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The General Education Center (GEC) was\u00a0previously named the
\n\u201cGeneral Education Curriculum Department\u201d set up in August,
\n1972. When Kaohsiung Medical College changed its name to
\nKaohsiung Medical University in August 1999, \u201cthe General
\nEducation Center\u201d was established. In order to schedule and
\npromote curricular affairs, \u201cHumanities and Social Science
\nSection,\u201d \u201cScience and Fundamental Science Section,\u201d \u201cPhysical
\nEducation Section,\u201d \u201cService Learning Section,\u201d and \u201cLanguage
\nEducation Center\u201d were set up successively from 2004. On August
\n1, 2012, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was
\nfounded. The \u201cPhysical Education Section\u201d and \u201cLanguage
\nEducation Section\u201d in the GEC were transferred to the College of
\nHumanities and Social Sciences, expanding into the \u201cPhysical
\nEducation Center\u201d and the \u201cLanguages and Culture Center\u201d.
\nSimilarly \u201cHumanities and Social Sciences Section,\u201d and \u201cScience
\nand Applied Science Section\u201d were upgraded into the \u201cHumanities
\nand Arts Education Center\u201d and \u201cFundamental Science Education
\nCenter\u201d and placed under the nascent college. Teachers in the GEC
\nwere assigned to different centers according to their specialties.
\nThe GEC hopes to strengthen students\u2019 cooperation in teamwork,
\nto cultivate communicative ability and altruism. It also fosters to
\nintegrate knowledge and practice through official and unofficial
\ncurricula. In so doing, the objectives of \u201clife and ethics, humanities
\nethos, social concern, and basic skills in using language and
\ninformation technology\u201d will be attained.
\nCurrently, the GEC is responsible for scheduling the general
\neducation courses of KMU. Students have to take 28 credits of
\nsuch courses including basic general knowledge and liberal arts
\ncourses. In August 2015, the general education courses will be
\nrevised as follows:
\n1.Adjustment of General Education Courses
\nMarginally general education and professionally lopsided courses
\nwill be allocated to the professional curriculum as required or
\nelective courses. The general courses will have to strengthen the
\nLiberal Core Curriculum. The seven domains of the core courses
\nwill be intensified and integrated into a new Liberal Education
\nProgram. These seven fields include citizenship nourishment,
\nlocalization of globalism, critical thinking and inferring,
\naesthetics appreciation, environment and general science, and
\nintegration of interdisciplinary knowledge. Students have to take
\nat least one course each of the seven fields (two at the most) to
\ndevelop a holistic concept of general education. Besides, the
\nGEC will open up \u201cintegration of interdisciplinary knowledge\u201d
\nto allow individual departments to offer courses in ethics.
\n2.Adjustment of Basic General Courses
\nChinese and English advanced courses will be added: students
\nwill be exempted to take \u201cfreshman English\u201d or \u201cfreshman
\nChinese\u201d courses if they pass the proficiency test or meet
\nthe criteria at the end of the first semester. Instead, they can
\ntake courses on Chinese and English classics to upgrade their
\nappreciation of the inspiration of masterpieces. In addition,
\n\u201cApplication of Computer Information\u201d is changed to be a
\nnoncredit course. If students have approved certificates or have
\npassed an evaluation examination, they too do not have to take
\nthe course.
\n3.Adding \u201cPhysical Education\u201d to the General Education
\nCurricular frame
\nKMU\u2019s physical education belongs to the General Education
\ncategory but has not been included within the general education
\ncurricular framework. Therefore, the GEC will add \u201cPhysical
\nEducation\u201d to the general education curricular frame.
\n4.Adding \u201cExperience Program\u201d to the General Education
\nCurricular Frame
\n\u201cGetting Started in College Life\u201d is the deepening course of
\ngeneral education, as the course contents include introduction to
\nthe Academy of Life Education and related services. It requires
\nstudents to participate in the Academy\u2019s activities and experiencing
\n\u201clearn from doing.\u201d As a result, the GEC plans to include this
\ncourse and \u201cService Learning\u201d in the \u201cExperience Program\u201d.
\nKMU Academy of Life is one of the characteristics of GEC. At the
\nbeginning of its establishment in early 2010, on the basis of KMU\u2019s
\ncore value\u2014\u201cRespecting Life, Pursuing Truth\u201d\u2014and the traits of
\nmedical universities, the Academy takes \u201clife exploration\u201d as a
\nspecial feature of its experimental classes. Since 2013, the objects
\nof the experiment have been expanded to all KMU freshmen. The
\nAcademy is composed of five thematic halls, including \u201cJishi,
\nChuanxi, Huaiai, Rixin and Housheng\u201d so as to promote the
\neducational core indicators of \u201cGratitude, Enthusiasm, Respect,
\nCourtesy, Esprit de corps, and Caring\u201d. These are supplemented
\nby the five citizenship nourishments (Ethics, Democracy, Science,
\nMedia and Aesthetics) as pillars to enrich the life learning
\nenvironment of students\u2019 dormitory.
\nThe Academy will hold ongoing lectures on literature, history,
\nphilosophy, arts, and society and aesthetics activities to create a
\ncampus full of literary and cultural environments. At the same
\ntime, the formation of a democratic campus will be completed
\nby formulating dormitory conventions, autonomous room
\nmanagement, campus media and electronic bulletin boards, and
\nstudent participation in discussing public issues.
\nIn the future, based on the existing foundation, the GEC will
\npromote quality general teaching modules to all general education
\ncurricula by holding workshops and activities for teachers, and
\nenhancing citizenship nourishment through renovative teaching
\napproaches to shape up a cultural milieu on campus. The GEC will
\nhelp students learn from the \u201cexperience program,\u201d and strengthen
\nteamwork, communication, negotiation, and altruism through
\npractical activities so as to carry out knowledge and action at the
\nsame time. Finally, through the Academy of Life, official and
\nunofficial courses will be connected, which will help students
\ninternalize what they have learned before. The GEC thus hopes to
\ncultivate modern medical professionals with professional expertise,
\nmedical humanitarianism and a sense of citizenship in their
\nmission of maintaining and improving human health and welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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