Common and General Education Centre

Mission

Common and general Education Center (CGEC) is dedicated to the cultivation of students’ sound bodies and minds. Specifically, it aims at developing students’ (a) basic and applied language abilities, (b) fundamental knowledge in humanities, arts, social sciences and natural sciences (c) awareness about social issues and methods of inquiry, and (d) various thinking abilities, such as abstract reasoning, problem-solving techniques and creative thinking skills.

Courses

CGEC offers courses in two categories, which are further divided into three separate fields. The first category is common courses, including core subject, linguistic and physical fields. The second consists of the other three fields: humanities and arts, social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences. They are specifically illustrated in the following

Table

Categories	Fields
Common Courses	1. Core subjects: Wufeng lectures, labor and community service.
	2. Linguistic field: Chinese, English.
	3. Physical field: physical education
General Courses	1. Humanities and arts: There are 30 courses in this field, such as literature, philosophy, history, art appreciation, etc.
	2. Social Sciences: This field includes 28 subjects, such as political science, economics, management, sociology, psychology, anthropology, law, education, etc.
	3. Math & Natural Sciences: This field embraces 10 subjects, such as math, physics, chemistry, life science, etc.

Faculty

The teaching team of CGEC is comprised of 26 fulltime teachers, including 6 professors, 1 assistant professor, and 19 lecturers.

Facility

Currently CGEC has two well-equipped audio-visual classrooms and one musical and fine arts classroom. CGEC’s budget allocates a considerable portion of its funds to the renewal and maintenance of these facilities. It also strives for special funds from the Ministry of Education in order to upgrade and advanced our facilities for the instructional and research needs of our students and faculty. In addition, CGEC also maintains its efforts to enrich the stock of professional journals and books, audio-visual software and hardware in order to closely support teaching and researching in every possible capacity.