Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Primary) - General Studies

This programme promotes your generic skills for life-wide and life-long learning, fosters positive personal and social values and attitudes, and develops your skills through investigation, project learning and service learning. Taught as an interdisciplinary subject, this programme aims to develop generic skills (e.g. problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, study skills, communication, Information Technology, etc.) that are essential for learning in the information era and for making sense of social and environmental issues. You will be acquainted with the spirit and framework of inquiry and will be equipped with the social and scientific inquiry skills that come into play in the teaching and learning of General Studies.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

GCE AL / IAL with

• Grade D or above in 3 AL subjects; or
• Grade D in 2 AL plus 2 Advanced Supplementary Level (ASL) subjects. (

Not including Chinese / Mandarin / English Language subjects. The same subject cannot be counted at both the AL and ASL).

International Baccalaureate Diploma

• Applicant should request the IB organization to send scores to the University (Institution Code: 004307).

SAT Reasoning Test

• A minimum total score of 1,190 (out of 1,600) in the new SAT Reasoning Test (including Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Mathematics) / 1,650 (out of 2,400) in the old SAT Reasoning Test (including Critical Reading, Writing, and Mathematics) in one sitting.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

TOEFL

• (MyBestTM Score is not accepted) Internet-based: 80; or
• Paper-based (prior to July 2017): 550; or
• Paper-delivered Test: Minimum score at the intermediate level in each section (Reading, Listening and Writing)

* Passing the TOEFL ITP does not satisfy the English language requirement.

IELTS Academic

• Overall Band: 6

GCE System

• Grade E or above in GCE AS-level or A-level English; or
• Grade C / Grade 4 or above in IGCSE / GCE O-level English; or
• Grade C / Grade 4 or above in GCSE English or English Literature

IB

• English A: Language and Literature (Higher or Standard Level) – Grade 4; or
• English A: Literature (Higher or Standard Level) – Grade 4; or
• English B (Higher Level) – Grade 4; or
• English B (Standard Level) – Grade 5; or
• English Literature and Performance (Standard Level) – Grade 4; or
• English Text and Performance (Standard Level) – Grade 4

SAT

• A sub-score of 8 in Essay Writing in old SAT; or
• 590 in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing in new SAT

Others

• Other English language qualifications deemed acceptable by the University.

Domain and Credit Points
Major (including an Interdisciplinary Course), 39 credit points
Education Studies, 30 credit points
- Education Studies Core (Generic)
- Pedagogy for Major

General Education, 22 credit points
Final Year Project (Honours Project / Capstone Project), 6 credit points
Electives (including Free Electives, Minor or Second Major), 30 credit points
Field Experience, 20 credit points
Language Enhancement, 9 credit points

Total: 156 credit points

Note:
Classes will be held in Tai Po Campus and Tseung Kwan O Study Centre / Kowloon Tong Satellite Study Centre / Sports Centre as decided by the University.