Selection Criteria for Stream Allocation

For students who are admitted to BA in Chinese and History of Normative 4-year degree students will be invited to indicate their choice of Stream in Semester B of their first year. The allocation of Stream will be conducted in June-July, and the allocated Stream for students will take effect from their Year 2.
The above provision does not apply to students already admitted with a Stream.
Students who are on leave of absence in either Semester A or Semester B of their first year will still be included in the Stream allocation exercise. Students who are on leave in both Semesters A and B of their first year will be excluded from the entire Stream allocation exercise in that year. They will be invited to participate in a future Stream allocation exercise, and shall be subject to the selection criteria for Stream allocation stipulated for the future exercise that they will participate in.

The selection criteria for Stream allocation in Year 2 are in the following order of priority:

Priority of students’ stream preferences
Cumulative GPA at the end of Semester B in Year 1 (after admitting to BACHIS programme)
Results of Departmental Foundation Courses: CAH2610, CAH2611, CAH2612, CAH2613 and CAH2614
Results of the 1 to 2 stream core courses taken in Year 1