General Education

Proposal Writing Workshop

• Level 2: Sustainable Communities (GTSC)

• Level 3: Interdisciplinary GE Capstone

Dr Lisa Lam

Assistant Director of General Education

New GE Programme Structure

3 Categories (each 8 interdisciplinary courses,

total 24 courses):

• History and Civilization

• Values and the Meaning of Life

• Quantitative Reasoning

3 Themes (each 16 interdisciplinary courses,

total 48 courses):

• Culture, Creativity and Innovation

• Science, Technology and Society

• Sustainable Communities

To be offered in AY2019/20

Completed

- call for proposal around July

(proposals to GEO in Sep)

- to be offered in AY2020/2021

Guidelines + Financial Support

- round 2: Sustainable Communities

- deadline 28 June 2019

- target: approval by end of 2019

42 approved

GE Capstone Course/Independent Studies

• Interdisciplinary

• Apply integrated knowledge to real-world issues

(community engagement)

• Experiential learning (Service-learning, Service Leadership

Education, other experiential learning)

GE PILOs

Category Aims

GE Capstone

Guidelines

GE PILOs Category Aims – L2 Sustainable Communities

PILO1. Use historical and cultural perspectives to gain insight into the contemporary issues;

PILO2. Apply various value systems to decision-making in personal, professional, and social/political situations;

PILO3. Use data for the purposes of analyses and to make recommendations for strategic implementation of policy on social, economic and business, cultural, and political affairs.

PILO4. Relate their majors with interdisciplinary thematic knowledge;

PILO5. Demonstrate connections among a variety of disciplines to gain insight into contemporary personal, professional, and community situations.

To define and analyze how to:

(1) protect and enhance local and regional ecosystems and biological diversity;

(2) utilize prevention strategies and appropriate technologies to minimize environmental concerns that relate to conservation of water, land, energy, and nonrenewable resources;

(3) attend to the basic human rights of all community members and defend against injustices including exploitation and psychological and physical harm;

(4) design diverse and financially viable economic base for the community;

(5) provide businesses and services that enhance community sustainability.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/sustainable-communities

GE PILOs Category Aims – L2 Sustainable Communities

Category Aims – L3 GE Capstone

PILO1. Use historical and cultural perspectives to gain insight into the contemporary issues;

PILO2. Apply various value systems to decision-making in personal, professional, and social/political situations;

PILO3. Use data for the purposes of analyses and to make recommendations for strategic implementation of policy on social, economic and business, cultural, and political affairs.

PILO4. Relate their majors with interdisciplinary thematic knowledge;

PILO5. Demonstrate connections among a variety of disciplines to gain insight into contemporary personal, professional, and community situations.

To define and analyze how to:

(1) protect and enhance local and regional ecosystems and biological diversity;

(2) utilize prevention strategies and appropriate technologies to minimize environmental concerns that relate to conservation of water, land, energy, and nonrenewable resources;

(3) attend to the basic human rights of all community members and defend against injustices including exploitation and psychological and physical harm;

(4) design diverse and financially viable economic base for the community;

(5) provide businesses and services that enhance community sustainability.

(1) Synthesize knowledge from various disciplines and to provide innovative solutions to solve a societal or global problem;

(2) Value the importance of working as a team for the common good;

(3) Show what has been learnt in the classroom and experiential environments as it applies to addressing an important issue faced by local, regional and the global community.

(1) Interdisciplinary + scope not overly specialized

(2) Appropriate academic rigour

(3) CILOs mapped with category aims + GE PILOs

(4) Sound, active & diverse teaching and learning strategies

(5) Valid, creative, diverse continuous assessment (test/exam <30%)

(6) Class size <50 (or, big lecture + small groupsessions)

(7) MOI English as default

(8) Review and approval procedures of proposals

(9) Qualitative assessment by GEO

All GE (including Level 2 + Capstone)

(10) Level 3

(11) Apply integrated knowledge to real-world issues (community engagement)

(12) Experiential learning (Service-learning, Service Leadership, other experiential learning)

(13) A substantial assessment item on students’ interdisciplinary studies

GE Capstone

http://ge.hkbu.edu.hk/faculty/call-for-course-proposal/reference-materials/

Students to go beyond the traditional boundaries of their major!

Student will benefit by receiving sound advice and guidance from you.

GE Course Proposal (Level 2 & GE Capstone)

Course content

(interdisciplinary + academic)

+Alignments

- CILOs (GE PILOs & category aims)

- Teaching & learning

- Assessment

Source: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/tlpd/tlr/DesigningYourCourse/OBTL/Pages/ConstructiveAlignment.aspx

Financial Support for Level 3 GE Capstone

• Interdisciplinary GE Capstone courses

• Student subsidies

GE LibGuide

http://ge.hkbu.edu.hk/ge-teaching-learning/interdisciplinary-opportunities/network-of-community-partners/

General Education

Proposal Writing Workshop