The Programme
We are the Humanities and Social Sciences class
Explore more of the unknown, sketch the picture of your three years ahead, and be braver in exploring, doing, and going beyond the ordinary.
A humanistic outlook, character first
Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences class is a joint effort of teachers, students and parents, working together to form active learners and people who act in society — able to solve problems and think independently, and with a care for people — as tomorrow's universities and society will need. It is not only about getting into university: we care about students' attitude and commitment, and about doing our part for education in Taiwan.
The curriculum
Three years in four stages.
01
Laying the foundation
- Introductory course
- Basic digital skills
02
Setting out
- Social-science research methods
- Essay and project work
- Service learning
03
On track
- Video projects
- Self-directed learning
- Competitions
04
Handing it on
- The learning record
- Combining software and hardware skills
Three things
Research method
Project research
Through a step-by-step, systematic project structure, develop an integrated way of thinking.
Digital literacy
The student editorial team
Through what the student editorial team hands down, learn copywriting, layout and design, and video editing.
Where it starts
The student council
The student council is a team built on self-directed learning and the handing-down of skills, in which the older students guide, teach and build the cohesion of the group.
TEACHERS AND STRUCTURE
The humanities and social sciences teaching team
Formed in 2019, the class is led by teachers across subjects, each with a part: homeroom, project supervision, the editorial team, competition coaching — with courses run jointly with Tamkang University. From the introductory course through research methods and project work to the learning record, the three years are one structure, not a collection of loose activities.
- 2019
- Teaching team and structure formed
- 6
- Capabilities
- 4
- Stages
Out of the classroom
Visits, talks and service learning are all written up under News.
Visits
A day of AI at Tamkang University
Generating images from text, editing them into short clips, then working with webcams in the afternoon session.
Visits
Visiting Chinese Culture University
In a cold snap with snow on the peaks, first-years split across 21 department camps. One student writes about a day in the law department.
Visits
Tamkang University business school experience
Financial English taught entirely in English, and a statistics class on visualising data with Orange3.
What does the class believe?
Its aims, the six capabilities, the student council.