Science Faculty Package

Applicable to students admitted in 2023-24

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                                                               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 1018 or 1550 Group E: STAT1011 or 1012	9
Earth and Environmental Sciences 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	12
Life Sciences (Biochemistry, Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology,                  Food and Nutritional Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology) 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	9
Mathematics (including Enrichment Stream)                                       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	9
Physics (including Enrichment Stream in Theoretical Physics)                             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	9
Risk Management Science                                                  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: DSME1031 or 1040 or HTMG1010 or MGNT1020	9
Statistics                                                                 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	9

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
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 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