University Life Programme

Workshops and activities in this programme aim to enhance students' capabilities to face challenges and find solutions that come from academic or work environment. After completing this programme, students should be able to:

1)	Acquire the skills and knowledge that help them adapt to the new life at the University;
2)	Examine issues of academic integrity and global citizenship with an awareness of their communities;
3)	Develop leadership skills, communication skills and team work spirit that can be applied to their daily life;
4)	Plan activities that foster their academic and professional development;
5)	Evidence a better understanding of the Whole Person Education and the Graduate Attributes of the University.

Requirements

All Year I students are required to take the non-credit bearing University Life Programme. The course codes are U.L. 1121-2 for the 3-year cohort and ULIF 1008-9 for the 4-year cohort. The requirements of the programme are as follows:

1.	U-Life Orientation Workshops Workshop 1 (Personal Transformation Workshop) Workshop 2 (University Expectations) Workshop 3 (IT and research skills) Students who fail to attend these workshops at the beginning of the 1st semester are required to take make-up sessions or do online exercises.U-Life Orientation Workshops

2.	Co-curricular Learning (CCL) It offers students an array of out-of-class learning opportunities that take in the form of workshops, campus events, and experiential learning activities which all aim to foster their whole person development. Students are required to complete at least 8 of these learning items before the end of their 4th semester. Freshmen also have the option to join the Freshmen Experience Programme (FEP), which is a common learning experience consisting of learning items that focus on four major themes including psychological competence, responsible citizenship, service leadership and career development.

3.	Academic Advising/Mentoring Sessions (6-10 hours) Academic and relevant support units will organize advising/mentoring activities to enhance students' success in their university studies. To better cater for student needs, all students are expected to meet with their academic advisers/mentors for at least 6-10 hours in a given academic year.

4.	Academic Integrity Online Tutorial This online tutorial is designed to be an introduction in promoting academic integrity by increasing students' awareness of the issues involved. Using pertinent cases as examples, the tutorial offers suggestions and solutions to help students recognize unethical behaviours, so that they can avoid committing academic misconduct unintentionally. Students have to work through the tutorial, complete the quiz obtaining a score of at least 80%, and make a declaration by the end of November 2012.