Higher Diploma in Digital Communication

Regulations for the Higher Diploma in Digital Communication

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These regulations are made under paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications (Sub-degrees).

In these regulations definitions shall apply as in the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications and in the Interpretation Section of the Academic Rules and Regulations.

Higher Diploma in Digital Communication (HDDC) (See Note 7)
1.	To be eligible for the award of the Higher Diploma in Digital Communication, a student shall:
	a)	comply with the Regulations for Admission, Registration and Maintenance of Status; and
	b)	comply with the Regulations for the Award of Sub-degree Qualifications (Sub-degrees); and
	c)	obtain at least 90 credits in courses prescribed by the regulations including at least 10 credits from Higher level courses and no more than 10 credits at Pre-foundation level.
2.	For the Higher Diploma in Digital Communication, the University has prescribed that a student must:
	a)	obtain 10 credits from courses labelled CE in Table 1; and
	b)	obtain 10 credits from courses labelled FD in Table 1; and
	c)	obtain 50 credits from compulsory courses labelled CP in Table 1; and
	d)	obtain 20 credits from courses labelled OP in Table 1.

Table 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	HDDC
Pre-foundation level
EDU L010 ^1,2,3/ EDU L080 ^1,2,3	Study Skills	5	CE
ENGL L020 ^1,2,3 / ENGL E070 ^1,2	English for Post-secondary Study	5	CE
MATH L030 ³	Foundations in General Mathematics	5	CE
Foundation level
CHIN L124C ³	Chinese Business Communication	5	CE
ENGL A122 ²	Presentation Skills	5	CE
PTH E150C ²	Foundation Putonghua	5	CE
IT E150 ^2,⁶	Information Technology for Learning	5	CP
MGT B160 ²	Business Management Fundamentals	5	CP
MGT L162 ^3,⁶	Managing Quality	5	CP
MATH S111 ^1,2,3 / MATH S121 ^1,2	A Foundation in Pure Mathematics	10	FD
MATH S112 ^1,2,3 / MATH S122 ^1,2	A Foundation in Applied Mathematics	10	FD
Middle level
ELEC S202 ^2,3,5	Analogue and Digital Electronics	20	CP
ELEC S211	Fundamentals of Communications Technology	10	CP
ELEC S222 ^2,5	Electronics Principles and Digital Design	10	CP
ELEC S225 ^2,5	Analogue Circuits	10	CP
COMP S201 ^1,2	Computing Fundamentals with Java	10	OP
COMP S205 ^2,3	Fundamentals of Computing	20	OP
COMP S210 ^1,2,3	Computing Fundamentals	10	OP
COMP S251 ^2,3	Pascal Programming and Symbolic Software	10	OP
COMP S258	Computer Programming and Problem Solving	10	OP
ELEC S223 ^1,2,3	Microprocessor-based Computers	10	OP
ELEC S224 ^1,2	Computers and Processors	10	OP
PHYS S271	Discovering Physics	10	OP
Higher level
ELEC S322 ^2,3,4	Digital Telecommunications	10	CP
ELEC S323 ^2,4	Information Theory and Digital Communications	10	CP

Notes:

The following is a list of phased out and replacement courses. Successful completion of the older version will be considered as completion of the newer version.

	Phased out courses		Replacement courses
	COMP S210		COMP S201
	EDU L010		EDU L080
	ELEC S203, ELEC S223		ELEC S224
	ENGL L020		ENGL E070
	MATH S101		MATH S111/MATH S121 and MATH S112/MATH S122
	MATH S282		MATH S112/MATH S122

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.
Courses no longer available.
Successful completion of ELEC S322 is considered as completion of ELEC S323.
Successful completion of ELEC S202 is considered as completion of ELEC S222 and ELEC S225.
Successful completion of IT L150 or MGT L162 is considered as completion of IT E150.
The programme of Higher Diploma in Digital Communication has been phased out from 2021 Spring term. The University will continue to confer the award of the Higher Diploma in Digital Communication up to December 2025.

March 2021