Minor in Computing

To claim a Minor in Computing, different schemes are available depending on the admitted year of a student.  The following tables illustrate the details of the schemes.

New scheme available to students admitted in all years

Basic Modules

At least 2 modules from the following:

  • COM1101/MSIM1201 Programming Methodology or COM2005 Introduction to Computer Programming
  • COM1102 Programming and Data Structures (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM1103 Computer System
  • COM2103 Database Design and Management (PR:COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005

Advanced Modules

At least 3 modules from the following:

  • COM3101 Software Engineering (PR: COM1102)
  • COM3102 Computing Technologies in Web Applications (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3103 Artificial Intelligence (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3104 Mobile Computing (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3106 Frontiers in Computing
  • COM3107 Machine Learning Techniques and Applications (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)

Alternative scheme for students enrolled before AY2020/2021

For students admitted in AY2020/21 or before, they are also eligible to fulfill the requirements of Minor in Computing as stated in the following table.

Basic Modules

At least 2 modules from the following:

  • COM1101 Programming Methodology
  • COM1102 Programming and Data Structures (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM2103 Database Design and Management(PR:COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)

Advanced Modules

At least 3 modules from the following:

  • COM3101 Software Engineering (PR: COM1102)
  • COM3102 Computing Technologies in Web Applications (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3103 Artificial Intelligence (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3104 Mobile Computing (PR: COM1101/MSIM1201/COM2005)
  • COM3105 E-commerce Application Development (PR: COM2103/MSIM3201)
  • COM3106 Frontiers in Computing
  • COM3201 Human-Computer Interaction
  • COM4201 User Experience Designs
  • COM4301 Internet Culture

LegendPR: Prerequisite

Notes:

1.  BA-AHCC and BSC-AC students are not eligible for declaring a Minor in Computing
2.  COM1101 and MSIM1201 are co-listed modules which share the same module name ‘Programming Methodology’.