Bachelor’s Degree Scheme in Interdisciplinary Studies (BDSIS)

A brief summary of the credit requirements is as follows:

Minimum credit requirement for graduation	120 credits (with at least 50% at Level 3 or above)
Major (self-determined curriculum)	Min. 54 credits
Including the following Interdisciplinary Core:	18 credits
(i) Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies (ii) Interdisciplinary Research Methods (iii) Reflections on Contemporary Issues I/II (iv) Interdisciplinary Capstone	(3)
	(3)
	(6)
	(6)
General University Requirements (GUR)	27 credits
Free Electives	Min. 6 credits
Internship (Work-Integrated Education)	3-6 training credits

For the details of each component, please refer to the followings:

Interdisciplinary Core			Credits
1.	CUS101	Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies	3
2.	CUS202	Interdisciplinary Research Methods	3
3.	CUS201/301	Reflections on Contemporary Issues I/II	6
4.	CUS401	Interdisciplinary Capstone	6

Self-determined curriculum

Start without a focus and work towards one			Start with a focus and build the study around it

Choose from 1-3 strands			Integrating known fields	Solving world problems

Cultures and societies	Sciences and Engineering	Health and Environment	Integrated study of 2-3 existing subject disciplines	Tailor-made study of a major local/national/regional/global issue (e.g. UNESCO SDG)

Select subjects in consultation with Programme Leader / Personal Academic Mentor			Select subjects from 2-3 disciplines (In consultation with Programme Leader / Personal Academic Mentor)	Select subjects from any department (can include a few from other universities) (In consultation with Programme Leader / Personal Academic Mentor)

Work towards a specific focus to be tackled in Interdisciplinary Capstone

General University Requirements (GUR) (27 credits)	Credits
Language & Communication Requirements (LCR)	9
English	(6)
Chinese	(3)
Cluster-Area Requirements (CAR)	9
(M): Chinese History and Culture	(3)
3 credits each from two of the following three cluster areas in consultation with Programme Leader/ Personal Academic Mentor:
(A): Human Nature, Relations and Development	(3)
(D): Science, Technology and Environment	(3)
(N): Cultures, Organisations, Societies and Globalisation	(3)
and of which
Students must also fulfil the Reading and Writing requirements in English and Chinese
Leadership Education and Development (LEAD)	3
Service-Learning	3
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics requirement (AIDA)	2
COMP1004 Introduction to AI and Data Analytics
Innovation and Entrepreneurship requirement (IE)	1
MM1031 Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Healthy Lifestyle (non-credit bearing)	0
Total GUR credits	27

Students are required to take at least 6 credits of free electives. Students may wish to consider making use of the 6 credits of free electives for pursuing a Minor. The credit requirement for a Minor is 18, at least 9 credits of which should be at Level 3 or above. Subject to approval by the Minor-offering department, students may count up to 6 credits from their Major/GUR (including LCR subjects at proficient level) towards their chosen Minor.

All UGC-funded full-time undergraduate degree programmes should include a mandatory work-integrated education (WIE) component. Mandatory WIE activities should be in alignment with PolyU’s strategic goal of providing value-added education leading to the development of all-round students with professional competence.

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