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If I take a Discipline Concentration, do I need to take extra credits?
Social Sciences students may opt for a Discipline Concentration (DC) in their second year. The optical DC i.e. Economics, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology, requires 12 credits. Students who opt for a DC can make use of the credits for BSocSc electives/Senior Thesis to fulfill the DC requirements. In other words, there is no need to take extra credits to fulfill the DC requirements.
How can I apply for course exemption/credit transfer? What’s the difference of both?
A student who has passed public, professional, or other examination recognized by the University of has successfully completed a course at an appropriate level offered by the University or another tertiary institution may apply for credit transfer/course exemption.
If “exemption” is granted to a course, you are not granted any credits. You has to take another course (may be a specified course or any other course) to make up for the total number of credits required for graduation.
In case of “credit transfer” is granted, you are exempted from taking the course and granted with equivalent credits.
What’s the maximum study load in each year? Can I take extra credits?
The normal study load of a full time student in a term should be in the range of 15 to 18 credits and the maximum study load in an academic year should be 33 credits. A final year student who is not on academic probation may take a maximum study load of 39 credits in the academic year concerned, 18 credits in the first term and 21 credits in the second term, subject to the approval of the Programme Director/Head of Department concerned in consultation with his/her academic adviser. Nevertheless, Programme Director/Head of Department concerned can grant special circumstances. Student may refer to the University Calendar for details.
If I pursue a Minor Programme, what time should I start? What else should I pay attention?
If you plan to pursue a Minor Programme, you may start to make use of your free elective to study the specified courses in the Minor Programme from your first year. You may use the credits assigned for free electives in our programme to take courses leading to a Minor Programme. With a view to limiting the extent of double counting of courses, a student can be exempted from taking a maximum of one course of 3 credits in fulfilling the Minor Programme requirements, on the basis of completion of the course(s) offered by the University. The registration for a Minor Programme should be done by the end of the add/drop period in the first term of the final year of study.
A student who, upon graduation, has successfully fulfilled the requirements specified in the curriculum of the Minor Programme for which you has registered will have the title of your Minor Programme indicated in your transcript.
How to calculate the cumulative G.P.A?
This is a figure ranging from 0 to 4.00 (A=4.00) used to indicate the overall performance of a student in all the terms up to date.
Cumulative GPA = Total weighted points for all courses taken/Total number of credits enrolled in for all terms.
Courses enrolled, regardless of passed or failed, will be taken in the calculation of Term or Cumulative GPA.
What does free elective mean?
Student may select courses in any disciplines to obtain the total number of credits required for graduation, subject to timetable, course load and study scheme constraints. Among these free elective credits, at least six should be obtained from courses outside your major programme.
