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Advising Students under New Curriculum. Eric S.P. Ng Registrar 3+3+4 Symposium 4 March 2011. Curriculum redesigned. New design / New pedagogy - Outcomes, learning activities, assessment - Feedback - OBA Student centred
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Advising Students underNew Curriculum Eric S.P. Ng Registrar 3+3+4 Symposium 4 March 2011
Curriculum redesigned • New design / New pedagogy - Outcomes, learning activities, assessment - Feedback - OBA • Student centred • Emphasis on both disciplinary knowledge and generic skills • Capstone experience
Course load • Norm 15 units per term • 15 x 8 = 120 units • Maximum 18 units per term • 18 x 7 = 126 units • One term for international exchange, internship, etc., within normative period
Plenty of room to explore and plan • Single Major • Double Major • Major and Minor(s) • Required courses • Electives
Three-pronged approach to academic advising • “Student Handbook” (web version only) • Student IT system (CUSIS) • Academic advisory system (people)
Student Handbook • Regulatory issues • exemptions, prerequisite, co-requisite, mutual exclusion, equivalence • Advisory statements • for major students only, not for major students • to be taken in final year • Course outlines
Student IT System Academic advisement review academic progress for graduation facilitate student’s academic planning Three online reports Advisement Report courses taken and requirements fulfilled In-progress Report courses enrolled and requirements to be fulfilled What-if Report courses planning to take and requirements that can be fulfilled in scenario
Academic Advisory System • Programme directors • Academic advisory coordinators • Department, Faculty, College • Learning Enhancement Officers