Objectives 目的

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's General Education Programme aims at the promotion of all-round education for students across the University. The subjects are designed to broaden the horizon of students so that they can meaningfully relate their professional study to different contexts, be equipped with the ability to make sound judgement, and have a basic knowledge of the nation and society.

香港理工大學推行通識教育課程，目的是希望藉此擴闊同學的視野，訓練他們的獨立思考能力，使他們能有敏銳的社會觸覺，能對我們的國家和我們所生活的社會，有最基本的認識。香港理工大學的通識教育課程具有本身的特色，一方面與主修課程相輔相成，另一方面強調應用與興趣兼重。

General Education Requirement

  1. For intake cohorts before 2010/11, a 3-tier grading system of "Pass with Merit", "Pass" and "Fail" will be adopted and grades obtained in GE subjects are not included in the calculation of the Grade Point Average (GPA).

  2. With effect from the 2010/11 intake cohort, a 9 alpha grading system of A+, A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, D and F will be used in the calculation of the GPA.

Two Categories of General Education Subjects
通識課程的兩個部份

    2. China Studies Subjects
    「中國研讀」通識科目
  2. Broadening Subjects
    「拓寬視野」通識科目
  3. Foundation Year Curriculum
  4. Class Time-table

Administration of General Education Subjects
通識教育課程之管理

The Committee on General and Language Education oversees and coordinates the credit-bearing General Education requirements and provisions across the University. Individual GE subjects are administered and offered by respective contributing Faculties / Schools / academic Departments / Centres of the University.

General Education (GE) Subject Information

  1. Who are required to take GE subjects?
    • If you are a Full-time UGC-funded degree student, you are required to pass two 2-credit (or 3-credit piloting) GE subjects from two different categories (one from China Studies and one from Broadening).

    • If you are a Full-time UGC-funded sub-degree student, you are required to pass one 2-credit (or 3-credit piloting) GE subject from the China Studies category.

    • If you are a Full-time UGC-funded/self-financed articulation Bachelor's degree student admitted in 2008-09 and after, you are required to take one 2-credit (or 3-credit piloting) GE subject. Whether this GE subject would be a Broadening or China Studies category subject will be subject to the decision of the programme offering department with reference to the background of students concerned.

    • If you are enrolled in a full-time self-financed/part-time programme, you are required to take GE subjects to fulfill your graduation requirement, please contact your programme offering department for details.


  2. Which semester can you take a GE subject?
    • You can take GE subjects in any semesters during your study unless otherwise specified by your department/definitive programme document.

  3. Where can you look for the timetable of GE subjects?

 

  
Please contact geweb@polyu.edu.hk if you have any comments and suggestions.