Hong Kong University overhauls its undergraduate curriculum
JUL 19, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024509
Chronicle : With the aim of securing its position as southern China’s pre-eminent higher education hub, Hong Kong has mandated that its universities switch in 2012 from offering three-year, English-style bachelor’s degrees to four-year, US-style bachelor’s degrees. As the Chronicle‘s Mary Hennock reports, the territory’s oldest university, Hong Kong University, is responding to the mandate with the boldest reform: a complete redesign of its undergraduate curriculum around a core four broad areas—humanities; global issues; Chinese culture, state, and society; and scientific and technological literacy.
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