General Education at CityU

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General Education at CityU
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Framework 2012
15 cu
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Why need GE?

• GE is intended to provide students with a
  breadth of knowledge through exposure to
  different disciplines.
• GE aims to equip students with a broad range of
  skills and knowledge necessary for facing the
  challenges of a rapidly changing world.

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Objectives of GE Programme

• Intellectual and practical skills
• Global Awareness
• Broader knowledge of the natural and physical
  world
• Capacity for assuming individual and social
  responsibilities
• Capacity for lifelong learning and knowledge
  application

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Objectives of GE Programme (1)

• Develop intellectual and practical skills,
  including proficiency in written and oral
  communication, inquiry techniques, critical and
  creative thinking, quantitative reasoning,
  problem-solving and teamwork

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Objectives of GE Programme (2)

• Increase global awareness by gaining knowledge of
  diverse peoples and cultures and develop the
  ability to interact with others in culturally
  diverse settings

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Objectives of GE Programme (3)

• Acquire a broader knowledge of the natural and
  physical world through the study of arts and
  humanities, social sciences, business, and
  science and technology

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Objectives of GE Programme (4)

• Develop the capacity for assuming individual and
  social responsibilities, including local and
  global civic knowledge and engagement, knowledge
  of global competence with human diversity, and
  ethical reasoning and action

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Objectives of GE Programme (5)

• Develop the capacity for lifelong learning and
  for applying new knowledge and skills to fulfill
  the needs of personal and professional lives

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Nature of GE courses

• GE courses will provide integrative and synoptic
  introduction to important knowledge.

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Framework 2012
15 cu
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Framework of GE

• University Requirements (9 CUs)
• English (6 CUs)
• Chinese Civilization- History and Philosophy (3
  CUs)
• Faculty/School Distributional Requirements (21
  CUs)
• Depending on the requirements of their parent
  Faculty/School, students will take a minimum of 3
  CUs from courses in each of the following three
  Divisional Area
• Area 1 Arts and Humanities
• Area 2 Study of Societies, Social
• and Business Organisations
• Area 3 Science and Technology

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University Requirements for GE

• English (6 CUs)
• Students will develop effective English
  communication skills, written and oral, to
  present information and express ideas and
  thoughts clearly and logically.
• Chinese Civilization History and Philosophy (3
  CUs)
• Students will develop an understanding of Chinese
  history and philosophy that helps them identify
  the "self" in the modern world.

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Three Divisional Areas for GE (1)

• Arts and Humanities
• a. Arts and Culture Appreciation
• b. Humanities and Civilization
• Students will acquire intellectual skills to
  comprehend and think critically from the
  humanistic perspectives. They will be able to
  identify how people have come to understand and
  express artistic, aesthetic, moral, spiritual and
  philosophical dimensions of human conditions
  through the study of courses in arts, culture
  civilisation, literature, philosophy and etc.

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Three Divisional Areas for GE (2)

• Study of Societies, Social and
• Business Organizations
• Students will examine human interactions in the
  context of organised societies and communities.
  They will be able to describe the complexities of
  social relations and human experience and the
  ways in which they have changed over time, as
  well as the impact of social and business
  institutions and values on individual and group
  behaviours/values.

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Three Divisional Areas for GE (3)

• Science and Technology
• Students will be able to apply scientific inquiry
  and quantitative methods to solve problems and
  analyse the relationship between science
  technology and society as well as their impacts
  on everyday life and on social and economic
  developments.

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Benefits of GE to current students

• Transitional arrangements leading to 2012
• Experimental Phase (2006-08)
• Some elements of 4-year degree will be
  introduced, e.g. offering of minors, introducing
  a small number of GE courses to be offered
  concurrently with OOD for selection by students

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Benefits of GE to current students

• Gearing Up Phase (2009-12)
• The University rolls out a mini-version of the
  4-year degree characterized by phasing out of OOD
  requirement, as well as offering a suite of GE
  courses totally at least 21 credit units
  (including English and Chinese Civilization)

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Schedule for introducing GE courses and phasing
out OOD
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Arrangements from now until 2012(approved by
Senate 23 Oct 2007)

• All GE courses falling within the GE areas of
  Arts and Humanities, Study of Society and
  Business Organization, or Science and
  Technology are considered satisfying the OOD
  requirements for students in bachelors degree
  and associate degree programmes effective
  Semester B 2007/08

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Arrangements from now until 2012

• Starting from 2008 intake, new students admitted
  to bachelor degree programmes must take at least
  3 credit units from GE courses in fulfillment of
  the 9 credit units of OOD requirement and this
  will be applicable to senior year entrants.
  (Students taking minors are exempted from this
  requirement.)

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Arrangements from now until 2012

• All OOD courses will be phased out by 2011/12.
  Academic units will cease the introduction of new
  OOD courses from Semester B 2007/08, including
  the offering of course sections from existing
  departmental courses.

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GE courses offered from Semester B 2007/08
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References and Contacts

• GE Website http//vpue.cityu.edu.hk/ge/
• General Education Committee
• Secretary Ms Geraldine Mak
• 3442 6088 (email g.mak)

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