Visual ArtsHOLY FAMILY CANOSSIAN COLLEGE
IN THE SENIOR SECONDARY CURRICULUM

P. 1
SYNOPSIS OF CORE SUBJECTS AND PROPOSED ELECTIVES IN THE SS CURRICULUM

Key Learning Areas Core and Elective Subjects Page
Chinese Language Education
Mathematics Education
Technology Education
Geography 12
History 13
Arts Education
Appendix :
Selection of Elective Modules for different subjects under SS curriculum in HFCC
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P. 3
English Language
Subject Content
Parts Contents
Compulsory Part Task-based approach to the learning of the four language skills, grammar,
communicative functions, vocabulary and text-types
Elective Part Select three of the modules with at least one module from each group
Language Arts
2. Learning English through Short Stories
3. Learning English through Poems and Songs
4. Learning English through Popular Culture
Non-Language Arts
2. Learning English through Debating
3. Learning English through Social Issues
4. Learning English through Workplace
Communication
Assessment
Paper 4 Speaking
- Language skills, communication skills, critical thinking skills, creativity, learning how to learn skills
and positive values and attitudes conducive to the needs of the rapidly changing knowledge-based
society.
Career Prospects
- The knowledge, skills and experience acquired in the English Language curriculum prepare
students for further study, vocational training or work, particularly in the areas of media
production, performing arts, teaching, business, law and social sciences.
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Subject Content
This subject aims at developing students’ ability to think critically and creatively, to conceptualize,
inquire and reason mathematically, and to use mathematics to formulate and solve problems in
daily life as well as in mathematical contexts and other disciplines.
Parts Topics
Assessment
Paper 2 Multiple-choice questions
Component Weighting Duration
Skills and abilities acquired
skills, information technology skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills, self-management skills
and study skills.
Career Prospects
In general, the mathematics curriculum aims to prepare students for a range of post-secondary
pathways, including tertiary education, vocational training and employment. In the extended part,
Module 2 is designed for students to pursue the studies of engineering and science subjects, and
focuses on mathematics in depth.
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Liberal Studies
Subject Content
Liberal Studies aims to broaden students’ knowledge base and enhance their social awareness
through the study of a wide range of issues. The modules selected for the curriculum focus on
themes of significance to students, society and the world, designed to enable students to make
connections across different fields of knowledge and to broaden their horizons. The learning
experiences provided will foster students’ capacity for life-long learning, so that they can face the
challenges of the future with confidence.
Area of Study Independent Enquiry Study (IES)
Self & Personal
knowledge and perspectives
Study and extending them to
new issues or contexts.
Module 3: Modern China
Environment
Assessment
Paper 2 Extended-response questions 30% 1 1/4 hours
School-based
Skills and Abilities Acquired
The curriculum aims at integrating, applying, consolidating and broadening the foundational
knowledge of every student through studying a range of contemporary issues in different contexts.
The curriculum design enables students to go beyond facts and phenomena and engage in in-depth
enquiry and reflection. It also helps to develop independent and life-long learning skills in students,
through adopting an issue-enquiry approach and providing self-directed learning experience.
Career Prospects
The knowledge, skills, values and attitudes developed in Liberal Studies help to prepare students
for further education, training in different pathways and the workplace.
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Subject Content
1. Prepare financial statements
2. Apply the management concepts related to human resources, finance and marketing in
business decision- making
Elective Part Select either Accounting module or Business Management Module
Accounting Module
Financial Accounting
Cost Accounting
1. Applying critical thinking and problem-solving skills in evaluating business issues and making
ethical decision
2. Using basic business application software and applying ICT skills in business projects.
Career Prospects
Careers related to accounting or business subjects such as human resources.
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E. Social Implications
Elective Part
A. Databases [May be implemented on demand by teacher’s evaluation]
B. Data Communications & Networking
C. Multimedia Production & Web Site Development [Fundamental Choice for most students]
D. Software Development [May be allowed on demand by teacher’s assessment]
Assessment
2A | 2B | 2C | 2D
25% 1½ hours
School-based Assessment (SBA) Requirements:
[Guided Tasks in the Development of an Information System]
(1) Design & Implementation (25 marks) [in s5] (2) Testing & Evaluation (15 marks) [in s6]
20% In-lessons
- Reasonable Design skills for Creative and User-friendly interfaces.
- Design and Implementation of Effective and Efficient Information Systems.
- Software Engineering and Control System Fundamentals.
- Open-mindedness to feasibilities of applications to trendy technologies like Business
Intelligence (BI), Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), etc.
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Careers Prospect
Effective use of ICT in workplace of various industries, such as web/interior design, operation
management, account and financing management, logistic, retail, trading, hotel, creative media,
journalism, etc.
system/operation/IT manager, kicker starter, video producer, database designer, engineer etc.
Further Study on Business Management and Administration with data mining and information
reasoning skills for high order decision makings, such as ISMT, ERP, Marketing, International
Corporation, etc.
Further studies on Mathematical Science or Engineering fields, such as Computer
(Mathematical) Science, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Information Engineering and
Computerized Financial Analytics, Mathematics, Product Engineering, Robotics, medical
engineering, chemistry engineering, etc.
Further studies and work in the Creative Multimedia Production industrial, including animation
and film productions.
Further studies in Design Faculties with effective use of ICT for interior/UI/UX designs.
Further studies on Social Science with efficient analytical skills in doing researches, such as
Psychology, Journalism, etc.
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P. 10
Subject Content
Understand the principles and forces that affect people in their everyday lives, in particular their
roles as consumers and producers
Understand economic theories and apply them to analyze economic issues
Topics include:
Measurement of Economic Performance
Money and Banking
Elective 2: Extension of Trade Theory, Economic Growth and Development
Assessment
Paper 2 Short / structured / essay type questions 70% 2 hours
30 minutes
Skills Acquired
Logical thinking
Career Prospects
The perspectives, knowledge base and skills emphasized in the subject provide a useful
preparation not just for studying economics but also for other university studies such as
management, financial studies, law, environmental studies and public administration.
Students’ economic literacy, awareness and ability to make informed decisions help them to
cope with the demands of an ever changing work environment.
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P. 12
(1) Compulsory Part
- Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?
- Managing River and Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge
- Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time?
- Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually
exclusive?
- Combating Famine – Is technology a panacea for food shortage?
- Disappearing Green Canopy – Who should pay for the massive deforestation in rainforest
regions?
(2) Elective Part
- Weather and Climate
- Regional Study of Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta
(Fieldwork including spatial data enquiry is to be infused into the learning and teaching of the
Compulsory and Elective Parts.)
Scope Compulsory Part Elective Part
Section /
geographical enquiry
Career Prospects
- A range of career choices in which a global perspective, environmental ethics and awareness,
and a sound sense of space and region are needed
Examples of such careers are urban and transport planning, resources and environmental
management, tourism and recreation and, at a broader level, administration and business.
P. 13
Compulsory Part: Understanding of 20th century History; the modernization and
transformation in 20th century Asia; Conflicts and cooperation in the Twentieth – Century
World;
Assessment
Skills Acquired
and communication
Career Prospects
Areas of work that requires creativity, critical and independent thinking as well as inter-cultural
understanding, such as teachers or lecturers, analysts, journalists, publishing and the media,
employment in heritage-related industries and organizations, or for further-studies in the fields
of culture, heritage and museum management.
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This subject aims at providing biology-related learning experiences that enable students to develop
scientific literacy, so that they can participate actively in our rapidly changing knowledge-based
society, prepare for further studies or careers in the fields related to life science, and become
lifelong learners in science and technology.
Parts Topics
Evolution,
Elective parts Any two of the four topics below:
– Human Physiology: Regulation and Control
– Applied Ecology
questions and essay 42%
Paper 2 Elective Part (a choice of two out of four) 20% 1 hour
School-based
Skills and abilities acquired
It provides a platform for developing scientific literacy and building up essential scientific knowledge
and skills for life-long learning and for understanding many contemporary issues. Furthermore, the
development of a logical mind and problem-solving skills through studying biology will prepare
students to deal intelligently with everyday problems and make them more competitive in the
workplace.
Career Prospects
The curriculum will enable students to pursue higher levels of study in tertiary or vocational training institutions and enter a wide spectrum of careers related to various fields of life science.
P. 15
Subject Content
Chemistry deals with the composition, structures, and properties of matter, the interaction between
different types of matter, and the relationship between matter and energy.
Assessment
Paper 1 Compulsory part of the curriculum 60 % 2 hours
30 minutes
Paper 2 Elective part of the curriculum 20 % 1 hour
School-based assessment (SBA) 20 %
problem solving skills, self-management skills, creativity and study skills.
Career Prospects
workforce in various fields related to chemistry.
P. 16
Subject Content
This subject aims to establish a conceptual framework of physics and provide an understanding of
its methodology. Topics include Heat, Mechanics, Wave, Electromagnetism and Modern Physics.
Assessment
Elective Part
Skills Acquired
mathematics analysis, critical appraisal and communication.
Career Prospects
professions in various fields related to Physics.
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Subject Content
Set poems, short stories, one play, one novel and one film
Literary appreciation of seen passages (prose, drama and poetry) and unseen poetry
Assessment
School-based Assessment (2019 onwards) *20%
*The SBA work involves the preparation of an extended essay on a theme/work/writer
connected to the subject OR an analytical study/review on a film/play/performance, OR (a)
piece(s) of creative writing, of around 2000 to 2500 words. It will be marked by the students’
own teacher and the marks will be submitted to the HKEAA in January of the year of the DSE
examination.
understanding
Career Prospects
such as publishing and the media
Areas of work where good language abilities and analytical skills are required, such as the legal
field
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Appendix :
Selection of Elective Modules for different subjects under NSS curriculum in HFCC

