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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration and Examinations Section
Second Term Course Registration and Add/Drop, 2023-24
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Second Term Course Registration |
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Please take note of the following schedules and complete course registration under CUSIS on the specified date. |
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1 November |
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Students should check their time appointment for course registration on CUSIS. |
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6 November |
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Students may put the courses intended to take in the Shopping Cart and check the eligibility of the courses using “Validate” function. |
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13 - 14 November |
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*Year 4 or above and final year students, Year 3 or above students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 2 or above students admitted to senior-year places can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 13 November to 8:30 p.m. on 14 November. |
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16 - 17 November |
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Year 3 students, Year 2 students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 1 students admitted to senior-year places can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 16 November to 8:30 p.m. on 17 November. |
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20 - 21 November |
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Year 2 students and Year 1 students admitted with Advanced Standing can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 20 November to 8:30 p.m. on 21 November. |
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23 - 24 November |
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Year 1 students can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 23 November to 8:30 p.m. on 24 November. |
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15 - 21 January 2024 |
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e-add/drop under CUSIS |
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* Logon time is from 8:30 p.m. for Year 5 or above students, Year 4 or above students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 3 or above students admitted to senior-year places. Other students’ login time is from 9:30 p.m. |
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Students MUST check their time appointment for course selection in “Enrollment Dates” under CUSIS from 1 November. If there is any discrepancy, please report to RES by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). |
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Students whose expected term of graduation is 1st term 2023-24 will NOT be given the time appointment for course registration. If they need to register courses in 2nd term, please approach Major Programme to seek approval to change the expected graduation term with special reasons. |
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Information for Second Term Course Registration |
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Students MUST check Teaching Timetable for 2nd term 2023-24 under CUSIS and the following information on RES homepage (http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk) from 1 November. If there are any questions, please contact RES or course offering departments concerned. |
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• University Core Requirements for Year 3/Year 2 Students | |||||||||||||||
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• University Core Requirements and Exemption for Year 1 Students |
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• Course Selection Information for Physical Education Courses |
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• Course Selection Information for University General Education Courses |
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• Course Selection Information for Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking Courses (ENGG1003/1004) | |||||||||||||||
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• General Regulations Concerning Registration and Course Selection
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Students should always check Major, Minor, and other University requirements stipulated under Undergraduate Student Handbook at the homepage of the Academic and Quality Section of the Registry. They may also use "My Academic Requirements" in "Academic Progress" tile under CUSIS to monitor their own academic progress and check their course fulfillment for graduation. |
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Before course registration, please enquire ‘Language’ under the Teaching Timetable for the language of instruction of each class. Students should communicate with the course teaching staff concerned if they have difficulty in understanding the language used in the class. |
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Application for Exceeding Term Course Load |
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Please observe the following University Regulations regarding course load to be taken in any academic term. |
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A student shall take at least 9 units and no more than 18 units of courses in any term within the normative study period, unless s/he is on first or extended academic probation as provided for in Regulation 5.2. A student shall take no more than 6 units of courses in each summer session, and no student shall be allowed to take more than 39 units in an academic year. |
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A student on academic probation shall take a maximum of 12 units per term during first probation, and a maximum of 9 units per term during extended probation. |
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Notwithstanding Regulation 5.1, under special circumstances a student may be allowed to take fewer than 9 units or more than 18 units in a term, or more than 39 units in an academic year if recommended by his/her Major Programme and approved by the Registrar, in accordance with such conditions as determined by the Senate from time to time. A student who fails to obtain such approval and (a) does not register for courses after the prescribed period may be required to suspend studies or considered to have withdrawn from studies at the University; or (b) register for a total unit of courses exceeding the stipulated maximum shall be required to drop an appropriate number of courses as deemed necessary. |
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For any students under special circumstances who have to apply for exceeding term course load, they MUST follow the following application periods to submit the application under CUSIS for exceeding course load. They MUST read the information on RES homepage prior to submitting the application. Year 1 students MUST also check the course load of their Major Department/Programme on this website before submitting the application.
