Students admitted to 4-year (4Y) programs in 2012-13 are required to take courses from these common core areas: Humanities, Social Analysis, Science and Technology, Quantitative Reasoning, Arts (an elective area), English Communication, Chinese Communication, and Healthy Lifestyle; plus School-Sponsored Courses in the areas of Humanities, Social Analysis, Science and Technology.

Common Core Requirement for the 2012-13 intake (4Y Programs)

The 2012-13 list of common core courses for each area and the School-Sponsored Courses are as follows:

• School-Sponsored Courses
  • Humanities (SSC-H)
  • Social Analysis (SSC-SA)
  • Science and Technology (SSC-S&T)
• Humanities (H)
• Social Analysis (SA)
• Science and Technology (S&T)
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
• Arts (Arts)
• English Communication (E-Comm)
• Chinese Communication (C-Comm)
• Healthy Lifestyle (HLTH)

Useful Notes for Selecting Common Core Courses