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The College of Urban and Environmental Sciences (CUES) was established in 1950s. Since then, several generations of geographers have worked hard to highlight the quality of fostering geography talents, enhance the level of constructing subjects and improve the environment of teaching experiments. So far, in order to do geography researches and foster geography talents, the CUES possesses a comprehensive system consisting of four undergraduate programs, seven postgraduate majors, two doctoral programs and several platforms for subject construction, academic research and experimental teaching doing geography research and fostering geography talents. The undergraduate programs include geographical science , physical geography and resource and environment, human geography and urban-rural planning and tourism management，providing undergraduate programs respectively for these four majors. The majors authorized to award master degrees include human geography, physical geography, cartography and geographical information system, regional economics, tourism management, land resources management, geographical course and education. Human geography and geographical course and education are authorized to award doctoral degree.
The CUES has about 80 staff, including 16 professors (nine of them are doctoral supervisors) and 16 associate professors. It also employs seven part-time professors from both domestic and foreign universities, including two academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Most of the faculty members are in their 30s and 40s with doctoral degrees and/or senior professional titles. The current enrollment in CUES is about 800 undergraduates, over 400 postgraduate students and over 30 doctoral students.
The CUES focuses on geography and develops with contact and collaboration of many other disciplines such as economics and management. Its human geography is one of the key disciplines in Hubei Province. Furthermore, the CUES serves as the representative office in Central China for the Geographical Society of China, the contact office for the Geographical Society of Hubei Province and Wuhan City, and the designed training center for tourism education in Wuhan. Besides, the CUES hosts a number of research centers and units at ministerial and provincial level: Wuhan Branch of China Tourism Academy, Research Institute of Resource-saving and Environment-friendly Society Construction in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, Research Institute of Geography, Tourism Planning and Landscape Design Research Institute, Research Institute of Sustainable Development, Land Science Research Center, Research Center for Urban and Rural Development and Planning. In recent five years, the CUES has improved its level of academic research by undertaking over 50 national, ministerial and provincial research projects with funds of YMB ￥40 million and achieving a series of high-level research findings in urban geography and regional planning, environmental change and sustainable development, tourism resource development and planning, etc.
In recent five years, the CUES has obtained four special laboratory construction projects financed by the Ministry of Finance. With the aids of over RMB￥140 million, the CUES has built 16 specialized laboratories, Hubei Provincial Demonstration Center of Experimental Teaching in Geographical Sciences, several experimental centers of physical geography process, human geography process, geographical information system, spatial analysis and planning and mapping, land use and environmental change and etc. Furthermore, the CUES has set up some fieldwork and internship platforms such as Yichang Comprehensive Fieldwork Base, Wuhan Brach of South Survey and so on.
With the integration of excellent research and teaching staff, systematical talents training programs and perfect experimental condition, the CUES has fostered large numbers of graduates with high-quality and comprehensive professional skills, who have enjoyed a good reputation from the society and their employers. Furthermore, the CUES has provided numbers of qualified master and doctoral degree candidates for lots of remarkable research institutions or universities at home or abroad，such as Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing University and Zhongshan University and the well-known universities in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., France, Australia and etc.
Major ID: 445
Major code: 070501
Ⅰ. Introduction of the Major
The Major of Geography has a long history, which originated from the Major of History and Geography at Private Huachung University established in 1924. It started to recruit geography undergraduates in 1956, and then the Department of Geography was established in 1958. Over half a century, The Department of Geography has experienced four stages - founding phase, steady development period, maintaining development period, breakthrough development period.
The Department has a large number of all-round academics, including the winners of National teaching achievement prizes, the members of the Science Teaching Guidance Committee of Ministry of Education, the core members of the Ordinary High School Geography Curriculum Standards Compilation Group of Ministry of Education, the members of the High School Geography New Curriculum Training Expert Group of Ministry of Education, the standing director of the Geography Teaching Research association of Chinese Education Society, the deputy director of Geography Teaching Theory Academic Committee of National Normal University, the directors and standing director of Geographical Society of China, the deputy director of Medical Geography Academic Committee, the member of Human Geography Academic Committee, the member of Historical Geography Academic Committee, the deputy director of National GIS Proficiency Test Committee of Experts, the president of Geography Society of Hubei Province, the prominent teachers of Hubei Province and so forth.
