Program Overview

GE Programme & Courses

The General Education Programme is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education that goes beyond their major field of study. The programme aims to foster critical thinking, cultural awareness, and social responsibility.

Programme Structure

The programme structure is designed to provide students with a broad-based education that includes a range of courses in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

GE Courses

The GE Courses are designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of the world and its complexities. The courses are interdisciplinary in nature and are designed to foster critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

Course List

• GCAP3195 - Hong Kong and the World This is an Experiential Learning Course that aims to tell the story of the past and present of Hong Kong as a hub of global trade and immigration. The course uses Hong Kong as a laboratory for the interdisciplinary exploratory research on the Hong Kong-based international community, their perceptions and lived experiences vis-à-vis certain social issues. The course provides a framework for intercultural research on a wide range of social issues that link Hong Kong with the world by engaging students into a variety of activities.

Programme and Course Evaluation

The programme and course evaluation is designed to assess the effectiveness of the GE Programme and its courses in achieving its learning goals.

Cross-Institutional GE Course Enrollment Scheme

The Cross-Institutional GE Course Enrollment Scheme allows students to take GE courses at other institutions, providing them with a broader range of courses and learning experiences.

Teaching & Learning

The teaching and learning approach is designed to foster critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

GE Teaching Support

The GE Teaching Support provides teachers with the resources and support they need to teach GE courses effectively.

GE Teaching Award

The GE Teaching Award recognizes and rewards teachers who have made significant contributions to the teaching of GE courses.

Good GE Teaching Practices

The Good GE Teaching Practices provide teachers with guidelines and best practices for teaching GE courses.

Staff

The staff of the General Education Office are committed to providing students with a high-quality education that prepares them for success in their future careers.

Courses

The staff offer a range of courses that are designed to provide students with a broad-based education.

Subsidies for General Education Courses (AY2025/26)

The subsidies for General Education Courses are designed to support students who are taking GE courses.

Documents and Guidelines

The documents and guidelines provide students and teachers with the information they need to navigate the GE Programme and its courses.

Hong Kong and the World

This course aims to:

• Tell the story of the past and present of Hong Kong as a hub of global trade and immigration.
• Use Hong Kong as a laboratory for the interdisciplinary exploratory research on the Hong Kong-based international community, their perceptions and lived experiences vis-à-vis certain social issues.
• Provide a framework for intercultural research on a wide range of social issues that link Hong Kong with the world by engaging students into a variety of activities.

The course has the following learning goals:

• Heighten students' awareness and open-mindedness towards the non-Chinese in Hong Kong.
• Synthesise data from social sciences, arts and humanities to comprehend the diversity of the non-Chinese communities.
• Be inquisitive about other peoples' culture and empathize with their life stories.
• Show what has been learnt in the classroom and experiential environments applies in addressing intolerance, racism and xenophobia.
• Think critically about Hong Kong as a microcosm of the wider world and how to creatively foster a more inclusive multicultural society, and more tolerant world at large.
• Use English and any other foreign language(s) students know to interact with non-Chinese speakers.
• Work collaboratively to effectively lead classroom meetings.