Curriculum
The curriculum of the MP program covers foreign language listening, speaking, reading and writing skills courses, foreign language academic literacy courses, professional foundation courses, western humanities courses and practical guidelines for living abroad, etc. The main courses are selected from XuetangX, a MOOC platform initiated by Tsinghua University and the research exchange and application platform of the Online Education Research Center of the Ministry of Education of China, as well as some of the preparatory courses for the Master’s degree offered by GEM. The course adopts the online learning mode of “Rain Classroom” of XutangX, which allows students to take the MP program courses online during the fourth academic year of undergraduate stage or other fragmented time.
Track 1st: Courses Of General Education
Courses in Western humanities, society, emerging technologies, mathematics, science and logic, which are closely related to cross-cultural learning in the field of business, help students to broaden their international horizons and build a scientific thinking system.
World Arena: Facing Globalization
It is a course that examines global social systems, order and international relations from a global perspective. We will examine a difficult but important question: how does globalisation take shape? How is it changing? And how is it reconfiguring world space and reshaping international society? This course, co-taught by Professor Bertrand Badi of Sciences Po and Professor Cui Baoguo of Tsinghua University, is a public and open course for undergraduate or postgraduate students. It aims to enable learners to accurately grasp the laws of change in world space, plan and design global governance programmes, cultivate international talents with human sentiments and global vision, and help students to perceive and grasp the major contemporary international issues. The course emphasises the interpretation of world space and globalisation from the interdisciplinary perspectives of international political science, sociology, history, communication and international relations. Emphasis is placed on revisiting various types of data and documents. We hope that this course will help you to become a globally minded and critically minded learner, and a world citizen with a sense of humanity.
This is AI
The arrival of the age of artificial intelligence is unstoppable, and its “magic” is all around us: when the machine starts debating, even humans can’t speak to it? “Face-swiping” identifies sexual orientation, your appearance betrays your heart Cars can be unmanned, so do you still need a steering wheel? Artificial intelligence will help the blind run a marathon in a real-life version of “You Are My Eyes”? Does your child have learning difficulties? Artificial Intelligence may be able to help. See how artificial intelligence can break the bottleneck in drug development The Singularity is approaching, where exactly will artificial intelligence lead? …… It has been said that the arrival of artificial intelligence will likely be the beginning of a brand new one of great discovery, great change, great integration and great development of human society. Standing at the crossroads of the times, want to see where AI is heading? This course will lead students to think deeply.
Positive Psychology
This course introduces the principles, scientific research and application methods of positive psychology, especially the research and methods on the meaning of life. It helps students understand their own positive potential and development path mentally for a nicer, more prosperous and meaningful life.
Foundations of Logic
The course presents basic facts which lie at the foundation of modern logic. First, we show that first-order logic itself is complete, in the sense that there is a simple system of axioms and rules (that we present) which derives all logical consequences of any given premises. Then we look at theories expressed in this language. After a glimpse of what one can say about models of such theories, we present Gödel’s famous incompleteness theorems: in any axiomatic theory, which is free from contradiction and contains a bare minimum of arithmetic, there are true statements which cannot be proved in the theory. The methods used to show this lead to other important facts, such as Tarski’s theorem on the undefinability of truth, and the fact that the freedom of contradiction of such a theory cannot be proved in the theory itself (the second incompleteness theorem). We discuss the philosophical import of these results, but our main focus is on how they are established. Finally, we show that first-order logic is undecidable: there is no effective method (computer program) which can decide, for any premises and conclusion, if the conclusion follows logically from the premises or not.
Track 2nd: Courses of Language Skills
This module aims to strengthen and enhance students’ ability to use English for academic communication, reading and writing, and cross-cultural communication, as well as to acquire simple everyday communication skills in French.
