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Why General Education?

Importance of General Education

General Education (GE) is an integral part of your education. Research has shown that most people will have at least 3 different careers in their lifetime. The core disciplines that you focus on may not always be a key part of your future success. GE helps in providing a broad learning in the arts and humanities, science and technology as well as societal and global concerns thus preparing you to think more critically, creatively and analytically to enhance success in your future careers.

Philosophy of General Education

UOWCHK is deeply committed to the notion that GE and discipline area of study are essential aspects of learner’s education and the cornerstone for a successful life.

GE aims to enhance the whole-person development of the learner: it instills higher level thinking skills for a more enriched life, nurtures cultural sensitivity, develops ethical integrity, inspires lifelong learning and promotes intellectual curiosity in order to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. GE is complementary and value adding in that it integrates ideas across disciplines and situates disciplinary pursuits in a wider perspective.

General Education Component Aims

The General Education Component overseen by the UOWCHK General Education Committee aims to:

  • Equip students with a solid foundation of generic and life skills such as problem-solving, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and the ability of learning how to learn.
  • Broaden students’ scope through enabling them to appreciate and understand disciplines other than their chosen course of study, particularly in liberal arts and science.
  • Enable students to understand themselves, their community, and the wider region.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of General Education courses, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a solid foundation of inquiry skills for life-long learning

  2. Apply critical and creative thinking skills

  3. Communicate coherently in written and spoken language

  4. Apply quantitative reasoning / problem solving skills

  5. Demonstrate capacity for ethical reasoning and responsible actions

  6. Recognize the important characteristics of diverse peoples and cultures

  7. Examine the major regional and global issues and relate them to the socio-political, cultural, economic and technological factors

  8. Appreciate the impact of scientific and technological development on society and individual

Student Portal Demo Video

The detailed registration process is shown in the "Student Portal Demo Video" above (refer to 4:30)

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For more information about the add/drop period, please refer to important dates of our the UOWCHK Website.

Please login to student portal HERE to perform online course add/drop:

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You are required to take GE courses in three components:

  • English Language Requirement
  • Chinese Language course
  • Core General Education courses in three domains

Components

Courses/ Domains

No. of Credits

English Language Requirement

CGE1000 English for Academic Studies A/ CGE1500 English for Academic Studies B

1 course
(3 credit units)

CGE2000 English Professional Communication Skills (for FAH students)

CGE2001 English Professional Communication Skills for Business (for FBU students)

CGE2002 English Professional Communication Skills for Social Sciences (for FSS students)

CGE2003 English Professional Communication Skills for Technology (for FST students)

1 course
(3 credit units)

CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills 

*Compulsory for and restricted to AAEPC, AATI and ASocScLS students with Level 2 results in DSE English Language.

1 course
(3 credit units)

Chinese Language Course

CGE1200 Practical Chinese 

*Students who are non-Chinese literate can take one of the following two courses to replace CGE1200 Practical Chinese with the approval of the programme leader / Associate Dean of the home faculty

  • CGE1800 Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture
  • CGE1900 Introduction to French Language and Culture

 

1 course
(3 credit units)

Core GE Courses

Students must complete FOUR core GE courses. 

  • Students are required to complete the GE courses prescribed for the programme.

  • In addition, students must complete other GE courses to add up to FOUR.

Among the FOUR courses, there must be at least one course in each of the three domains.

• Arts and Humanities
• Science and Technology
• Society and Organizations

Among the FOUR courses studied, TWO courses must be at level A2 (i.e., courses with code CGE2xxxx).

 

4 courses
(12 credit units)

 

 

 

 

 

You are required to take GE courses in three components:

  1. English Language Requirements
  2. Chinese Language Course
  3. Core General Education Courses in three domains
ComponentsCourses/DomainsNo. of credits
English Language Requirements

CGE1000 English for Academic Studies A OR

CGE1500 English for Academic Studies B

1 Course

(3 credit units) 

For FAH students
CGE2000 English Professional Communication Skills

For FBU students
CGE2001 English Professional Communication Skills for Business

For FSS students
CGE2002 English Professional Communication Skills for Social Sciences

For FST students
CGE2003 English Professional Communication Skills for Technology

1 Course

(3 credit units)

CGE2101 Advanced English reading and Writing Skills

*ONLY compulsory for and restricted to AAEPC, AATI and ASocScLS students with Level 2 results in DSE English Language.

1 Course

(3 credit units)
Chinese Language Course

CGE1200 Practical Chinese

*Students who are non-Chinese literate can take a course among the core General Education courses in lieu of CGE1200 Practical Chinese at the recommendation of Programme Leaders and approval by the Chairman of Academic Board.

1 Course

(3 credit units)

 
Core GE Courses 

(a) For students who are required to register for CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills, they are required to take 9 credit units only of core GE courses, one course from each of the following three domains:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science and Technology
  • Society and Organisations

ONE of these courses chosen must be a level A2 course (i.e., courses with codes CGE2xxxx).


(b) For students who do not take CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills, they are required to take 12 credit units of core GE courses, one course from each of the three domains plus one more course from any domain:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science and Technology
  • Society and Organisations

TWO of these courses chosen must be a level A2 course (i.e., courses with codes CGE2xxxx).

4 Courses

(12 credit units)

 

 

You are required to take GE courses in two components:

  1. Compulsory GE Courses
  2. Core GE Courses
ComponentsCourses/DomainsNo. of credits
Compulsory GE Courses
  • CGE26513 Chinese Culture and Contemporary Life (Compulsory for students from AAACS, AAJS, Faculty of Business* and Faculty of Social Sciences)
  • CGE26514 Contemporary China: Challenges and Strategies (Compulsory for students from ABAA, Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
  • CGE26515 Understanding Contemporary China (For students who are non-Chinese literate at the recommendation of Programme Leaders and approved by the Dean of Faculty, in lieu of CGE26513 Chinese Culture and Contemporary Life and CGE26514 Contemporary China: Challenges and Strategies.)

*Excluding students from ABAA.

 

 1 course
(3 credit units)
Core GE Courses 

Students who have completed CGE1000 or CGE1500 may choose to enroll in CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills.**

(a) For students who choose to enroll in CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills, they are required to take 9 credit units only of core GE courses, one from each of the following three domains:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science and Technology
  • Society and Organisations

(b) For students who choose NOT to enroll in CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills, they are required to take 12 credit units of core GE courses, one course from each of the three domains plus one more course from any domain:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science and Technology
  • Society and Organisations

ONE of these courses chosen must be a level A2 course (i.e., courses with codes CGE2xxxx).

** AAEPC and AATI scoring HKDSE English Level 3 or above, AAACS and ASocScSW students are not allowed to take CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills. Please refer to the relevant programme handbooks or check DegreeWorks for further information.

** AAEPC, AATI and AScAvPS students scoring HKDSE English Level 2 will take CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills as an additional English course.

** ASocScLS students scoring HKDSE English Level 3 or below will take CGE2101 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills in the second semester.

 4 courses
(12 credit units)

General Education courses

Arts & Humanities

Society and Organisations

Science and Technology