HKUST Postgraduate Programs in Humanities and Social Science 香港科技大学人文社会科学研究生课程

HKUST @ Asia’s World City

HKUST Established in 1991 (4,600 PGs and 9,100 UGs)

HK: 1st in Asia; 5th

in the World

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HKUST: Worldwide Recognition

14TH

1st in Hong Kong

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HKUST Research Excellence

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2014 in Hong Kong

HKUST HKU CUHK CityU PolyU HKBU EdUHK LU

4 Star = World Leading

3 Star = Internationally

Excellent

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HKUST: SHSS

School of Humanities and Social Science

To become the Global Center of China Studies

To become a China Center of Global Studies

To become a Hong Kong Center of HSS Education

To offer a well-rounded and transformative UG, PG, and continuing education

To equip all students with the career skills they need and with an ability to think independently and communicate effectively

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SHSS World Rankings*

No. 10 Asian Top 100 Universities in Social Science and Management: Asia 2015

No. 26 World’s Top 400 Universities for Social Sciences & Management, 2015 (No. 2 in Greater China)

No. 37 Asian Top 100 Universities in Arts & Humanities, Asia 2015

No.72 World’s Top 100 Universities in

Social Science (No. 3 in Greater China),

2015/2016

No. 76-100 World’s Top 200

Universities in Social Science, 2015

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45000+ HKUST SHSS Google Citations

August 2016

SHSS Research

5 disciplinary concentrations:

in economics, in history / anthropology, in political science, in sociology, and in technology / sustainability

5 connected research foci:

on economic development, on human capital, on inequality, on energy / sustainability, and on state / society relations

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SHSS Disciplinary Research PG Training

Humanities Anthropology History Linguistics Literature Philosophy

Social Science Applied Economics Political Science Psychology Sociology STS

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SHSS Teaching Strategies

Research Embedded Teaching

Teaching Supported Research

Integrated UG/PG curriculum

Whole UG Person focused with emphasis on language, leadership, numeracy, values

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SHSS Taught PG Training

MA in Chinese Culture

MA in International Language Education Teaching Chinese as Second Language

(TCSL)

Teaching English as Second Language (TESL)

Dual-Degree (MA & MAT-TESOL) with University of Southern California (USC)

MA in Social Science

MSc in Global China Studies 3+1 & 1+x pathway for MGCS Consortium

University

4+1 pathway 9

SHSS Massive Open On-line Courses

HKUST is the first university in Asia to offer Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOCs)

Making Hong Kong’s best education available world-wide, including the PRC

Flipping the classroom and improving elite education in Hong Kong

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MOOC Offerings

“Understanding China: A Data Analytical Approach”

(1&2)

Summer 2013/Fall 2014 (Part I): 16,903 active, 16 percent completion

Fall 2015 (Part II): 3,170 active students from 110 countries / regions (83% students holding a bachelor or higher degree), 50 percent completion

No. 8th HKUST blended class in Summer 2015/16 (June 27-July 25, 2016)

“Science, Technology, and Society in China” (1&2)

Spring 2013/Fall 2013, 7,637 active, 21,934 total students, 10 percent completion, 9.5 percent graduation)

Chinese and World 1&2

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Prof James Lee

SHSS E-Teaching & Blended Learning

Prof Naubahar Sharif with help of Prof Christian Daniels

Prof David Zweig

English Language MOOCs

Concentration

Business English

English for Doing Business in Asia-Speaking

English for Doing Business in Asia-Writing

Mr. Sean McMinn (Senior Instructor)

Ms. Delian Gaskell (Instructor)

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SHSS E-Teaching & Blended Learning

MOOC In-development

China's Economic Transformation (1&2)

Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society

Intimacy of Creativity: Entering the Minds of Composers

Inequality and Hard Times in the Past

Prof Albert Park

Prof Cameron Campbell

Prof Bright Sheng

Professor Matthew Tommasini

Professors Tommy Bengtsson, Campbell, Lee, and Feng Wang 13

SHSS E-Teaching & Blended Learning

Blending MOOCs, Global Studies,

and International Partnerships

University of Virginia/University of Iowa Global Studies and HKUST Global China Studies

UVa College of Arts and Sciences Jeffersonian Global Seminars

UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences MOOC collaboration

Waseda University (早稲田大学) Dual-Degree Waseda: BA in Economy, Political Science, and Global

Political Economy

HKUST: MSc in Global China Studies

Global China Studies Online Curriculum-Blended Learning

Local, Mainland China, and International partners

Proposed AEARU Conference on Teaching and Learning Development

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SHSS TPG Program Highlights:

MSc in Global China Studies

Best combined class, “4+1”, “3+1”, “1+x” students A GPA of 3.0 or above (out of 4.0);

A TOEFL >=100 (iBT)/600 (PBT) or IELTS 7 (all sub-sets >=6.5)

The very first “3+1” Elite International Program for advanced and ambitious undergraduate students from the Global China Studies

Consortium member universities

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MSc in Global China Studies

(MGCS)

HKUST is the First University in the World to offer UG and PG programs in Global China

Studies

Global Studies is the study of what has become or is becoming global, local accommodation and resistance to the Global, and the tensions and interactions generated by these processes.

Global China Studies is the study of the Global and the Local in China.

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MGCS Consortium

Nanjing University, National Taiwan University, Shandong University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shantou University, Sichuan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Waseda University, Huazhong Science & Technology University and Zhejiang University

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MGCS Student Composition

（2013-16）

Consortium Member

Universities “3+1”

students 64%

Consortium Member Us non “3+1”

10%

Individual Applicants

26%

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Professional Career

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The proportion of MGCS graduates

pursuing further study is 35 %

(2013/14), 25 % (2014/15), and 50%

(2015/16); whereas the HKUST

average is approximately 7.5%,

including

Five full-ride PhD scholarships @ U

of Virginia, USC, UT (Austin),

HKUST, Utrecht

Master programs at HKUST,

Tsinghua University, Sun Yat-sen

University, Columbia U, Chicago,

Oxford, UCSD, Warwick, NTU, etc.

Career & Placement

Hong Kong：KPMG, AIA, Pfizer 、HKUST, Our Hong Kong

Foundation, etc.

Mainland China：Bank of China,

PwC, Huawei, KPMG, Deloitte,

Jiangsu TV, Beijing TV etc.

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SHSS Grad School Journey

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