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Information on Change of Major, Declaration of Minor(s)/a Second Major

and Change of Study Period 2009-10

 

 

Change of Major #

 

 

 

Application period:    1 – 30 June 2009

 

1.

Students who apply for change of major should refer to the notices of departments about the requirements and observe their procedures.

 

 

2.

Application form for “Change of Major” is obtainable from the Registration and Examinations Section (RES) or may be downloaded from RES homepage: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rgs from 1 June onward.

 

 

3.

The approved application form will be submitted by the departments concerned directly to RES on or before 10 July.  Therefore, students are required to indicate with the department concerned their final decision for acceptance of the transfer.

 

 

 

4.

Students may be required to transfer to another College if the original College does not have the new major subject.  If a student wishes to retain his/her original College affiliation due to special reasons after the transfer, s/he should submit another application form which is obtainable from RES to retain the original College.

 

 

 

 

 

Declaration of Minor(s) #

 

Application period:    1 June – 15 July 2009

 

1.

Students who declare new minor subject(s) should also refer to notices of departments about the     requirements and observe their procedures.

 

 

2.

Application form for “Declaration/Cancellation of Minor(s)” is obtainable from RES or may be downloaded from RES homepage: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rgs from 1 June onward.

 

 

3.

Students should submit the approved form(s) to RES or Faculty of Medicine (for students of the Faculty) on or before 15 July.

 

 

 

 

Declaration of a Second Major #

 

 

 

1.

With the approval of the first and second major departments, students may declare a second major at the start of the last term of attendance within the minimum study period.

 

        Application period :    1st term    :       7-21 September 2009

                                        2nd term   :       11-25 January 2010

 

 

 

2.

Students can make inquiries to the second major department and express in writing the intention of declaring the second major at least one term before the registration for the second major.

 

 

 

3.

Before making the declaration, students must have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above in all the courses taken before the last term of attendance, and must have completed/registered for all course requirements for graduation purposes in the first major (including Faculty/University/College requirements) at the time the declaration of second major is made.

 

 

4.

The application form for “Declaration of a Second Major” is obtainable from RES within the add/drop period of each term.  Students permitted to declare a second major should submit the approved form to RES or Faculty of Medicine (for students of the Faculty) by the close of the application period listed above.

 

 

 

5.

For details of “Double Major Programmes”, please refer to the homepage of Academic and Quality Section: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/aqs.

 

 

 

6.

Students who have declared double major and cannot complete the requirements of the first or second major within the minimum study period will be charged a prescribed fee for the remaining units of courses according to the fee schedule on RES homepage.

 

 

#    Change of Major/Declaration of Minor(s)/a Second Major is not applicable to the students of Inter-institutional Programme   jointly offered by CUHK and HKIED (programme code:EED).  Declaration of a Second Major is not applicable to students of non-credit-unit based Programmes.

 

 

 

 

 

Change of Study Period

 

Application period:    1 June – 15 July 2009

 

1.

According to the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies, Secondary 6 and Secondary 7 entrants* shall be expected to graduate after 4 and 3 years of attendance respectively, except for students in courses of study which prescribe otherwise.

 

* A Secondary 6 (or 7) entrant means a student who has been admitted to the University after completion of Secondary 6 (or 7) in a school or on equivalent qualifications.

 

 

 

2.

Students who wish to shorten or extend their study period should submit the “Application Form for Change of Study Period” for major department’s approval.  The form is also obtainable from RES or may be downloaded from RES website from 1 June onward.

 

 

 

3.

Students should submit the approved forms to RES or Faculty of Medicine (for students of the Faculty) on or before 15 July.

 

[Note: No such application, however, shall be accepted after the commencement of the expected term of graduation.]

 

 

 

4.

Students who cannot complete the first major or other graduation requirements within the minimum study period** will be charged a prescribed fee for the remaining units of courses as approved according to the fee schedule on RES homepage.

 

 ** A Secondary 6 and a Secondary 7 entrant shall be expected to graduate after 4 and 3 years of attendance respectively, except for students in courses of study which prescribe otherwise.

 

 

5.

Students should also refer to the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies regarding the other requirements on the period of study.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enquiries

 

For enquiries, please contact:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Registration & Examinations Section

 

 

Address

:

G/F, Sui Loong Pao Building

 

Telephone

:

2609 8964 or   2609 8985

 

Email

:

ugadmin@cuhk.edu.hk

 

 

 

 

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Faculty Office of Medicine (for students of Faculty of Medicine)

 

 

Address

:

G03, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building

 

Telephone

:

2609 6806 or   2609 6891

 

 

 

 

 

25 May 2009

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