FAQ
You may refer to your programme handbook or visit the following Faculty websites. For enquiry, please approach your Faculty and/or Department.
Faculty of Education and Human Development
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Applications are accepted two times in an academic year, once in November (i.e. effective in Semester 2 of the current academic year) and the other time in March (i.e. effective in Semester 1 of the next academic year). Students are required to follow the procedures as specified in Student Handbook, Chapter 5 Operational Guidelines supporting General Academic Regulations (section 9.4) at https://www.eduhk.hk/re/student_handbook/
Applications are accepted two times in an academic year, once in November (i.e. effective in Semester 2 of the current academic year) and the other time in March (i.e. effective in Semester 1 of the next academic year). Students are required to follow the procedures as specified in Student Handbook, Chapter 5 Operational Guidelines supporting General Academic Regulations (section 9.4).
Year-1 students who are admitted to a full-time 4-/5- year undergraduate programme may permit to take a Second Major. To facilitate planning, students are required to indicate their intended Second Major in their first year of study by submitting the application for taking Second Major on-line via The Portal between 1 - 31 March (both dates inclusive) of the respective year to obtain prior approval of the relevant party or department/unit.
For detailed application procedures, please check the university announcements on the Second Major via The Portal from January of the respective year or refer to this website https://curriculum.eduhk.hk/.
The key features of a Second Major are:
- Credit points for a Second Major are from 30 to 36 (10-12 courses under the Electives Domain)
- For programmes with less than 30cps in the Electives Domain, students need to take extra credit points to fulfil the Second Major’s requirements
- There is no guarantee that related arrangements (such as timetabling) will tally with students’ study plans
- There is no Teaching Practice or immersion/internship for a Second Major
- The final award is a single award of the First Major
- A Second Major will not lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
You are only allowed to double count up to a maximum of 9 credit points within a 5-year undergraduate degree programme and 6 credit points within a 4-year undergraduate degree programme (also applicable to SYE programmes). You are required to take other courses to meet the credit requirement of your programme.
You are permitted to take a Second Major, subject to your fulfilment of the programme-specific requirements and GPA requirement of normally 3.0 or above in the first year of study. For SYE, special approval is required.
No teaching practice will be provided to Second Major/Minor(s) courses.
Students MUST refer to the "Operational Guide" of DegreeWorks for instructions to prepare their Study Plan or to print Degree Audit Report before calling the Helpdesk of OCIO at 2948 6601 for technical support.
DegreeWorks is open for use by all students of all levels, from doctorate to higher diploma level (except Professional Development Programmes).
You are required to prepare the study plan for at least 2 semesters for Year 2 onwards before your first meeting with your designated advisor by end of February.
Yes, you can either make changes to your existing study plan or create a new plan.
(Please refer to "Operational Guide for Students")
Students are required to bring a hard copy of their study plan/degree audit report when they meet with their advisors by the end of February. This helps advisors conduct the meeting with you even without an electronic device on hand. For a better understanding of your background, please fill-in the “Information Sheet for Preparing a Meeting with Your Academic Advisor” and email to your Advisor once the meeting is scheduled.
Yes, you can either make changes in your existing study plan or create a new one. However, if your advisor had ‘locked’ your study plan, you will not be allowed to make any changes until the locked plan is released.
(Please refer to "Operational Guide" of DegreeWorks for details)
If you want to print out your study plan, simply click at the 'Save as PDF' button and print from the file.
(Please refer to "Operational Guide" of DegreeWorks for details)
The “print” function is available on the “Degree Audit” page.