Science Faculty Package

Applicable to students admitted in 2021-22

 

 

 

Faculty Package Requirement

 

 

Students are required to complete a minimum of 9 units of courses as follows:

 

 

Units

Chemistry 

9

Group B: CHEM1070

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002 or 1012

Group C: MATH1520 (preferred) or 1010 (preferred) or 1018 or 1550

Group E: STAT1011 or 1012

         

 

 

Earth System Science (including Atmospheric Science Stream and

Geophysics Stream)

9

Group C: MATH1010 (preferred) or 1018 or 1520

Group D: PHYS1111 (preferred) or 1001 or 1002 or 1113

A course from the following

Group B: CHEM1070 (preferred) or 1072

Group E: STAT1011 (preferred) or 1012

         

 

 

Life Sciences (Biochemistry, Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology,                 

Environmental Science, Food and Nutritional Sciences,

Molecular Biotechnology)

9

Group A: LSCI1002

Group B: CHEM1280 (preferred) or 1070

A course from the following

Group C: MATH1520 (preferred) or 1010 or 1018

Group D: (PHYS1001 or 1002) (preferred) or 1111

Group E: STAT1012 (preferred) or 1011

 

 

 

Mathematics (including Enrichment Stream)

9

Group C: MATH1010 or 1018 or 1030 or 1038

Group E: STAT1011

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002

Group B: CHEM1070 or 1072 or 1280

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111

 

 

 

Physics (including Enrichment Stream in Theoretical Physics) 

9

Group D: PHYS1111 or 1113

Group C: MATH1010 or 1018

A course from the following

Group B: CHEM1070 or 1072 or 1280

Group E: STAT1011 or 1012 

Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002 or 1012

 

 

 

Risk Management Science

9

Group C: MATH1010 (preferred) or 1018

Group E: STAT1011

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002 or 1012

Group B: CHEM1070 or 1072 or 1280

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111 or 1113, or

Courses from Faculty Package of the Business Administration:

DOTE[DSME]1031 or 1040 or HTMG1010 or MGNT1020

 

 

 

Statistics

9

Group E: STAT1011 or 1012

Group C: MATH1010 or 1018 or 1520

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1000 or 1001 or 1002 or 1012

Group B: CHEM1070 or 1072 or 1280

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111 or 1113

 

 

Course List

 

Course Code

Course Title

Unit(s)

Group A (Note 1)

 

 

LSCI1000

Biochemistry of Health and Disease

3

LSCI1001

Basic Concepts in Biological Sciences

3

LSCI1002

Introduction to Biological Sciences

3

LSCI1012

Introduction to Life Forms in Biosphere

3

 

 

 

Group B (Note 2)

 

 

CHEM1070

Principles of Modern Chemistry

3

CHEM1072

General Chemistry

3

CHEM1280

Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biomolecules

3

 

 

 

Group C (Note 3)

 

 

MATH1010

University Mathematics

3

MATH1018

Honours University Mathematics

3

MATH1030

Linear Algebra I

3

MATH1038

Honours Linear Algebra I

3

MATH1520

University Mathematics for Applications

3

MATH1550

Methods of Matrices and Linear Algebra

3

 

 

 

Group D (Note 4)

 

 

PHYS1001

Essential Physics

3

PHYS1002

General Physics

3

PHYS1111

Introduction to Mechanics, Fluids, and Waves (University Physics I)

3

PHYS1113

Mechanics, Fluids and Waves (University Physics I)

3

 

 

 

Group E (Note 5)

 

 

STAT1011

Introduction to Statistics

3

STAT1012

Statistics for Life Sciences

3

 

Explanatory Notes:

1.

Group A

 

 

LSCI1000

an introductory course suitable for students (other than those who are majoring in Life Sciences) who want to know the biochemical basis of various cellular functions and their relevance to disease

 

LSCI1001

a foundation course suitable for students with a general interest in biology and with no biology training at HKDSE level

 

LSCI1002

suitable for students who have taken HKDSE Biology, Integrated Science or Combined Science with a Biology component

 

LSCI1012

suitable for students with or without HKDSE Biology background

 

 

 

2.

Group B

 

 

CHEM1070

an introductory course suitable for students with a good background of HKDSE Chemistry

 

CHEM1072

suitable for students majoring in Science and Engineering with no or little background in Chemistry

 

CHEM1280

suitable for students majoring in Life Sciences, Chinese Medicine, Pharmacy and Medicine

 

 

 

3.

Group C

 

 

MATH1010 and 1030

suitable for students majoring in Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

 

MATH1018 and 1038

suitable for students majoring in Mathematics

 

MATH1520

suitable for students majoring in Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Business Studies

 

MATH1550

suitable for students of Year 1 or 2 who have only general mathematics training and may need the essential Linear Algebra to proceed in their study of Statistics or Economics; students majoring in other areas including Business, Social Sciences, Medicine, or Life Sciences may find this course helpful

 

 

 

4.

Group D

 

 

PHYS1001

suitable for students with no physics training at HKDSE level

 

PHYS1002

a non-calculus-based course suitable for students with HKDSE Combined Science with a Physics component

 

PHYS1111

the first course of a calculus-based introductory physics series

 

PHYS1113

suitable for potential majors in Physics, Mathematics and other Physical Sciences, and with a good background of HKDSE Physics, Mathematics and Mathematics Extended Part Module 2

 

 

 

5.

Group E

 

 

STAT1011

suitable for students majoring in Science, especially Physics, Chemistry and Risk Management Science, and also useful to those majoring in Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Studies and Economics

 

STAT1012

suitable for students majoring in Life Sciences, and also useful to those majoring in Pharmacy, Medical Science and Health Science

 

 

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Subject area code “DSME” changed to “DOTE” with effect from 2024-25.