Calendar 2008–2009

136 Part 3 • Academic Units and University Extensions Part 3 Faculty of Medicine: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Nethersole School of Nursing, and Department of Paediatrics Faculty of Science: School of Chinese Medicine Research Institute: Institute of Chinese Medicine and Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art, Institute of Chinese Studies In support of government initiatives to provide secondary school leavers with additional avenues to pursue higher education in Hong Kong, SCS offers a variety of higher diploma programmes since 2002. SCS also offers tailored corporate training courses in English, Chinese, information technology, secretarial studies, China business, corporate management, school administration, journalism and communications, accounting and law, health management and bilingual education for private companies, government departments, voluntary organizations, schools and universities in Hong Kong and mainland China. SCS is a self-financing unit but its academic development and policies are regulated by the University Extension Board, the Senate Academic Planning Committee, and the Senate of the University. The head office of SCS is situated at the Inter-university Hall on CUHK campus in Shatin. There are four major learning centres, respectively located at Oriental Centre at 67 Chatham Road in Tsimshatsui, East Ocean Centre at 98 Granville Road in Tsimshatsui East, 90A Shantung Street in Mongkok, and the Bank of America Tower at 12 Harcourt Road in Central. New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre Tel: 2609 6727 Fax: 2603 5004 Email: clc@cuhk.edu.hk Website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/clc/ The New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre (CLC) provides language training in Putonghua and Cantonese. It offers two types of credit- bearing programmes for CUHK students, including non-local students and international students who either come to CUHK as exchange students or apply directly to CLC. The main aims for CLC’s language programmes, including intensive summer courses, are to improve the language proficiency of students and their communicative ability in using Putonghua and Cantonese. Courses are divided into (1) Putonghua for local students, (2) Putonghua for international students, (3) Cantonese for non-local students, and (4) Cantonese for international students. All courses for University students follow CUHK regulations and are accredited by the University. For direct applicants studying at CLC, credits for the courses are given based on the American system, with grades and transcripts • • •