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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special list under the A&H common core area
|
18 |
School of Engineering: All programs except BSc Computer Science |
- 3 credits to be selected from the special course list under the SA common core area;
- 3 credits to be selected from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area;
- 3 credits to be selected from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under 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 special course list under the SA common core area and 3 credits from the special course list under the A&H common core area
|
15 |
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 |
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.