Calendar 2006–07

Full-time Undergraduate Studies 127 For graduation, a Secondary 6 and a Secondary 7 entrant* shall successfully complete at least 123 and 99 units of courses respectively which include: (a) General Education (15 units); (b) Physical Education (two units); (c) Foundation Requirement ∆ (24 units: nine units of language courses, six units of General Education courses, and nine units of major/faculty requirement); (d) normally up to 72 required units of major courses; (e) Faculty Language Requirement; (f) remaining units in minor and/or elective courses of the student’s choice. A second-year entrant shall complete at least 66 units of courses which include: (a) General Education (seven units for entrants with associate degrees or nine units for entrants with higher diplomas); (b) Physical Education (one unit); (c) up to 64 units of major courses for entrants with associate degrees or up to 59 units for entrants with higher diplomas; (d) Language Requirement (three units for entrants with higher diplomas only); (e) remaining units in minor and/or elective courses of the student’s choice. Students need to take and pass any graduation thesis/project prescribed by their major programmes. Starting from 1997–98, all students in their first year of attendance are required to complete an Intensive Programme in Putonghua, Cantonese and English which is non-credit-bearing, but the examination results of which will be recorded on academic reports and transcripts. Starting from 1999–2000, all newly-admitted students are required to achieve a certain level of IT competence. They are expected to pass the IT proficiency test within their first year of attendance. A student admitted in 2004–05 and thereafter may register for a second major programme subject to the approval of the two major departments concerned. A student who has satisfied the requirements of a second major may, in the last term of attendance within the minimum period of study, declare and be assessed for a second major. A student who wishes to take a minor programme should formally register for his minor subject, preferably in the second year of attendance. A minor programme normally requires 15–30 units of courses. Programmes in the Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine offers a non-unit-based professional programme leading to the degrees of MB ChB. In the year 2000–01 and before, the medical curriculum was divided into pre-clinical studies (years 1–2) and clinical studies (years 3–5). From the year 2001–02 onwards, the Faculty of Medicine has adopted an integrated, system- based medical curriculum starting Medical Year 1. The new curriculum consists of 70 per cent core courses and 30 per cent electives, with emphases on early clinical contact, communication and life-long learning skills, attitude and ethics. At the end of Medical Year 3, students may apply for admission to the Intercalated Degree Programme in Medical Sciences. * A Secondary 6 (or 7) entrant means a student who has been admitted to the University after completion of Secondary 6 (or 7) in a school or on equivalent qualifications. ∆ Applicable to Secondary 6 entrants