7.59

10.00

Course Description

This is a general education foundation course that is for all students and students can choose to take this course in the second term of the first year of study or the first term of the second year of study. It is a dialogue-based course focusing on three main topics, which are human exploration of the physical universe, human exploration of the world of life and our understanding of human understanding. Students are required to read excerpts of classical texts and participate in discussions.

Assessment

24% Quizzes (8 multiple choices checking students' basic factual understanding on the texts) - the highest 4 out of 6 are counted towards the final grade
15% Reflective Journal - answer 1 of the 3 questions related to the first part of the course (human exploration of the physical universe), 600-800 words in English or 900-1200 words in Chinese (+/- 10%)
35% Term Paper - answer 1 of the 4 questions based on at least 3 texts covered in the course (the selected texts must cover at least two parts of the course), 1300-1700 words in English or 1900-3000 words in Chinese (+/- 10%)
20% In-class Discussion - participation in discussions in tutorials
6% Online Discussion - 3 times in total, 2% each

Teaching Skills & Others

10.00

Course Description

UGFN1000 is a CUHK new general education foundation course which aim to provide students a precious moment to understand more about our nature world through the reading and discussion on classics. You're about to read through several scientific articles and literature in this courses. Pretty high workload course, make sure you have enough free time to deal with it at that term which you're going to take this course.

10.00

Course Description

Discussion on questions like 'What is truth/real?' 'What is science?'and things like the importance of mathematics to science. Also talks about soul, evolution and what is life etc.
A course that makes you think about philosophical questions. If you really want to learn, you could get a lot out of this course.
Finding a good instructor is very important.
1 lecture and 1 tutorial every week; attendance is taken in tutorials. If the teacher has good powerpoints then you can pretty much skip the lectures. Classes are conducted in cantonese but the ppts and the readings are all in english.
Quiz in every tutorial basically; for 3 of the weeks there are no quizzes and instead you have to post your discussion on the readings to an online forum, usually write for a couple hundred words. Again, finding a good prof is important because (I think) every prof makes their own questions for the quizzes. The quizzes I've taken are pretty easy and sometimes you don't even have to go through the readings.

Teaching Skills & Others

8.00

Course Description

UGFN1000 is a CUHK new general education foundation course which aim to provide students a precious moment to understand more about our nature world through the reading and discussion on classics. You're about to read through several scientific articles and literature in this courses. Pretty high workload course, make sure you have enough free time to deal with it at that term which you're going to take this course.

Teaching Skills & Others

9.00

Course Description

Humans have long been curious about Nature. In the West, ancient Greek philosophers took the lead in exploring the physical world and the world of life with reason and hence laid the foundations of modern science. Scientists discovered physical laws, the laws governing life and even ways of controlling life. Implications of these discoveries force the humankind to re-assess their understanding of human understanding. On the oriental side of the globe, Chinese philosophers developed a different view of Nature. The comparison between Western and Chinese views will contribute to our understanding of both.
This course invites students to explore how the humankind investigated, understood and changed Nature, to study and compare the development of science in Western and Chinese cultures, and to reflect on the humans’ place in Nature. Students will be required to read, discuss and write about a wide range of texts in philosophy, science and its history. Reading materials will be selected from influential literatures. Emphasis will be placed on students’ capacity to respond critically to these texts in written as well as oral presentations.

Teaching Skills & Others

8.00

Course Description

Humans have long been curious about Nature. In the West, ancient Greek philosophers took the lead in exploring the physical world and the world of life with reason and hence laid the foundations of modern science. Scientists discovered physical laws, the laws governing life and even ways of controlling life. Implications of these discoveries force the humankind to re-assess their understanding of human understanding. On the oriental side of the globe, Chinese philosophers developed a different view of Nature. The comparison between Western and Chinese views will contribute to our understanding of both.
This course invites students to explore how the humankind investigated, understood and changed Nature, to study and compare the development of science in Western and Chinese cultures, and to reflect on the humans’ place in Nature. Students will be required to read, discuss and write about a wide range of texts in philosophy, science and its history. Reading materials will be selected from influential literatures. Emphasis will be placed on students’ capacity to respond critically to these texts in written as well as oral presentations.

6.00

Course Description

UGFN1000 is a CUHK new general education foundation course which aim to provide students a precious moment to understand more about our nature world through the reading and discussion on classics. You're about to read through several scientific articles and literature in this courses. Pretty high workload course, make sure you have enough FREE time to deal with it at that term which you're going to take this course.

8.00

Course Description

To explore how the humankind investigated, understood and changed Nature, to study and compare the development of science in Western and Chinese cultures, and to reflect on the humans' place in NatureQ

7.00

Course Description

Humans have long been curious about Nature. In the West, ancient Greek philosophers took the lead in exploring the physical world and the world of life with reason and hence laid the foundations of modern science. Scientists discovered physical laws, the laws governing life and even ways of controlling life. Implications of these discoveries force the humankind to re-assess their understanding of human understanding. On the oriental side of the globe, Chinese philosophers developed a different view of Nature. The comparison between Western and Chinese views will contribute to our understanding of both.
This course invites students to explore how the humankind investigated, understood and changed Nature, to study and compare the development of science in Western and Chinese cultures, and to reflect on the humans’ place in Nature. Students will be required to read, discuss and write about a wide range of texts in philosophy, science and its history. Reading materials will be selected from influential literatures. Emphasis will be placed on students’ capacity to respond critically to these texts in written as well as oral presentations.