THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

 

Programme Learning Outcomes for First Degree Curricula under the 2012 Curriculum


University requirements:

- HKU Common Core Curriculum
   
- English Language Enhancement Courses

- Chinese Language Enhancement Courses

    Chinese Language Enhancement Courses offered by Chinese Language Enhancement Programme
    Chinese Language Courses offered by Chinese Language Centre


Experiential learning in global context:

- HKU Horizons


Full-time curricula:

Faculty of Architecture

Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Conservation

Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Design+

Bachelor of Science in Surveying

Bachelor of Science in Surveying (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Major/Minor:

Architectural Studies (for students admitted in 2019-20 and thereafter, except students of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies curriculum)

 

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

Majors/Minors:

Art History (re-titled from previous Fine Arts starting from 2021-22 and be applicable to student admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

American Studies
China Studies

Chinese History and Culture

Chinese Language and Literature

Chinese Studies (for students admitted to the 4-year curriculum in 2015-16 or before)

Comparative Literature

English Studies

European Studies

Fine Arts

French
Gender Studies

General Linguistics

German
Global and Area Studies
Global Creative Industries
History
Hong Kong Studies

Italian

Korean Studies
Language and Communication

Music

Philosophy

Spanish

Translation

Major:

Japanese Studies

Minors:

African Studies

Arabic

Buddhist Studies

Chinese Language and Culture (for International Students and Non-Chinese Speaking Local Students)

Greek

Japanese Culture
Japanese Language

Portuguese
Swedish
Thai

Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Digital Technology

Bachelor of Arts (Literary Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (Literary Studies) and Bachelor of Law

Faculty of Business and Economics

Bachelor of Business Administration

Majors:

Business Design and Innovation

Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation (re-titled from previous Major in Business Design and Innovation starting from 2019-20)

Finance

Human Resource Management

Information Systems

Information Systems and Analytics

Marketing

Wealth Management

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting Data Analytics

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance

Bachelor of Business Administration (Business Analytics) (re-titled from Bachelor of Business Administration (Information Systems) starting from 2022-23)

Bachelor of Business Administration (Information Systems)

Bachelor of Business Administration (International Business and Global Management)
Bachelor of Business Administration (Law)

Bachelor of Business Administration (Law) and Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Economics

Majors:

Economics

Bachelor of Economics and Finance

Majors:

Economics

Finance

Economics and Finance

Bachelor of Finance in Asset Management and Private Banking
Major:

Asset Management and Private Banking

Bachelor of Science in Marketing Analytics and Technology

Bachelor of Science (Quantitative Finance)

Major: 

    Quantitative Finance

HKU-PKU “Future Leaders" Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance and Management

HKU-PKU Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Finance

Minor:

Business and Economy in China

HKU-UBC Dual Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Commerce

Majors:

Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation

Finance

Human Resource Management

Information Systems and Analytics

Marketing

 


Faculty of Dentistry

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

 

Faculty of Education

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education in Language Education (English/Chinese)

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Social Data Science

Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education and Special Education

Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Social Sciences (for students admitted in 2016-17 or before)

Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Social Sciences (for students admitted in 2017-18 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Science in Applied Child Development

Bachelor of Science in Information Management

Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences (for students admitted before 2023-24)

Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (re-titled from previous Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences starting from 2023-24) (for students admitted in 2023-24 and thereafter)

 

Faculty of Engineering

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (for students admitted to the 4-year curriculum in 2014-15 or before)

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science (HKU) and Bachelor of Engineering (Tsinghua University) (for students pursuing the HKU-THU Dual Degree in Computer Science)

Majors: 

    Computer Science for non-BEng(CompSc) students
    Computer Science under BBA(IS)

Bachelor of Engineering in Data Science and Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Science

Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Science (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Major:
    Systems Analytics

Majors: 

    Biomedical Engineering

    Computing and Data Analytics

    Energy Engineering

    Environment Engineering

    Materials Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management (for students admitted to the 4-year curriculum in 2015-16 or before)

Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management (re-titled from previous Bachelor of Engineering in Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain Management starting from 2016-17)

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering in Medical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering (for students admitted in 2018-19 or after)

Minor: 

    Data Science and Engineering (for target students* admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)

    Innovation and Design

   Urban Infrastructure Informatics (for students admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)


Faculty of Law

Bachelor of Laws
Dual Bachelor of Law curriculum in collaboration with University College London
Dual Bachelor of Law curriculum in collaboration with Peking University

 

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Global Health and Development

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences

Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (for students admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Chinese Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (for students admitted in 2022-23 or before)

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (for students admitted in 2023-24 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Nursing

Bachelor of Nursing (for students admitted in 2019-20 and 2020-21)

Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Nursing – Advanced Leadership Track (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics

Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health (for students admitted to the 4-year curriculum in 2016-17 or before)

Major: 

    Exercise Science

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (to be offered from 2025-26)

 

Faculty of Science

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Applied Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Sciences and Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Science

Majors:

Astronomy

Biochemistry

Biochemistry (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences (for students admitted in 2020-21)

Biological Sciences (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Chemistry

Chemistry (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Decision Analytics

Decision Analytics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Earth System Science

Earth System Science (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Ecology & Biodiversity

Ecology & Biodiversity (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Environmental Science

Environmental Science (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Food & Nutritional Science

Food & Nutritional Science (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Geology

Geology (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Mathematics

Mathematics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Mathematics/Physics

Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Physics

Physics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Risk Management

Risk Management (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Statistics

Statistics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Intensive Majors:
    Biological Sciences
    Biological Sciences (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Chemistry
    Chemistry (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Ecology & Biodiversity
    Ecology & Biodiversity (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Geology
    Geology (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Mathematics
    Mathematics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
    Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)
    Physics
    Physics (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Minors:

    Actuarial Studies
    Astronomy
    Biochemistry
    Chemistry
    Computational & Financial Mathematics
    Earth Sciences
    Ecology & Biodiversity
    Environmental Science
    Food & Nutritional Science
    Marine Biology
    Mathematics
    Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
    Operational Research and Mathematical Programming
    Physics
    Plant Science
    Risk Management
    Science Entrepreneurship
    Statistics

Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science

Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science (for students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Science and Master of Research

Faculty of Social Sciences

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Psychology

Bachelor of Social Sciences

Majors/Minors:

China Studies
Cognitive Science
Counselling
Criminology
Geography
Global Studies

Media and Cultural Studies

Neuroscience

Politics and Public Administration

Politics and Public Administration (for students admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)

Psychology (for students admitted before 2022-23)

Social Work and Social Administration

Social Policy and Social Development (re-titled from previous Major/Minor in Social Work and Social Administration starting from 2019-20)

Sociology
Urban Governance

Minors:

Human Resource Management

Journalism and Media Studies
Social Development

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws)

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) (for students admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and Bachelor of Law

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and Bachelor of Law (for students admitted in 2020-21 and thereafter)

Bachelor of Social Work

Bachelor of Journalism

Major: 
    Journalism


Part-time curricula:


Faculty of Architecture
Bachelor of Housing Management

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Bachelor of Nursing:
    Bachelor of Nursing for Enrolled Nurses
    Bachelor of Nursing for Registered Nurses
Bachelor of Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine

Faculty of Social Sciences
Bachelor of Criminal Justice