Common Core Requirements -
For students admitted in 2012-13 (3-Year Programs)

Note: The following requirements are applicable to students admitted in 2012-13 to 3-Year single degree programs or 4-Year dual degree program.

The Common Core Program of the 3-Year undergraduate degree curriculum requires students to take a specified number of credits from the common core areas, namely, Science and Technology (S&T), Social Analysis (SA), and Arts and Humanities (A&H). The requirements vary from one program to another. Students should find out the credit requirements prescribed for their program from the following table.

Program Common Core Requirements Total Credits
School of Science: All programs
  • 3 credits to be selected from the S&T common core area; and
  • 15 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
Remarks: Science students completing a BSc major offered by the School of Engineering as a second major are allowed to substitute 3 credits of S&T common core courses with 3 credits of free electives 		18
School of Engineering: All programs except BSc Computer Science
  • 3 credits to be selected from the SA common core area;
  • 3 credits to be selected from the A&H common core area; and
  • 6 credits to be selected from any of these three common core areas: S&T, SA, or A&H
12
BSc Computer Science
  • 3 credits to be selected from the SA common core area;
  • 3 credits to be selected from the A&H common core area; and
  • 12 credits to be selected from any of these three common core areas: S&T, SA, or A&H (Remarks: Students completing a second BSc major may replace 3 of these 12 credits with 3 credits of free electives)
18
School of Business & Management: All programs except BSc Quantitative Finance
  • 6 credits to be selected from the S&T common core area; and
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
18
BSc Quantitative Finance
  • 3 credits to be selected from the S&T common core area; and
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
15
BSc Global China Studies
  • 3 credits to be selected from courses listed under the SA common core area that do not carry the HUMA, SOSC or SHSS course code; and
  • 6 credits to be selected from the S&T common core area
9
BSc Environmental Management and Technology
  • 6 credits to be selected from the S&T or SA common core area; and
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
18
BSc Risk Management and Business Intelligence
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
12
Dual Degree Programs CEGBM, CBGBM
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
12
Dual Degree Programs: CIGBM, CPGBM, COGBM, EEGBM, IEGBM, LMGBM, MEGBM
  • 3 credits to be selected from the S&T common core area; and
  • 12 credits to be selected from the SA or A&H common core area, of which at least 3 credits should be selected from the SA common core area and 3 credits from the A&H common core area
15

Program Keys:

CEGBM BEng in Chemical Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
CBGBM BEng in Chemical and Bioproduct Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
CIGBM BEng in Civil and Structural Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
CPGBM BEng in Computer Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
COGBM BEng in Computer Science and BBA in General Business Management
EEGBM BEng in Electronic Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
IEGBM BEng in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and BBA in General Business Management
LMGBM BEng in Logistics Management and Engineering and BBA in General Business Management
MEGBM BEng in Mechanical Engineering and BBA in General Business Management

Completing the requirements

Students complete the common core requirement by selecting courses from the set of courses listed for the respective common core area, and complete them in the academic year in which they are so listed. Changes may be made to the common core course lists from year to year; as a result, some courses may be added to the list and some removed.

Before course registration, students should check the common core course lists to ensure that they are selecting current common core courses to satisfy the common core requirement. Students may also find out from these lists whether a course taken in previous years can be used to satisfy the common core requirements.

Regulations for the University Common Core



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