First-year Curriculum (for 2023-24 intake)

Briefing on Curriculum Structure, Major Allocation, Academic Advising and Employment Situation:

First-year curriculum

* Early Exit Arrangement
Bachelor's degree students successfully completing LC0200A and LC0200B for a total of 6 credits will be considered to have achieved the minimum standard required for proceeding to the GE English courses. Students who have achieved a grade B or above in their overall course results for LC0200A will be permitted to exit the programme at this point. They will achieve 3 credits and also be considered to have satisfied the pre-requisite for entry to the GE English courses.

^The credit earned from taking LC0200A (3 credits) and/or LC0200B (3 credit) will not be counted towards the minimum credit units required for graduation and will not be included in the calculation of cumulative grade point average (CGPA). However, they will be counted towards the maximum credit units permitted. 

# Students may take GE courses from the distributional areas and may refer to http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ge_info/ for the list of GE courses on offer.

English & Chinese Language Requirements

Students whose entry qualification in HKDSE English Language/Chinese Language is Level 3 are required to take the following additional language courses:

1. LC0200A English for Academic Purposes 1 (3 credit units *) and
   LC0200B English for Academic Purposes 2 (3 credit units *)^#
2. CHIN1001 University Chinese I (3 credit units *)

^# Early Exit Arrangement
Bachelor's degree students successfully completing LC0200A and LC0200B for a total of 6 credits will be considered to have achieved the minimum standard required for proceeding to the GE English courses. Students who have achieved a grade B or above in their overall course results for LC0200A will be permitted to exit the programme at this point. They will achieve 3 credits and also be considered to have satisfied the pre-requisite for entry to the GE English courses.

* The credits earned from taking LC0200A, LC0200B, and CHIN1001 will not be counted towards the minimum credit units required for graduation and will not be included in the calculation of the cumulative grade point average (CGPA). However, they will be counted towards the maximum credit units permitted.

For students who do not have Hong Kong public examinations results:

• English Language Requirement: The Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre (LC) will invite them to sit for an English Placement Test to determine whether they need to take the courses LC0200A and LC0200B. Students may, instead of taking the Test, provide an alternative English proficiency qualification (e.g. TOFEL or IELTS) for consideration by the LC. A waiver from taking the LC0200A and LC0200B may be granted for students who have achieved the required English proficiency. For details, please visit the website of Language Centre.
• Chinese Language Requirement: students are not required to take additional Chinese courses.

Please refer to the University’s website for more information.

Suggested First-year Study Plan

1. A set of courses is pre-registered for students.
2. Students are advised to plan their studies according to the suggested pattern to avoid possible time conflicts between courses.
3. Students wishing to drop/change a pre-assigned course will need to do so on the web or using the paper form during the add/drop period. However, after dropping/changing the course, the places may be taken up by other students and you may not be able to enroll in the pre-assigned course again. Students are therefore not recommended to drop/change courses pre-assigned to them.

# Students will need to register for the course on the web during the add/drop period.

Course Registration

Please refer to ARRO’s website for the latest information on course registration..

Last modified on 1 Mar, 2024