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Introduction
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Degree education is tightly controlled
by the central government in China. Each degree offered at every
university is pre-assigned by the Education Ministry of China on a
yearly basis. This means that if a student is admitted to a certain degree program
at a certain university, she/he has a quota of
degree offers in the same program at that university, but she/he
cannot transfer to another university or even another program at the
same university. The reason being is that if another program or
university accepted a transfer student there would be no
quota
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of
degree pre-assigned for her/him and they would therefore not be able
to offer a the student a degree. In another words, the quota of
degree offer is non-transferable. Under ordinary circumstances there is no
transfer of students among Chinese universities, or even among different
programs at the same university. Contrarily, credit transfer is a universal policy in many counties,
including the United States and Canada, and
there is no restriction like the "quota of degree
pre-assigned".
CNEEC's
research shows that there exists a potential market for degree education
in China due to central government controlled policies as
mentioned above. With entry into the WTO, China's situation will
change, but it will take several years to meet
the standards of international education systems. During
the transition period, some special projects can play
important roles and could
effectively promote the export
of Canadian higher education.
The
General Study Program
(GSP) was developed with this
background in mind and is designed
for Chinese
students who intend to pursue
education for undergraduate degrees. The GSP recruits
qualified students without the
restriction
of "quota of degree pre-assigned" by
the Chinese central government and offers two years of internationally
standardized university courses. Students who complete the GSP may apply to
universities abroad to continue their studies providing
that they
meet the academic qualifications.
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The
General
Study Program (GSP) employs Canadian universities' criteria and provides
roughly 20 courses for each discipline during a two year time
period. All
textbooks used in the GSP are original English versions and most of them
are currently used in several Canadian universities. All credit
courses are taught
in both English and Chinese, meaning that, all written teachings, such as textbooks, tests, homework and
blackboard writings, are exclusively in English, and the oral teaching
is given in Chinese. In addition, the GSP also provides the students with
about 1,300 hours of intensive
English training courses
to improve
their English ability.
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The GSP, with its
international standard university education system, is an ideal
program for those students who are interested in applying
for further
study in
Canada, the United States, Great Britain and other English speaking counties.
CNEEC
and its Chinese university partners may periodically provide detailed reports
and related documents about
the GSP to Canadian universities in order to highlight the program's
effective operation
and quality of education. These
materials may include education criteria, syllabi, semester
calendars,
testing standards and methods,
and individual student academic records.
This information may be useful for Canadian
universities to evaluate the admission qualifications of the
students. It is important to stress however, that CNEEC
is totally involved in the operation of the GSP and also welcomes
any suggestions or evaluations from Canadian universities regarding
the GSP.
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