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System Functions under CUSIS for Course Registration |
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Students may use the following system functions to validate, enroll, drop, swap and update (i.e. make changes to their tutorials) the courses. Details of the functions can be found in the User Guides posted at https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cusis/faqs-enrollment.html. |
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Validate courses using the function "Shopping Cart/Enroll Classes" (Appendix 1) |
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Starting from 6 November, students may logon CUSIS to search and pre-select courses they wish to enroll for 2nd term 2023-24 and put them into Shopping Cart*. Students can then click the button “Validate” to check whether their desired courses under the Shopping Cart have any timetable conflicts and whether they meet the course enrolment rules. Please note that “Validate” system function just helps students check the eligibility of enrolling their desired courses under the Shopping Cart. Students MUST logon CUSIS again during the above actual course selection schedule listed under (1) to finish the final enrolment process. Students are recommended to validate again their pre-selected courses before the actual course selection, since any changes in timetable and course enrolment rules may affect the previous course validation results. * Please also take special note that students can ONLY submit a maximum of one required Physical Education class and two University General Education classes in the Shopping Cart. |
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Pre-assigned Classes |
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Course enrolment records of College Assembly, compulsory College General Education courses and classes pre-assigned by departments will be uploaded onto CUSIS under “View My Classes”, where applicable, on or before 9 November for students’ enquiries. However, since there may be further adjustments, students should check again the pre-assigned classes prior to actual course selection. For detailed information of College Assembly and the arrangements of College General Education courses, please refer to respective Colleges’ websites. |
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University Core Requirements |
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Students should refer to “University Core Requirements and Exemption” (for Year 1 students) or “University Core Requirements for Year 3/Year 2 Students” (for Year 2 and above students) on RES homepage for registration of University core courses. |
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Required Physical Education (PHED) course |
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Except for students admitted with Advanced Standing or admitted to Senior-year Places who have already enrolled a required PHED course in 1st term and those of specified major programmes, all Year 1 students will be pre-assigned a course code PHED1000 under CUSIS. These students MUST replace PHED1000 by using “swap” function to register a required Physical Education course listed in the teaching timetable. For details, please refer to “Course Selection Information for Physical Education Courses” on RES homepage. For any Year 1 students who have special reasons for NOT taking the required Physical Education course, they must contact the Physical Education Unit. |
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Finish Course Enrolment (Appendix 2) |
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During the above specified period under (1), students MUST logon CUSIS and validate again the pre-select courses under the Shopping Cart, then follow instructions to finish the remaining steps of course enrolment. The enrolment results will be made known on a first-come-first-served basis, which can be seen by using the function ‘Enrollment Status’. |
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Enroll, Drop, Swap and Update Classes (Appendix 3) |
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Students can make use of the following system functions for course adjustments. |
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Enroll Classes: |
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Choose the classes and place in the Shopping Cart, click “Validate” to check the enrollment rules, and then click “Enroll” and follow the steps to finish enrolling course. |
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Drop Classes: |
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Choose the class intended to be dropped from the list of already enrolled classes, click “Drop Classes” and then “Yes” to confirm. |
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Swap Classes: |
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Select a class to drop from the already enrolled classes, and then use “Class Search” to select a class to add, then proceed to finish enrolling course. |
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Update Classes: |
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If a course comprises more than one tutorial sections (e.g. TUT01, TUT02) and the course offering department allows students to make changes on tutorial, students may use “Update Classes” to select another tutorial, if quota allows such changes. |
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Wait List |
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Students will be put into the wait list with “wait list position” when the class is full, if they indicate to be put in the wait list during course enrollment, on the condition that they fulfill the course enrolment rules. If some students drop the class or departments add quota after the course registration period, students on the wait list will enroll in the class automatically. Therefore, students on the wait list should check the course enrollment record daily to keep updated. Students MUST remove their name from the wait list on their own as soon as possible if they do not intend to take the course. |
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Important Notes for Course Enrolment |
