In order to enhance students' integrated education on contemporary and traditional China, UIC has newly set up a General Education (GE) elective course titled "Special Topics on Contemporary China" this term.
The course contains 14 topicswith totally 42 class hours. The content covers Chinese Education, Technology, Journalism, Environment, Cultural Industries, Films and Televisions and so on. It aims at broadening students' mind, and helping them to learn some concepts and theoretical perspectives for a better understanding of the social problems in China, hence they would be willing to explore possible ways to solve the social problems. Experts from different areas would be invited to be the speaker of a particular topic.
The lectures are normally given on every Wednesday from 11:00-12:00 and every Thursday from 13:00-15:00 at classroom D301, lasting from September 17 to December 24.
Dai Senyu, a year-two student majoring in Social Work said he had not only acquired the knowledge, but also learned a new way of thinking. On the other hand, Year-one student Xu Jietao from International Journalism said the course was a window of understanding different areas of China, it is useful for a future journalist to learn how to analyze a question from different aspects.
As the Integrated Education on Contemporary and Traditional China is rich in content and varied in style, it would eventually become one of the characteristics of UIC. Professor Ng, director of Chinese Language and Culture Centre said during the past summer holiday, UIC had successfully organized "the study trip to Jiang Xi and Hunan" and "the Taiwan cultural exchange trip". In the coming December, UIC is going to hold the 5th International Conference on Confucianism, and besides, the Lecture Hall of Chinese Moral Principles was also in preparation. He hoped that UIC students could make use of these platforms to improve their knowledge on contemporary and traditional China, enhance the national consciousness and promote the national culture.
Reporter: Huang Shanqing
Translator: Zhen Nanxi
Editor: Emily Wu, Richard Xu
Media and Communication Office