The geography experimental teaching owns perfect experimental teaching system support. At present, the experiment teaching center for undergraduates has already formed such four experimental platforms as the geographical process, geographical education, geographical technology, geographical application, 20 indoor laboratories, 1 field practice base and 6 off-campus education practice base led by CUES
With half a century of development, the professional characteristics has come into being in this major, such as ‘embodying the characteristics of interdisciplinarity, emphasizing the students' comprehensive quality training, reflecting the characteristics of teacher education, highlighting students' teaching ability training; incarnating social demand characteristics, stressing the cultivation of students' innovative spirit, embodying individualized teaching, underlining the student individuality special skill training. Since 1956, this major has already fostered more than 3000 geography professional talents, and has become the cradle of geography teachers in Hubei province.
Ⅱ.Educational objectives
The major aims to foster high-quality professional talents proficient at basic theory, knowledge, and teaching skills, who meet the need of modern geography teaching and are competent to teaching and research work in key high school.
Ⅲ.Essential requirements
The students should learn and master the fundamental geographical, pedagogical theory and knowledge, accept the basic training of geographical sciences research and geography education methods and skills, so that they possess the basic ability engaged in geography education and geographical scientific research.
The students should have the following abilities and qualities before obtaining bachelor degree:
1．Having Perfect ideological and moral qualities, solidarity and cooperation spirits, communicate skills，aesthetic and practical abilities, physical and psychological quality, and establishing proper conception of nature, outlook on life and values.
2．Mastering fundamental principle and method on geographical teaching, possessing good teachers’ quality, proficient at skilled modern educational and teaching technique, competent to geographical education under the new situation.
3．Mastering basic knowledge, theory, methods and skills of the geographical sciences, knowing about the frontier and trends in the development of geographical sciences, having certain ability to be independently engaged in geography education scientific research.
Ⅳ.Main courses
Introduction to Planet Earth, Fundamentals of Geology, Meteorology and Climatology, Geomorphology, Hydrology and Water Resources, Soil Geography, Phytogeography, Human Geography, Economic Geography, Geography of China, World Geography, Cartography, Introduction to Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System, Teaching Design of Geography Course, Researches on Geography Curriculum and Textbooks
Ⅴ. Length of schooling and degree
Length of schooling: 4 years
Degree: bachelor of science
Ⅵ. Distribution table of courses and credits
|
semester
Category of course
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
total
|
percentage
(%)
|
|
compulsory Public education courses platform
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
/
|
/
|
/
|
/
|
30
|
31.2
|
|
compulsory General education courses platform
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
/
|
/
|
28
|
29.5
|
|
Compulsory professional courses platform
|
/
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
/
|
/
|
18
|
18.9
|
|
Elective major courses platform
|
Plans to open
|
/
|
4
|
10
|
18
|
10
|
16
|
/
|
19
|
74
|
/
|
|
Students should take
|
/
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
12
|
12.6
|
|
Elective general education courses
|
Plans to open
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
18
|
/
|
2
|
38
|
/
|
|
Students should take
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
/
|
1
|
7
|
7.4
|
|
subtotal
|
19
|
21
|
20
|
14
|
10
|
8
|
/
|
3
|
95
|
100
|
Ⅶ. Courses schedule
|
Category
of course
|
Course
ID
|
Course
title
|
semester
|
credit
|
Distribution
of class hours
|
Class
hour per week
|
Preceding
Course
|
Exam
form
|
Double
degree course
|
|
lesson
|
experiment
|
extracurricular
|
|
Public education
courses platform
|
compulsory courses
|
33001100
|
University Sports 1
|
1
|
1
|
26
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
34000021
|
Ideology and Moral Cultivation and Law Foundation
|
1
|
3
|
48
|
/
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
35000011
|
CEC Reading Writing
and Translation 1
|
1
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
35000012
|
CEC Viewing Listening and Speaking 1
|
1
|
2
|
26
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
|
33002100
|
University Sports 2
|
2
|
1
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
34000023
|
Basic
Principles Of Marxism
|
2
|
3
|
32
|
/
|
16
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
35000021
|
CEC Reading Writing and Translation 2
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
35000022
|
CEC Viewing Listening and Speaking 2
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
|
33003100
|
University Sports 3
|
3
|
1
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
34000022
|
Conspectus of Chinese Modern History
|
3
|
2
|
24
|
/
|
8
|
3
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
35000031
|
CEC Reading Writing and Translation 3
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
35000032
|
CEC Viewing
Listening and Speaking 3
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
|
33004100
|
University Sports 4
|
4
|
1
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
34000025
|
Introduction to Mao Zedong Thoughts and Chinese Characterized Socialism
Theory System
|
4
|
6
|
48
|
/
|
48
|
3
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
35000041
|
CEC Reading Writing and Translation 4
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
35000042
|
CEC Viewing Listening and Speaking 4
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
|
If students pass CET-4 or above in the
3rd semester, they will be exempted from the following English courses.
