Calendar 2002–03

Part-timeUndergraduateStudies 451 nine o r six u nits of General Educatio n courses as p rescrib ed by the University depending on the category under which he is admitted. 6.5 General Chinese and General English ** A student sh all be r equired to comp lete bef ore graduation six units of General Chinese and six units of General English, to be taken during his first two years of attendance. A student who satisfies the special entrance requirement of a specific programme and is granted unit exemption at the time of admission may be r equired to complete General English and/or General Chinese as prescribed by his programme. 6.6 A student who has failed in any required course shall retake that course or take a substitute course prescribed by the programme committeeconcerned. 6.7 A stu dent with recognized qualifications may be exempted from some courses and/or units required for gr aduation according to the procedure prescribed. Subject to the requirements given in Regulations 5.5 and 5.6, no studen t with such exemp tions shall be allowed to graduate unless he shall have: (a) completed at least 60 units of courses at this university; and (b) comp leted at least two -th ird s of his majo r req uiremen ts at th is university. 7.0 Course Load 7.1 A student shall take no less than three units of courses in any term and no less than 15 units in any year. 7.2 A student shall take no more than 27 units of courses in any year. 8.0 Se lec tion of Courses 8.1 A student sh all select his courses accordin g to the study scheme of his programme. He shall be responsible for ensuring the timely completion of all requirements for graduation. 8.2 A student shall not r epeat any cour se which he has taken and passed or from which he has been exempted except as required by regulations which prescribe otherwise. 9.0 Course Withdrawa ls and Additions 9.1 A student who wishes to apply for withdrawal or addition of course/s shall complete the prescribed procedure within two weeks after thebeginning of the teaching term. 9.2 Only under very special circumstances may a student apply for permission to withdraw from a course or enrol in a new course after the second week of the teaching term. Such applications shall be made on a prescribed form and submitted to the deans of the faculties of the students’ programmes for consideration. ** Students admitted in 1994–95 and thereafter are not required to completeGeneral Chinese and Genera l English.