The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registration and Examinations Section
1st Term Course Registration and Add/Drop, 2020-21
for Year 2 or above Students
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First Term Course Selection |
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Students should logon CUSIS and register 1st term courses on their own according to the following schedules. |
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12 August (Wednesday) |
*10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. |
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 |
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14 August (Friday) |
10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. |
Year 3 students and Year 2 students admitted with Advanced Standing |
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20 August (Thursday) |
10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. |
Year 2 students |
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* Login time is from 10:00 a.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 11:00 a.m. |
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Students MUST check their time appointment for course selection in “Enrollment Dates” under CUSIS from 5 August. If there is any discrepancy, please report to RES by e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). |
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Information for First Term Course Selection |
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Students MUST check Teaching Timetable for 1st term 2020-21 under CUSIS and the following information on RES homepage (http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk) from 3 August. If there are any questions, please contact RES or course offering departments concerned. |
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• Information on University Core Requirements |
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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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• 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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# Students who need to exceed term course load should download the form “Application for Exceeding Term Course Load” under “Applications” of RES homepage and submit it to Major Programme according to the specified deadlines, unless Major Programme has already made prior arrangements. |
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When students check the information on Teaching Timetable, please note the following new features: Teaching Mode, and “Class Notes” that has information of the course outlines including assessment schemes for different scenarios provided by the course teachers. Students can enquire the “Class Notes” by clicking “Class Number” of the course in “Teaching Timetable by Subject / Department” under CUSIS. Please note that Teaching Mode and “Class Notes” are subject to change. |
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System Functions under CUSIS for Course Enrolment |
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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 5 August, students may logon CUSIS to search and pre-select courses they wish to enroll for 1st 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, by 10 August 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 validate again the pre-selected 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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1st Term Add/Drop Arrangements |
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e-add/drop under CUSIS: |
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• 14 September (Monday 8:30 p.m.) – 20 September (Sunday 8:30 p.m.) |
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Add/Drop at Departments: |
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• 21 September (Monday) – 25 September (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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2nd Term Course Selection & Add/Drop |
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Course selection and add/drop schedule for 2nd term 2020-21 has been announced in the University Almanac. E-mail notification will be sent around early November on the details. |
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Typhoon and Rainstorm Arrangements for Course Selection and Add/drop |
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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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: | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | |||
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Fax |
: | 2603 5129 | ||
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Telephone |
: | 3943 9888 | ||
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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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1 August 2020 |