Calendar 2005–06

Associate Students 539 4.2 A student shall register for courses on the specified date/s in each academic year. Anyone who fails to register for courses after a lapse of two weeks from the specified date/s shall be considered to have withdrawn from studies at the University. 4.3 A student who is unable to register for courses on the specified date/s must apply for deferment in writing to the Director of Registry Services/Director of Academic Links. 4.4 A student registered for a full-time course of study or research shall not take up any full-time employment, paid or unpaid, during term time except by prior permission of the department/programme/graduate division concerned/IASP. 4.5 No student shall be allowed to change his status to that of a candidate for a certificate, diploma, degree or higher degree of the University unless he has already satisfied the University’s requirements for admission to an approved course of study or research leading to a certificate, diploma, degree or higher degree of the University and unless the change of status is specially recommended by the department/programme/graduate division concerned and approved by the Senate. 4.6 A student shall register in the name which appears in his Hong Kong Identity Card or passport. 4.7 A student shall inform the Director of Registry Services/Director of Academic Links immediately of any change of name, address or other particulars entered in the student’s registration record. 4.8 No application for changing a student’s registered particulars shall be accepted after departure from the University. 5.0 Course Load 5.1 An associate student of a full-time undergraduate programme shall take a course load of up to 18 units per term, and an associate undergraduate student of IASP shall take a full load of 12–18 units of courses in any term except with prior permission of the department/programme/graduate division concerned. However, no student shall be allowed to take more than 21 units in any term. 5.2 An associate postgraduate student of IASP can take either: (a) a full load of 12–18 units of courses in any term; or (b) conduct research and take a minimum course load of three units. 5.3 An associate student of a postgraduate programme shall take the courses as specified by the graduate division concerned. 6.0 Selection of Courses 6.1 A student shall select his courses according to the study scheme of his programme of study. 6.2 An associate student of IASP shall, after consulting the teacher/s designated by IASP and making sure that there is no timetable clash among the courses he wishes to select, complete the prescribed procedure for course registration.