Compulsory courses in general education

General Studies of Chinese and Western Cultures

Course Code: GCWC001 Credits: 3

Course Description:

The course "General Studies of Chinese and Western Cultures" is a compulsory course of general education for the whole school, and "General Studies of Chinese Culture" is one of them This part mainly teaches history, historiography, culture, ancient literature culture, art theory culture, Chinese science and technology history and culture, etc. Through the systematic explanation of this course, the undergraduates of all majors in the university can grasp the basic context of the occurrence, development and evolution of traditional Chinese culture in general, understand some major events and important figures in the development of traditional Chinese culture, comprehend the spirit of the times and basic cultural outlook of different eras, and understand the dynamic relationship, respective characteristics and interconnections between the main development stages of traditional Chinese culture. In this way, students will lay the necessary knowledge foundation for studying various branches of Chinese culture from different professional perspectives in the future.

The "General Studies of Western Culture" mainly teaches ancient Greek culture, ancient Roman culture, medieval Christian culture, and modern Western culture. Through the systematic explanation of this course, the undergraduates of all majors in the university can grasp the basic context of the occurrence, development and evolution of Western culture in general, understand some major events and important figures in the development process of Western culture, comprehend the spirit of the times and basic cultural outlook of different eras, and understand the dynamic relationship, their respective characteristics and interconnections between the main stages of development of Western culture, so as to lay the necessary knowledge foundation for students to study various branches of Western culture from different professional perspectives in the future.

Course instructor:

(in no particular order).

1. Zhao Lin

2. Gu Weimin

3. Xu Ping

4. Su Dechao

5. Liu Zhonglin

6. Lin Wei

7. Gong Bendong

8. Xiao Baofeng

9. Zhao Haixia

University life

Course Code: GUL001 Credits: 1

Course Description:

Through a series of comprehensive, interdisciplinary, lectures and practices, this course aims to help new students quickly and better realize the transformation of roles and statuses in all aspects, so as to smoothly integrate into university life and make plans for their future life after university.

(Note: Students of the Bachelor’s degree program at the School of Liberal Arts are not required to take this course.)

Speaking and Debating Skills

Course Code: GSDS001 Credits: 3

Course Description:

1. Teaching objectives of face-to-face teaching of speech and debating skills;

2. Face-to-face teaching of the essentials of speech and debate skills;

3. Study and observe classic speeches, arguments and videos that have been recognized by the society;

(Note: Students of the Bachelor’s degree program at the School of Liberal Arts are not required to take this course.)

Course instructor:

1. Yang Xiaoyang

2. Li Yuxi

3. Lan Xiaoran

Information Technology

Course Code: GIT001 Credits: 2

Course Description:

This course introduces the latest development of information technology and its application in daily life in the form of lectures, including the Internet, Internet of Things, Big Data, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Mobile Applications, Data Analysis Methods, etc.

 (Note: Students of the Bachelor’s degree program at the Faculty of Innovation Engineering are not required to take this course.)

Course instructor:

Adjunct professors from Faculty of Innovation Engineering

 (Note: Students of the Bachelor’s degree program at the Faculty of Innovation Engineering are not required to take this course.)

Introduction to Constitutional Law and Basic Law

Course Code: GCLBL001 Credits: 1

Course Description:

This course is a compulsory general education course for undergraduate students majoring in non-law studies, which teaches the basic theories of constitutional law, as well as the state structure, government agency system, basic rights and duties of citizens, electoral system, and political party system in the Chinese Constitution. This course will teach "one country, two systems" and the formulation of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, as well as the relationship between the Central Government and the Macao Special Administrative Region, the basic rights of Macao residents, and the political system of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

(Note: Students of the Bachelor’s degree program at the Faculty of Law are not required to take this course.)

Course instructor:

Adjunct professors from the Faculty of Law