SCNU realizes another 27 First-class Undergraduate Majors and 41 First-class Courses - Research & Teaching

2022-06-20
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Another 27 SCNU majors were selected for development into First-class Undergraduate Majors, according to a list published by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The total number of selected majors ranks the first among universities in the province.

The first-class undergraduate majors were selected from course programs, which performed either at the national level or the Guangdong provincial level. Finance, along with other 16 majors, is selected for development into a national first-class undergraduate major, while 10 majors, including communication engineering, were for development into provincial first-class undergraduate majors.

So far, SCNU has 64 programs designated for development into first-class undergraduate majors at the provincial level and above, accounting for 80% of the total number of undergraduate enrollment majors (new majors excluded).

20 of SCNU's 21 teacher-training majors are chosen at the provincial level, of which 18 advance to the national level. It shows the school-running concept of teacher-training education and the professional layout of multidisciplinary coordinated development, which effectively support SCNU to develop into an innovative and high-level university with outstanding teacher education advantage.

A total of 41 SCNU courses were selected as the first-class, with SCNU ranking second among all the universities located in Guangdong province, according to the final list announced by the Department of Education of Guangdong province.

Of these, six are on-line courses, 13 classroom teaching, 21 a mix of on-line and in-person classes. So far, the total number of first-class undergraduate courses at or above the provincial level has reached 127.

In April 2019, the Ministry of Education issued the notice on the implementation of "the Double 10,000 Plan" for the development of first-class undergraduate majors, aiming to develop about 10,000 national first-class undergraduate majors and about 10,000 provincial first-class undergraduate majors from 2019 to 2021. It aims to develop first-class specialties, comprehensively revitalize undergraduate education, and increase the universities' ability for talent training.

In October 2019, the Ministry of Education issued the guidance for the development of first-class undergraduate courses for universities. This guidance focuses on the curriculum reform and innovation and forming of diversified teaching content and curriculum system, promoting the construction of first-class undergraduate majors.

The list of 27 majors selected for development into first-class undergraduate majors

Serial Number	School	Major	Level
1	School of Economics & Management	Finance	National
2	School of Economics & Management	Human Resources Management	National
3	School of Economics & Management	Information Management & Information System	National
4	School of Economics & Management	E-commerce	National
5	School of Economics & Management	Logistics Management	National
6	School of Economics & Management	Financial Management	National
7	School of Information Technology in Education	Communication Sciences	National
8	School of Fine Arts	Fine Arts	National
9	School of Music	Musicology	National
10	School of Politics and Public Administration	Public Affairs Management	National
11	School of Politics and Public Administration	Management Sciences	National
12	School of Education	Early Childhood Education	National
13	School of Physical Education & Sports Science	Exercise Training	National
14	School of Foreign Studies	Japanese	National
15	School of Philosophy and Social Development	Social Work	National
16	School of Marxism	Marxist Theory	National
17	School of Life Sciences	Bioengineering	National
18	School of Electronics and Information engineering	Communication Engineering	Provincial
19	School of Education	Special Education	Provincial
20	School of Foreign Studies	Russian	Provincial
21	School of Fine Arts	Product Design	Provincial
22	School of Geographical Sciences	Physical Geography & Resources Environment	Provincial
23	School of Computer Science	Network Engineering	Provincial
24	School of Tourism Management	Exhibition Economy & Management	Provincial
25	School of Chemistry	Materials Chemistry	Provincial
26	School of Environment	Environmental Sciences	Provincial
27	School of Urban Culture	Culture Industry Management	Provincial

The list of undergraduate courses at SCNU recognized as first-class provincial courses for the year 2021

