Application for Credit Bearing Online Course

The Senate approved the policy for offering credit bearing online courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in mid 2017.

Schools/departments may apply through CUS/CPS for their MOOCs to become credit bearing Self-paced Online courses at HKUST. The completed proforma would be submitted to the eLearning Task Force for endorsement before being passed on to CUS/CPS for approval.

One major difference between a typical MOOC and a credit bearing Self-paced Online course is that students would have to go through a rigorous assessment, usually in the form of a proctored examination, in order to earn academic credits.

A limit would be set on the number of credits from Self-paced Online courses that could be used to satisfy the graduation requirements of a degree program. At the undergraduate level, the limit is 6 credits and this does not apply to credits obtained through credit transfer as they are handled by existing credit transfer procedures of the University. At the postgraduate level, the limit is 50% of the degree requirements and this 50% includes both Self-paced Online courses and any other transfer credits granted.

A list of MOOCs that have been approved as credit bearing online courses since the policy approved

Contact June Chan at CEI if you have any questions on the above.