Common Core Curriculum
Common Core Curriculum Aims and Objectives •
To provide rigorous general education for students in preparation for their major studies;
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To promote integrative learning through competing viewpoints and a variety of pedagogical models;
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To foster speaking, reading, writing, critical thinking, communication skills, and IT and numerical skills necessary for students’ academic studies and future successes in an everchanging world;
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To cultivate students to be literate and responsible participants in the workplace, society and the world; and
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To develop students’ understanding of the ethical values and dimensions of their actions.
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Under the Common Core Curriculum, students are required to take • •
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GEN1000 Perspectives on General Education at least 1 module (3 credits) from each of the following four academic clusters to make up a total of 6 modules (18 credits): Cluster 1: Humanities Cluster 2: Social Sciences Cluster 3: Science and Technology Cluster 4: Moral Reasoning 3 modules (9 credits) in each of the following areas: Chinese English (or 4 modules for Year-1 entrants in AY2021/22 or after) and at least 1 module (3 credits) in each of the following areas: Information Technology Skills Quantitative Methods
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