Annual Report 2003–04

• A Department of Cultural and Religious Studies will be formed by merging the Department of Religion and the Intercultural Studies Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies. The new department will offer a new undergraduate major programme in cultural studies in addition to the existing major programme in religious studies. • A Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages will be formed by incorporating the Linguistics Section and the Modern Languages Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies. The new department will offer, among others, a new undergraduate major programme in linguistics. • The undergraduate major programmes in Internet engineering and innovation, and design engineering will be subsumed under existing programmes in the Faculty of Engineering. • The undergraduate major 'Applied Chemistry with Management Studies Programme' will merge back in the Chemistry Programme, and studies in materials science and engineering will be upgraded to the postgraduate level. Teaching and Learning Quality In the report of round two of the Teaching and Learning Quality Process Review (TLQPR) conducted in September 2002, the University Grants Committee recognizes that progress has been made by the University since the first round, and that efforts have been made to address explicitly the recommendations of the first-round review. Having considered the comments and recommendations of the TLQPR report, the University set up a Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning in 2003-4 to replace the Task Force on Teaching and Learning Quality. The Senate Committee formulated an Integrated Framework for Curriculum Development and Review, addressing exactly the issues raised in the TLQPR report and as the next step in the University's efforts towards improvements in teaching and learning. The framework will be implemented university- wide from 2004-5. Establishment of School of Law In its 40 years of history, the University has built up a strong reputation in nearly all areas of the humanities and the social sciences, and established a good number of professional schools. Entering its fifth decade, the University considers it opportune to launch a law school, which, apart from producing 的重組建議。已決定於二零零四至二零零五年度 實行的重組計劃包括： •宗敎系與現代語言及文化系的文化部合併， 成為文化及宗敎硏究系。該學系除繼續開辦 宗敎硏究本科生主修課程外，將開辦一項新 的文化硏究本科生主修課程。 •現代語言及文化系的語言學部和現代語言部 合併，成為語言學及現代語言系。新學系將 繼續開辦現有課程及增設一項新的語言學本 科生主修課程。 •互聯網工程學及創新與設計工程學兩個本科 生主修課程，會納入工程學院現有的課程。 •應用化學與管理學課程將重新納入化學本科 生主修課程，而材料科學及工程學則提升為 硏究院課程。 敎與學的素質 大學敎育資助委員會在二零零二年九月的第二輪 「敎與學質素保證過程檢討」報告中認為，中大已 積極處理第一輪「敎與學質素保證過程檢討」報告 的建議，並有進展。 就第二輪檢討報告的意見和建議，中大把敎與 學質素專責小組改組為敎務會敎與學委員會。 該委員會針對檢討報告的議題，並為進一步改善 敎與學的素質制定了一個綜合的課程發展及檢 討構架，於二零零四至二零零五年度在全校應 用。 成立法律學院 中大立校四十年來，在多個人文學科及社會科學 領域享負盛名，並成立了不少專業學院。踏入第 五個十年，中大抓緊時機，達至成立法律學院的 宏願，以培育未來的法律專才，並可進一步增強 敎硏實力。校董會於二零零四年六月審議通過， 學術發展 Academic Development 21