- Approved course design and course review
- Archive of UGE course materials
- Application to add/drop UGE courses
- Medium of Instruction
- Course evaluation
- Library books
1. Approved course design and course review
All UGE courses are drawn up by teaching departments and approved by the Senate Committee on General Education (SCGE). Course delivery should in principle adhere to the original course design.
To assure the teaching and learning quality, all UGE courses are reviewed every three years against the general GE objectives and the approved course design. Course review is based on the course materials archived and teaching departments will be informed when their courses are scheduled for review.
2. Archive of UGE course materials
Course materials of all the UGE classes offered are archived for review and for future reference, a course outline (including teaching schedule, reading list, learning outcomes and assessment method) should be included.
Our office will inform the course teachers with a detailed list of the materials to be collected for GE Archive upon receipt of the course outline.
All the information collected for the GE Archive will be kept confidential, except the course outline, which will be posted online for students' information.
3. Application to add/drop UGE courses
Course registration and add/drop should be performed by students on the Chinese University Student Information System (CUSIS). Add-drop after the stipulated period/ outside CUSIS will not be considered unless there are compelling reasons. Course teachers are advised to refer all enquiries and requests for add-drop of UGE course to the Office of University General Education (OUGE). Authority for approving late add-drop rests with the Dean of the student’s Faculty but course teachers and this office will be duly consulted.
4. Medium of Instruction
Please follow the language of instruction as stated in the teaching timetable since students’ course choice may depend on their preferred medium of instruction. The Registry will not allow change in medium of instruction after course registration until the close of add/drop period, subject to a unanimous decision of the teacher and all students enrolled on the course by a secret ballot conducted after the deadline for adding courses.
For classes conducted in C&E (Cantonese and English), please inform students of the following:
- the primary teaching language in class, be it Cantonese or English;
- whether or not readings are available in both Chinese and English; and
- whether or not assessment(s) and coursework can be submitted in either Chinese or English
Please state the aforesaid information about the teaching language explicitly in the course outline for students’ reference and advise those who are not proficient in the primary teaching language to drop the course during the online add/drop period.
5. Course and teaching evaluation
Students should be informed that the course and teaching evaluation survey will be scheduled in the second last class meeting and it is a student's duty/right to participate in the survey. To ensure a good response rate, teahcers are advised to arrange the survey to be conducted during the lecture break, but not at the end of the class meeting. Teaching departments and course teachers will be informed of the findings within one month after finalization of course grades.
6. Library books
Teachers can return their recommendation for library acquisition to our office on the Library Book. The recommendation form can be downloaded from the Library website.