University physical education will be arranged in 1st semester.
|
|
General education platform
|
compulsory courses
|
31002031
|
Advanced
Mathematics C
|
1
|
4
|
52
|
24
|
/
|
4
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21441001
|
Introduction to Planet Earth
|
1
|
2
|
25
|
14
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21441002
|
Introduction
to Physical Geography
|
1
|
2
|
32
|
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21442001
|
Cartography
|
1
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21441003
|
Introduction
to Human Geography
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21442002
|
Introduction to Remote Sensing
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21441004
|
Geography
Intellectual History （online ，bilingual course）
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
|
24
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21442003
|
Geographical Information
System
|
3
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21442002
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
36011001
|
Basic Psychology
|
3
|
2
|
30
|
2
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
36012001
|
Pedagogical Foundation
|
4
|
2
|
30
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
44545001
|
Teaching Design of Geography Course(online course)
|
5
|
2
|
20
|
24
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
44545002
|
Researches on
Geography Curriculum and Textbooks (online course)
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
36012001
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
36013001
|
Application of
Modern Education Technology
|
6
|
2
|
24
|
32
|
/
|
6
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
44545003
|
Teaching Skill
Training on Geography
|
6
|
1
|
/
|
32
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
Elective courses
|
Humanities &
arts
|
Free
optional courses are divided into three modules as humanities & arts,
social sciences, natural sciences. Among these courses, students should take
no less than 12 credits courses. It is
recommended that not only humanities but also sciences courses all should be
selected.
|
|
Social sciences
|
|
Natural sciences
|
|
21510001
|
Advanced Chinese
|
1
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
31001001
|
Basis of Computer Engineering
|
1
|
2
|
24
|
20
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
31001003
|
Advanced Language
Program Design
|
2
|
2
|
24
|
20
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
31001004
|
Database Technology
and Application
|
3
|
2
|
24
|
20
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
31001002
|
Multimedia
Technology and Application
|
4
|
2
|
24
|
20
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
36021001
|
Child Development
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
36021002
|
Middle School Students'
Psychological Counseling
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
36022004
|
Educational Research
Methods
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022007
|
Fundamentals
of educational scientific research methods
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022009
|
Exceptional
children development and learning
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022010
|
Thoughts of Chinese Education Masters
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022012
|
Teachers’
professional development
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022014
|
Teaching case appreciation
|
5
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
44535001
|
Geography experimental teaching design
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
44545001
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
44535002
|
Analyses on geographical textbook
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
44545002
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
44535003
|
Computer-aided geographical teaching
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
36022001
|
Educational
Philosophy
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022003
|
Effective Teaching
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
1
|
/
|
|
36022005
|
Class Management
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36021003
|
Teachers’
professional development& mental health
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022002
|
Curriculum Design
and Assessment
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022008
|
Educational
Investigation and Statistics
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022006
|
Development of school-based
curriculum
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022011
|
Thoughts of foreign Education Masters
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022013
|
Family
education
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022015
|
Educational laws
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36022016
|
Comprehensive practical
activities in high school
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
36012001
|
3
|
/
|
|
36023001
|
Information technology and
curriculum practice
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
36023002
|
Introduction to modern
remote education
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
36023003
|
Case study on
instructional system design
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
36023004
|
Research methods of educational
Technology
|
6
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
44535004
|
Research on Middle
School Geography teaching
|
8
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
44545002
|
3
|
/
|
|
44535005
|
Interpretation to
Middle School Geography Curriculum Standards
|
8
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
44545002
|
3
|
/
|
|
2 credits should be gained among the
5 general elective courses（21510001、31001001—4）。
2 credits should be gained among
elective courses of teachers’ education module. 1 credit
should be gained among 5 courses of geography education（44535001—5）, and 4 credits should be gained among
23 public optional courses of teachers’ education（36021001—3、36022001—16、36023001—4）.
