Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

78A candidate's selection of major(s), minor(s) and of cross-departmental course combinations shall bemade only with the approval of the Heads of the Departments/Centre/School concerned, and acandidate's choice shall normally be confined to those combinations which are possible under thepublished timetable. Candidates shall not be permitted to take, within their normal study load of 120credits, more than 30 credits outside the Faculty or more than 12 credits from the Department of SocialWork and Social Administration, except that a candidate taking a major in the Department ofPhilosophy or in one of the following majors shall be permitted to take up to 48 credits from thedepartments/school/programme listed in Regulation A9(c)(ii) above: American Studies, History,Linguistics and Philosophy, or Politics and Philosophy.Candidates who wish to exceed the normal load of 60 credits in each academic year shall be allowed totake up to 6 additional credits from the departments/school/programme listed in Regulation A9(b) and(c)(ii) above in each of second and third academic years of the BA curriculum.Assessment and gradesA 12 Candidates shall be assessed for each of the courses for which they have registered, andassessment may be conducted in any combination of: coursework, written examinations or tests,continuous assessment of class performance, field work, research or project reports, or in any othermanner as specified in the syllabuses. Grades shall be awarded in accordance with UG 5 of theRegulations for First Degree Curricula.A 13 Written examinations or tests shall normally be held at the end of the semester in which it istaught unless otherwise provided for in the syllabuses. Candidates may be required to sit writtenexaminations or tests for more than one course on any particular date.A 14 Courses in which a candidate is given an F grade shall be recorded on the transcript, togetherwith the new grade obtained by the candidate repeating the failed course under Regulation A16(a). Anyfailed grade(s) shall be included in calculating the Semester GPA and shall be taken into account for thepurpose of honours classification, except as provided for under Regulation A16(b).A 15 Except as provided for under Regulation A16(b) below, candidates shall not be permitted torepeat a course for which they have received a D grade or above for upgrading purposes.A 16(a) Candidates in their first or second academic year who have failed in not more than 18credits of courses shall be required in the subsequent academic year to repeat the failedcourses, or select new courses which bear the same number of credits and are listed asbeing in same academic year of study as the failed courses, in addition to the coursesthat they are required to take that academic year, in the manner specified in RegulationA14 above.(b) A candidate in any academic year of study who has failed in more than 18 credits but innot more than 36 credits shall be required to repeat an academic year of study in themanner specified by the Board of the Faculty. Candidates who are required to repeat anacademic year of study may re-take all or part of the courses they have already passedor may select new courses, and in such an event the grades obtained in the repeatingacademic year shall replace those from the previous academic year for the purpose ofhonours classification, but grades obtained in both academic years shall be recorded onthe transcript of the candidate.(c) Candidates who are permitted to repeat the academic year under the provisions ofA16(b) and whose progress in the repeated academic year is unsatisfactory shall berequired to discontinue their studies in the Faculty.(d) Candidates in their first or second academic year of study who have failed in more than36 credits shall be required to discontinue their studies in the Faculty.