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Course enrolment process under CUSIS is on a first-come-first-served basis and in batch mode, subject to fulfillment of course enrolment rules and availability of quotas. |
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Course enrolment rules embedded under CUSIS serve as system logic for accepting students into classes. If students encounter any problems in course registration and when system messages generated may not be so comprehensible from students’ view, please always refer to the detailed course enrolment rules under CUSIS. On fulfillment of “pre-requisite” condition, only course(s) taken at CUHK or exempted through proper approval by “Course & Unit Exemption” will be recognized as the ‘pre-requisite course’ under CUSIS. Equivalent course(s) taken or re-designation of courses will NOT be treated as the pre-requisite course in CUSIS. If students have any problems in course enrolment under the above condition, please seek advice from RES or the department concerned. |
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For tutorials, if a course comprises of a lecture and a tutorial, students are required to add both the lecture and tutorial at the same time in the course enrolment process. If departments have pre-assigned the tutorials, please observe departments’ announcement whether students may use “Update Classes” to make changes on their own, or must approach the course offering department for making the changes if “Add Consent” or “Drop Consent” is set. |
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If students want to add courses with “Add Consent” or drop courses with “Drop Consent”, they need to download and complete “Course Add/Drop Form for Undergraduate Course” and send the completed form by email to departments for approval and update on CUSIS. For postgraduate courses which departments do not allow students to enroll by themselves under CUSIS, they should download and complete “Course Add/Drop Form for Postgraduate Course” and send the completed form by email to departments for approval and return the endorsed form to RES for update on CUSIS. If students have other course registration problems, please contact RES or the department concerned by email for advice. |
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Always check “View My Classes” under CUSIS to get the most updated course enrolment records, since departments may make changes to their class schedules or cancel a course. |
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Always pay attention to the messages after enrolling classes since “ü” status does not mean the “add” or “drop” is successful. Please refer to the screen shot below. |
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Observe some smart tips on course enrolment from ITSC: |
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Each student should only make a single logon to CUSIS for course enrolment (http://portal.cuhk.edu.hk). ITSC may take action against any students who purposely write computer scripts for course enrolment or have multiple logins. |
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CUSIS will timeout after it has been idle for 20 minutes. |
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Check CUSIS client workstation hardware & software requirement at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cusis/com/cusis-PCrequirement.pdf. |
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OnePass password should be kept in strict confidence and should never be shared with others, since this password and the student ID number will enable others access to all personal and academic information kept in the student record system of the University. Please change your OnePass password on a periodic basis. |
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Second Term Add/Drop Arrangements in 2024 |
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e-add/drop under CUSIS: |
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• 15 January (Monday 8:30 p.m.) – 21 January (Sunday 8:30 p.m.) |
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Special Add/Drop at Departments: |
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• 22 January (Monday) – 26 January (Friday) during office hours |
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During the e-add/drop period, students should use the system functions under CUSIS to make adjustments to course enrolment. |
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Students should note that the wait list captured under CUSIS will remain in the system until the close of e-add/drop period, unless otherwise decided by the departments concerned. If students do not intend to take the course, they should remove their name from the wait list on their own as soon as possible. |
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Summer Session |
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Teaching timetable and course selection information for Summer Session to be held in 2024 will be announced around late-February and mid-March 2024 respectively. |
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Typhoon and Rainstorm Arrangements for Course Selection and Add/drop |
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Course registration and add/drop under CUSIS will NOT be suspended or postponed in any weather conditions. |
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Enquiry |
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For any enquiry, please contact RES: |
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Appendix 1: System Walkthrough for “Class Search” and “Validate” |
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Appendix 2: System Walkthrough for Finish Enrolling Courses |
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Appendix 3: System Walkthrough for Add, Drop, Swap and Update Classes |
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20 October 2023 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration and Examinations Section
Second Term Course Registration and Add/Drop, 2020-21
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Second Term Course Registration |
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Please take note of the following schedules and complete course registration under CUSIS on the specified date. |
