General Education Courses

Undergraduate & Sub-degree Students Course Enrolment General Requirements (5-credit system) General Education Courses

General Education Courses

Students should complete the required number of GE courses, each from a different ‘field of study’ other than the same ‘field(s) of study’ of their study programmes. The requirement is applicable to students admitted in 2018/19 and thereafter.

The University embarked on an Academic Reform to transform from “5-credit system” to “3-credit-unit system”. The change will benefit students by promoting student mobility and internationalization.

“3-credit-unit system” refers to the new curriculum structure after the academic reform. Courses under the “3-Credit-Unit System” are basically assigned credit-unit values in multiples of 3 and categorized into 1000-, 2000-, 3000-, 4000-, and 8000- levels. This is in contrast with the old curriculum structure under the “5-credit System” under which courses are basically assigned credit values in multiples of 5 and categorized into Foundation, Middle, and Higher levels.

Please note that students can only take courses under the credit system of the declared programme (i.e. students should only choose 5-credit system courses if their programme is a 5-credit system programme while those under 3-credit- unit programmes should only choose 3-credit-unit system courses in order to fulfil their graduation requirement).

Please select the GE Course Selection Guide under the credit system applicable to you below, you may also refer to the GE Course Catalog in the Selection Guides for details of the GE courses:

*Online course selection : Normally, if you are assigned to enroll any GE courses in the term, you can self-enroll for the courses during the online course selection periods. If you are not assigned but wish to take GE courses (e.g. retake), you should submit an application to add the courses during application periods.