William Keng Mun Lee

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Liberal Arts Education at Lingnan Preparation
for the 4 year curriculum

• William Keng Mun Lee
• Associate Vice-President
• (Academic Affairs)
• Lingnan University

4th February 2009
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Lingnan University

• Small Size
• Integrated undergraduate programs in the Arts,
  Business and Social Sciences
• Residence
• Campus Life
• Experiential Learning
• Education for Service

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Some Main Areas of Reform

• Student Numbers
• Admission
• Curriculum
• Residence
• Co-curricular Activities
• Internationalization

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Some Guiding Values

• Integrated programs of study
• Language (English/Chinese) and communication
• Excellence teaching supported by quality research
• Equip students life-long learning skills
• Education for Service
• International outlook with diversity and cultural
  literacy

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Remaining Small

• Maximum 2500 plus students in 2012
• Start scaling down from 2009
• Improve Student / Staff Ratio
• Small class teaching
• Enhance close staff-student relationship

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Programme Admission

• General agreement on broad programme-based
  admissions from 2012
• Flexibility for Programme Change
• Admissions respectively to

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Social Sciences

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Curriculum Reform

• Core Curriculum 33 credits
• Major 48 credits
• English 9 credits
• Chinese 6 credits
• Free Electives 24 credits
• Total 120 credits

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Core Curriculum Framework

• Educational Strength
• Inclusion of General Education
• Lingnan Education Brand
• Knowledge that is important in a Globalized City

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Core Curriculum Framework

• A 2 tier Core Curriculum
• A Common Core
• Complemented by a 5 Clusters distribution
  requirement

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Common Core

• To provide undergraduates with a fundamental and
  indispensable knowledge base
• To develop sound judgment, critical discernment
  and analytical abilities
• To learn how to think critically and tackle
  social, cultural, moral and ethical problems
  rationally
• To equip students with a proper understanding of
  HK, other cultures and civilizations.
• To better prepare students to adjust to an
  increasingly globalized city.

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Four Compulsory Courses of the
Common Core

• Logic and Critical Thinking
• Ethics
• World History and Civilizations
• Hong Kong Society

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Five Clusters of Core Curriculum
Take 7 courses from the following 5 clusters,
with at least 1 course from each cluster

• Values, Cultures and Societies
• Creativity and Innovation
• Management and Society
• Science, Technology and Society
• Humanities and the Arts

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A Liberal Education

• A Liberal Choice of Majors
• More Interdisciplinary Majors
• More Minors on offer
• A Core Curriculum unique to Lingnan

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Curriculum Reform and Outcome Based Learning

• 4 year curriculum / outcome based learning
• A student centered approach
• What are the expected Learning outcomes
• Learning outcomes and curriculum design
• Review and Mapping of Institutional goals /
• programme goals / department goals / course
  goals

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Residence

• Increase hostel places
• Currently 75 residence
• 85 residence by 2012
• 100 residence beyond 2012

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Co-curriculum andthe 4 Year Curriculum

• Co-curriculum activities are important
• component of student learning
• More Co-curriculum activities
• Better and value added activities
• Young cohort
• Management of Co-curriculum activities
• Student Portfolio

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Co-curriculum Activities and Service Learning

• Reinforce Lingnans motto Education for Service
• Experiential Learning
• Community services tied to the curricula
• Local / Regional / International Service
• Learning
• At least one Service Learning module in four
  years of education

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Internationalization

• Increase student exchange 50 of each cohort to
  go on exchange by 2012
• Increase incoming exchange student by the same
  percentage
• Increase degree seeking non-local students by 10
  in 2009
• Creating a multi-cultural campus

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Thank You