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9 November |
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Students may put the courses intended to take in the Shopping Cart and check the eligibility of the courses using “Validate” function. |
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16 - 17 November |
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*Year 4 or above and final year students, Year 3 or above students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 2 or above students admitted to senior-year places can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 16 November to 8:30 p.m. on 17 November. |
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19 - 20 November |
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Year 3 students, Year 2 students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 1 students admitted to senior-year places can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 19 November to 8:30 p.m. on 20 November. |
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23 - 24 November |
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Year 2 students and Year 1 students admitted with Advanced Standing can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 23 November to 8:30 p.m. on 24 November. |
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26 - 27 November |
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Year 1 students can register courses; from 8:30 p.m. on 26 November to 8:30 p.m. on 27 November. |
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18 - 24 January 2021 |
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e-add/drop under CUSIS |
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* Logon time is from 8:30 p.m. for Year 5 or above students, Year 4 or above students admitted with Advanced Standing and Year 3 or above students admitted to senior-year places. Other students’ login time is from 9:30 p.m. |
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Students MUST check their time appointment for course selection in “Enrollment Dates” under CUSIS from 30 October. If there is any discrepancy, please report to RES by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). |
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Students whose expected term of graduation is 1st term 2020-21 will NOT be given the time appointment for course registration. If they need to register courses in 2nd term, please approach Major Programme to seek approval to change the expected graduation term with special reasons. |
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Information for Second Term Course Registration |
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Students MUST check Teaching Timetable for 2nd term 2020-21 under CUSIS and the following information on RES homepage (http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk) from 4 November. If there are any questions, please contact RES or course offering departments concerned. |
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• Updated Teaching Timetable |
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• Information on University Core Requirements and Exemption |
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• Course Selection Information for Physical Education Courses |
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• Course Selection Information for University General Education Courses |
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• Course Selection Information for Information Technology Foundation Course |
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• Department Announcement |
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• Frequently Asked Questions for Course Selection at CUSIS |
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• #General Regulations Concerning Registration and Course Selection
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To achieve a greener campus, a new e-Application System for exceeding course load has been developed. Starting from this term, students who need to exceed term course load should submit their application on RES homepage instead of using a hardcopy form for endorsement of the Major Programme in accordance with clause 5.3 of the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies (extracted below). Students must read the information on RES homepage prior to submitting the application. |
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Notwithstanding Regulation 5.1, under special circumstances a student may be allowed to take fewer than 9 units or more than 18 units in a term, or more than 39 units in an academic year if recommended by his/her Major Programme and approved by the Registrar, in accordance with such conditions as determined by the Senate from time to time. |
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The e-Application System for exceeding term course load will open from 2-11 November 2020 and 4-13 January 2021. For students who submit the application by the specified periods above, their course load will be updated under CUSIS before course registration in November 2020 or before course add/drop which begins on 18 January 2021 respectively. |
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System Functions under CUSIS for Course Registration |
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Due to CUSIS upgrade, some terminologies used for CUSIS have been changed. Students may use the following system functions to validate, enroll, drop, swap and update (i.e. make changes to their tutorials) the courses. Details of the functions can be found in the User Guides posted at https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/cusis/faqs-enrollment.html. |
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Validate courses using the function "Shopping Cart/Enroll Classes" (Appendix 1) |
