Double Degree Programme in Engineering & Economics
Cohorts 2017/2018 and 2018/2019
Single Honours
Requirements | Modular credits (MCs) | Remarks |
(A) University Level Requirement | 20 | These modules are classified as CA. |
General education modules:
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4 per module | Only 1 set needs to be completed toward the fulfilment of both BEng and BA degrees. |
(B) Engineering Programme Requirement | 100 or 104 | These modules are classified as C1. |
Core modules and electives * | 100 or 104 | 100 MCs for all BEng programmes except Civil Engineering which requires 104 MCs. |
Vacation internship / industrial attachment | – | Exempted for DDP students. |
(C) FASS Faculty Requirement | 16 | These modules are classified as C2. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Asian Studies | 4 | Choose one of the following: CH1101E, CL1101E, JS1101E, MS1102E, SE1101E, SN1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Social Sciences | 4 | To be satisfied by EC1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Humanities | 4 | Choose one of the following: EL1101E, EN1101E, TS1101E, HY1101E, GET1029. |
FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts & Social Sciences
or FAS1102 Public Writing & Communication |
4 | CEG students must read FAS1101 while all other Engineering students must read FAS1102. |
(D) Economics Major Requirement | 36 | These modules are classified as C2. |
Essential modules ** | 24 | EC2101, EC2102, EC2104, EC3101, EC3102, EC3303. |
Electives ** | 12 | At least 8 MCs must be at Level 3000. |
(D) Common Modules | 8 | These modules count towards both BEng and BA degrees. They are classified as CA. |
One BEng module | 4 | |
One Economics module | 4 | |
Total (minimum) | 180 or 184 | DDP students in Civil Engineering must meet a minimum of 184 MCs. |
* CS2101 (for CEG students) and ES1531 (for all other Engineering students) are classified as CA.
** EC2104 is replaced by a Level 2000 or Level 3000 EC-coded module.
Double Honours
(for students whose home faculty is Engineering)
Requirements | Modular credits (MCs) | Remarks |
(A) University Level Requirement | 20 | These modules are classified as CA. |
General education modules:
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4 per module | Only 1 set needs to be completed toward the fulfilment of both BEng and BSocSci degrees. |
(B) Engineering Programme Requirement | 80 or 84 | These modules are classified as C1. |
Core modules and electives * | 80 or 84 | 80 MCs for all BEng programmes except Civil Engineering which requires 84 MCs. |
Vacation internship / industrial attachment | – | Exempted for DDP students. |
(C) FASS Faculty Requirement | 16 | These modules are classified as C2. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Asian Studies | 4 | Choose one of the following: CH1101E, CL1101E, JS1101E, MS1102E, SE1101E, SN1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Social Sciences | 4 | To be satisfied by EC1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Humanities | 4 | Choose one of the following: EL1101E, EN1101E, TS1101E, HY1101E, GET1029. |
FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts & Social Sciencesor
FAS1102 Public Writing & Communication |
4 | CEG students must read FAS1101 while all other Engineering students must read FAS1102. |
(D) Economics Major Requirement | 57 | These modules are classified as C2. |
Essential modules ** | 28 | EC2101, EC2102, EC2104, EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, EC3304. |
Electives ** | 29 | At least 25 MCs must be at Level 4000 while the remaining 8 MCs at Level 3000. |
(D) Common Modules | 28 | These modules count towards both BEng and BSocSci degrees. They are classified as CA. |
Essential common module | 4 | |
One BEng module | 4 | |
One Economics module | 4 | |
XFE4401 Integrated Honours Project | 16 | |
Total (minimum) | 201 or 205 | DDP students in Civil Engineering must meet a minimum of 205 MCs. |
* CS2101 (for CEG students) and ES1531 (for all other Engineering students) are classified as CA.
** EC2104 is replaced by a Level 2000 or Level 3000 EC-coded module.
Double Honours
(for students whose home faculty is Arts & Social Sciences)
Requirements | Modular credits (MCs) | Remarks |
(A) University Level Requirement | 20 | These modules are classified as CA. |
General education modules:
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4 per module | Only 1 set needs to be completed toward the fulfilment of both BEng and BSocSci degrees. |
(B) Engineering Programme Requirement | 76 or 80 | These modules are classified as C2. |
Core modules and electives * | 76 or 80 | 76 MCs for all BEng programmes except Civil Engineering which requires 80 MCs. |
Vacation internship / industrial attachment | – | Exempted for DDP students. |
(C) FASS Faculty Requirement | 20 | These modules are classified as C1. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Asian Studies | 4 | Choose one of the following: CH1101E, CL1101E, JS1101E, MS1102E, SE1101E, SN1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Social Sciences | 4 | To be satisfied by EC1101E. |
Level 1000 exposure module – Humanities | 4 | Choose one of the following: EL1101E, EN1101E, TS1101E, HY1101E, GET1029. |
FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts & Social Sciences | 4 | All Engineering students except CEG must complete both modules. * |
FAS1102 Public Writing & Communication | 4 | |
(D) Economics Major Requirement | 57 | These modules are classified as C1. |
Essential modules ** | 28 | EC2101, EC2102, EC2104, EC3101, EC3102, EC3303, EC3304. |
Electives ** | 29 | At least 25 MCs must be at Level 4000 while the remaining 8 MCs at Level 3000. |
(D) Common Modules | 28 | These modules count towards both BEng and BSocSci degrees. They are classified as CA. |
Essential common module | 4 | |
One BEng module | 4 | |
One Economics module | 4 | |
XFA4401 Integrated Honours Thesis | 16 | |
Total (minimum) | 201 or 205 | DDP students in Civil Engineering must meet a minimum of 205 MCs. |
* For CEG students, FAS1101 is classified as C1 while CS2101 is read in lieu of FAS1102 and classified as CA. For all other Engineering students, FAS1102 is classified as C1 while FAS1101 is classified as CA and read in lieu of ES1531.
** EC2104 is replaced by a Level 2000 or Level 3000 EC-coded module.
Essential Common Modules
These modules replace the essential Economics module, EC2303 Foundations of Econometrics. These modules are alternative prerequisites for the later essential module, EC3303 Econometrics I. DDP students must read one of these modules even if they have already taken EC2303.
BEng programme | Essential common module |
Biomedical Engineering | BN2102 Bioengineering Data Analysis (4 MCs) |
Chemical Engineering | CN3421 Process Modelling & Numerical Simulation (4 MCs) |
Civil Engineering | CE2407 Engineering & Uncertainty Analysis (4 MCs) |
Computer Engineering | ST2334 Probability & Statistics (4 MCs) |
Electrical Engineering | EE2012 Analytical Methods in Electrical & Computer Engineering (4 MCs) |
Environmental Engineering | CE2407 Engineering & Uncertainty Analysis (4 MCs) |
Industrial & Systems Engineering | ST2334 Probability & Statistics (4 MCs) |
Materials Science & Engineering | ST1131 Introduction to Statistics (4 MCs) |
Mechanical Engineering | ST1131 Introduction to Statistics (4 MCs) |
Common Modules
Students need to take at least one BEng module and one Economics module from this list:
BEng programme | BEng modules that can be counted towards Economics requirement | Economics modules that can be counted towards BEng requirement |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Chemical Engineering |
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Civil Engineering |
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Computer Engineering |
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Electrical Engineering |
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Environmental Engineering |
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Industrial & Systems Engineering |
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Materials Science & Engineering |
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Mechanical Engineering |
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* 4 MCs from CN4122 (3 MCs) and CN4123R (1 MCs out of 6 MCs) will be counted towards the one BEng module requirement for the Common Modules.