{"id":2432,"date":"2017-05-04T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?page_id=2432"},"modified":"2017-11-24T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T03:05:08","slug":"undergraduate-curriculum-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/academic-programmes\/undergraduate\/undergraduate-curriculum-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Curriculum Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The College adopts a 4-year curriculum for all bachelor\u2019s degree programmes. All students admitted as from 2014\/15 follow the College\u2019s new Undergraduate Curriculum Structure.<\/p>\n

The New Undergraduate Curriculum Structure comprises 3 components: Major Studies, Common Core Requirement, and Free Electives. The total number of modules varies across individual programmes.<\/p>\n

Apart from the Major Studies, students are required to take at least 15 modules, under the Common Core Requirement, on General Education, Languages, and Quantitative and IT skills. This structure aims to enhance students\u2019 generic skills and broaden their intellectual horizons.<\/p>\n

For Degree Programmes offered in 2014\/15 and thereafter<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Study Areas<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Range of No of Modules (Credits) <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Range of % of <\/strong>
\nTotal Curriculum <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A. Major Studies +<\/sup> <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Including at least 2 common Business modules)<\/em><\/td>\n

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19 (57) \u2013 25 (75)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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47.5% \u2013 62.5%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

B. Common Core Requirement <\/strong><\/td>\n\n

15 (45) \u2013 16 (48)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37.5% \u2013 40%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

(i) General Education<\/td>\n\n

7 (21)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

17.5%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

(ii) Languages<\/p>\n
    \n
  • English <\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Chinese<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
\n

3 (9)
\n3 (9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

15%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

(iii) Quantitative Methods and IT Skills #<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n\n

2 (6) \u2013 3 (9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5% \u2013 10%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

C. Free Electives <\/strong><\/td>\n\n

0 (0) \u2013 6 (18)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0% \u2013 15%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Total <\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Minimum <\/strong>
\n40 (120)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

100%<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

+<\/strong> Unless specially approved, non-business programmes should include at least 2 specified business \/ management-related modules from:<\/p>\n

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  • BUS1001 Introduction to Business<\/li>\n
  • BUS1002 Principles of Management<\/li>\n
  • ECO1000 Principles of Economics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    *<\/strong> Recommended to be 20 to 22 modules (60 to 66 credits)
    \n#<\/strong> Unless specially approved, all programmes should include at least 1 module in quantitative methods and 1 module in IT Skills<\/p>\n

    In order to graduate, students also need to fulfill the following requirements:<\/p>\n

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    • Language Competency Exit Requirements for English and Putonghua<\/li>\n
    • Information Technology Proficiency Test<\/li>\n
    • Community Services, Extra-curricular Activities and Physical Activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      For details, please refer to the respective programme brochure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The College adopts a 4-year curriculum for all bachelor\u2019s degree programmes. All students admitted as from 2014\/15 follow the College\u2019s new Undergraduate Curriculum Structure. The New Undergraduate Curriculum Structure comprises 3 components: Major Studies, Common Core Requirement, and Free Electives. The total number of modules varies across individual programmes. Apart from the Major Studies, students […]","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":524,"menu_order":243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19062,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2432\/revisions\/19062"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}