Designated Science General Education Courses (Effective in 2014-15)
General Education (GE) courses are designated by the University every year. Only GE courses taken in the academic year in which they are so designated can be used to fulfill the GE requirements.
The following are Science General Education Courses [GEE(SCIE)] designated for the 2014-15 academic year. Students should select courses from this list to satisfy the GEE (SCIE) requirement. Their status as Science GE courses in previous years are indicated by a "✓".
| Science General Education Courses | |||||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Designated in previous years | ||||||
| 4-digit | 3-digit | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09 | ||
| BMED 1100 (*) | -- | Technologies and World Health | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| CHEM 1002 | CHEM 002 | Introduction to Chemistry of Cosmetics | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CHEM 1004 | -- | Chemistry in Everyday Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X |
| ENVR 1010 (*) | ENVR 001 | Introduction to Environmental Microbiology | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X |
| ENVR 1030 (*) | ENVR 003 | Environment and Health | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X |
| ENVR 1040 (*) | ENVR 004 | The Environment and Society - A Comprehensive Perspective | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X |
| ENVR 1050 (*) | ENVR 005 | The Sustainable Citizen | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X |
| ENVR 2020 (*) | ENVR 002 | Urban Air Pollution | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X |
| LIFS 1010 | BISC 001 | Appreciation of Biological Sciences | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIFS 1020 | BISC 002 | Biology of Human Health | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIFS 1030 | BISC 003 | Environmental Science | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIFS 1070 | -- | Impact of Biotechnology on Daily Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X | X | X |
| LIFS 1080 | -- | Disease, Culture and Technology3 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X | X | X |
| LIFS 1090 | -- | Food and Medicine | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1003 | MATH 006 | Calculus and Linear Algebra | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1013 | MATH 013 | Calculus I | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1020 | MATH 022 | Accelerated Calculus | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1023 | MATH 023 | Honors Calculus I | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1712 | MATH 162 | Mathematics in Daily Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X |
| MATH 1713 | -- | Flattening the Earth: Maps and Map Projections | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X | X |
| PHYS 1001 | -- | Physics and the Modern Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| PHYS 1002 | PHYS 002 | Introduction to Astrophysics and Astronomy | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PHYS 1003 | PHYS 006 | Energy and Related Environmental Issues | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PHYS 1004 | -- | How Scientists Think | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| PHYS 1005 | PHYS 009 | Physics in Movies | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X |
| PHYS 1006 | -- | Astronomy for Beginners | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X |
| RMBI 1010 (#) | -- | Risk Management in Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X | X |
| RMBI 1020 (#) | -- | Business Intelligence in Contemporary Society | 3 | ✓ | X | X | X | X | X |
| SCIE 1050 | SCIE 005 | Gastronomy | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCIE 1110 | -- | Great Ideas in Science | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X |
| SCIE 1120 | -- | Chemistry and Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X |
| SCIE 2000 | -- | Space, Time and Motion | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X | X |
(*) Listed as both a Science General Education Course and an Engineering General Education Course. Students may use this course to satisfy either the Science GE requirement or Engineering GE requirement, but not both.
(#) Listed as both a Science General Education Course and a Business and Management General Education Course. Students may use this course to satisfy either the Science GE requirement or Business and Management GE requirement, but not both.
The following courses are NOT designated in 2014-15. They can still be used to satisfy the GEE (SCIE) requirement if they were taken in the year(s) when they were designated as GEE (SCIE) courses (as indicated by a "✓").
| Previous Science General Education Courses not designated in the 2014-15 academic year | |||||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Designated in previous years | ||||||
| 4-digit | 3-digit | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09 | ||
| CHEM 1001 | CHEM 001 | Introductory Chemistry | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CHEM 1008 | CHEM 100 | General Chemistry | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIFS 1050 | BISC 005 | Biochemistry of Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LIFS 2030 | BISC 103 | Nature of Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| MATH 1711 | MATH 161 | Mathematics in Civilization | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MATH 2010 | MATH 106 | Multivariable Calculus and Basic Probability | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PHYS 1407 | PHYS 007 | Physical Phenomena in Everyday Life | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| -- | BISC 006 | Environmental Conservation and Public Health in Hong Kong | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| -- | CHEM 003 | Chemistry and Human Health | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |