Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics (through Pathway 2)

Regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics

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1.	General
1.1	These regulations are made under paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees.
1.2	In these regulations definitions shall apply as in the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees and in the Interpretation Section of the Academic Rules and Regulations.
2.	Entry Requirements (through Pathways)
2.1	To enter the Bachelor of Science in Electronics programme through Pathway 1 or the Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics programme through Pathway 1, a student shall normally possess a higher diploma in a discipline closely related to Electronics.
2.2	To enter the Bachelor of Science in Electronics programme through Pathway 2 or the Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics programme through Pathway 2, a student shall normally possess the Certificate in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering awarded by The Open University of Hong Kong.
3.	Bachelor of Science in Electronics (BSCE)

3.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, a student shall:
	3.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	3.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	3.1.3	obtain at least 120 credits of which no more than 40 credits shall be obtained at Foundation level; and
	3.1.4	obtain at least 100 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations as appropriate to the degree for which notice has been given, including at least 20 credits in courses at Higher level.
3.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student must:
	3.2.1	successfully complete 20 credits from the courses labelled F in Table 1. Where SCI S102 is taken, a student must in addition complete either MATH S112/MATH S122 or MATH S282; and
	3.2.2	successfully complete 50 credits from the compulsory courses (labelled CD in Table 1); and
	3.2.3	obtain at least 20 credits from the remaining core courses at Higher level (labelled HD in Table 1); and
	3.2.4	obtain at least 10 credits from optional courses at Middle or Higher level (labelled OD in Table 1) (students who have taken SCI S102 and MATH S282 will have already fulfilled this regulation); and
	3.2.5	successfully complete additional courses, as necessary, from any Foundation, Middle or Higher level courses offered by the University, provided that, of the total 120 credits, no more than 40 are gained at Foundation level.

4.	Bachelor of Science in Electronics (through Pathway 1) (BSCE1)
4.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, a student who entered the programme through Pathway 1 shall:
	4.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	4.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	4.1.3	obtain at least 40 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations as appropriate to the degree for which notice has been given.
4.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student who entered the programme through Pathway 1 must:
	4.2.1	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled CD or OD of which no more than 10 credits are from courses labelled OD in Table 1; and
	4.2.2	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled HD in Table 1.
5.	Bachelor of Science in Electronics (through Pathway 2) (BSCE2)
5.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, a student who entered the programme through Pathway 2 shall:
	5.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	5.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	5.1.3	obtain at least 90 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations as appropriate to the degree for which notice has been given.
5.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student who entered the programme through Pathway 2 must:
	5.2.1	obtain 10 credits from either MATH S121 or MATH S122; and
	5.2.2	successfully complete 50 credits from courses labelled CD in Table 1; and
	5.2.3	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled HD in Table 1; and
	5.2.4	obtain 10 credits from courses labelled OD in Table 1.
6.	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics (BSCHE)
6.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, a student shall:
	6.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	6.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	6.1.3	obtain at least 160 credits of which no more than 40 credits shall be obtained at Foundation level; and
	6.1.4	obtain at least 40 credits in courses at Higher level; and
	6.1.5	successfully complete the prescribed programme of studies.
6.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student must:
	6.2.1	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled F in Table 1. Where SCI S102 is taken, a student must in addition complete either MATH S112/MATH S122 or MATH S282; and
	6.2.2	successfully complete 70 credits from the compulsory courses (labelled CH in Table 1); and
	6.2.3	obtain at least 20 credits from the remaining core courses at Higher level (labelled EH in Table 1); and
	6.2.4	successfully complete 10 credits from the Computing optional courses (labelled TH in Table 1); and
	6.2.5	successfully complete 10 credits from the Design optional courses (labelled DH in Table 1); and
	6.2.6	successfully complete 10 credits from courses labelled BH; and
	6.2.7	successfully complete additional courses, as necessary, from any Foundation, Middle or Higher level courses offered by the University, provided that, of the total 160 credits, no more than 40 are gained at Foundation level.
7.	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics (through Pathway 1) (BSCHE1)
7.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, a student who entered the programme through Pathway 1 shall:
	7.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	7.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	7.1.3	obtain at least 80 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations as appropriate to the degree for which notice has been given.
7.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student who entered the programme through Pathway 1 must:
	7.2.1	successfully complete 30 credits from Middle level courses labelled CH, courses labelled TH or DH in Table 1, of which at most 10 credits are allowed from each of TH or DH; and
	7.2.2	complete ELEC S402; and
	7.2.3	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled EH in Table 1; and
	7.2.4	successfully complete 10 credits from courses labelled BH in Table 1.
8.	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics (through Pathway 2) (BSCHE2)
8.1	To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, a student who entered the programme through Pathway 2 shall:
	8.1.1	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	8.1.2	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees; and
	8.1.3	obtain at least 130 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations as appropriate to the degree for which notice has been given.
8.2	For the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, the University has prescribed that a student who entered the programme through Pathway 2 must:
	8.2.1	obtain 10 credits from either MATH S121 or MATH S122; and
	8.2.2	sucessfully complete 70 credits from courses labelled CH in Table 1; and
	8.2.3	successfully complete 20 credits from courses labelled EH in Table 1; and
	8.2.4	successfully complete 10 credits from courses labelled TH in Table 1; and
	8.2.5	successfully complete 10 credits from courses labelled DH in Table 1; and
	8.2.6	successfully complete 10 credits from courses labelled BH in Table 1; and
9.	Each degree with Honours shall be conferred with a classification of First Class, Second Class (Upper Division), Second Class (Lower Division) or Third Class save that exceptionally a degree may be conferred without classification.
10.	Subject to the requirement of the relevant programme of study, each person on whom an Honours degree is to be conferred shall be assigned to a classification determined by the University according to its regulations.
11.	For the calculation of scores for classification purposes in the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Electronics, the University has deemed that “Group (a)” shall consist of course ELEC S402 The Project Course plus the best 20 credits in courses at Higher level listed in Table 1, and that “Group (b)” shall consist of the best 40 credits in courses at Higher or Middle level listed in Table 1, where such credits are not taken into account in “Group (a)”. Further, that “X” shall equal two, that is “Group (a)” shall be weighted at twice the value of “Group (b)”. (Refer to the paragraphs on Classification of the Degree with Honours of the Regulations for the Award of Undergraduate Degrees.)

Table 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	BSCE	BSCHE	Honours Classification Group
Foundation level
BUS B100 ^1,3,5,11	Business Communication	5	F	F	—
BUS B103 ^1,3,11	English and Communications for Business I	5	F	F	—
MATH S101 ^1,5	Mathematics: A Foundation Course	20	F	F	—
MATH S111 ^1,2,5/ MATH S121 ^1,2	A Foundation in Pure Mathematics	10	F	F	—
MATH S112 ^1,2,5/ MATH S122 ^1,2	A Foundation in Applied Mathematics	10	F	F	—
SCI S102 ^1,5	A Science Foundation Course	20	F	F	—
SCI S111 ^1,5/ SCI S121 ^1,5,14	A Foundation Course in Physics and Chemistry	10	F	F	—
SCI S123 ^1,14	Foundation Phsycis	5	F	F	—
SCI S124 ^1,14	Foundation Chemistry	5	F	F	—
Middle level
ELEC S202 ^1,5,6	Analogue and Digital Electronics	20	CD	CH	b
ELEC S222 ^1,6	Electronics Principles and Digital Design	10	CD	CH	b
ELEC S225 ^1,6	Analogue Circuits	10	CD	CH	b
MATH S204 ^1,5,7	Mathematical Models and Methods	20	CD	CH	b
MATH S207 ^1,5,7	Mathematical Methods, Models and Modelling	20	CD	CH	b
MATH S221 ^1,7	Mathematical Methods	10	CD	CH	b
MATH S222 ^1,7	Mathematical Models with Applications	10	CD	CH	b
PHYS S271	Discovering Physics	10	CD	CH	b
ENGG S238 ^1,5,10	Quality and Reliability	10	OD	BH	b
MGT B240 ¹	Principles and Practices of Management	5	OD	BH	b
MGT B290 ^1,5	Organizational Behaviour	5	OD	BH	b
DESN S217 ^1,13	Design Essentials	10	OD	DH	b
MECH S264 ^1,5,13	Design: Principles and Practice	10	OD	DH	b
COMP S201 ¹	Computing Fundamentals with Java	10	OD	TH	b
COMP S205 ^1,5	Fundamentals of Computing	20	OD	TH	b
COMP S210 ^1,5	Computing Fundamentals	10	OD	TH	b
COMP S258	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	10	OD	TH	b
COMP S260 ¹	Computer Architecture and Operating Systems	10	OD	TH	b
ELEC S203 ^1,5,9	The Digital Computer	10	OD	TH	b
ELEC S212	Network Programming and Design	10	OD	TH	b
ELEC S223 ^1,5,9	Microprocessor-based Computers	10	OD	TH	b
ELEC S224 ^1,9	Computers and Processors	10	OD	TH	b
MATH S261 ⁵	Mathematics in Computing	10	OD	TH	b
ENGG S228 ³	Engineers in Society	5	F/OD	F/BH	b
MATH S282 ^1,5	Modelling with Mathematics: An Introduction	10	F	F	b
Higher level
MGT B343 ^1,5,12	Managing in Organizations	10	OD	BH	a or b
MGT B344 ^1,12	Theory and Design of Organizations	5	OD	BH	a or b
MGT B345 ^1,12	Managing in Organizations	5	OD	BH	a or b
MGT B346 ^1,5	Theories and Practices of Organizational Behaviour	5	OD	BH	a or b
SCI S319 ^1,5,10	Quality Management for Science and Technology	5	OD	BH	a or b
SCI S409 ^1,5,10	Safety and Reliability for Science and Technology	5	OD	BH	a or b
TC S319 ^1,10	Quality Management for Science and Technology	5	OD	BH	a or b
TC S409 ^1,10	Safety and Reliability for Science and Technology	5	OD	BH	a or b
DESN S364	Fundamentals of Interaction Design	10	OD	DH	a or b
ENGG S362	Design and Innovation	10	OD	DH	a or b
MATH S361 ^1,5/ MATH S365 ¹	Graphs, Networks and Design	10	OD	DH	a or b
MECH S363 ⁵	Computer-aided Design	10	OD	DH	a or b
COMP S311 ¹	Advanced Java Programming and Mobile Application Development	10	OD	TH	a or b
COMP S356 ¹	Software Engineering and Project Management	10	OD	TH	a or b
COMP S366 ^1,5	Computer and Network Architectures	10	OD	TH	a or b
COMP S357 ^1,5,8	Data Models and Databases	10	OD	TH	a or b
COMP S358 ^1,5,8	Relational Databases	10	OD	TH	a or b
COMP S359^1,8	Relational Databases: Theory and Practice	10	OD	TH	a or b
ELEC S396 ⁵	Artificial Intelligence for Technology	10	OD	TH	a or b
MATH S353 ^1,5	Programming and Programming Languages	10	OD	TH	a or b
MATH S355 ^1,5	Topics in Software Engineering	10	OD	TH	a or b
MATH S371 ⁵	Computational Mathematics	10	OD	TH	a or b
ELEC S322 ^1,5	Digital Telecommunications	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ELEC S323 ¹	Information Theory and Digital Communications	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ELEC S334	Signal Processing and Multimedia Technology	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ELEC S354 ^1,5	Inside Electronic Devices	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ELEC S393 ^1,5	Electronic Materials and Devices	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ENGG S356	Engineering Small Worlds: Micro and Nano Technologies	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
MECH S394 ⁵	Control Engineering	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
MECH S395	Mechatronics	10	HD/OD	EH	a or b
ELEC S402	Electronics Project Course	20	—	CH	a ⁴

Notes:

Courses form excluded combinations with other courses. Only one of the courses of the excluded combinations can count towards an OUHK award. Students should refer to the list of excluded combinations for details.
Students who are weak in mathematics are strongly advised to take either MATH S111/MATH S121 or MATH S112/MATH S122 in courses labelled F.
Students in BSc with Honours programme intending to apply for membership of professional engineering societies are advised to take BUS B100/BUS B103 and ENGG S228.
Course ELEC S402 will be compulsorily included in “Group(a)” for Honours Classification purposes.
Courses no longer available.
Successful completion of ELEC S202 is considered as completion of ELEC S222 and ELEC S225.
Successful completion of MATH S204/MATH S207 is considered as completion of MATH S221 and MATH S222.
Successful completion of COMP S357/COMP S358 is considered as completion of COMP S359.
Successful completion of ELEC S203/ELEC S223 is considered as completion of ELEC S224.
Successful completion of SCI S319/TC S319 and SCI S409/TC S409 are considered as completion of ENGG S238.
Successful completion of BUS B100 is considered as completion of BUS B103.
MGT B343 has been replaced by MGT B344 and MGT B345. Successful completion of MGT B343 is considered as completion of MGT B344 and MGT B345.
Successful completion of MECH S264 is considered as completion of DESN S217.
SCI S121 has been replaced by SCI S123 and SCI S124. Successful completion of SCI S121 is considered as completion of SCI S123 and SCI S124.

October 2019