Fully Online Common Core Courses in 2024-25

A total of 18 fully online Common Core (CC) courses (see list below) will be offered to HKU regular students during the first and second semesters of the academic year 2024-25.

All the class activities and assessments of these courses will be conducted online, and thus students would be able to complete the entire courses online. (Please note, however, that the class activities are scheduled at fixed times and students taking the courses should participate online at these scheduled times.)

As these courses can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection (via Moodle, Zoom, and other learning platforms), they will provide flexibility and convenience for students, especially outgoing exchange students, who might not be able to return to campus in achieving CC course credits.

In fulfilling your CC requirements for graduation under UG5(c), you may take up to 2 CC courses in fully online format. The course approval method for CC fully online courses is the same as other CC courses, i.e. first-come-first-served during the course selection period in August, and auto-ballot during the add/drop period. [Click here to learn more.]

For enquiries, please contact commoncore@hku.hk.

Fully online CC courses on offer in 2024-25

Area of InquiryCourse CodeCourse TitleOffer Semester
Science, Technology and Big DataCCST5035Making Sense of Science-related Social Issues (Online)1
Science, Technology and Big DataCCST5037Mathematics: A Cultural Heritage (Online)1
Science, Technology and Big DataCCST5068Artificial Intelligence: Utopia or Dystopia? (Online) 2
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5001Designs on the Future (Online)2
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5014Spirituality, Religion and Social Change (Online)2
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5074Beyond Fake News (Online)2
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5088We are Family: Myths, Realities and the Future of an Idea (Online)2
Global IssuesCCGL5005Poverty, Development, and the Next Generation: Challenges for a Global World (Online)1
Global IssuesCCGL5022Globalization in Question: Human and Economic Consequences (Online) (Section A)1
Global IssuesCCGL5022Globalization in Question: Human and Economic Consequences (Online) (Section B)2
Global IssuesCCGL5048Global Crime and Injustice (Online)2
Global IssuesCCGL5062Shaping our Health Across Cultures (Online)1
Global IssuesCCGL5063How to Make (Sense of) Money (Online)2
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5017People, Propaganda and Profit: Understanding Media in China (Online)2
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5039Curing the Chinese: Medicine and Society in Modern China (Online)2
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5044Dunhuang and the Silk Road: Art, Culture and Trade (Online)2
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5054Mothering China: From the Womb to the Nation (Online)1
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5057Shaping Health in China (Online)2