General education is an educational concept that involves many disciplines and aims at cultivating students' all-round quality. The goal of general education is to enable students to acquire basic knowledge, skills and thinking ability in many fields, so as to better understand the complex society and world and cultivate the ability of lifelong learning.
The purpose of general education courses is not to train future experts; It has different goals. The usual introductory courses are largely limited to teaching the necessary knowledge and technology to meet the needs of later higher professional courses. It focuses on the following courses, and it admits that the whole meaning of the course lies in the completion of the follow-up work.
As a tool of general education, introduction course is an end and a whole. Introductory courses will naturally be chosen by people who want to become professionals in this field, but the purpose of subsequent courses is to correct the latter rather than the former. Some of the goals expressed in the introductory course can be achieved by themselves without relying on subsequent courses.
General course of university education
1, language course
Language courses include mother tongue courses and foreign language courses. Both are indispensable.
2. Mathematics curriculum
Mathematics course can not only cultivate people's rigorous and clear thinking ability, but also be a basic tool for people to learn other sciences in modern society. Mathematics courses also include the study of computer technology.
3. Literature and art courses
The study of literature and art courses can cultivate students' appreciation ability and judgment ability. It can be said that it is the eyes and ears that recognize art.
4. History and culture courses
Learning the course of history and culture can not only gain knowledge of the development process of human civilization, but also correctly understand the universe, society and ourselves. Can better learn to treat and deal with various problems in real life through historical analysis.
5. Social analysis course
Social analysis course helps students to understand society, master the mechanism and laws of social operation, and correctly understand and deal with various complex social problems.