Several attributes are used to describe our courses

  1. Compulsory: A course specified for a degree/programme which a student must take and pass before graduation
  2. Elective: A course which a student may choose in order to make up the required additional credits
    for the award of a degree.
  3. Prerequisite: A course whose knowledge is essential for another specified course
  4. Concurrent: A specified course at the same level which must be taken during the same semester.
  5. Required: A course specified by a Department which students must take. The minimum standard to
    be attained by students offering such a course is D to earn credit
  6. Credit value: A measure of the strength (contact hours) of the course

A prerequisite shall be fulfilled by attaining a pass in the course. However, a student who fails the course but scores a minimum of D in it shall be deemed to have met the prerequisite requirement, but will not earn any credit for the course if it is compulsory for his/her programme.