A1/715(b)

A22/813
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
FACULTY OF ARTS

Application for Credit Transfer for Exchange Studies

[Applicable to all BA students and BA&LLB Year 1 – 3 students]

*Please delete as appropriate

Part I: General Information

(a) Personal Particulars

Name: BA Year: University No.:

Surname First Name

Contact No.: (Mobile) HKU Email: @hku.hk

For Year 2 or above students only:

OPTIONAL
Arts Additional Additional
Major: Major: Minor(s):

(b) Information on the host institution

Exchange for 1st/ 2nd / full-year/ summer semester only * in the academic year of

Name of the host institution:

Country:

Total no. of semesters/ terms in an academic year (excluding optional summer

semester, if any):

Normal study load for exchange students per semester/ term: credits

First day of teaching of each exchange semester/ term:

Last day of each designated add/ drop period of each exchange semester/ term:

Note: Supporting documents related to the dates of exchange semesters and study load of the host
institution should be attached.

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Part II: Application for Credit Transfer before Departure for Exchange
(to be submitted to the Arts Faculty Office via email (arts@hku.hk) at least 6 weeks prior to the start of the
exchange semester at the host institution) *Please delete as appropriate

(a) Course studied at host institution (b) Fulfilment of graduation (c) For official use only
[#Please mark the corresponding “No.” on the cover of each attachment, e.g. Course No. 1] requirement at HKU Programme Faculty
Proposed HKU- Course
Course type*
Course equivalent course fulfilment^: HKU
No.# Course title Credit(s) Approval*^ (Intro/ Advanced/
code (if applicable)/ Major/ Minor/ @ credits
Capstone )
Related Programme Free elective
e.g. LIN1000 Introduction to linguistics 4 LING1000 (or LING) LCOM Major Yes/ No I/ A/ C
1. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
2. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
3. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
4. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
5. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
6. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
7. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
8. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
9. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
10. Yes/ No I/ A/ C

Student signature: Name of host institution: Signature:

Student name and Head of

BA Year:
University no.: Programme:
Date: Date:

^ Any course which is rejected for a major or minor may be considered as a free elective course, subject to Programmes’ approval.
@
Students are normally expected to complete the capstone requirement of their Arts majors at HKU. Only under very special circumstances can final-year students be permitted to transfer
credits to fulfill the capstone requirement.

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Part III: Confirmation of Course Enrollment for Credit Transfer during Exchange
(to be submitted to the Arts Faculty Office via email (arts@hku.hk) after the add/ drop period but no later than 1
month after the commencement of the exchange semester at the host institution) *Please delete as appropriate

Notes
1. Applicants who have no subsequent course change to the approved credit transfer scheme should copy the information from Part II to the following table; or
2. Applicants who wish to add new courses for credit transfer during the add/ drop period should obtain prior approval from the Programmes concerned before submitting
this section to the Arts Faculty Office. Supporting documents showing the Programmes’ approval for the newly-added courses, course syllabuses and course outlines
should be attached. Other courses formerly approved for credit transfer in Part II which are still valid should also be copied to the following table.

(b) Fulfilment of graduation (c) For official use only

(a) Course studied at host institution
requirement at HKU Programme Faculty
Newly- Proposed HKU- Course
Course type*
Course added equivalent course fulfilment^: HKU
No. Course title Credit(s) Approval*^ (Intro/ Advanced/
code course (if applicable)/ Major/ Minor/ credits
Capstone@)
(/) Related Programme Free elective
1. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
2. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
3. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
4. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
5. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
6. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
7. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
8. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
9. Yes/ No I/ A/ C
10. Yes/ No I/ A/ C

Student signature: Name of host institution: Signature:

Student name and Head of

BA Year:
University no.: Programme:
Date: Date:

^ Any course which is rejected for a major or minor may be considered as a free elective course, subject to Programmes’ approval.
@
Students are normally expected to complete the capstone requirement of their Arts majors at HKU. Only under very special circumstances can final-year students be permitted to transfer
credits to fulfill the capstone requirement.