4-Year Curriculum: Credit Distribution Summary

Components	Required Credit Units
	Normative 4-year degree	Advanced Standing I	Advanced Standing II (Senior-year Entry)
Gateway Education
English	6	6	3
Chinese Civilisation – History and Philosophy	3	3	Not compulsory
Distributional Area Requirements
For intakes in 2012/13: For intakes from 2014/15 onwards:	21 12	12 6	9 3
College/School-specified Requirements:
For intakes in 2012/13: For intakes from 2014/15 onwards:	n/a 9	n/a 6	n/a 6

College Requirement Courses	15	9	Fully exempted

Major Requirement	57 (major in Linguistics and Language Applications);
	48 - 57 (major in Linguistics and Language Technology);
	54 (major in Translation and Interpretation);

Minor (optional)	15 - 18	15 - 18	15 - 18

Free Electives	Remainder to fulfill credit requirement for graduation, if necessary

Total no. of credit units
Minimum required	120	90	LLT: 60 - 69 TI: 66
Maximum permitted	144	114	84

^Δ For students with recognised Advanced Level Examinations or equivalent qualifications.

^ΔΔ For Associate Degree/Higher Diploma graduates admitted to the senior year.

Students are also required to satisfy the University’s English Attainment Requirement and Chinese Language Requirement. Please refer to the website of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences website (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/class) for details. More information about GE courses can be found at the University's Gateway Education page (http://www.cityu.edu.hk/GE).

Enquiry: LTenquiry@cityu.edu.hk

Page last updated: 15 October 2015