Calendar 2008–2009

The University Part 1 Academic Structure and Policy The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a growing university offering a wide range of full-time and part-time programmes which lead to bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorates. There are eight Faculties (Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, and Social Science), and 63 departments offering 55 major programmes and 61 minor programmes for full-time undergraduate students, and two part-time undergraduate programmes for part- time students. Postgraduate programmes including 27MPhil–PhD programmes, 40 doctoral programmes, 156 master’s programmes, 26 postgraduate diploma programmes, and 1 postgraduate certificate programme are offered by the Graduate School through its 62 graduate divisions. The Senate regulates instruction, education and research. The Faculties advise the Senate through the faculty boards on the programmes of study recommended by the departments, which deliver disciplinary teaching. The Colleges, in turn, support the broader development of students as whole persons in addition to the provision of residential accomodation. All teaching staff and full-time undergraduate students, with a few exception of teachers belonging to research institutes or centres, belong to both a Faculty and to a College. Undergraduate Studies At its inception the University’s undergraduate curriculum was based on a combination of the credit unit system and the degree examination system. After a comprehensive review in the mid-80s, the University decided to adopt a pure credit-unit-based curriculum structure. From 1991–92 onwards, greater flexibility was introduced into students’ selection of courses and pace of study. Full-time Undergraduate Studies Throughout the years the University has endeavoured to provide a wide variety of major and minor programmes to meet the changing needs of society. In 2008–09, two major programmes are introduced, namely Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Language and Literature) and Bachelor of Education (Chinese Language Education) Co-terminal Double Degree Programme, as well as Bachelor of Arts (English Studies) and Bachelor of Education (English Language Education) Co-terminal Double Degree Programme under the Faculty of Education. Two minor programmes, namely Japanese culture and language under the Faculty of Arts, and hotel and tourism management under the Faculty of Business Administration are launched. Part-time Undergraduate Studies The Part-time Degree Programmes were first launched in 1981–82 with classes conducted in the evening. Two part-time degree programmes in music and early childhood education are currently offered. n