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General Education

General Education

Overview
From academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a
total of 12 credits of General Education courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main
areas listed below in order to fulfil graduation requirements:
Area 1: Chinese Culture in the 21st Century（21 世紀中國文化）
Area 2: Communication and Literacy（溝通和素養）
Area 3: Global Citizenship（全球公民意識）
Area 4: Interdisciplinary Perspective（跨學科視角）
Students should fulfil the requirement in the first three years of study.

Introduction and Area Intended Learning Outcomes

Area 1: Chinese Culture in the 21st Century
The ethos of the University is to foster the Confucian spirit in students and this has been
done through teaching classical Confucian works in First Year Chinese. The proposed GE
curriculum builds on this foundation and provides courses that make ancient Chinese
philosophy and culture relevant to the 21st century.
Upon completion of the courses in this area, students should be able to:
a) relate ideas and concepts in ancient Chinese teachings to the contemporary world;
b) analyse and evaluate the economic, social and political use of Chinese culture in the 21st
century;
c) synthesize ideas and concepts in Chinese culture with knowledge in different disciplines;
and
d) construct his/her own way to apply ideas and concepts in Chinese culture in everyday life.

Area 2: Communication and Literacy
The advent of information and communication technology in the 21st century has
increased the complexity of the literate environment. Literacy, traditionally defined as the ability
to read, write and use arithmetic, refers now to a wider range of abilities and competencies.
According to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a literate person in the 21st
century global society must be able to:
1) develop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology;
2) build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships with others so to pose and
solve problems collaboratively and strengthen independent thought;
3) design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes;
4) manage, analyse, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information;
5) create, critique, analyse, and evaluate multimedia texts; and

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