Applicable to students admitted to the CUHK in 2024-25 or before
Last updated: July 2025.
The information on this page is applicable to students admitted to the CUHK in 2024-25 or before, and is valid in 2025-26 only.
What are the Honour Courses? What is their purpose?
- The Honours Courses are a group of MATH level-1000 and -2000 courses (with course code ending in `8' instead of `0'), at the core of the MATH curriculum, intended for mathematics-major students with good abilities, and with prospective further studies in mind.
- The Honours Courses are designed with the explicit purpose of preparing students who intend to acquire a wider and deeper understanding in mathematics, and who want to reap the full benefits of the Enrichment Stream or the `Enrichment-and-CAM' `Double Stream'.
Which Honour Courses are offered?
For the detail of the individual courses, refer to the CUSIS.
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester offered | Intended for |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH1018 | Honours University Mathematics | First Semester 2025-26 | |
| MATH1028 | Honours Essential Mathematical Methods | First Semester 2025-26 | |
| MATH1038 | Honours Linear Algebra I | Second Semester 2025-26 | |
| MATH1058 | Honours Foundation of Modern Mathematics | Not offered | |
| MATH1098 | Honours Introduction to Set Theory | Second Semester 2025-26 | |
| MATH2018 | Honours Advanced Calculus I | Not offered in 2025-26 | |
| MATH2028 | Honours Advanced Calculus II | First Semester 2025-26, and tentatively Second Semester 2026-27 | Second-Year students |
| MATH2048 | Honours Linear Algebra II | First Semester 2025-26, and tentatively First Semester 2026-27 | Second-Year students |
| MATH2058 | Honours Mathematical Analysis I | First Semester 2025-26, and tentatively First Semester 2026-27 | Second-Year* students |
| MATH2068 | Honours Mathematical Analysis II | Second Semester 2025-26, and tentatively Second Semester 2026-27 | Second-Year* students |
| MATH2078 | Honours Algebraic Structures | Second Semester 2025-26, and tentatively Second Semester 2026-27 | Second-Year students |
(*): Students who intend to graduate in the Enrichment and CAM stream may take these courses in the second or third year of study.
Am I (not as a freshman) eligible for MATH1018, MATH1028, MATH1038, MATH1098?
You will be eligible for MATH1018, MATH1028 if satisfy any one of these conditions:---
- You are an Enrichment Mathematics Entrant.
- You have obtained 5** or 5* in HKDSE Mathematics Module 2.
- You have obtained 90% or above in Gaokao mathematics subject.
- You have obtained A* in International GCE A-level Further Mathematics, and A* in International GCE A-level Mathematics or Pure Mathematics.
- You have obtained 7 in IB Mathematics: Analysis and approaches (HL).
- You have obtained permission by the Department of Mathematics, based on equivalent mathematical abilities, to take the courses.
You will be eligible for MATH1038, MATH1098 if you fulfil the pre-requisites and co-requisites of the respective course, as listed below:---
| Course Code | Pre-requisite | Alternative pre-requisite | Co-requisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH1038 | B- or above in each of MATH1018, MATH1028 | A- or above in each of MATH1010, MATH1025 | |
| MATH1098 | B- or above in each of MATH1018, MATH1028 | A- or above in each of MATH1010, MATH1025 | MATH1030 or MATH1038 |
Am I eligible for Honours Courses beyond the First Term of Study?
You will be eligible for taking any Honours Course as long as you fulfil the pre-requisites** and co-requisites** of the respective course.
| Course Code | Pre-requisite | Alternative pre-requisite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATH2018 | B- or above in two of MATH1018, MATH1028, MATH1038 | A- or above in two of MATH1010, MATH1025, MATH1030 | MATH1050/1058 or MATH1090/1098 |
| MATH2028 | B- or above in MATH2018, and B- or above in one of MATH1058, MATH1098, MATH2048 | A- or above in MATH2010, and A- or above in one of MATH1050, MATH1090, MATH2040 | |
| MATH2048 | B- or above in one of MATH1038, MATH2018, and B- or above in one of MATH1058, MATH1098 | A- or above in one of MATH1030, and A- or above in one of MATH1050, MATH1090 | |
| MATH2058 | B- or above in each of MATH1018, MATH1028, MATH1098, OR B- or above in each of MATH1058, MATH2018 | A- or above in each of MATH1010, MATH1025, MATH1090, OR A- or above in each of MATH1050, MATH2010 | |
| MATH2068 | B- or above in MATH2058, and B- or above in one of MATH2018, MATH2028, MATH2048 | A- or above in MATH2050, and A- or above in one of MATH2010, MATH2020, MATH2040 | |
| MATH2078 | B- or above in one of MATH1038, MATH2048, and B- or above in one of MATH1058, MATH1098, OR B- or above in each of MATH1058, 2018 | A- or above in one of MATH1030, MATH2040, and A- or above in one of MATH1050, MATH1090 |
(**) What is listed here as `pre-requisites' and `co-requisites' is a simplified version relevant to students admitted to the CUHK through Enrichment Mathematics or Broadbase Science. For more detail on pre-requisites and co-requisites, consult the course catalogue in CUSIS. A quick reference (though not necessarily most updated) is available here.
How do I (not as a freshman) apply for places in Honours Courses in 2025-26?
MATH1018, MATH1028, MATH1038, MATH1098.- First check whether you are eligible for taking the courses. Then contact the Department directly. (Here is the contact information.)
- You may enrol for these courses through CUSIS in the normal way.
- MATH students registered in both MATH2028 and MATH2058 in the First Semester will be automatically and provisionally enrolled into a dummy section of MATH2060 (whose timetable is identical to that for MATH2068) towards the end of the First Semester.
- All students enrolled in this dummy section are required to take appropriate action to adjust their CUSIS course record during Week 2, between Monday evening and Friday noon.
- Those who meet the pre-requisite for MATH2068 after the First Semester grade release may `migrate' to MATH2068 through CUSIS.
- Those who meet the pre-requisite for MATH2060 but not MATH2068 after the First Semester grade release may `migrate' to some `real' MATH2060 section through CUSIS.
- The dummy MATH2060 section will be cancelled during Week 3. (Any student who is found inside the class list of the dummy section on Week 3 Monday will have the enrolment record automatically annulled and removed by the Department.)
- Other students may enrol through CUSIS after grade release in the beginning of the Second Semester.