General Academic English
With the background of internationalization of higher education, college students are required to possess basic academic literacy. Our online course is to help students study better in their majors and support them to do related researches in English communities. Designed specifically for students at university and on foundation courses, this integrated skill course develops language and real academic skills essential for successful university studies across disciplines. It doesn’t matter which major you are in; this course will be suitable and beneficial to you. Academic skills like how to take notes during listening to English lectures, how to raise questions in group discussion, how to paraphrase will be discussed in our course. Besides, essential English writing skills are always been the main part of EAP courses. Mini-lectures like how to write essays by classification, comparison and contrast, definition, how to summarize journal articles or books and so on will be elaborated. Academic rules like proper way of citation will also be part of our course. There will be a teaching group of ten from Xi’an Jiaotong University, who are experienced in teaching English for General Academic Purposes.
Reading and Writing in English
Reading enriches our life and writing enables us to express our thoughts. Being skillful in reading and writing allows you to better acquire and communicate information.This course focuses on 8 themes:learning, university, culture, city, education, behavior theory, communication, meaning of life. For each theme, there are two texts, key words analysis, reading skills, guest interviews, composition tutorials, writing workshops, and literature tutors.
English Comprehensive Ability Promotion (IELTS)
This course is designed for candidates who are preparing for the IELTS exam, or looking forward to improving their English comprehensive ability in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It’s suitable for students working alone online or in a flipped class situation. The materials can be used for self-study, or can be integrated into an IELTS preparation course.
English for Academic Communication
This course will help university students master the basic language of academic communication. The course covers eight topics, namely Life Sciences, Arts, Society, Engineering, Psychology, Economics, Management and Architecture, and helps students to understand and share academic ideas in English from the aspects of academic vocabulary and article analyses, learning strategies, academic reading and writing workshops, mini-conferences on academic topics, simulated academic presentations, and academic writing skills, respectively.
Conversational English
Are you finding it difficult to start the conversation, or find the right words when communicating in English? Do you know how to start and end conversations in a polite way? Do you want to learn more about American, British, Canadian, Australian, South Korean, Colombian, and Chinese cultures? If so, you’ve come to the right course!
Basic French
The course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of French, and covers three areas: phonetics, grammar and dialogue. In the phonetics section, pronunciation rules are taught; in the grammar section, basic French grammatical structures are taught; and in the dialogue section, there are 10 themes and 22 dialogue scenarios, which are divided into five steps: asking a question, repeating the dialogue twice, answering the question, and practicing sentence patterns. Through this course, students can master the knowledge of the introductory stage, spell French words and sentences, and carry out basic dialogues.
Track 3rd: Foundation Courses of Business Administration
This module aims to help students establish a foundation for cross-cultural learning in foreign languages in different business fields such as organization and management, finance, marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship, project management, macroeconomics, microeconomics, etc.
Principles of Management
The Principles of Management course is designed to provide university students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles, theories, and practices necessary for effective management in organizations. Through lectures, case studies, and interactive activities, students will explore topics such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, as well as decision-making processes, communication skills, and ethical considerations. The course emphasizes the application of theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios, fostering practical knowledge and critical thinking skills. Students will develop the ability to analyze organizational challenges, develop strategies, and implement effective management approaches. By the end of the course, students will have gained the necessary knowledge and skills to excel as competent and ethical managers in various industries.
Project Management
This course covers the origins, applications and concepts of project management, as well as specific operational procedures, supplemented by new case studies of engineering and technical projects. The course provides students with a systematic understanding of the key concepts of project management, project management standards, the project management body of knowledge and development, the project operating environment, and the responsibilities and competencies of the project manager. Through this course, students can define project plans, develop schedules, implement teamwork, control costs, manage quality, and use other project management tools and techniques.
Marketing
This course covers systematic and comprehensive knowledge of marketing and helps students to master the basic skills of international business communication, specifically including reading marketing professional literature, conversing with others on marketing-related topics in English, introducing business topics in English, and writing on marketing-related topics in English.
