GESC 2250 Appreciation of Life
2011-12, second Term
Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Instructor:
Contact Person:
Time:
Location:
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Chan Ho Fung
Miss Eva Shek, evashek@cuhk.edu.hk (39431553)
Friday, 2:30pm-5:15pm
Room 208 Lee Shau Kee Building, Main Campus
Course Description
This course aims at introducing students to appreciate different art forms that include but
not limited to traditional and contemporary paintings by masters in the East and the West,
classical and popular music as well as operas, porcelain, jade and other important
antiques of China to be completed with a virtual tour in China and around the world in
order to understand their historical linkage and cultural heritage. The course shall
broaden students' perspective and repertoire in the appreciation and understanding of
different art forms. The ultimate goal is to help students better appreciate and enjoy the
diverse aspects of life that we may overlook in our everyday life.
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Expected Learning Goals
Learning Goals:
1. Life is short, challenging, enjoyable and beautiful
2. To appreciate life both the mind and the body must be in healthy condition
3. The beautiful things in the world help to release the stress and tension
4. Learn to appreciate the beautiful things in life
5. Learn to keep both the mind and the body healthy as we face life's challenges
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Expected Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the course, we expect students to be able to:
(1) Understand differences and similarities among art forms in terms of their
cultural heritage and historical background
(2) Evaluate independently, albeit at an amateurish level, the merits of
various art pieces
(3) Develop a wider repertoire on the appreciation and enjoyment of arts
and culture
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Course schedule
Week
Date
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13/1 (Fri)
‧ Introduction of the course, The Cosmos
2
20/1 (Fri)
‧ Western paintings, classical and modern
3
27/1 (Fri)
‧ Chinese New Year Holiday
4
3/2 (Fri)
‧ Western paintings, classical and modern
5
10/2 (Fri)
‧ Chinese paintings, classical and modern
6
17/2 (Fri)
‧ Chinese paintings, classical and modern
7
24/2 (Fri)
‧ Visit the museum
8
2/3 (Fri)
‧ How to stay healthy, Tai Chi, Chi Gong etc
9
9/3 (Fri)
‧ Western music, opera, etc
10
16/3 (Fri)
‧ Travel in China
11
23/3 (Fri)
‧ ( No lecture. Go to see ballet instead)
12
30/3 (Fri)
‧ Travel in the rest of the world
13
6/4 (Fri)
‧ Easter holiday
14
13/4 (Fri)
‧ Antiques of China, porcelain, jade etc
15
20/4 (Fri)
‧ Antiques of China, porcelain, jade etc
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Topic
Assessment Scheme
Essay
20%
Test/Exam
20%
Attendance
20%
In-class sharing & quiz
40%
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Academic honesty and plagiarism
Information regarding the academic honesty and plagiarism policy in the University is located at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ . Some further advice is given below.
GESC 2250 Appreciation of Life
(享受人生)
Term 2, 2011-12
Guideline about plagiarism
Any assignment (i.e., project, essay, or paper) that shows evidence of plagiarism will be marked down
severely. In simple terms, plagiarism is copying passages and/or ideas from other sources without
referencing those sources. Moreover, when you report someone else’s ideas/findings you must put it
in your own words and not merely copy full sentences or parts of sentences from the source article. It
is your responsibility as a scholar-in-training to cite the ideas and work of others correctly. Please visit
the following websites for discussions of how to recognize and avoid plagiarism.
http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/introduction.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/style/plagiarism/plagiarism.html
If you commit plagiarism in an assignment, and it is your first offence in the course, the penalty will
range from a minimum of a single letter grade reduction in score on the assignment to a maximum of
failure on the assignment. A second offence within the same course will result in a minimum penalty
of a single letter grade reduction in the course grade to a maximum penalty of course failure. The
specific penalty applied is up to the discretion of the professor. In all cases of plagiarism, the student's
name will be recorded in a central database maintained by the general office. If a student is referred
for plagiarism in more than one course, or more than one instance in the same course, the student's
case will be forwarded to the university administration for follow-up action.
Detecting plagiarism
The Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning requires that all student assignments in
undergraduate programmes should be submitted via VeriGuide. This policy will only apply to
assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based (i.e.,
excluding calculations in science, brief laboratory reports, drawings in fine arts and architecture, etc.).
 Each student must upload a soft copy of the completed assignment to the plagiarism detection
engine VeriGuide, at https://veriguide1.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk/
 The system will issue a receipt which also contains a declaration of honesty, which is the same
as that in http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/p09.htm
 The declaration should be signed, and the receipt stapled to a hard copy of the assignment upon
submission.
Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers.
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