Study Scheme
1. Coursework RequirementApplicable to students admitted in 2022-23 and thereafter
The “candidacy requirement” composes of three major parts, namely, coursework requirement, candidacy examination, and thesis proposal (and oral defence). Students must complete and fulfill all three parts within the “maximum period for fulfilling candidacy requirements”. Details of the requirement are listed below:
Pre-candidacy
| (a) | Lecture courses: | ||
| (i) Required courses: | |||
| LING6902, 6903, 6920, 6980 | 12 units | ||
| LING6940 (Register for at least 4 terms) | 4 units | ||
| (ii) Elective courses: | |||
| LING6904 or 6905 | 3 units | ||
| Six units of courses to be chosen from the following: | |||
| LING6951, 6952, 6953, 6970 | 6 units | ||
| Three units of courses to be chosen from the following: | |||
| LING6941, 6942, 6960, 6971, 6981, 6982, 6983 | 3 units | ||
| (b) | Thesis research / monitoring courses: | ||
| LING8006 (6 units per term) | 24 units | ||
| (Part-time students are required to register for LING8003 carrying 3 units per term) | |||
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Total: |
52 units |
Post-candidacy
| (a) | Lecture course: | ||
| (i) Required course: | |||
| LING6940 (Register for at least 1 term) | 1 unit | ||
| (b) | Thesis research / monitoring courses: | ||
| LING8012 (12 units per term) | |||
| (Part-time students are required to register for LING8006 carrying 6 units per term while continuing students are required to register for LING8003 carrying 3 units per term until submission of their graduation thesis.) |
2. Candidacy Examination
A. Applicable to students admitted in2022-23 and thereafter
| (a) | Part One of the Candidacy Examination: | |||||||||||||||
A written comprehensive examination based on a general reading list approved by the Graduate
Panel. The examination will normally take place at the end of the second semester for full-time
students and the third semester for part-time students. Students are allowed no more than two attempts at passing the qualifying examinations or parts thereof. Any second attempt must come
within six months of the first one. |
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| (b) | Part Two of the Candidacy Examination: | |||||||||||||||
Students are required to submit two papers, one consisting of a comprehensive review of
literature in the student’s area of research, and the other a quality research paper on issues
related to the student’s thesis. The second paper should be publishable or acceptable for
presentation at an academic conference. These two papers must be submitted by the end of the
fourth semester for full-time students with research Master’s degree, and the sixth semester for
full-time students without research Master’s degree. The same research writing requirements
must be fulfilled by the end of the fifth semester for part-time students with research Master’s
degree, and the eighth semester for part-time students without research Master’s degree. |
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| (c) | Applicable to students admitted on 1 August 2010 and thereafter: | |||||||||||||||
| Students are required to pass the candidacy examination within the maximum period stipulated below: | ||||||||||||||||
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3. Thesis Proposal and Oral Defence
Students are required to submit a research thesis proposal and pass an oral examination for
fulfillment of candidacy requirement.
4. Other Requirements
| (a) | Students must fulfill the Term Assessment Requirement of the Graduate School. For details,
please refer to Section 13.0 “Unsatisfactory Performance and Discontinuation of Studies” of the
General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies which can be accessed from the Graduate
School Homepage: http://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk. |
| (b) | A student must achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0 in order to fulfill
the graduation requirement, unless special approval is granted by the Graduate Council. |
| (c) | Study of a third language, a language other than English and the student's native language, is
required for Ph.D. candidature. For students whose native language is not Chinese, a third
language may be Chinese or some other language. Students must complete with satisfactory
results either (i) 9 units of courses of a third language offered by the language Departments/Units
at CUHK under the current curriculum, or (ii) 6 units of a third language offered by the language
Departments/Units at CUHK under the current curriculum and LING3108 Language Survey in the
Field. Students whose native language is English must also complete with satisfactory results 9
units of courses of a second language. Exemption may be considered on a case by case basis
with approval by the Division Head. |
| (d) | The thesis, when completed, will be assessed by thesis committee and by at least one external
examiner. Ph.D. candidates are required to defend their theses at a public oral defence. |
| (e) | Students are required to submit a research thesis and pass an oral examination for graduation. |
| (f) | Complete an Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) module on “Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research”. This is an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/prodev/ipl.html. |
| (g) | Complete an IPL module on "Research Data Management Training". This is an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/download/IPL-Researchskills.pdf. Students are required to complete and pass the module in their first year of studies, with effect from the 2022-23 intake. |
| (h) | Students are required to complete an online Research Ethics Training (RET) module on
“Publication Ethics” offered by the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services
(ORKTS) and obtain a valid Publication Ethics Certificate for graduation. Relevant information
can be accessed from the RET website at https://www.research-ethics.cuhk.edu.hk/web/ |