Chinese Language
Non-Language Arts
Module 9: Learning English through Workplace
Communication
Technology Education
Module 1: Accounting module
Elective A: Databases*
Personal, Social and Humanities Education
Chinese History


Economics Part 2: Extension of Trade Theory, Economic Growth and
Development
Weather and Climate
Science Education
Applied Ecology

In general, the universities’ minimum entrance requirements are set at the level of 3322 in the four
core subjects (i.e. Level 3 in Chinese Language and English Language and Level 2 in Mathematics and
Liberal Studies), plus Level 2 or 3 in one/two elective(s).
Institutions may set additional faculty/programme requirements in consideration of the specific
nature and needs of the programmes, including the number of electives and the required results.
For more details of the admission requirements of institutions/programmes, please visit the
websites of respective institutions.
The 4 core subjects + 1 or 2 elective subject(s) are just the minimum requirements and do not
guarantee entrance to a particular university or programme. Universities would conduct further
selection on those applicants who satisfied the minimum requirements. The actual selection for
admission would be on a competitive basis.
The 4 cores + 1 or 2 elective(s) are just the minimum requirements and do not guarantee entrance
to a particular university or programme. Universities would conduct further selection on those
applicants who satisfied the minimum requirements. The actual selection for admission would be
on a competitive basis, and the number of electives taken and the performance in each of the
electives are likely to be factors to be considered by most of the university programmes.
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