Course Descriptions

The descriptions of courses and information on their prerequisites/restriction are set out below. As stipulated in the Regulations Governing Undergraduate Studies, a student must take his/her own responsibility in ensuring that the requirements concerning course prerequisites, co-requisites and exclusion/restriction are met unless such are waived at the discretion of the Programme Director/Head of the Academic Unit concerned under exceptional circumstances. The student alone will be responsible for any consequences if he/she chooses to take a course contravening the requirements without special approval.

According to the Policy on Language of Instruction, apart from language courses and courses in the Chinese (CHI-coded) and Translation (TRA-coded) Departments, all courses are taught in English except otherwise specified. When Chinese is used, it will be specified in the class schedules published for each term whether it is taught in Cantonese or Putonghua.

Courses for Undergraduate Programmes

	ACT	BEH	BUS	CDS	CHI	CRE
	CUS	ECO	ENG	FIN	FRE	GEA
	GEB	GEC	GED	GER	GLS	HRM
	HST	ISM	JAP	LCC	LCE	MGT
	MKT	MUS	PHI	POL	RIM	RUS
	SCI	SLP	SOC	SPA	SSC	TRA
	VIS	EPC (taught by the Hong Kong Institute of Education)

Courses for Taught Postgraduate Programmes

ACT

CHI

CUS

IBF

MBA

MGT

PHI

Denote

Letter Code	Subject Area		Letter Code	Subject Area
ACT	Accounting		IBF	International Banking and Finance
BEH	Behavioural Science		ISM	Information Systems
BUS	General Business		JAP	Japanese
CDS	Computing and Decision Sciences		LCC	Language and Communication - Chinese
CHI	Chinese		LCE	Language and Communication - English
CRE	Creativity		MBA	Master of Business Administration
CUS	Cultural Studies		MGT	Management
ECO	Economics		MKT	Marketing
ENG	English		PHI	Philosophy
FIN	Finance		POL	Political Science
FRE	French		RIM	Risk and Insurance Management
GEA	General Education - Category A		RUS	Russian
GEB	General Education - Category B		SCI	Sciences
GEC	General Education - Category C		SLP	Service Learning Programmes
GED	General Education - Category D		SOC	Sociology
GER	German		SPA	Spanish
GLS	Global Studies		SSC	Social Sciences
HRM	Human Resource Management		TRA	Translation
HST	History		VIS	Visual Studies