Science Faculty Package

Applicable to students admitted in 2025-26

 

 

Faculty Package Requirement

 

 

Students are required to complete a minimum of 9 units (12 units for Earth and Environmental Sciences) of courses as follows:

 

Units

Chemistry

9

Group B: CHEM1070

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1001 or 1002 or 1012

Group C: MATH1520 (preferred) or 1010 (preferred) or 1525 or 1550

Group E: STAT1011 or 1012

         

 

 

Earth and Environmental Sciences

12

Group C: MATH1010 or 1018 or 1520

Group E: STAT1011 or 1012

Two courses from the following

Group A: LSCI1012 (preferred) or 1002

Group B: CHEM1070 (preferred) or 1072

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111 or 1113

         

 

 

 

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

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: LSCI1001 or 1002

Group B: CHEM1070 or 1072 or 1280

Group D: PHYS1001 or 1002 or 1111 or 1113

         

 

 

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: LSCI1001 or 1002 or 1012

         

 

 

Risk Management Science

9

Group C: MATH1010 (preferred) or 1018

Group E: STAT1011

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1001 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:

DOTE1031 or 1040 or HTMG1010 or MGNT1020

         

 

 

Statistics

9

Group E: STAT1011 (preferred) or 1012

Group C: MATH1010 or 1018 or 1520

A course from the following

Group A: LSCI1001 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)

 

 

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

MATH1525

Basic Mathematics for Science and Technology

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

 

 

LSCI1001

-           

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

 

LSCI1002

-           

suitable for students who have studied biology at high school level

 

LSCI1012

-           

suitable for students with or without biology background

 

 

 

2.

Group B

 

 

CHEM1070

-           

an introductory course suitable for students with a good background in high school 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

-           

suitable for students with a satisfactory background in elementary algebra and geometry

 

 

-           

prior exposure to calculus (e.g., the ideas of limits and differentiation) at high school level (e.g., HKDSE Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) is preferred, but not necessary

 

 

-           

suitable for students who have taken an elementary course in calculus (e.g., MATH1520) or precalculus (e.g., MATH1525) and who want to acquire a deeper understanding in calculus

 

MATH1018

-           

suitable for students majoring in Mathematics with excellent background in elementary algebra and geometry

 

 

-           

prior exposure to calculus (e.g., computation and applications about limits, differentiation and integration) at high school level (e.g., HKDSE Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) is expected

 

MATH1030

-           

suitable for students with a satisfactory background in elementary algebra and geometry

 

 

-           

prior exposure to advanced topics in algebra and geometry (e.g., vectors and matrices, systems of linear equations, coordinate geometry in space) at high school level (e.g., HKDSE Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) is preferred, but not necessary

 

 

-           

suitable for students who have taken an elementary course on linear algebra (e.g., MATH1550) and who want to acquire a deeper understanding in linear algebra

 

MATH1038

-           

first course on linear algebra for students majoring in Mathematics and with excellent background in elementary algebra and geometry

 

 

-           

prior exposure to advanced topics in algebra and geometry (e.g., vectors and matrices, systems of linear equations, coordinate geometry in space) at high school level (e.g., HKDSE Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) is expected

 

MATH1520

-           

suitable for students with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding in algebra and geometry (e.g., Level 5 or above in HKDSE Mathematics (Compulsory Part)

 

 

-           

prior exposure to calculus is not assumed

 

MATH1525

-           

suitable for students who intend to major in Chemistry, Life Sciences and other science programmes, and who have only a basic knowledge and understanding in high school mathematics

 

 

-           

students will learn the use of basic mathematics in various sciences disciplines and get prepared for subsequent studies of calculus and linear algebra

 

MATH1550

-           

suitable for students with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding in algebra (e.g., Level 5 or above in HKDSE Mathematics (Compulsory Part), and who intend to major in Statistics, Economics, Business, Life Sciences and Social Sciences

 

 

-           

prior exposure to advanced topics in algebra and geometry at high school level (e.g., HKDSE Mathematics Extended Part (Module 1 or 2) is not assumed

4.

Group D

 

 

 

PHYS1001

-           

suitable for students with no physics training at high school level

 

PHYS1002

-           

a non-calculus-based physics course

 

PHYS1111

-           

the first course of a calculus-based introductory physics series

 

PHYS1113

-           

suitable for students who intend to major in Physics, Mathematics and other Physical Sciences, and with a good background in physics, algebra and calculus at high school level

 

 

 

 

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