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Starting from 9 November, students may logon CUSIS to search and pre-select courses they wish to enroll for 2nd term 2020-21 and put them into Shopping Cart*. Students can then click the button “Validate” to check whether their desired courses under the Shopping Cart have any timetable conflicts and whether they meet the course enrolment rules. Please note that “Validate” system function just helps students check the eligibility of enrolling their desired courses under the Shopping Cart. Students MUST logon CUSIS again during the above actual course selection schedule listed under (1) to finish the final enrolment process. Students are recommended to validate again their pre-selected courses before the actual course selection, since any changes in timetable and course enrolment rules may affect the previous course validation results. * Please also take special note that students can ONLY submit a maximum of one required Physical Education class and two University General Education classes in the Shopping Cart. |
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Pre-assigned Classes |
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Course enrolment records of College Assembly, compulsory College General Education courses and classes pre-assigned by departments will be uploaded onto CUSIS under “View My Classes”, where applicable, on or before 12 November for students’ enquiries. However, since there may be further adjustments, students should check again the pre-assigned classes prior to actual course selection. For detailed information of College Assembly and the arrangements of College General Education courses, please refer to respective Colleges’ websites. |
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University Core Requirements |
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Students should take note of “University Core Requirements for Year 3/Year 2 Students” on RES homepage and they will be pre-assigned the related Chinese and English courses, where applicable. |
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Finish Course Enrolment (Appendix 2) |
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During the above specified period under (1), students MUST logon CUSIS and check again the pre-select courses under the Shopping Cart, then follow instructions to finish the remaining steps of course enrolment. The enrolment results will be made known on a first-come-first-served basis, which can be seen by using the function ‘Enrollment Status’. |
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Enroll, Drop, Swap and Update Classes (Appendix 3) |
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Students can make use of the following system functions for course adjustments. |
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Enroll Classes: |
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Choose the classes and place in the Shopping Cart, click “Validate” to check the enrollment rules, and then click “Enroll” and follow the steps to finish enrolling course. |
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Drop Classes: |
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To choose the class intended to be dropped from the list of already enrolled classes, click “Drop Classes” and then “Yes” to confirm. |
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Swap Classes: |
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Select a class to drop from the already enrolled classes, and then use “Class Search” to select a class to add, then proceed to finish enrolling course. |
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Update Classes: |
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If a course comprises more than one tutorial sections (e.g. TUT01, TUT02) and the course offering department allows students to make changes on tutorial, students may use “Update Classes” to select another tutorial, if quota allows such changes. |
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Wait List |
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Students will be put into the wait list with “wait list position” when the class is full, if they indicate to be put in the wait list during course enrollment, on the condition that they fulfill the course enrolment rules. If some students drop the class or departments add quota after the course registration period, students on the wait list will enroll in the class automatically. Therefore, students on the wait list should check the course enrollment record daily to keep updated. Students MUST remove their name from the wait list on their own as soon as possible if they do not intend to take the course. |
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Important Notes for Course Enrolment |
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Course enrolment process under CUSIS is on a first-come-first-served basis and in batch mode, subject to fulfillment of course enrolment rules and availability of quotas. |
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Course enrolment rules embedded under CUSIS serve as system logic for accepting students into classes. If students encounter any problems in course registration and when system messages generated may not be so comprehensible from students’ view, please always refer to the detailed course enrolment rules under CUSIS. On fulfillment of “pre-requisite” condition, only course(s) taken at CUHK or exempted through proper approval by “Course & Unit Exemption” will be recognized as the ‘pre-requisite course’ under CUSIS. Equivalent course(s) taken or re-designation of courses will NOT be treated as the pre-requisite course in CUSIS. If students have any problems in course enrolment under the above condition, please seek advice from RES or the department concerned. |
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For tutorials, if a course comprises of a lecture and a tutorial, students are required to add both the lecture and tutorial at the same time in the course enrolment process. If departments have pre-assigned the tutorials, please observe departments’ announcement whether students may use “Update Classes” to make changes on their own, or must approach the course offering department for making the changes if “Add Consent” or “Drop Consent” is set. |
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If students want to add courses with “Add Consent” or drop courses with “Drop Consent”, they need to download and complete “Course Add/Drop Form for Undergraduate Course” and send the completed form by email to departments for approval and update on CUSIS. For postgraduate courses which departments do not allow students to enroll by themselves under CUSIS, they should download and complete “Course Add/Drop Form for Postgraduate Course” and send the completed form by email to departments for approval and return the endorsed form to RES for update on CUSIS. If students have other course registration problems, please contact RES or the department concerned by email for advice. |
