Online open courses of SCUT go alive on XuetangX and iCourse international platform

2020-05-18




11 open courses customized for international learners by SCUT are now available and free on XuetangX and iCourse, two major massive open online course (MOOC) platforms in China.

After XuetangX, China's first and largest MOOC website, launched its international version on April 20, the iCourse international platform was also set in motion on April 28.

Wu Yan, director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, said on the launching ceremony of the XuetangX international version that the platform is free for all college students and learners across the world during the COVID-19 outbreak.

As a major higher education power, Chinese universities should have the ability and responsibility to provide the best online teaching experience and resources to college students and learners from all over the world, he said.

These two websites together offer 302 courses to audiences. Courses offered by SCUT include:

  • Calculus, offered by the School of Mathematics on XuetangX

  • British and American Music and Culture, offered by the School of Foreign Languages  on XuetangX

  • Zhuangzi's Fables and Their Wisdom, offered by the School of Foreign Languages on XuetangX

  • Pulping Principles and Engineering, offered by the School of Light Industry and Engineering on XuetangX

  • Computer Networks, offered by the School of Computer Science and Engineering on XuetangX

  • English Film and Cultural Studies, offered by the School of Foreign Languages on XuetangX

  • Strategic Management, offered by the School of Business Administration on XuetangX

  • Plant Landscape Planning and Design, offered by the School of Architecture on XuetangX

  • Food Biochemistry, offered by the School of Food Science and Engineering on XuetangX

  • Body Shaping and Image Building, offered by the School of Physical Education on iCourse

  • 1+1 Shaping and Fitness Dance, offered by the School of Physical Education on iCourse

For more information, please follow XuetangX International and iCourse.


Source from the Office of Academic Affairs
Translated and compiled by Xu Peimu
Edited by Yang Manxi
From the SCUT News Network

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