2 . Online Courses

Frontier Physics

Further your understanding of modern physics and discover how we can solve social problems by developing future technologies. On this course from the University of Washington, you’ll explore areas of the latest physics research. You’ll also look at some real-world physics applications (应用) to build your skills.

Period: three weeks

Weekly study: four hours

Successful Communication

Build practical communication skills and learn how to use and apply these skills to your life. On this seven-week course from the University of Michigan, you’ll discover and practice the four steps to successful communication, and learn strategies to do it better.

Period: seven weeks

Weekly study: two hours

Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Why is quality improvement in health and social care systems so difficult? Why is it so challenging to bring in new and better ways of organizing health and social care services?

Many reasons have been put forward. This course from the University of Chicago explores new and better ways of organizing health and social care services to improve quality.

Period: six weeks

Weekly study: three hours

How to Create Videos for Online Courses

On this two-week course from the University of Edinburgh, you’ll learn how to use your mobile phone to create online course videos.

Period: two weeks

Weekly study: two hours

4 . The Faculry of Arts and Sciences (FAS)offers undergraduates a wide range of courses to satisfy individual objectives and interests. Students are responsible for knowing the rules that apply for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degmes.

GRADING SYSTEM

LETTER GRADES

●A, A-               Extraordinary performance in all respects concerning the course.

●B+, B, B-        Good comprehension and skills of the course material full involvement with the course requirements and activities.

●C+, C, C-        Meeting the basic requirements for assigned work and class activities.

●D+, D. D-       Work with minimal command and participation of the course materials and activities.

●E                    Work unsatisfactory and unworthy of the course credit.

NON-LETTER GRADES

●ABS               Students who miss a regularly scheduled midyear or final examination are given a failing grade of Absent (ABS), which will be changed only if the student is permitted to take a makeup with 32 examinations.

●EXLD            An Excluded (EXLD)indicates that the student was not permitted to continue in the course and received no credit. Exclusion from a course is equivalent in all respects to failing it.

●SAT/UNS        The grade of Satisfactory includes letter grades from A to C-; the grade of Unsatisfactory represents work below C- and is considered a failing grade.

GRADE POINT AVERAGES

A=4. 00, A-=3. 67, B+=3. 33, B=3. 00, B-=2. 67, C+=2. 33, C=2. 00, C-=1. 67, D+=1. 33, D=1. 00, D-=0. 67. E, ABS, UNS, EXLD=0.

CREDIT REQUTREMENTS

·All candidates must pass 128 credits(the equivalent of 32 4-credit courses)and receive letter grades of C-or higher in at least 84 of those credits. Each course is of 4 credits and the length of a semester.

·The only non-letter grade that counts toward the requirement of 84 satisfactory letter-graded credits is Satisfactory (SAT).

·Forty-eight of the required 84 letter-graded credits should be completed by the end of sophomore year. Ordinarily, no first-year student or sophomore may take fewer than three letter-graded courses(4 credits per course)in any term.

After finishing online classes at home during the covid-19 pandemic. Hong Nanjia,16, from Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, puts on her apron (围裙) and begins her one hour of chores. Then she needs to share her feelings in a diary     1     will be handed in to her teacher.

Most students    2     (require) to take part in the labor class once per week. Since September, labor class has been listed as    3     official course in the school lives of primary and middle school students. Qian Chenyi supports this policy. He said that he started the labor class during, middle school. All the students would gather weed in the school garden    4     water the plants.

According to Qian, his school would invite professionals to provide them    5     practical skills for their daily lives. “ When shared bikes- became    6     ( gradual) popular in 2020, students were taken to the parking spots and/helped/put them into the right place. Professionals also    7     (show) us how to fix the bikes.” Qian said. “After    8     (learn) first aid, students volunteer to help people who have had accidents in the water. He added that if students found a specific topic    9     (attract), they would focus on it and only take part in the labor class    10     (relate) to that topic. “Through the labor classes, we not only find our interests but also become more well- rounded.” said Qian.