The core courses equip students with a firm foundation in their two Majors. Students can then choose from a range of prescribed electives in their interests.
From AY2018 onwards, to graduate, students must complete two (2) categories of requirement, totalling at least 139 Academic Units (AUs):
Table 1: Summary Table of the Double Major Programme
PROGRAMME |
Major Requirements (AUs) |
General Education Requirement (GER) (AUs) |
Total (AUs) |
Core |
Prescribed Electives |
Final Year Project |
GER Core |
GER Prescribed Electives |
GER Unrestricted Electives |
Major A |
50 |
16 (8 & 8)* |
14 |
3 |
6 |
139 |
Major B |
50 |
*Students may select one or two Final Year Projects, subject to the approval of the host schools. If they select just one, they have to read two 4000-level courses to fulfill the 8AUs requirement of the other discipline.
Table 2: General Education Requirement (GER) Core
Students take all courses: |
Total (AUs) |
Communication
|
Academic Communication in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
(all combinations)
|
2 |
Academic Communication in the Social Sciences
(all combinations except ELAH)
Academic Communication in the Humanities
(ELAH only) |
2 |
Digital Literacy Courses
|
3 |
| 3 |
Margaret Lien Professional Development Course |
1 |
Environmental Sustainability |
1 |
Ethics and Moral Reasoning |
1 |
Entrepreneurship & Innovation |
1 |
Total GER-Core |
14 |
Table 3: General Education Requirement (GER) Prescribed Electives (PE)
Students choose 1 course: |
Total (AUs) |
Business and Management (BM) |
3 |
Total GER-PE |
3 |
