Course Exemption Criteria
Students who have successfully completed a required course or its equivalent, either from HKU or a comparable institution, may apply for course exemption. Applications for exemption from taking Graduate School courses will be considered by the Graduate School, while exemptions from Faculty/departmental courses will be considered by the Faculty. For exemption from the Graduate School coursework components, students should have met the following criteria:
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Graduate School Module |
Course Exemption Criteria |
| Module 2: Introduction to Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methods | Successfully completed the required course or its equivalent, either from HKU or a comparable institution |
| Module 3: Thesis Writing | |
| Module 4: Responsible Conduct of Research | |
| Module 5: Stream-based Responsible Conduct of Research | |
Module 6: Transferable Skills
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Application Procedures
To apply for course exemption, students should submit the application form, together with the supporting documents (e.g. relevant syllabus and official transcript), preferably before the course selection period, but no later than two weeks before commencement of the semester. Exemption from courses is considered on a case-by-case basis.