Bulletin No. 1, 2012

A Brand New Reacquaintance   9  Breadth Across Disciplines In a similar vein to the University Core, each Faculty will offer a Faculty Package to all students under its wing, which requires them to take courses outside their major discipline (s). The aim is to provide breadth across disciplinary boundaries and to allow students more time and freedom in choosing a major. More Relevance and Flexibility The current major programmes have been enhanced in depth and modernized in content. The curriculum structure is flexible, allowing students to choose almost any pair of subjects for a Double Major, to pursue one or even two minors, and in selected cases, to pursue a connected pair of Double Degrees where, normally, an extra year would be necessary. Emphasis on Research and Internship To help students better integrate their learning, a capstone course, taken in the senior year, requiring them to demonstrate all they have learnt in their majors by participating in research and/or internship, will be incorporated in each major programme. All CUHK undergraduates will have gained research or internship experience before graduation under the new system.