Undergraduate
Curriculum

Curriculum Design

1. Duration and general structure
   With the exception of a few special programmes, the normative period of study is four years, and students have to complete 123 units and satisfy the requirements of each category. The overall curriculum structure is as follows:

   Major (including Faculty Package):	51–72 units*
   Minor (optional):	18–30 units
   Language – Chinese:	5 units
   Language – English:	8 units
   General Education:	19 units
   Understanding China:	1 unit
   Hong Kong in the Wider Constitutional Order:	1 unit
   Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking:	3 units
   Physical Education:	2 units
   Free electives:	Remaining units
   Total:	123 units

   *For some professional programmes and programmes requiring more than four years’ normative period of study, the maximum exceeds 72.

2. University Core
   The University Core enhances students’ capacity for lifelong learning and competitiveness. It develops numeracy, critical thinking, digital literacy, and proficiency in Chinese and English through courses in Languages, Digital Literacy, General Education, Physical Education, and Understanding China and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit: http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/undergraduate-students/information-for-year-1-students/information-on-university-core-requirements-and-exemption/university-core-requirements-for-year-1-students
3. Major Programme
   Students gain specialized knowledge in their chosen discipline through the Major programme, enabling them to pursue a related career or postgraduate studies. The curriculum’s depth and focus develop high-level academic skills. A capstone course in every Major programme provides research/internship or a final-year project leading to a dissertation.
4. Faculty Packages
   To expand students’ knowledge beyond their Major discipline, each Faculty (excluding Law) provides a Faculty package. This allows students to take up to nine credit units of courses within the Faculty outside their Major. These credits count towards their Major requirements.
5. Minor Programme
   In the new curriculum, a coherent collection of 18 to 30 units in a discipline can constitute a Minor, and students can take up to two Minors, according to their interests and orientation.
6. Double Major
   The Major programme is a culminating course that can take the form of research, an internship or other activities. Students can also pursue one or two Minor programmes or a Double Major, as well as a Double Degree.