Regulations

Under the framework of the undergraduate degree programmes, students can work for either a single discipline Major, a Major plus a Secondary Major, a Major plus a Minor or Double Major.

A Major plus a Minor (Minor Study)

Students interested in a Minor must submit their applications via the Major Programme Offering Department (i.e. Major Department) and obtain approval from the Minor Programme Offering Department (i.e. Minor Department), at the start of the second year of study during the designated application period, unless the Major is so designed as to preclude the possibility of a further Minor study. No late application will be considered. To be eligible for enrolment in a Minor, a student must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above at the time of application for Minor enrolment. The Minor Department may set a quota and additional admission requirements apart from the above GPA requirement. 

Students admitted to the advanced stage of a programme on senior year status and those admitted to an articulation degree programme will not be given the option to study for a Minor.  For students who are admitted on the basis of advanced standing, the programme offering departments will decide whether they will be given the option to study a Minor at the time of admission, based on individual merits.

Double Major

Students interested in taking a Second Major should first obtain approval from the host department of the First Major. They can then submit their applications to the host department of the Second Major from their second year of study. Only students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above can be considered for Second Major study enrolment. Departments can, however, stipulate a higher GPA requirement for entry to the Second Major. 

Unless otherwise specified, Minor Study and Double Major students should abide by the academic regulations stipulated in the programme requirement document.

2.1 Normal duration for completion of Minor Study and Double Major

Minor Study

The normal duration (or Maximum Period of Registration which is applicable to students admitted in or before 2019/20) for completion of Minor study will be the same as that for a single-discipline Major degree.

Double Major

Students intending to complete a Double Major typically require a longer normal duration for completion of the programme (i.e. beyond four / five years) and to take extra credits on a self-financed basis (i.e. higher tuition fee). 

2.2 Requirements for Minor Study and Double Major

Minor Study

A Minor Programme is a collection of subjects totalling 18 credits with at least 50% (9 credits) of the subjects at Level 3 or above.

Students opted for a Minor may be allowed to count up to 6 credits from their Major (excluding “Free Elective” subjects, if any)/GUR (including LCR subjects, etc) towards their chosen Minor. If the Major subjects taken are the same as the Minor compulsory subjects, they must apply to count these subjects towards the compulsory Minor subject requirements in order to graduate. Please check the curricula of both the Major and Minor programmes. Students are required to submit the Form AR147(a) via Application Forms to and obtain approval from the Minor Department, as soon as possible and not later than your application for graduation.

Students are expected to complete their approved Minor as part of their graduation requirements. Students who wish to withdraw from a Minor need to apply for approval officially from the Minor Department before the end of the add/drop period of the last semester of study.

Double Major

The actual number of credits required for getting a Double Major depends on the level of commonality between the two Majors. Apart from the 30 credits of GUR subjects, up to 1/3 of the Discipline-Specific Requirements (DSR) of the First Major which are common to the Second Major can be double-counted towards the Second Major.

Once enrolled, students are expected to complete the Second Major as part of their graduation requirements. Students who wish to withdraw from a Second Major programme need to apply for approval officially from the host department of the Second Major before the end of the add / drop period of the last semester of study. Students will not be allowed to withdraw from a First Major and continue with the Second Major only.  

2.3 Selection of subjects for Minor Study and Double Major

For selection of Major subjects, students need to follow the advice of the Major Department. Usually, the Major Department will register the compulsory Major subjects for students and selection of other subjects will be done via eStudent by the students during the subject registration periods.

For selection of Minor subjects, students will select relevant subjects via eStudent during the subject registration periods.

2.4 Application for Graduation

Students are required to graduate as soon as they satisfy the graduation requirements. Students concerned are required to apply for graduation to enable a proper GPA to be calculated for award classification in the semester in which they are expected to fulfil all their graduation requirements, and after the add / drop period for that semester. Upon confirmation of eligibility to graduate or leaving the University, registration on subjects (including the follow-on term of consecutive subjects) in the following semester / Summer Term will be nullified and removed.

Minor Study

Students are required to obtain a GPA of at least 1.70 in order to satisfy the requirement for graduation with a Major plus a Minor.

Double Major

Students are required to obtain an overall GPA of at least 1.70 in order to satisfy the requirements for graduation with Double Major.  They will not be allowed to graduate with one of the two Majors.