It has been a banner year for the School, with the elite
Global China Studies program celebrating its first BSc
and MSc graduates. Over 95% of the bachelor graduates
were able to undertake Mainland or international
internships/learning experiences. Among the 32 MSc
graduates, 18 were 3+1 undergraduate/postgraduate
students from Nanjing University, Shandong University,
Sun Yat-sen University, and Xi’an Jiaotong University.
For the first time, the program saw two Year 2 students
gain internships at the United States Congress in
Washington DC.
BLENDED LEARNING
In a pioneering move, Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) videos were introduced in several of the
School’s undergraduate and postgraduate classes,
enabling a blended teaching format to be used.
Students watched lectures by their instructor before
The School added to its global presence with the first graduates
from its Global China Studies program, continued advances in
Massive Open Online Courses, and developed students’ interests in
arts and culture
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE
their scheduled class, allowing more time for student
presentations and discussion in class. Senior faculty have
continued to develop such courses, including the second
part for both “A New History for a New China, 1700-
2000”, taught by Prof James Lee, Dean of the School,
and “Science, Technology, and Science in China” taught
by Prof Naubahar Sharif (Social Science).
Plans advanced for the launch of the School’s full-
time Program of MA in International Language
Education, with the enrollment of students for its two
concentrations, Teaching English as a Second Language
and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. The
program will commence in 2014-15.
WORLD VISION
Further Jefferson Global Seminars were held in summer
2014, continuing the spirit of a global-scale living-learning
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