AD Programmes
CC 88 - 404
3416 6338
2824 1165
General InformationProgramme StructureStudents' Sharing
General Skill
 
  • General English III
  • English for Academic and Professional Purposes Parts I & II
  • English for Science and Technology
  • College Mathematics I / Quantitative Analysis I
  • Advanced Chinese Language
  • Introduction to Multimedia
  • Intra- and Interpersonal Competencies
Specialism
Core
Year 1
Choose 4 subjects (maximum 5) from 2 Areas:

Chemistry Area:
  • Foundation of Chemistry
  • General Chemistry
  • Introductory Organic Chemistry

  • Biological Science Area:
    • Foundations of Biology
    • Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
    • Cell Biology and Physiology
    • Biodiversity and Genetics
    • Food and Nutrition Basics

Health Science Area:
  • Human Biology
  • Basic Physiology
  • Applied Psychology

Physics Area:
  • College Mathematics I
  • College Mathematics II

    Statistics Area:
    • Foundations of Physics
    • Fundamental of Classical Mechanics
    • Fundamental of Thermodynamics, wave optics and electromagnetism

    Additional Subject:
    Students intend to do Physics / Statistics major must take
    • College Mathematics II

    Year 2
    • Statistics: Ideas and Concepts
    • Probability and Statistics I
    • Probability and Statistics II
    • Data Management with SAS
  • Basic Biochemistry
  • Introduction to Molecular Genetics
  • Introductory Microbiology
  • Ecology & Evolution
  • Biostatistics
  • Biological Sciences Laboratory course
  • Introduction to Biochemistry
  • Evolutionary Diversity
  • General Physiology
  • Introduction to Physical Geology
  • Earth Through Time
  • Blue Planet
  • Principles of Geology
  • Fluid/Solid interactions in Earth Processes
  • Field Methods
  • Introduction to Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
  • Introduction to Environmental Science
  • Introduction to Environmental Life Sciences
  • Principles of Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry I
  • Inorganic Chemistry I
  • Organic Chemistry I
  • Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry I
  • Nature of Universe
  • Problem Solving in Physics
  • Methods in Physics I
  • Methods in Physics II
  • Introductory Mechanics
  • Introductory electricity and magnetism
  • Heat and waves
  • Data Management with SAS
  • Elementary Statistical Methods
  • Introductory Statistics
  • Introduction to Demographic and Socio-economic Statistics
    • Introduction to Physical Geology
    • Introductory Microbiology
    • Introduction to Biochemistry
    • Introduction to Environmental Science
    • Introduction to Demographic and Socio-economic Statistics
    • Methods in Physics I & II
    • Nature of the Universe I & II
    • Principles and Applications of Spectroscopic and Analytical Techniques

    * In AD year I studies, students doing College Chemistry I & II can choose one of the following themes in AD year II programme: Chemistry, Earth Science or Physics; students doing Quantitative Analysis I & II can choose Earth Sciences theme, Physics theme or Statistics theme.

General Education
 
Year 1
(Choose ONE course from Each of the following Domains below, at least ONE issue-based course)

Arts and Humanities Domain
  • Arts Appreciation
  • Visual Arts in Contexts #

Social Sciences Domain
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Understanding Social Problems in Hong Kong #

Philosophy Domain
  • Elements of Logic and Critical Thinking
  • Applied Ethics #

  • Year 2
    (Choose ONE course from Each of the following Domains below, at least ONE issue-based course)

    Culture and Media Domain
    • Global and Local Cultures #
    • Intercultural Communication & Competence

    Science and Technology Domain
    • The science of Crime Investigation
    • Infectious disease in a Changing world

    Humanities Domain

    • Sexuality and Gender: Diversity and Society
    • Body, Beauty and Fashion
    • Cultural Heritages in the Contemporary World

    • China: Culture, State and Society Domain
      • China in the Global economics
      • Hong Kong's Environment: Issues and Policies
      • Modernity and Traditional Chinese Thought
      • Understanding China's Governance: Challenges and Prospects

# Issue-based course
Remarks :
Courses offered in each semester are subject to student enrolment and resources available.