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Always check “View My Classes” under CUSIS to get the most updated course enrolment records, since departments may make changes to their class schedules or cancel a course. |
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Always pay attention to the messages after enrolling classes since “ü” status does not mean the “add” or “drop” is successful. Please refer to the screen shot below. |
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Second Term Add/Drop Arrangements in 2021 |
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e-add/drop under CUSIS: |
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• 18 January (Monday 8:30 p.m.) – 24 January (Sunday 8:30 p.m.) |
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Add/Drop at Departments: |
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• 25 January (Monday) – 29 January (Friday) during office hours |
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During the e-add/drop period, students should use the system functions under CUSIS to make adjustments to course enrolment. |
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Students should note that the wait list captured under CUSIS will remain in the system until the close of e-add/drop period, unless otherwise decided by the departments concerned. If students do not intend to take the course, they should remove their name from the wait list on their own as soon as possible. |
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Summer Session |
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Teaching timetable and course selection information for Summer Session to be held in 2021 will be announced around late-February and mid-March 2021 respectively. |
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Typhoon and Rainstorm Arrangements for Course Selection and Add/drop |
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The system for course enrolment and course add/drop under CUSIS will NOT be suspended or postponed in any weather conditions. |
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Enquiry |
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For any enquiry, please contact RES: |
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Fax |
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Telephone |
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Website |
: | http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk | ||
Appendix 1: System Walkthrough for “Class Search” and “Validate” |
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Appendix 2: System Walkthrough for Finish Enrolling Courses |
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Appendix 3: System Walkthrough for Add, Drop, Swap and Update Classes |
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27 October 2020 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration and Examinations Section
All students under the Old Curriculum should observe the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies. Prior to course registration, students should pay attention to the relevant regulations extracted below.
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An applicant who has been offered admission to an approved course of study shall pay the fees and register with the Registry on the respective specified date/s and shall be considered to have enrolled in the approved course of study from the date of his first registration. Only under very special circumstances may an applicant who has been offered admission apply for deferment of his first registration. Such an application shall be made in writing to the Registrar. | |||
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A student shall register for courses on the specified date/s in each academic year. A student who does not register for courses after the prescribed period may be required to suspend studies or considered to have withdrawn from studies at the University. | |||
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A student who is unable to register for courses on the specified date/s must apply for deferment in writing to the Registrar beforehand. | |||
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A student shall not be registered simultaneously for another course of study or research leading to the award of a degree, diploma or certificate at this University or any other tertiary institution except by prior permission of the Board of the Faculty to which he belongs. A student in breach of this regulation shall be required to discontinue his studies at the University. | |||
4.5 |
A student registered for a full-time course of study shall not take up any full-time employment, paid or unpaid, during term time except by prior permission of the Board of the Faculty to which he belongs. | |||
4.6 |
A student shall register in the name which appears in his Hong Kong Identity Card or passport. | |||
4.7 |
A student shall inform the Registrar immediately of any change of name, address or other particulars entered in the student’s registration record. | |||
4.8 |
Only under very special circumstances may an applicant who has been recommended by the Undergraduate Examinations Board for graduation or has withdrawn from the University apply for change of his registered particulars. Such an application shall be made in writing with justification for approval by the Registrar. | |||
4.9 |
A student who has withdrawn from the University may, under very special circumstances, apply in writing to the Registrar for reinstatement as a student. Such an application shall be considered by the Board of the Faculty concerned. No students who have been required to discontinue their studies at the University because of unsatisfactory academic performance or have withdrawn to avoid such discontinuation shall be reinstated. |
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6.0 |
Course Requirements and Exemptions | |||
6.1 |
