Study Scheme

Our minor program provides solid training in both theoretical foundations and application-oriented skills in information technology. Minor students in Computer Science are required to complete a minimum of 18 units as follows:

Applicable to students admitted in 2004-05 and thereafter

Minor Required Courses

Minor Elective Courses

Code	Course Title	Units
ACE3090	Computer Game Design and Development	3
CSC1010	Hands-on Introduction to C	1
CSC1020	Hands-on Introduction to C++	1
CSC1030	Hands-on Introduction to Java	1
CSC1040	Hands-on Introduction to PYTHON	1
CSC1050	Hands-on Introduction to MATLAB	1
CSC2120	Introduction to Software Engineering	2
CSC2720	Building Web Applications	3
CSC3170	Introduction to Database Systems	3
CSC3180	Principles of Programming Languages	3
CSC3210	Principles of Multiagent Systems	3
CSC3220	Algorithms for Bioinformatics	3
CSC3250	Computer and Society	2
CSC3280	Introduction to Multimedia Systems	3
CSC3420	Computer System Architectures	3
CSC3510	Computer Game Software Development	3
CSC3550	Introduction to Computer Graphics	3
CSC3640	Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science	3
CSC4120	Principles of Computer Game Software	3
CSC4140	Open-Source Software Project Development	3
ERG3820	Software Engineering Practice	2

Course and Unit Exemptions

1. Students are allowed to exempt from a maximum of 9 units of courses (except for students opt out from the BBA-CEG or BBA-CSC double degree programme they have no limit on course and unit exemptions in fulfilling the CSC Minor programme). Students who have taken course(s) in Column A will be exempted automatically from taking the corresponding equivalent course(s) in Column B due to similarities in the contents of some courses.

   Column A	Column B
   CSC1110/1120/1130	CSC1510/1520/1530
   CEG2400/ELE3230	CSC2510
   CSC2100	CSC2520
   CEG3420	CSC3420
   CSC3100/IEG3080	CSC3530

2. Other than the course and unit exemptions stated in Note 1 above, courses which Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Majors have taken to fulfil their Major requirement cannot be used to fulfil the Minor Programme requirement. Students are required to declare which course/s will count towards the requirement of Minor Programme at their final term of attendance.

3. Applicable to Mathematics Majors
   Mathematics Majors who have taken MAT2071and 2072 will be exempted from CSC1530. They may also choose any one from MAT3230, 3240 and 3260 as Minor elective course.

4. Applicable to Physics Majors
   Physics Majors who have taken PHY2351 will be exempted from CSC1530. They may also choose PHY3350 and any one from PHY4350, 4360 and 4370 as Minor elective course.