Duke Kunshan University - Transformative Liberal Arts Education in China

Duke Kunshan University offers a unique liberal arts education experience with a focus on globalism, shared principles, and key structural features. With a close faculty-student connection, it aims to cultivate informed and engaged citizens while providing opportunities for innovative learning. The curriculum includes general education courses, animating principles, and divisional foundations in arts, humanities, natural science, and social science.

• Duke Kunshan University
• Liberal Arts Education
• Globalism
• Transformative Learning
• Integrated Curriculum

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1. Duke Kunshan Welcome and Introduction Noah Pickus Associate Provost & Senior Adviser, Duke University Dean, Undergraduate Curricular Affairs & Faculty Development, Duke Kunshan University

2. Overview A 2000 student and 200 faculty residential liberal arts and sciences college outside Shanghai starting at 265 students and scaling to 2000 A close connection between faculty and students from different regions of Asia and the world An education equal in quality to that offered on Duke s home campus, but different in form and scope Opportunities for innovative and integrated forms of learning

3. General Education: The Words without Music 3 Common Core Courses 2-4 Language Courses (English/Mandarin) 3 Distributional Electives 1 Quantitative Reasoning Course

4. 7 Animating Principles Independence and Creativity Collaborative Problem-Solving Lucid Communication Research and Practice Wise Leadership A Purposeful Life

5. Rooted Globalism To cultivate informed and engaged citizens who are knowledgeable about each other s histories, traditions of thought and affiliations; and skilled in navigating among local, national and global identities and commitments.

6. Key Structural Features Shared Signature Integrated Flexible Immersive

7. COMMON CORE China in the World Global Challenges in Science, Technology, & Health Ethics, Citizenship & the Examined Life DIVISIONAL FOUNDATIONS ARTS & HUMANITIES The Art of Interpretation: Written Texts The Art of Interpretation: Images & Sound NATURAL SCIENCE Math Foundations 1 - 2 Integrated Science 1 - 4 Scientific Writing & Presentations SOCIAL SCIENCE Foundational Questions in Social Science Introduction to Research Methods

8. Key Structural Features Shared Signature Integrated Flexible Immersive

9. Undergraduate Majors

10. Key Structural Features Shared Signature Integrated Flexible Immersive

12. Key Structural Features Shared Signature Integrated Flexible Immersive

13. Signature Work

14. Year 1 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Language Common Core: 3 courses Language: 4 courses Major: Foundation, Interdisciplinary, Disciplinary, Signature Work*: 16-19 courses Concentrations Electives: 8-13 courses *Signature Work: Thematic Courses, Experiential Education, Capstone Project