A Discipline-based Freshman Seminar for Broad Discipline "Construction & Land Use" – Construction for Better Living
(TDG 2009/12)

Leader: S. K. Tang (BSE)
Leader's email: besktang@polyu.edu.hk
Other Members: Albert Chan (BRE), C. K. Chaw (BSE), K. W. Chau (CSE), T. M. Chung (BSE), K. S. Lam (CSE), Esmond Mok (LSGI), Lilian Pun (LSGI), Sandy Tang (BRE), Roy Kam (EDC), Kenneth Wong (HKHA), Vincent Cheng (Ove Arup & Partners)

Objectives:

The objectives of this Freshman Seminar are to:

• introduce students how their chosen Construction & Land Use (CLU) disciplines can contribute to “better living” in their freshman year and enthuse them about their major study;
• cultivate students’ creativity, problem-solving ability and global outlook;
• expose students to the concepts of an understanding of entrepreneurship; and
• engage students, in their first year of study, in desirable forms of learning at university that emphasizes self-regulation, autonomous learning and deep understanding.

Remarks:

Outcomes & Deliverables:

• Summary of the Pilot Run of Freshman Seminar – Construction for Better Living