(a) | A Secondary 6 and a Secondary 7 entrant shall complete at least 123 and 99 units of courses respectively before graduation. | ||
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(b) | A second-year entrant shall complete at least 66 units of courses before graduation. | ||
6.2 |
(a) | A Secondary 6 or Secondary 7 entrant shall normally be required to complete before graduation up to 72 units of courses in his Major Programme, and meet the minimum grade required for specific courses (if any), as prescribed in the study scheme concerned. However, a student pursuing an Interdisciplinary Major Programme or a Major Programme which leads to professional qualifications may be required to complete more than 72 units. | ||
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(b) | A second-year entrant with an associate degree shall be required to complete before graduation up to 64 units of courses in his Major Programme, and meet the minimum grade required for specific courses (if any), as prescribed in the study scheme concerned. However, a student pursuing a Major Programme which leads to professional qualifications may be required to complete up to 67 units. | ||
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(c) | A second-year entrant with a higher diploma shall be required to complete before graduation up to 59 units of courses in his Major Programme, and meet the minimum grade required for specific courses (if any), as prescribed in the study scheme concerned. However, a student pursuing a Major Programme which leads to professional qualifications may be required to complete up to 62 units. | ||
6.3 |
A Minor Programme shall require 15 to 30 units of courses. | |||
6.4 |
(a) | A Secondary 6 or Secondary 7 entrant shall also complete before graduation the following requirements: | ||
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(i) | 2 units of Physical Education courses, to be taken in his first year of attendance; | ||
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(ii) | 15 units of General Education courses as prescribed by the University, and the College to which he is assigned. However, the requirement may be reduced by 3 units for students in certain Major Programmes as approved by the Senate; | ||
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(iii) | Faculty Language Requirement; | ||
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(iv) | IT Proficiency Test; and | ||
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(v) | Foundation Requirement (for Secondary 6 entrants only). | ||
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(b) | A second-year entrant shall also complete before graduation the following requirements: | ||
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(i) | 1 unit of Physical Education course; | ||
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(ii) | 7 units (for entrants with associate degrees) or 9 units (for entrants with higher diplomas) of General Education courses as prescribed by the University and the College to which he is assigned; | ||
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(iii) | IT Proficiency Test; and | ||
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(iv) | 3 units of Language Requirement (for entrants with higher diplomas only). | ||
6.5 |
A student who has failed in any required course shall retake that course or take a substitute course prescribed by the Department concerned. | |||
6.6 |
A student with recognized qualifications may be exempted from some courses and/or units required for graduation according to the procedure prescribed. Subject to the requirements given in Regulation 5.4, no student with such exemptions shall be allowed to graduate unless he shall have: | |||
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(a) | completed at least 60 units of courses at this University; | ||
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(b) | completed at least two-thirds of his Major requirements at this University; and | ||
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(c) | completed at least two-thirds of his Minor requirements at this University, if he wishes to graduate with a Minor. | ||
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7.0 |
Course Load | |||
7.1 |
A student shall take at least 12 units of courses in any term within the normative study period, unless he is on first or extended academic probation as provided for in Regulation 7.3. | |||
7.2 |
A student shall take no more than 18 units of courses in a term except with prior permission of his Major Department. However, no student shall be allowed to take more than 21 units in any term. | |||
7.3 |
A student on academic probation shall take a maximum of 15 units per term during first probation, and a maximum of 12 units per term during extended probation. | |||
7.4 |
A student shall take no more than 6 units of courses in each summer session, and no student shall be allowed to take more than 48 units in an academic year. | |||
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8.0 |
Selection of Courses | |||
8.1 |
A student shall select his courses according to the study scheme/s of his Major and/or Minor Programme/s. He shall be responsible for ensuring the timely completion of all requirements for graduation. | |||
8.2 |
A student shall not repeat any course which he has taken and passed or from which he has been exempted except as required by regulations which prescribe otherwise. | |||
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9.0 |
Course Withdrawals and Additions | |||
9.1 |
A student who wishes to apply for withdrawal or addition of course/s after the beginning of the teaching term shall complete the prescribed procedure and within the specified period as determined by the Senate from time to time. | |||
9.2 |
A student who withdraws from a course without going through the prescribed procedure shall be given a failure grade for the course. |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration and Examinations Section
All students under the New Curriculum should observe the General Regulations Governing Full-time Undergraduate Studies for Students admitted in and after 2012-13 under the new curriculum. Prior to course registration, students should pay attention to the relevant regulations extracted below.
