
Aims and Intended Learning Outcomes
(effective from 2022-23)
The Core Curriculum aims to provide students with a broad and balanced foundation through an exposure to a wide range of cross-disciplinary subjects. Designed to engage students in big questions and to cultivate in students a crucial set of generic and transferable skills treasured highly and widely across the globe, the Core Curriculum is important to the realization of a cohesive, humanistic and all-round education that Lingnan aims to provide. On completion of the Core Curriculum, students are expected to be able to:
Programme Structure
(effective from 2018-19 Year 1 intake and 2019-20 Senior Year Intake)
As an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum at Lingnan University, the Core Curriculum is a compulsory component for all undergraduate students irrespective of their majors. Each student is required to complete 27 credits in the Core Curriculum, including 4 compulsory courses in the Common Core and one course from each of the five Clusters. Each of the courses bears 3 credits, which normally represents 3 contact hours per week in a single term.
Core Curriculum Requirements |
Credits |
12 |
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Critical Thinking: Analysis and Argumentation |
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The Making of Hong Kong |
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The Process of Science |
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China in World History |
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One Course from Each of These Five Clusters |
15 |
Creativity and Innovation |
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Humanities and the Arts |
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Management and Society |
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Science, Technology, Mathematics and Society |
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Values, Cultures and Societies |
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Total |
27 |
Course Exemption/Credit Transfer for Core Curriculum Courses