An Overview of Degree Requirements and Course Registration Procedures - (13, 14 August 2015 for Normative 4 year Degree Students)
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An Overview of
Degree Requirements
and
Course Registration Procedures
(13, 14 August 2015
for Normative 4‐year Degree Students)
2 Study @ CityU • Credit unit system (courses are mostly 3 credits) • GPA (Grade Point Average): SGPA / CGPA • Academic Calendar 2015/16 • Semester A: 31/8/2015 – 28/11/2015 • Semester B: 11/1/2016 – 23/04/2016 • Summer Term: 6/6/2016 – 23/07/2016 • Study load of a full-time student: 12-18 credits in Semester A/B, 0-7 credits in Summer Term
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Structure of our Bachelor’s Degrees
Normative 4-year Degree
Gateway Education
Min 120
credits (or
College/School Requirement more)
Max 144
Major credits
Optional: Minor or
Free Electives or 2nd Major
Students with home major can declare minor
4 Majors and Minors Declaring a Home Major (applies to students with an undeclared major in CB, CLASS, CSE and SCM) • Students to indicate their choice of majors in April 2016 • Result to be announced in June - July 2016 • Allocated major to take effect from year 2 (Semester A 2016/17) Study Options • Declaring a minor • Declaring a second major • Change of home major Visit the “Majors” and “Minors” webpages under the ARRO website Watch out for the “Important Dates” regarding application deadlines
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A Closer Look at GE Requirement
University (GE1401) University English 3 credits
requirements
Discipline-specific English 3 credits
(GE 1501) Chinese Civilisation – History and Philosophy 3 credits
Distributional Area 1: Arts and Humanities 12 credits
requirements (from 3 areas)
Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations
Area 3: Science and Technology
College/School-specified courses 9 credits
Total 30 credits
Students will need to take:
• EL0200 English for Academic Purposes before taking GE1401 if they attain level 3 in HKDSE English, or as
determined by the English Language Centre
• CHIN1001 University Chinese I, if they attain Level 3 in HKDSE Chinese Language
These courses are not counted in minimum credit requirement and GPA, but will be counted towards maximum
credits.
6 Your Curriculum Requirements To learn about your own degree requirements, please • Attend School/Departmental Orientation, and consult your Major Leader/Advisor • Check “Academic Programmes” in CityU homepage (Information on all majors, minors, courses, degree requirements, etc.) • Check DegreeWorks AIMS > Study Plan > DegreeWorks Can perform “What If” to see the requirements for taking different major or minor
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Login to DegreeWorks via AIMS
AIMS
8 Login to DegreeWorks via AIMS
Advising Worksheet 9
Summary of
Degree
Requirements
Detailed
Requirements
Notes from
Advisor
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Advising WorksheetR
You can click on the name of your advisor or student mentor to send email11
Advising Worksheet
Courses that are used or still needed
...
You’ll receive email if your Advisor has written notes to you12 Credit Transfer • Recognition of studies completed elsewhere. Credits are earned. Grades are normally not counted. • Typical example of credit transfer: recognition of courses taken in exchange programme or collaboration programme with other universities. • Normative 4-year degree students may apply for credit transfer on the basis of qualifications attained prior to admission by 29 August 2015 via AIMS. • Details can be found in ARRO’s website.
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You must fulfill the following
requirements for graduation:
● Meet all the degree requirements (check in DegreeWorks) within the
maximum period of study and maximum number of credits permitted.
● Achieve a CGPA of 1.7 or above (i.e. average C-).
● Attain satisfactory academic progress throughout the study period,
and complete all the required courses within 3 attempts.
● Apply for graduation in the term that you plan to graduate. Please
take note of CAP message/email from ARRO and check ARRO
website.14 Now let’s look at the course registration procedures……
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Get Your Personal Class Schedule
• Login CityU Portal
Portal16 Get Your Personal Class Schedule • Your Personal Class Schedule for Semester A is available under Useful Services > Student Schedule Student Schedule
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Personal Class Schedule
• You are pre-registered in the following
courses:
Core courses in College/Major
requirements
GE1401 University English or
EL0200 (if the student is required
to take this course)
• Please DON’T drop the pre-registered
courses as they are compulsory.18
Check Master Class Schedule to look for courses
• Master Class Schedule for the whole academic year 2015/16 is
available under Academic Services > Master Class Schedule
Master Class Schedule19 Master Class Schedule
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Master Class Schedule
Web-enabled Waitlist available21
Master Class Schedule
Course registration restrictions
Mark the CRNs you wish to register. (ALL components
lecture C01 + laboratory L01 + tutorial T01)22
Time Tickets Assigned
• Web registration starts from 17 August 2015
3 periods for add/drop of courses (Normative 4-year Degree)
Period 1 – 18 August pm
College/Major Courses (ends at 11:30pm)
(Except GE Area 1-3 Check individual time ticket
Courses & GE1501) assigned
Period 2 –
GE Area 1-3 Courses & 20 August
GE1501 and all other (2:00 – 4:00pm)
courses
Period 3 –
21 August 8:45am –
All Courses
7 September 11:30pm
(Open registration)23
Get Ready for Semester A Course Registration
1. Review your suggested study plan and DegreeWorks
for the courses needed
2. Get your Personal Class Schedule
3. Check Master Class Schedule
4. Check Time Tickets assigned
5. Add/Drop of Courses
See the Demonstration24
- Course Registration via AIMS
Add/drop courses
Check time tickets assigned25
- for Add/Drop GE Courses
• You can register for only 1 course in GE Areas 1-3 during the
specific GE registration period (Period 2), and may add additional
GE courses during the open registration period (Period 3).
• All GE courses in Areas 1-3 and GE 1501 will accept waitlisting
from the open registration period onwards (Period 3).
• Visit ARRO’s Course Registration website (section on
add/drop of GE courses) for details26 Important Dates in Semester A 2015/16 31 August 2015 Class Start Date – Please check Master Class Schedule and personal schedule for class time and venue 8 October 2015 Due date for payment of Semester A tuition fees 4 November 2015 Release of Semester A examination timetable 7 December 2015 Start of Semester A final examination
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Useful Information
• Frequently Asked Questions for 4-Year Degrees
• Academic Regulations
• Rules on Academic Honesty
• 2015/16 Important Dates
• Programmes and Courses website
• DegreeWorks
• Information for New Students
• Information distributed by academic units during student orientation
sessions
ARRO website28 Student Enquiries In Person: Academic Regulations and Records Office Service Centre 5/F, Fong Yun Wah Building By Phone: 3442-2300 Via Internet: Student Online Enquiry Form (http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/arro/enquiry.asp)
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Q&A
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