Credit Distribution Summary

(Applicable to students of 2022 and 2023 entries)

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	12	6	3
College/School-specified Requirements	9	6	6

College Requirement Courses	6	6	Fully exempted

Major Requirement
	Department foundation-year courses ^@
	6	3	Fully exempted

	Major in Linguistics and Language Applications [LLA]: 54 (Core: 27; Core Electives: 3-9; Electives: 18-24).

Free electives / Minor (if applicable)
	24	6	0

Total no. of credit units
Minimum required	120	90	66
Maximum permitted	144	114	84

^@ Students of second major and students changed to the LLA Major will follow the Advanced Standing I curriculum and will be required to take one designated Foundation-year course, i.e. LT2207 (3 credit units) (only applicable to normative 4-year students and students admitted with Advanced Standing I). Students of 2021 entry or before transferred from TI major who have already completed the Foundation-year courses can be exempted to take LT2207. ASII students will be fully exempted from the Foundation-year courses.

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 (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ted/GE).

Enquiry: LTenquiry@cityu.edu.hk

Page last updated: 18 August 2022