Awarded by: Common Core Course Excellence Award
The dedication and efforts of a team from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM) received recognition at the Second Common Core Course Excellence Award Presentation Ceremony, officiated by President Prof Tony F Chan.
The Common Core Course Excellence Award established last year is to recognize outstanding courses and to enhance balanced and holistic education. This year's Excellence Award went to "Technology and Innovation: Social and Business Perspectives" taught by Assistant Professor Yongsuk Kim, Associate Professor of Business Education Jeevan Jaisingh, Visiting Professor Sejoon Hong and Mr Himson Wu from the Department of ISOM.
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With its well-planned pedagogy, the course enables students to grasp the abstract concept of innovation and apply it in the real world through different kinds of in-class exercises such as case studies and simulated experience, followed by reflection and experience-sharing via class discussion. Prof Jeevan Jaisingh, on behalf of the winning team, thanked for the support from the Department and the much-needed motivation from the students.
HKUST's Common Core Program, with more than 280 courses, covers a huge range of areas including social analysis, science and technology, humanities, quantitative reasoning, English communication, Chinese communication, arts, as well as healthy lifestyle. The selection process for the Excellence Award is rigorous and is based on: the design of the course syllabus, assessment plan, course delivery, pedagogy and teaching innovation, and being overall an exemplar of a good common core course.
Caption: At the Common Core Course Excellence Award: (from left) HKUST President Prof Tony F Chan, Prof Jeevan Jaisingh, Mr Himson Wu and Prof Michael Wong, Chairman of the University's Committee on Undergraduate Core Education.