Introduction

The EdUHK General Education Programme prepares students to be active agents of change, by broadening their intellectual horizons, helping them make connections among different areas of knowledge between their formal studies and life outside the classroom, and strengthening their capacity for sound thinking and good judgement. It offers a varied but balanced mix of individual courses across a range of subject areas and disciplines, set within an integrated structure of General Education Foundation Course, General Education Breadth Courses, Experiential and Service Learning, and University ePortfolio.

General Education Foundation Course

3 credit points
Compulsory
To be taken in the first year of study
Medium of Instruction: English
Lectures (video & face-to-face) + Tutorials

General Education Breadth Courses

General Education Breadth Courses (GEBCs) coordinated by General Education Office (GEO) are composed of 2 components:

1	New Six Arts Courses (2+1 credit points)
2	Positive and Values Education Courses (3 credit points)

Students from 2025/26 admitted cohort and onwards are required to complete the additional GEBCs coordinated by other centres. The requirement may vary from programme to programme:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2 credit points)*

Coordinated by Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education (CEIE). Please visit the website at https://ceie.eduhk.hk/ei-activities-supporting-ge-curriculum/

Digital Competency (3 credit points)*

Coordinated by Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC). Please visit the website at http://www.lttc.eduhk.hk/

Legal Knowledge and National and National Security Education (2 credit points)*

Coordinated by National Security and Legal Education Research Centre (NSLERC). Please visit the website at https://nslerc.eduhk.hk/zht

*For GEBCs, only New Six Arts and Positive and Values Education Courses are coordinated by GEO. For detailed information and the course synopses about the GEBCs offered by CEIE, LTTC and/or NSLERC, please consult the hosting units concerned.

1 New Six Arts (NSA) Courses

One complete set of NSA Courses (a total of 3 credit points), including one 2-credit-point course and one corresponding 1-credit-point course in the same course set within the same semester.
Normally, the course set is to be taken upon the completion of the General Education Foundation Course in Year 1.
Students are also allowed to take the NSA Courses concurrently with the GEFC in Year 1 Semester 2 if they are interested and their curriculum schedules allow.
Year 1 students who have been granted credit transfer for the GEFC (due to change of programme within EdUHK) can start taking the NSA Courses in Year 1 Semester 1.
Medium of Instruction: English/ Chinese

2 Positive and Values Education (PAVE) Courses

One PAVE Course (3 credit points)
Normally, the course set is to be taken upon the completion of the General Education Foundation Course in Year 1.
Students are also allowed to take the PAVE Course concurrently with the GEFC in Year 1 Semester 2 if they are interested and their curriculum schedules allow.
Year 1 students who have been granted credit transfer for the GEFC (due to change of programme within EdUHK) can start taking the PAVE Course in Year 1 Semester 1.
Medium of Instruction: English/ Chinese

Experiential and Service Learning

Experiential and Service Learning (ESL) consists of the following components:

1	Co-curricular and Service Learning Courses (CSLCs) (Course code: GEM) - 2 credit points
2	Experiential Learning Courses on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ELCs on E&I) (Course code: GEL) - 2 or 3 credit points depending on programme

Medium of Instruction: English/ Chinese
Study requirements and semesters for 2025/26 admitted cohort and onwards:

Admitted cohort	Programmes/ students	Requirements in Experiential and Service Learning	Study semester
2025/26 and onwards	5-year Double Degree programmes	Take one CSLC (2 credit points)	Students are allowed to take one CSLC starting from Year 1 and should complete it before Year 5 Semester 2. Students are recommended to complete the CSLC before Semester 1 of the final year, as they will be engaged in BP II and data collection/ fieldwork of FYP in this Semester. Careful academic planning on a personal basis is needed.
2025/26 and onwards	4-year non-BEd FYFD programmes	Take one CSLC (2 credit points) and one ELC on E&I (2 credit points)	Students are required to take one CSLC starting from Year 1 and should complete it before the final year. Students are also required to take one ELC on E&I in the assigned semester in Year 2.
2025/26 and onwards	Senior Year (SY) entrants	Take one ELC on E&I (3 credit points)*	Students are required to take one ELC on E&I in the assigned semester in the entry year.

^* Senior Year Entry (SY) students from BSc(Executive Management) (A2B104) and BA(Heritage Education and Arts Management) (A4B097) are not required to take the ELC on E&I. Please consult your programme office for your study sequence in General Education.

University ePortfolio

2 credit points
Compulsory
Medium of Instruction: English

Non-Senior Year Entrants:

To be taken after completion of all General Education Breadth Courses required
Students have to take the University ePortfolio course in the study semester assigned by individual programmes as follows^:

Double Degree programmes: Year 4 Semester 1

Non-BEd programmes: Year 3 Semester 2 (For Senior Year Entrants, please refer to the following section.)

Senior Year Entrants (excluding BHE students):

Students have to take the University ePortfolio course in Semester 1 of their final year of study^.

^ The UePortfolio study semester of some programmes may differ from the assigned semesters listed here. Please check with your Programme Office if you have any questions about your programme structure.

Senior Year Entrants (BHE students only):

Students have to take the specific University ePortfolio Course (i.e., “Developing Health and Well-being through Reflections”) in Semester 1 of their final year of study, which is the study semester assigned by the BHE programme.

Remarks:

i) Students have to keep all learning artefacts/ documents/ records for the construction of University ePorfolios throughout their undergraduate studies.

ii) As EdUHK students are expected to follow the General Academic Regulations and to attend every scheduled session of a course, a standard attendance requirement is now set up across the General Education courses. The minimum attendance requirement is 80%. Students who are absent from a prolonged period, or for more than the 20% of the contact time allowed, in a course without prior permission from the Course Instructor and Programme Leader/ Coordinator will be given a grade F (Fail) by their course tutors/ supervisors.

iii) Disclaimer - Any aspect of the course and course offerings (including, without limitation, the content of the course and the manner in which the course is taught) may be subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the University. Without limiting the right of the University to amend the course and its course offerings, it is envisaged that changes may be required due to factors such as staffing, enrolment levels, logistical arrangements and curriculum changes.

Double Degree programmes:	Year 4 Semester 1
Non-BEd programmes:	Year 3 Semester 2 (For Senior Year Entrants, please refer to the following section.)