Macroeconomics
The theme of macroeconomics is how to make the best use of resources. The course focuses on the overall behaviour of the economy and consists of three main parts: the first part is the classical theory describing the economy in the long run, looking at what the level of output, saving, investment, unemployment or the trade balance would be in equilibrium; the second part of the theory is concerned with economic growth, looking at how it is possible to have ever greater productive capacity and how to promote technological progress; and the third part will focus on the present day, looking at the fluctuations in the economy Issues.
Principles & Policy of Finance: Global & China's Perspective
This course is designed for students with an interest in finance to familiarise them with the knowledge, skills and competencies required to meet the demands of macro-financial analysis. The theoretical framework of the course is partly constructed on the basis of CFA Economics and includes a substantial knowledge base from the introductory level to the advanced level. The course also incorporates real-world topics such as the financial implications and policy recommendations of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve Board, ultra-low interest rates, digital currencies, and the digital economy.
Global Studies: Cultures and Organizations in International Relations
This is a specialised foundation course offered exclusively by GEM to explore how cultural, institutional and environmental differences can be overcome to create a more open and co-operative world.
Financial Analysis and Decision Making
This course uses the language of finance to deconstruct the value creation process of an enterprise, thus helping learners to understand the factors that affect value creation, build financial thinking and its application to business decision-making. With the help of financial information, business managers can make effective strategic positioning, monitor and manage business performance, formulate financial policies that are more conducive to communicating with external investors, and evaluate merger and acquisition targets; government administrators can predict the rise and fall of industries in the future; investors can judge who will survive and thrive in the complex and volatile markets of the future; securities analysts and investment banks can evaluate the value of a company; commercial banks can assess the repayment of debts; and investors can assess the value of a company’s assets and the value of a company’s assets. Securities analysts and investment banks can evaluate the value of companies; commercial banks can assess debt service risks and make lending decisions; and consulting firms can conduct competitive analyses for their clients. Although this is a postgraduate course, learners do not need to have a foundation in accounting. We will start from the understanding of financial statements, gradually understand the structure of financial information, discuss the relationship between financial data and industry, strategic positioning and strategy execution, analyse the value creation process of enterprises, and based on this, discuss how to use financial data to make business decisions.
Organizational Behavior
This course is designed to help students understand how people behave at work and in organisations. The course covers a variety of theoretical perspectives and provides different frameworks to help students understand managerial roles in organisations. Upon completion of the course, students should be aware of theories and research relevant to current issues and future trends in organisational behaviour, understand the links between behaviour and its social and organisational contexts, and be able to apply key OB concepts, models and theories to improve organisational effectiveness through in-depth analysis and discussion of case studies, scenarios and examples used throughout the course.
Microeconomics
This course examines theory and policy analysis at microeconomic level. We will be concerned with establishing the conditions under which the market generates efficient solutions, and those conditions in which it presumably does not. In those cases where the market may not perform well, we will be interested in analyzing the impact of possible government policies on the outcome.
Finance & Contemporary China
As an introduction to finance, this course will introduce the fundamentals, theories and cases of finance that are relevant to today’s world. Starting with an introduction to the financial system, the course will discuss a range of elements and concepts that we have heard of in our daily lives, such as money, banks, stocks, bonds, etc., and examine how these elements play a role in the financial system from a financial perspective. The course will also introduce the latest knowledge, information, data and case studies of the contemporary Chinese financial system.
New Energy Technologies: Energy Transition and Sustainable Development
This specialised foundation course, offered exclusively by GEM, will explore new and upcoming technologies that will help solve the world’s greatest energy challenges from both a business and technical perspective.
Note: In order to ensure academic and teaching quality, we reserve the right to adjust the curriculum according to the actual situation. We will conduct a personalized assessment according to each student’s application of GEM MSc program, personal professional background and personal foreign language proficiency, and select and determine the MP program courses (usually no less than 8 courses per student) that each student needs to complete from the above course list. Most of the above courses are taught in English, only some courses are taught in Chinese with English subtitles.