website: https://crtran.ust.hk/ to check the procedures and make sure that you take approved equivalent courses at the host institution. You should check the Course Equivalence Database for information on the transfer credits approved in the past.

If the course cannot be found in the database, you should seek pre-approval well in advance by submitting a course assessment form with relevant course details to ARR before the actual study.

You may refer to the SBM UG Programs website to these commonly asked questions. https://bmundergrad.hkust.edu.hk/academics/academic-planning/graduation-matters