Common Core Requirements for Students Admitted in 2012-13 (3Y 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 Requirements
The general education component of the 3-Year 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
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 |
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.
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