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Common Core Requirements for Students Admitted in 2011-12

The Requirements

Effective from Fall 2010-11, the general education component of the undergraduate degree curriculum is stated as a set of common core requirements. Students need 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 course list under 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 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 course 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

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.

Other rules also apply. Click here for details.