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Chapter Two
Common Core Requirements at the
UGC-funded Universities

Institutes/ GE Programme Structure Language courses required but
Name of GE programme/ College/ not counted as part of the GE
(Number of credits of GE Core requirement Language Distribution requirement School specific programme
programme) requirement
Additional English or Chinese
courses are required to be taken
University English Arts and Humanities for students who have low entry
U5 Chinese Civilization — (3 credits) Study of Societies, Social and qualification in English and
Gateway Education History and Philosophy Business Organizations 9 credits Chinese e.g. DSE Level 3, but
(30 credits) (3 credits) Discipline-specific English Science and Technology
(3 credits) (12 credits) the credits earned will not be
counted towards the minimum
credit units required but max
credits permitted instead.
Public speaking
Information management Arts
U6 technology University English Business
General Education Numeracy (6 units) Communication/visual arts
Programme Physical education University Chinese Science/Chinese medicine Putonghua course
(38 units) History and civilization (3 units) Social Sciences (3 units) #2
Values and the meaning Interdisciplinary
of life, University Life (12 units)
(17 units)

Logic and critical thinking Creativity and Innovation Practical Chinese I, II
U7 The making of Hong Kong Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
Core Curriculum Understanding Morality Management and Society Science, English for Communication I, II, III
(33 credits) World History and Technology and Society Values, (9 credits)
Civilizations Cultures and Societies Varieties of English
(12 Credits) (21 credits) (3 credits)
Compulsory GE Persons, Interpretations, Perspectives
U8 foundation course Community, Society, Culture
General Education (3 credits) Nature, Science, Technology, Positive Language enhancement courses
(18 credits) General Education and Values Education (9 credits)
consolidation course (12 credits)
(3 credits)
#1: These are common core but there is a distributive requirement among these core courses.
Thus, it is categorized under a distribution requirement.
#2: The Putonghua graduation requirement itself is non-credit bearing. Students may choose to
take a 3-unit or a non-credit bearing course and exam to fulfil it.

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