Undergraduate Courses 2025-26

Undergraduate courses marked with [EXP] may adopt the approach of experiential learning subject to different offerings. Students should check the delivery mode of the class section before registration.

• UTOP 2910

  Pathways to Teaching for Future Educators

  3 Credit(s)
  Previous Course Code(s)

  IDPO 2910

  Mode of Delivery

  [EXP] Experiential learning

  Description

  This course is designed to provide undergraduate students with a unique and real-life teaching experience. Through pre-teaching training, consultation sessions, reflection sessions, and a mini teaching conference, students will acquire important knowledge and practice core competencies essential for teaching. The course aims to help students design, implement, and evaluate appropriate learning, teaching, and assessment strategies to cater to learners’ Individual learning differences. Students will learn to identify and address educational issues by adopting appropriate strategies to arouse learners’ Interest. Additionally, students will learn to reflect on and make reasoned analysis on their teaching. Upon completion of this course, students will be equipped with the necessary skills to accurately and effectively explain subject knowledge to learners and practice effective pedagogical instructions. For students in year 3 or above.

  Intended Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • 1.
    Explain the subject knowledge accurately and effectively to learners
  • 2.
    Design, implement and evaluate appropriate learning, teaching and assessment strategies to cater for the learners’ individual learning differences
  • 3.
    Identify and address educational issues by adopting appropriate strategies to engage learners effectively
  • 4.
    Reflect on and make reasoned analysis on one’s teaching
• UTOP 3201

  Practicum in STEAM Education

  3 Credit(s)
  Exclusion(s)

  UTOP 2910

  Mode of Delivery

  [EXP] Experiential learning

  Description

  This course is designed to provide undergraduate students with real-life teaching experience that develops skills useful to the community learning environment. Through pre-teaching training, consultation sessions, reflection sessions, and a mini teaching conference, students will acquire important knowledge and practice core competencies essential for teaching. Students are expected to formulate, design, and evaluate lesson plans from their own knowledge and experience, and conduct teaching sessions as the instructor. Students will learn to identify and address educational issues by adopting appropriate strategies to arouse learners’ interest in a wide range of STEAM topics. Additionally, students will learn to reflect on and make reasoned analysis on their teaching. Upon completion of this course, students will have the skills and confidence to design and deliver STEAM courses and workshops, using innovative pedagogy and state-of-the-art teaching and assessment tools, for primary and secondary school students and even junior university students.

  Intended Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • 1.
    Explain the subject knowledge accurately and effectively to learners
  • 2.
    Design, implement and evaluate appropriate learning, teaching and assessment strategies to cater for the learners’ individual learning differences
  • 3.
    Identify and address educational issues by adopting appropriate strategies to engage learners effectively
  • 4.
    Reflect on and make reasoned analysis on one’s teaching