• Master Class Schedule Terminology
• Course Code Terminology

Master Class Schedule Terminology

1. Subject+Course = Course code

• Alphabets denoting code for the academic unit or for a particular study programme; plus a numeric code up to 4 or 5 digits, the first digit being the level of the course
• Refer to Course Code Terminology for the full list of alphabetical codes and their meaning

2. CRN = Course reference number

• A unique number assigned to a particular section of a class for a specific course
• For identification purposes when adding or dropping a course

3. Section = Section number

• A 3-character code (e.g. C01) to denote different sections of the same course
• The 1^st alphabet shows the class type

  C	Lecture
  D	Dissertation / Project / Thesis
  F	Fieldwork
  L	Laboratory
  S	Seminar
  T	Tutorial
  W	Online delivery

• The 2^nd and 3^rd alphanumeric characters complete the unique ID of a section.
• In most cases, tutorials 'T' and laboratory sections 'L' should link with lectures 'C'; the 2^nd alphanumeric character also defines whether the tutorials/laboratory sections are linked to designated lecture(s).

  e.g.	C01, C02 ... C11 ... C59	link with	T01, T02 ... T13 ... T24 ... T59 and
  			L01 ... L59
  	C61, C62	link with	T61, T62 ... T71 ... T99
  	CA1	link with	TA1, TA2 ... TA9
  	CB1	link with	LB1, LB2 ... LB9

• If a course comprises more than one class types, students should register for all the necessary types of sections. Otherwise, a registration error will occur.

4. Credit = credit units

• The credit value of a course will only appear in one of the section component, normally the lecture section, and the credits for the associated components such as tutorial and laboratory sections will be 0.

5. WEB

• Courses marked 'Y' under this heading indicate the courses are web-enabled and students can add/drop such courses on the web.
• Courses marked 'N' under this heading indicate that these courses are NOT web-enabled. Use the Add/Drop Form to submit changes for these courses to your home academic unit for approval.

6. Campus

• The course section is offered to students enrolled in the displayed "campus".

  Campus	Courses Restricted to Students in
  Main Campus	College/Schools
  Community College of CityUHK	Faculties of Science & Technology/Business/Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences (Main Campus)
  Telford	Faculties of Science & Technology/Business/Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences (Telford Annex)

7. Level

• Eligible student level for taking the course:

  A	Associate Degree Level
  B	Bachelor's Degree Level
  P	Taught Postgraduate Degree Level
  D	Professional Doctorate Level
  R	Research Degree Level

8. Capacity and available places

• Cap = Maximum quota for the course
• Avail = Remaining seats left
• Waitlist Avail = Availability of waitlist quota [For selective courses identified by individual course-offering academic units]

  Y	Waitlist available
  N	Waitlist not available
  FULL	Waitlist full

9. Medium of Instruction

• The medium of instruction of individual courses/course sections is displayed to facilitate students in choosing classes.
• The information is for general reference only. Refer to the syllabus of individual courses for more detailed information.

10. Day = Day of the Week

M	Monday
T	Tuesday
W	Wednesday
R	Thursday
F	Friday
S	Saturday

 

11. TBA = to be announced

TBA appearing under "Instructors" means the information is not yet available and will be announced later.

 

12. Part of Term

1	Regular term
Y	Year-long
S	Special term

The majority of courses are one semester long and are classified as "regular term". Courses which extend to more than one semester are classified as "year-long". Courses not following the regular term start/end dates are classified as "special term".

Course Code Terminology

Course Code	Offering Department/Programme
AC	Accountancy
BCH/CHEM	Chemistry
BIOS	Biostatistics
BME	Biomedical Engineering
BMS	Biomedical Sciences
BST	Division of Building Science & Technology
CA	Architecture & Civil Engineering
CAH	Chinese & History
CAI	CityU Academy of Innovation
CB	College of Business
CE	Optional language courses offered by School of Continuing & Professional Education
CHIN	University Chinese offered by School of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE)
COM	Media & Communication
CS	Computer Science
CSCI	College of Science
DS	Data Science
EC	Courses in MSc Electronic Commerce jointly offered by Departments of Computer Science and Information Systems
EE	Electrical Engineering
EF	Economics & Finance
EN	English
FB	College of Business
FS/EG	College of Engineering
GE	Gateway Education courses
IS	Information Systems
JC	Joint Courses
LC	Chan Feng Men-ling Chan Shuk-lin Language Centre
LT	Linguistics & Translation
LW	School of Law
MA	Mathematics
MGT	Management
MKT	Marketing
MNE	Mechanical Engineering
MS	Decision Analytics and Operations
MSE	Materials Science & Engineering
NS	Neuroscience
PED	Physical education courses offered by Student Development Services
PH	Infectious Diseases & Public Health
PHY	Physics
PIA	Public and International Affairs
PLE	Courses in Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) offered by School of Law
SEE	School of Energy & Environment
SG	Chow Yei Ching School of Graduate Studies
SM	School of Creative Media
SS	Social & Behavioural Sciences
SYE	Systems Engineering
VM	Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences