Annual Report 2011–12

16 教室內外的學習 重返四年制 出色的演講固然發人深省，但大學教育最重 要的部分，仍然是各學科的基礎課程。香港 近年改革教育體系，目標是實施三年初中、 三年高中、四年大學的「 3+3+4 」學制。 2012 年 9 月起，各大學開始採用四年制新課程。 中文大學自 1963 年創校之初，便採用四年制， 是本港唯一曾實施四年制的大學。直至 1994 年 為配合政府政策，才改行彈性學分制，讓入讀 的中七生可於三年內完成本科課程。 為了準備重返四年制，中大早於 2005 年成立 四年學制學士課程籌劃專責小組，下設多 個小組，分別負責統籌「 3+3+4 」過渡安排 不同範疇的工作，如課程、行政和支援、書院 事務和宿舍管理、新生入學、雙軌年、資源運 用、中大學生信息系統（ CUSIS ），以及學生 支援和發展。 專責小組每兩至三個月開會一次，在臨近 2012 年 9 月的日子則每月開會一次。由常務 副校長華雲生教授領導的核心工作組更是每 兩星期開會，商討各項應變方案，跟進過渡 期出現的問題或變化，並舉行簡介會和論 壇，向大學持份者，包括教職員、學生及校 友，匯報「 3+3+4 」的過渡工作進展，並諮 詢意見。 Back to the Four-Year Curriculum Inspiring as they are, talks can never take the place of formal courses of different disciplines in university education. Hong Kong started to reform its education system in recent years by introducing a new academic structure with a three-year junior secondary, three-year senior secondary, and four-year undergraduate curriculum, which is commonly known as the ‘3+3+4’ structure. The students entering university under the ‘3+3+4’ structure in September 2012 will be studying for four years instead of three. The Chinese University is the only institute of higher learning in Hong Kong that is no stranger to a normative four-year system, having adopted one since its establish- ment in 1963 to 1994 when, in alignment with government policy then, it switched to a flexible credit unit system that allowed completion of the degree in three years after Secondary 7. CUHK set up in 2005 the Task Force to Prepare for a Four- year Normative Curriculum with the following subgroups to coordinate the major areas of responsibilities regarding the preparations for the ‘3+3+4’ transition: Curriculum, Administration and Support, College Matters and Hostel Arrangements, Admission, Double Cohort, Resources, CUSIS (CU’s integrated student information system), and Student Support and Development. It used to meet every two or three months, but in the months running up to September 2012 when the University would be receiving a double cohort of students, it had been meeting every month. A Core Group under Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, the Provost, was meeting biweekly to plan for emergency management and rapid response arising from the transition and to organize briefing sessions and forums to keep all stakeholders, including staff, students, and alumni, updated on its preparation for the ‘3+3+4’ transition, and to seek comments from them.