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College General Education

All New Asia students are required to take 6 units of College GE courses:

  • 4 credits: compulsory courses (for Year One students)
  • 2 credits: elective courses (for Year Two or above)

Study Schemes  

Compulsory courses (4 units)

  1. GENA1112 Aspects of General Education 
  2. GENA1113 Student-oriented Teaching and Seminar (2 credits)

Elective courses (2 units)

Students are required to take one elective course.

Course Information (2024/2025)
GENA1112
Aspects of General Education
  • Unit: 2
  • Term 1
  • Introduction
    This course aims to broaden the horizon of first year students. Students taking this course will be able to acquire a basic understanding of Chinese culture, Hong Kong society, university life, and their personal development.
  • Course Outline 2023/2024
GENA1113
Student-oriented Teaching and Seminar
  • Unit: 2
  • Term 2
  • Introduction
    The overall objective of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of university education, the role of university students in the society and adjustment to university life. It adopts a small group in which students are expected to explore topics related to university education (e.g. role of university students) and the society (e.g. current social issues), with the aims of promoting their data analysis, seminar presentation and report writing skills.
  • Course Outline 2023/2024
GENA1114A
Service Learning - Bringing Chinese Culture into Local Community
  • Unit: 3
  • Term 2
  • Introduction
    The course focuses on the practice of archaeology and historic preservation in Hong Kong. Students will learn and experience the antiquities and monuments in Hong Kong by visiting historical sites, museums, and archaeological excavations (if available), and engage in hands-on practice in the lab of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society (HKAS). Lab works include unearthed artifacts cataloging, processing and restoration, and archive management under the guidance of the course teacher and HKAS staff.
GENA1115A
Service Learning - Make a Difference to Our Community
  • Unit: 3
  • Term 2
  • Introduction
    Students will engage in experiential learning to understand the situation and needs of different local service targets such as frail elders and their care-givers in social services, explore their relationships with the social services, and design and implement related social services to frail elders (such as Fall Prevention Exercise Training), under the guidance of the partner organization and course instructor.
GENA1116A
Service Learning - Creating a Better World through Diversity and Inclusion
  • Unit: 3
  • Term 1
  • Introduction
    The course focuses on supporting the learning needs of underprivileged children. Students will understand the learning needs of underprivileged children and design appropriate teaching materials and techniques to enhance their learning interests. Students will provide assistance and support to underprivileged children to overcome their learning difficulties in study and homework, under the guidance of partner organization(s) and the course instructor.
GENA1116B
Service Learning - Creating a Better World through Diversity and Inclusion
  • Unit: 3
  • Term 1
  • Introduction
    With the theme “conceptualization and execution of a public and community art project entitled ‘RE: Tai Kok Tsui’”, the course enables students to learn about various aspects of a large-scale community art project, ranging from conceptualization to execution, in particular promoting relationship-building, as well as fostering meaningful connections among the local communities and the art and culture of the community through art interventions. Students will explore the limits and possibilities in the process, and engage in the organization of some activities of the project in order to learn through serving the community.

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Students of Senior Year Entrants

Second-year entrants are required to take the College General Education course “GENA1112 Aspects of General Education” (2 units) during their first year of attendance.

Service-Learning

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) introduces a new credit-bearing service-learning programme to extend students’ learning outside the classroom and to serve the local community. New Asia College will launch this programme in 2025/26 academic year as compulsory course of College General Education. Read more

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Ms. Amy Yip
3943 1619
Ms. Priscilla Kwan
3943 7604
General Education Office, 1/F, Cheng Ming Building
3943 7609