4.0 | Course Requirement and Exemptions | |||
4.1 | A student admitted to a study programme with a normative study period of four years shall complete at least 123 units of courses before graduation. Students admitted to study programmes with normative study period other than four years or with qualifications eligible for Advanced Standing and/or unit exemptions shall complete the units of courses and other requirements as prescribed by the Major Programmes and the University as detailed in the Annex and the study scheme of each programme. | |||
4.2 | A student may register for one or more Minor Programmes, and shall complete the units of courses as prescribed by the Minor Programme/s as detailed in the Annex. | |||
4.3 | A student admitted to the University shall complete the University Core Requirements as determined by the Senate from time to time and detailed in the Annex and the study schemes of the programmes concerned. | |||
4.4 | A student with recognized post-secondary qualifications may be exempted from some courses and/or units required for graduation according to the procedure prescribed. Subject to the requirements given in Regulation 3.3, no student with such exemptions shall be allowed to graduate unless s/he shall have: | |||
(a) | completed at least 60 units of courses (senior-year places for Associate Degree/Higher Diploma holders and Dual Undergraduate Degree Programme admission quota of partner universities), 66 units of courses (Dual Undergraduate Degree Programme admission quota of the University), 72 units of courses (for a study programme with a normative study period of four years), 96 units of courses (for a study programme with a normative study period of five years) or 120 units of courses (for a study programme with a normative study period of six years) at this University; | |||
(b) | completed at least two-thirds of Major requirements at this University; and | |||
(c) | completed at least two-thirds of Minor requirements at this University, if applicable. | |||
5.0 | Course Load and Selection | |||
5.1 | A student shall take at least 9 units and no more than 18 units of courses in any term within the normative study period, unless s/he is on first or extended academic probation as provided for in Regulation 5.2. A student shall take no more than 6 units of courses in each summer session, and no student shall be allowed to take more than 39 units in an academic year. | |||
5.2 | A student on academic probation shall take a maximum of 12 units per term during first probation, and a maximum of 9 units per term during extended probation. | |||
5.3 | Notwithstanding Regulation 5.1, under special circumstances a student may be allowed to take fewer than 9 units or more than 18 units in a term, or more than 39 units in an academic year if recommended by his/her Major Programme and approved by the Registrar, in accordance with such conditions as determined by the Senate from time to time. A student who fails to obtain such approval and (a) does not register for courses after the prescribed period may be required to suspend studies or considered to have withdrawn from studies at the University; or (b) register for a total unit of courses exceeding the stipulated maximum shall be required to drop an appropriate number of courses as deemed necessary. | |||
5.4 | A student after election to the presidency of the Students Union of the University or a College or the vice-presidency of the University Students Union may, if s/he feels that his/her academic work will suffer through attendance to union duties, apply in writing to the Registrar with recommendation from the Board of the Faculty concerned for permission to take a reduced course load, which shall be no less than 6 units of courses in each teaching term, for not more than two consecutive terms during his/her term of office as University or College Students Union president or University Students Union vice-president. Such a student shall be required to pay all prescribed fees, and no student shall be granted this permission more than once. | |||
5.5 | The permission for reduced course load given in Regulation 5.4 shall not prejudice the student’s eligibility for any academic awards or financial assistance. | |||
5.6 | A student who has failed in any required course shall retake that course or take a substitute course prescribed by the Major Programme concerned. Students will be allowed to sit for supplementary examination for courses as specified by his/her Major Programme, and shall retake the course/s if they have failed in the supplementary examination. | |||
5.7 | A student shall not repeat any course which s/he has taken and passed except as required by regulations which prescribe otherwise. | |||
6.0 | Course Withdrawals and Additions | |||
6.1 | A student who wishes to apply for withdrawal or addition of course/s after the beginning of the teaching term shall complete the prescribed procedure and within the specified period as determined by the Senate from time to time. | |||
6.2 | A student who withdraws from a course without going through the prescribed procedure shall be given a failure grade for the course. |