|
|
major courses
platform
|
compulsory courses
|
21413001
|
Fundamentals of Geology
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21413002
|
Meteorology and Climatology
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21441001
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21413003
|
Geomorphology
|
3
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21413001
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21413004
|
Hydrology and Water Resources
|
3
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21413002
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21410005
|
Soil Geography
|
3
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21413002
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21413006
|
Phytogeography
|
4
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21413002
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21414001
|
Economic Geography
(English-only course)
|
5
|
2
|
24
|
/
|
8
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21411001
|
Geography of China
(online course)
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
/
|
24
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21411002
|
World Geography
(online course)
|
6
|
2
|
8
|
/
|
24
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
elective courses
|
31002052
|
Linear
Algebra B
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
8
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21423001
|
Surface Meteorological
Observation
|
2
|
2
|
/
|
64
|
/
|
2
|
21413002
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21421001
|
The
Basis of Human Science
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21424002
|
Population
Geography
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
41521012
|
Population,
Resource and Environmental Economics
(bilingual course)
|
3
|
2
|
28
|
/
|
4
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21422001
|
Geo-Analysis of RS
|
3
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21442003
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
31002062
|
Probability and
Statistics B
|
3
|
2
|
28
|
8
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21421002
|
History of Geography
in China
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424003
|
Urban Geography
|
4
|
2
|
28
|
8
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21422002
|
Quantitative Geography
|
4
|
2
|
28
|
8
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21423002
|
Integrated
Physical Geography
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424004
|
Agricultural
Geography
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
21413002
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424014
|
Basic Economics
(bilingual course)
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21424005
|
Cities and Gender
(bilingual course)
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21421003
|
Specialized English for Geography
(English-only course)
|
4
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
35000031
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
44522001
|
GIS Spatial Analysis
|
4
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21442003
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21423006
|
Environmental Science
(English-only course)
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424013
|
Basis of Sustainable Development(English-only
course)
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21424006
|
Medical
Geography
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424007
|
Historical Geography
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424008
|
Transport Geography
(English-only course)
|
5
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
21414001
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21424009
|
Social
Geography
|
6
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21422003
|
GIS Design and Application (experiment）
|
6
|
2
|
|
64
|
/
|
4
|
21442003
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
21423007
|
Environmental
Impact Assessment
|
6
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21424010
|
Cultural Geography
(online
course)
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
/
|
28
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
44610006
|
Tourism Geography
|
6
|
2
|
28
|
8
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
44525001
|
Tendencies and Frontier
of Geography Education
|
6
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
Yes
|
|
44522002
|
Spatial Database
|
6
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21442003
|
1
|
Yes
|
|
21423003
|
Global
Change
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21423004
|
Natural Resources
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21424011
|
Political
Geography
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
21441003
|
1
|
/
|
|
21423005
|
Natural
Disasters
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21424012
|
Industrial
Geography
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
44523001
|
Oceanography
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21421004
|
Local Geography
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
3
|
/
|
|
41512001
|
Principles of Urban Planning
|
8
|
2
|
32
|
/
|
/
|
2
|
/
|
1
|
/
|
|
21421005
|
Geographical
Literatures Studying and Writing (bilingual course)
|
8
|
1
|
16
|
/
|
/
|
1
|
35000031
|
3
|
/
|
|
21422004
|
Digital Image Processing
|
8
|
2
|
26
|
12
|
/
|
2
|
21442003
|
3
|
/
|
|
12 credits should be gained among
elective courses.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ⅷ.Practical and experimental teaching processes
|
item
|
credit
|
|
Experimental
course within the class
|
Cartography
|
0.4
|
|
Introduction to Remote Sensing
|
0.4
|
|
Geographical
Information System
|
0.4
|
|
Introduction
to Planet Earth
|
0.4
|
|
Application of Modern Education Technology
|
0.4
|
|
Teaching
Skill Training on Geography
|
0.8
|
|
Teaching Design of Geography Course
|
0.8
|
|
Fundamentals of Geology
|
0.4
|
|
Meteorology
and Climatology
|
0.4
|
|
Geomorphology
|
0.4
|
|
Hydrology and
Water Resources
|
0.4
|
|
Soil
Geography
|
0.4
|
|
Phytogeography
|
0.4
|
|
Surface
Meteorological Observation
|
1
|
|
Urban Geography
|
0.3
|
|
Quantitative Geography
|
0.3
|
|
Geo-Analysis
of RS
|
0.4
|
|
GIS
Spatial Analysis
|
0.4
|
|
GIS Design and Application
|
1
|
|
Spatial
Database
|
0.4
|
|
Digital Image Processing
|
0.4
|
|
Teacher education skills
training
|
Instruction
language
|
1
|
|
Writing skill
|
1
|
|
Educational
practice
|
16
|
|
Observation
|
2
|
|
Graduation
thesis
|
6
|
|
Other
practice
|
comprehensive field trip in Yichang
|
3
|
Ⅸ.Requirements for the credits of innovation and business-starting
1) Each student should gain three or more credits for innovation and business-starting.
2) The credits admitted by the College of Urban & Environmental Sciences are as follows:
a) Credits for research, including three credits for the first participators completing College Students’ Project of Innovation and Business-starting, three credits, two credits and one credits respectively for the first, second and third author of the paper published in the journals admitted by CCNU, or two credits for those who take part in some teacher’s research project and write report.
b) Credits for reward, including three credits for the rewards above provincial level（e.g. National College English Competition, National GIS Competition, Tour Guide Competition etc.）, one credit for the rewards of CCNU (e.g. Merit Students).
c) Credits for certificates, including two credits for a professional certificate (e.g. Teacher Certification, Environmental impact appraiser, urban planning designer, tour guide certificate, etc. ), or for a technical certificate (e.g. Certificate for CET-6, Computer Certificate, etc.).
d) Credits for academic lectures, including one credit for attending eight academic lectures and submitting reports during term 1 to 7.
e) Credits for business-starting activities, including two credits for the business-starting program proposed by students and admitted by the teaching office of the College and implemented for three months or more.
f) Credits for community service, including two credits for the community service program proposed by students and admitted by the teaching office of the College and implemented for three months or more.
3) Each teach should spend one hour (i.e. altogether 150 to 160 hours for three years ) in instructing students’ community activities.
Ⅹ.Supplementary
1．The same courses among this major , Human Geography & Urban-rural Planning and physical geography & resource and environment are Advanced Mathematics, Introduction to Planet Earth, Introduction to Physical Geography, Introduction to Human Geography, Cartography, Introduction to Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System, Geography Intellectual History, Fundamentals of Geology, Meteorology and Climatology, Geomorphology, Hydrology and Water Resources, Soil Geography, Quantitative Geography ,Phytogeography, Integrated Physical Geography, Geography of China,World Geography, Specialized English for Geography, GIS Design and Application (experiment）, Geographical Literatures Studying and Writing, Environmental Impact Assessment.
The same courses of this major and Human Geography & Urban-rural Planning are Economic Geography, Tourism Geography, Population Geography, Urban Geography, Agricultural Geography, Industrial Geography, Cultural Geography, Political Geography Transport Geography Medical Geography Historical Geography, Social Geography, Cities and Gender, Basis of Sustainable Development, Basic Economics, Population, Resource and Environmental Economics, Principles of Urban Planning
The same courses of this major and physical geography & resource and environment are Surface Meteorological Observation, Natural Resources, Global Change, Local Geography Natural Disasters, Environmental Science, Geo-Analysis of RS, History of Geography in China,Digital Image Processing.
2．This major has only a training direction. The optional courses of the major can be divided into following five modules, fundamental & comprehensive courses, methodological & technical courses、physical geography courses, human geography courses and teachers’ education courses. Students can choose the courses according to their interests and requirements.
3．As to free optional courses，it is recommended that 4 credits should be respectively gained among humanities & arts, social sciences and natural sciences. Students should not take the same or similar courses as the major have. The credits gained by students from the minors can be used to offset the credits of free optional courses according to requirements.
4．The courses of this major can be divided into following five modules, fundamental & comprehensive courses, methodological & technical courses, physical geography courses, human geography courses and teachers’ education courses.
Fundamental & comprehensive courses (credits in brackets) consist of Advanced Mathematics C（4）, Linear Algebra B（2）, Probability and Statistics B（2）, Advanced Chinese（2）, Introduction to Physical Geography（2）, Introduction to Planet Earth（2）, Introduction to Human Geography（2）, Geography Intellectual History（2）, History of Geography in China（2）, The Basis of Human Science（2）, Specialized English for Geography（2）, Geographical Literatures Studying and Writing（1）, Geography of China（2）, World Geography（2）, Local Geography（2）
Methodological & technical courses (credits in brackets) consist of Cartography（2）, Introduction to Remote Sensing（2）, Geographical Information System（2）, Quantitative Geography（2）, Geo-Analysis of RS（2）, Basis of Computer Engineering（2）, Advanced Language Program Design（2）, Multimedia Technology and Application（2）, GIS Spatial Analysis（2）, GIS Design and Application（2）, Spatial Database（2）, Multimedia Technology and Application（2）, Digital Image Processing（2）.
Natural geography courses (credits in brackets) consist of Fundamentals of Geology（2）, Meteorology and Climatology（2）, Geomorphology（2）, Hydrology and Water Resources（2）, Soil Geography（2）, Phytogeography（2）、Surface Meteorological Observation（1）, Integrated Physical Geography (2) , Global Change（2）, Oceanography（2）, Natural Resources（2）, Natural Disasters（2）, Environmental Science（2）, Environmental Impact Assessment（2）.
Human geography courses (credits in brackets) consist of Economic Geography（2）, Urban Geography（2）, Tourism Geography（2）, Population Geography（2）, Industrial Geography（2）, Agricultural Geography（2）, Medical Geography（2）, Transport Geography（2）, Cultural Geography（2）, Social Geography（2）, Political Geography（2）, Cities and Gender（2）, Historical Geography（2）, Basis of Sustainable Development（2）, Basic Economics（2）, Population, Resource and Environmental Economics（2）, Principles of Urban Planning（2）.
Teachers ’ education courses (credits in brackets) consist of Fundamentals of Basic Psychology（2）, Pedagogical Foundation（2）, Teaching Design of Geography（2）, Researches on Geography Curriculum and Textbooks（1）, Application of Modern Education Technology（2）, Teaching Skill Training on Geography（1）, Geography Experimental Teaching Design（1）, Analysis of Geography Textbooks（1）, Computer-aided Geography Teaching（1）, Research on Middle School Geography teaching（1）, Interpretation to Middle School Geography Curriculum Standards（1）, Tendencies and Frontier of Geography Education（2）, Child Development（1）, Middle School Students' Psychological Counseling（1）, Educational Research Method（1）, Educational Philosophy（1）, Effective Teaching（1）, Class Management（1）, Curriculum Design and Assessment（1）.
5．Students would be required to conduct experiments and observation when they select physical geography courses. A period of three weeks physical geography field practice is arranged in summer vacation next to the 4th semester for 3 credits. A period of two weeks educational observation is arranged in the 6th semester for 2 credits. A period of sixteen weeks educational practice is arranged in the 7th semester for 12 credits. A period of no less than six weeks is arranged to graduation thesis writing in 8th semester for 6 credits.
6. Students would be able to graduate and be awarded Bachelor Degree of Science, if they gained the required credits in four years, completed all practical teaching processes, passed CET-4 and the defense of thesis.
