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throughout their life.

GEC 109 Art, Self-exploration and Spirituality
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will enable students to appreciate and create art through experiential learn-
ing. It will cover selected concepts in the fields of art psychology and aesthetics, showing
students how to gain an in-depth understanding of themselves and spirituality through the
creation of art. Using guided reading, workshop based art making activities, experiential
learning and self-reflection, the course will provide abundant opportunities for students to
appreciate a range of art works and explore key life themes through art making. In experiential
classes, students will learn expressive art and focusing techniques to enable them to achieve
self-exploration and self-growth using various art media, such as painting, drawing, dancing,
photography and video making.

GEC 202 Positive Life with Chinese Literature
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces Chinese literary works that contain positive thinking towards life,
enhancing students’ abilities of understanding and analysing Chinese literary works. Students
will learn how writers solved problems with positive attitudes and methods when facing
pressure from different daily life aspects such as personal relationships, fate, health, career
path, and social life. This course will also foster positive thinking in students, helping them
realise the meaning of life, cultivate resilience, enhance stress management, and achieve
happiness in life.

Area 4: Interdisciplinary Perspective

GED 101 Happiness and Society: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
1 Term; 3 Credits
Happiness is a subjective well-being characterized by positive emotions. This course
aims to enhance students’ understanding of happiness, which is an essential goal of the
whole-person education. It will lead students to discover how happiness is perceived and
developed from an interdisciplinary perspective ‒ economics, philosophical, psychological,
sociological and religious perspectives as well as an intercultural perspective. Given the
increasing academic and social challenges of everyday life, this course will introduce to
students the major facilitators of happiness, such as friendship, mutual service, health,
optimism, flexibility, creativity, gratitude, autonomy and confidence. This course attempts to
enable students to discover their subjective happiness as well as their capability to pursue
happiness in everyday life.

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