Students with a research master’s degree are required to complete a minimum of 33 units (for full-time students) / 39 units (for part-time students) of coursework for graduation.

(i) HIST7010

3 units

(ii) HIST7101

3 units

9 units

HIST7000- or HIST5000-level courses, which are related to the major, first supporting and second supporting fields respectively, and have not been taken for credit before.

Subject to supervisor’s recommendation and Division Head’s approval, students are allowed to choose up to 3 units of HIST4000-level course in the undergraduate curriculum, and these will count towards minimum course units for graduation if they achieve a course grade of B- or above.

Subject to supervisor’s recommendation and Division Head’s approval, students may choose a discipline offered in another Division as the second supporting field. In such case, a graduate level coursework of 3 units offered by the Division concerned may replace the 3 units of coursework in the second supporting field.

18 units (FT)/ 24 units (PT)

Thesis Preparation: A student is required to take HIST8001 “Thesis Guidance” in each term until his/her thesis is finally submitted. The course carries a total of 3 ungraded pass-or-fail units in each term. The student’s performance will be shown on record but will not be counted towards the calculation of GPA.

After completion of at least 12 units of coursework, a student will take and pass an oral qualifying examination before advancement to the Ph.D. candidature.

The oral qualifying examination will cover the student’s major and first supporting fields and will be conducted in accordance with regulations as laid down by the Division.

Students are required to pass the qualifying examination within the maximum period stipulated below:

With research Master’s	Full-time	24 months
	Part-time	32 months
Without research Master’s	Full-time	36 months
	Part-time	48 months

(a)

Students are required to submit a research thesis and pass an oral examination for graduation.

(b)

IT Proficiency Test. (Please refer to “Student IT Competence”.)

All Ph.D. students are required to study a third language, other than Chinese and English, at University level for 12 units or 156 hours with satisfactory result. This requirement may be waived if the student is able to demonstrate proficiency in that language to the satisfaction of the Division.

All Ph.D. students should present at least one paper at a local workshop or international conference before completion of programme.

A student who obtains a cumulative grade point average (GPA) below 2.0 in the preceding term or receives a failure grade in thesis monitoring course (for Research Postgraduate Programmes) will be put on academic probation. For details, please refer to Clause 14.0 “Unsatisfactory Performance and Discontinuation of Studies” of the General Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies which can be accessed from the Graduate School Homepage: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss.

Complete an Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) module on “Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research”. This will be an online module and relevant information can be accessed from the website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/ipl/29.htm.

In the early stage of study, a student will choose a major field, a first supporting field and a second supporting field from the fields of specialization listed below. An advisory committee consisting of one or two supervisors from the major field and one each from the first and second supporting fields will then be formed to supervise the student.

Students admitted to the Gender Studies/History Programme will be exempted from two elective courses.