Res - Class Arrangements and Course Add/Drop, Term 1 2020-21

To:	Full-time Undergraduate Students
Re:	Class Arrangements and Course Add/Drop, Term 1 2020-21
Dear Student,
The first teaching day of 1^st term 2020-21 will begin on 7 September 2020. Please pay attention to the following pertaining to class arrangements and course add/drop of this academic term.
1.	Always observe the announcements of the University on this website: https://againstcovid19.cuhk.edu.hk/ on latest update on teaching and examination arrangements.
2.	All classes will adopt online teaching in September. Departments/course teachers concerned should inform students who have registered the class about the teaching platform (e.g. Blackboard, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.) for online teaching and related arrangements. If you do not receive such information from the course teachers concerned before your first class, please enquire with the course offering department concerned.
3.	For class arrangements from October onwards, please also observe the announcements of the University if there are any further updates. For classes that have already been given approval to have face-to-face or mixed-mode teaching, course teachers should advise students who have registered the classes about the meeting dates, the time (that should follow the teaching timetable) and the venues. Please note that the teaching mode listed in the Teaching Timetable is subject to change, therefore, students should always observe the announcements/notices of the University, the course offering departments and the course teachers concerned to keep themselves updated of the latest class arrangements.
4.	For students who have difficulty to attend the online teaching at their own venues due to special reasons, they should report to the course teachers concerned. If the reasons are considered justifiable by the course teachers and if they cannot find other campus facilities to attend the online classes, RES can assist the students by assigning appropriate classrooms for their online classes.
5.	For students who would like to audit the classes during the course add/drop period, please observe the announcements of the departments concerned, or to contact the course teachers/departments concerned to learn about the teaching platform and related details (e.g. Meeting ID and password for ZOOM meeting). Departments may also invite those students who are in the wait lists to sit in the classes, if deemed appropriate.
6.	For course add/drop arrangements, please observe the detailed information on RES homepage. The following points are highlighted for your attention.
	•	Students should use the system functions under CUSIS for course add/drop during 14 September (8:30 p.m. Monday) to 20 September (8:30 p.m. Sunday) except for courses with "add/drop consent". In order to free up the quotas for other students, students should DROP the courses under CUSIS as soon as possible and by 8:30 p.m. on 20 September if they no longer intend to register for the course. Departments may NOT allow any drop of the courses during 21-25 September except for very special reasons.
	•	Students on wait list will enroll automatically whenever the quota is increased, or when the quota is freed up by other students. There is no separate e-mail notification. Therefore, students MUST check their updated course enrolment under “View My Classes” on a daily basis.
	•	Students who need to seek approval for course enrolment at course offering departments concerned may do so during 21 – 25 September. They may follow the notice of the Departments to send by e-mail the appropriate course registration form (available at RES homepage) to departments concerned.
	•	Students should observe Regulation 5.0 Course Load and Selection in the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies regarding the prescribed course load of at least 9 units and no more than 18 units of courses to be registered in any academic term within the normative study period, unless there are exceptions as allowed by the Regulations. RES will send e-mail reminders to students concerned if students have such course load problem.
If you have any further questions on the above, please send e-mail to RES (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or contact us by 3943 9888.
Best regards,
Registration and Examinations Section 2 September 2020

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