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UGFN1000 In Dialogue with Nature
Intended Learning Outcomes
(GE Course Proposal & Inventory System: https://cpi.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/cpi/Public/dept_login.aspx)
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- comprehend and discuss science-related texts.
- identify the essential characteristics of how human beings view Nature.
- formulate informed personal views on the societal implications of scientific
explorations.
- relate the developments in natural sciences highlighted in the course to
contemporary human condition.
- evaluate the scopes of application, achievement and limitations of highlighted
scientific methods using multiple perspectives.
Grade Descriptors
A / A- Introspective performance: Outstanding performance on all (or
almost all) learning outcomes. Students demonstrate:
-thorough understanding and critical interpretation and application
of the course material;
-substantial evaluation of scientific ideas or theories from multiple
perspectives with the support of relevant information;
-well-informed judgment/personal views;
-perceptive reflections on issues concerned
B+ / B / B- General performance: Substantial performance on some learning
outcomes which compensates for less satisfactory performance on
others. Students demonstrate:
-adequate understanding and appropriate interpretation and
application of the course material;
-good evaluation of scientific ideas or theories from multiple
perspectives with the support of relevant information;
-informed judgment/personal views;
-unbiased reflections on issues concerned
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C+ / C / C- Inconsistent performance: Satisfactory performance on some
learning outcomes with a few weaknesses. Students demonstrate:
-basic understanding of the course material;
-attempts to evaluate scientific ideas and theories but with
omissions of some crucial perspectives and information;
-inadequately supported judgment/personal views on most
occasions;
-tendentious reflections on issues concerned
D+ / D Incompetent performance: Barely satisfactory performance on a
number of learning outcomes. Students demonstrate:
-limited evidence of comprehending the course material;
-major difficulties in evaluating scientific ideas and theories from
appropriate perspectives and identifying appropriate information;
-mostly unfounded judgment/personal views;
-superficial reflections on issues concerned
F Failed performance: Unsatisfactory performance on the majority
of learning outcomes, OR failure to meet specified assessment
requirement. Students demonstrate:
-confusion over or fundamental misrepresentation of the course
material;
-very little or no intention to evaluate different scientific ideas or
theories;
-very little or no attempt to formulate personal views;
-very little or no attempt to reflect on issues concerned
†
Adapted and modified from “University of Surrey Grade Descriptors: Undergraduate
Programmes”; website:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/cead/resources/documents/University_of_Surrey_Grade_De
scriptors.pdf
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Adapted and modified from “Grade Descriptors at HKU”: website:
https://www.cetl.hku.hk/grade-descriptors
References:
1. “Guide to Grading System”: http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/general-
information/guide-to-grading-system
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2. “University of Surrey Grade Descriptors: Undergraduate Programmes”;
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/cead/resources/documents/University_of_Surrey_Grade
_Descriptors.pdf
3. “Grade Descriptors at HKU”: https://www.cetl.hku.hk/grade-descriptors
4. Liljana, et al., “Designing descriptors of learning outcomes for Higher Education
qualification”, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 46 (2012) pp.1306-
1311; website:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812014218