Serial Number	School	Type	Course	Program Leader
1	School of Education	On line	Thinking & Learning the Educational Wisdom in Mencius	Huang Mingxi
2	School of Foreign Studies	On line	Foreign Language Education Technology	Liu Xiaobin
3	School of Chinese Language & Literature	On line	Introduction to Chinese Culture	Sun Xuexia
4	School of Physical Education & Sports Science	On line	Sports Introduction	Deng Xinghua
5	School of Politics and Public Administration	On line	Practical Training of Rational Thinking	Tang Hao
6	School of Physical Education & Sports Science	On line	Sociology of Sports	Ma Lianzhen
7	School of Foreign Studies	In-person	English Language Teaching Skills	Xu Manfei
8	School of Physics & Telecommunication Engineering	In-person	General Physics Experiment(2)	Li Fengguo
9	School of Software	In-person	Data Structure & Algorithm	Pan Jiahui
10	School of Psychology	In-person	Cognitive Psychology	Wang Suiping
11	School of Physics & Telecommunication Engineering	In-person	Optics	Chen Yihang
12	School of History & Culture	In-person	History Core Competencies & Senior Middle School History Teaching Experimental Study	Huang Muhang
13	School of Geographical Sciences	In-person	Satellite Navigation Localization Techniques Application	Fu Yingchun
14	School of Philosophy and Social Development	In-person	Logic & Critical Thinking	Xiong Ming
15	School of Music	In-person	Lingnan(Original Form) Folk Dance Materials	Huang Haiying
16	School of Information Technology in Education	In-person	Design Thinking	Zhang Qianwei
17	School of Software	In-person	Philosophy & Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	Zhu Dingju
18	School of Economics & Management	In-person	Management Principles	Feng Juzhang
19	School of Tourism Management	In-person	Tourism Regulations	Zhuang Xiaoping
20	School of Information Technology in Education	Mixed On line & In-person	Education & Communication	Hu Xiaoyong
21	School of Philosophy and Social Development	Mixed On line & In-person	Critical Thinking & Training Methods	Zhao Yi
22	School of Chemistry	Mixed On line & In-person	Didactics of Chemistry	Deng Feng
23	School of Economics & Management	Mixed On line & In-person	Performance Management	Xu Xianglong
24	School of Mathematical Sciences	Mixed On line & In-person	Curriculum & Didactics of the Elementary Mathematics	Liu Zhe
25	International Business College	Mixed On line & In-person	Business Communication	Zhuang Huijuan
26	School of Software	Mixed On line & In-person	Software Engineering Methods of Human-computer Interaction	Zeng Biqing
27	School of Life Sciences	Mixed On line & In-person	Molecular Biology	Huang Lihua
28	School of Computer Science	Mixed On line & In-person	Computer Network	Zhang Zhiqi
29	School of Foreign Studies	Mixed On line & In-person	Research Methods in Academic Writing	Liu Wei
30	School of Tourism Management	Mixed On line & In-person	Micro-Economics	Qu Hua
31	International Business College	Mixed On line & In-person	Innovative Thinking Training	Chai Shaoming
32	School of Mathematical Sciences	Mixed On line & In-person	Complex Function	Huang Zhibo
33	School of Environment	Mixed On line & In-person	Environmental Engineering Design & Construction	Zhang Gang
34	School of Chemistry	Mixed On line & In-person	Inorganic Non-metallic Materials Sciences	Luo Suilian
35	School of Urban Culture	Mixed On line & In-person	Introduction to Cultural Resources	Chen Weiqiang
36	School of Computer Science	Mixed On line & In-person	Principles & Applications of the Internet	Shen Yingshan
37	School of Computer Science	Mixed On line & In-person	Python Language Programming	Liu Hai
38	School of Politics and Public Administration	Mixed On line & In-person	Community Development & Family Education	Liu Jianling
39	School of Chemistry	Mixed On line & In-person	Polymer Chemistry	Ma Lijun
40	School of Information Technology in Education	Mixed On line & In-person	Curriculum Design and Development in Education Training	Yu Hong
41	School of Foreign Studies	Social Practice	Foreign Language Education Practice in Countryside	Gong Hongyu

Source from SCNU

Translated by Zeng Wenting, Yang Yi

Proofread by Edwin Baak

Edited by Li Jianru

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