Introduction

Development

The Fundamental General Education Center is in charge of the teaching and study of basic courses of the whole university. It consists of curriculum sections for basic courses including Chinese literature, history, law and politics, music and art, and mathematics. The Center is a teaching unit and is parallel to other departments of the college. It is responsible for the planning and implementation of required fundamental general education courses and other related matters regarding the teaching and study of general education courses.

The Center is established based on the philosophy of all-around education, regards the importance of cultivating modern literacy through the learning of both humanities and science courses. General education courses of NCUT are divided into Fundamental General Education courses and Liberal Arts General Education courses. Fundamental General Education courses focus on fundamental knowledge that aims to develop synchronization with modern society and humanity, while retaining a balance between traditional culture and modern technology to benefit everyone. The mission is to allow students to clearly understand basic values and the meaning of life. Through lectures of Chinese and foreign classics and the inheritance of past and present experiences, students are able to reach great levels of self-understanding, and to think and judge in an independent, objective and critical way. Courses also focus on strengthening expression and application to cultivate students’ literacy and mold their characters so that they can become a well-rounded individual with knowledge, literacy as well as excellent abilities.

With the above philosophy and insistence on continuous development, the Center promotes the teaching and study of Fundamental General Education and Liberal Arts General Education courses that complement and intertwine with each other. It also cooperates with other humanities-related colleges of NCUT to promote the integration of technology with the humanities. The Center also plans to apply technology in courses, teaching materials, and teaching methods as well as process the interoperability of theory and practice, in addition to building inter-university collaboration for teaching and study. From easy to hard, from inside to outside, we work together to create our own features and achieve great levels of knowledge and cognition.

The Goal

The mission of the Center is to lead students to think and judge in an independent, objective, and critical way, to train their language ability and cultivate their humanity literacy, to help shape their characters and allow them to become professional talents that society needs. The curriculum is divided into five sections, including Chinese literature, mathematics, law and politics, history, and music and art, and teachers are assigned according to their expertise and fields. They cultivate students in the following:

1. Strengthen fundamental ability and promote multi-skills development.

2. Enhance communication and expression skills, inspire and think with creativity.

3. Enhance humanity and art, cultivate a sense of appreciation and insights.

4. Self-reflection and strengthen the logic of science.

5. Cultivate civic literacy and take part in matters of social concern.

Core Competence Index

General Education is based on the philosophy of all-around education. It teaches students to have a sound philosophy of life with humanity literacy, social concern, and global vision. It also aims to cultivate modern citizens with both humanity and technology skills, and teaches students to become independent thinkers with the ability to reflect and put into practice their learnings.

The General Education of NCUT focuses on training students’ core ability in eight areas:

The core goal of courses is to cultivate students’ humanity literacy and to lead students to think and judge in an independent, objective, and critical way while training their language ability to be an individual with humanity of spirit and a well-educated individual.

Future

Apart from offering core fundamental general education courses, the Center also assists the Liberal Arts General Education Center with multiple elective courses to satisfy students’ desire for learning and to enhance their knowledge and strengthen students’ character with the expectation of cultivating modern citizens to have a technology mind and a humanity heart. Furthermore, as the school is a technology university, the curriculum also involves planning and establishing new colleges and teaching centers to ensure the structure of the Humanities and Social Science College is complete.

Curriculum

The purpose of Fundamental General Education is to educate students while learning different subjects and integrating their knowledge of different fields to cultivate a sound humanity literacy. All NCUT students are required to take Fundamental General Education courses required including Chinese literature, Calculus, History & Culture, Constitution & Democracy, Art Appreciation, and Music Appreciation in addition to Liberal Art General Education Courses.

All students are required to take courses offered by the Fundamental General Education Center. Students are required to follow the unit curriculum and complete courses before graduating.

Faculty

The General Education Center was upgraded to a General Education College in August, 2010. The Fundamental General Education Center and Liberal Arts General Education Center are affiliated with the General Education College.

There are 24 full-time faculty members in the Center, including eight professors, eight associate professors, six assistant professors, and two lecturers. Every faculty has a specialization and has a rich experience in teaching and administration.

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