Honors college

1. Program Description

The Honors College is the training base of undergraduate innovative talents, the undergraduate teaching reform pilot area and also the outstanding graduate student base. Relying on our college advantages and high-quality educational resources, we select outstanding students, with excellent teachers. In accordance with cooperative training thoughts of running school, to strengthen the disciplines of basic education, adhere to individualized, follow the training mode of "autonomous learning, individualized cultivation, research teaching and international development", and focus on cultivating leaders of solid foundation, distinct personality, great creative ability, in areas such as Scientific and technological innovation with an international perspective, entrepreneurship industrial and public services.

The Honors college has liberal arts intensive class and science and engineering intensive class. We implement the "basic stages of learning + research professional learning phase" training mode. In the second year, students choose their majors to enter the related professional learning. In the basic learning phase, we use advanced teaching philosophy and curriculum system optimization, strengthening discipline of basic education, learning and research capabilities to enhance the independent, self-management and communication skills and overall quality. In the study of the professional learning phase, we develop personalized training programs to strengthen the professional knowledge learning, and develop scientific research and innovation ability.

Most of the graduates are admitted by "985", "211" colleges as a graduate student, some of them to foreign universities to continue their studies. And some of them  be employed by enterprises and institutions or be employed by the enterprises and institutions of civil servants. become the main force in the community coming.  

2. Program Duration and Credit

This is a four-year undergraduate program, which can be completed within a minimum of three years and a maximum of seven years.

The basic credit of the liberal arts intensive class is 160，science and engineering intensive class is 170.

For the students who have already reached the undergraduate degree, and meet the requirements of the honorary graduation certificate, we will award Nanjing Normal University graduation certificate.

3. Curriculum

The course of the liberal arts、science and engineering intensive classes are divided into three plates: basic courses; major courses; Independent development courses. Basic courses and major courses are required courses to obtain the bachelor's degree.

Basic courses according to the liberal arts, science and engineering courses set up a large categories of platform course, it’s the special programs of the Honors College. The liberal arts curriculum aims to strengthen the history and philosophy of science and technology courses to enhance the number of courses designed to strengthen the number of science and technology courses. The platform of liberal arts aims to strengthen the literature, history and philosophy，Science and engineering courses are designed to strengthen mathematics, physics and chemistry. Basic course is a required course for all students in all subjects.

Major courses come from the students into the professional, then under the guidance of a mentor to select the course from the basic courses and the major courses. Independent development course is students from the requirement of individuation, compound talent, under the guidance of mentor，students independently selected the course. It can be selected from the major courses and independent development courses.

（1）Basic Curriculum（The Liberal Arts Intensive Class）

Course Code	Course	Credit	Semester	Remark
100501232101	Chinese literary classics research project	3	1
100501232102	Foreign literature classics research project	3	2
100501232103	Introduction to Linguistics	3	2
100501232104	Introduction to literature	3	2
100101232101	History of Chinese Philosophy	3	1
100101232102	Western philosophy（bilingual）	3	2
100101232103	Logic（bilingual）	2	2
100101232104	Philosophy of science and technology	2	3
100701232101	Advanced mathematics	4	1
100601232101	Research of China History	3	1
100601232102	Lectures on World History	3	2
100303232101	Introduction to Sociology	2	3
100501232105	Basic writing	3	1
100303232102	The social survey method (bilingual)	2	3

（2）Basic Curriculum （Science and Engineering Intensive Class）

Course Code	Course	Credit	Semester	Remark
100701232102	Mathematical analysis Ⅰ	6	1
100701232103	Mathematical analysis Ⅱ（Ordinary differential equation）	6	2
100701232104	Linear algebra	3	1
100701232105	Analytic geometry	2	2
100701232106	Probability and statistics	4	3
100702232101	College physics Ⅰ	4	2
100702232102	College physics Ⅱ	3	3
100702232103	College physics experiment	2	2、3
100703232101	College chemistry	4	1
100703232102	College chemistry experiment	1	2
100502232101	The writing of science and technology (bilingual)	2	2
100010191003	C language programming	4	2
100809232101	Data structures and algorithms	3	3

 (Note: 1. Odd-number semesters are the fall semesters and even-number semesters are the spring semesters in each academic year.）

4. Honors Program and Introductions

100502232101, 100502232102  Advanced English Reading and Writing(Ⅰ)( Ⅱ) (6 cr.)

This course is intended to develop students' reading and writing ability to an advanced level. To meet Higher and Highest Requirements, students are expected to reach a level equivalent to English Major (Band Eight).

This course is designed to develop students abilities mainly in:（1) mastering the main ideas of an essay or academic reading material;(2) understanding important details;（3) making references and judgments and（4) getting authors' intentions and attitudes.

100502232103, 100502232104  English Watching, Listening and Speaking(Ⅰ)( Ⅱ) (4 cr.)

This course is intended to help students master essential skills of communication in English by way of watching, listening and speaking. This course prepares students for academic studying at higher grades, and it also pave the way for their further study overseas. 

This course is designed to develop students abilities of understanding and expressing in communication by combining watching, listening and speaking. Students are expected to have adequate understanding of English movie material on general subjects and to share with their peers by way of expressing viewpoints, discussing in groups or reporting and stating their understanding.

（1）Basic Curriculum （The Liberal Arts Intensive Class）

100501232101, Chinese literary classics research project(3 cr.)

Part(Ⅰ) To make the students seriously observe classic writers’ creative psychology and enjoy aesthetic character of the classical works so that it can create students’ interests to the   classical works and command the reading skills. Basing on this, it can improve the ability of appreciation, creation capabilities, students' cultural quality.

Using multimedia purely as aids to teach classical works written by ancient Chinese classical writers. Trying to use new perspective, new method and new result to dissect creation process of the writing, dredge up life of literary work. From this, it can help the students’ creative practice and elevating spirits.

Part( Ⅱ) Understanding the Chinese modern contemporary classical writers and works of the classic basic composition, for classical writer's creation course, life on the road to have a wealth of knowledge and understanding; to some grasp of classical writers in modern Chinese ideological and cultural history, history of literature and spirit status, significance and value of value; they can use the rich ideological and cultural theory and literary theory interpretation of classical writers and classic works, training pure literary taste and literary character.

This course mainly introduces the value of Chinese modern and contemporary classical writer's life, the creative process and classical; Chinese modern and contemporary classical writers and works of the classic case studying; the basic theory of classical literature; Chinese modern contemporary literature classic writers of the basic standard; the classic study of the meaning and the method of; classic writers and classic works review of thesis writing methods.

100501232102, Foreign literature classics research project(3 cr.)

Through to Europe and the United States in the 20th century important writers and works of reading and appreciation, grasp the basic context of 20th century western literature development, literature ideological trend and literary schools in the basic content and the evolution, from this period of heightened awareness of the art development and evolution of literary phenomenon; through the introduction of different styles of writers and works, understand the 20th century world literature dynamics and development, keep up with the pace of change and development of world literature, grasp of relevant professional knowledge and information timely, have in-depth understanding of Europe literary theme and form, style, creative concept changes and development.

Introduction of Europe and the United States literature development in the 20th century the overall pattern; the important Modernist Literary School of the 20th century in America and Europe, including late symbolism and expressionism, consciousness stream novels, ultra realistic literature, existentialism, absurd drama school, black humor, magic realism literature of modernist school formation, development and artistic characteristics; in depth analysis of the 20th century important European and American Modernism and realism writers and their works.

100501232104, Introduction to literature (3 cr.)

This course can motivate students to think conprehensively, analyze rationally and research independently.  Students’ ability to comprehend text, appreciate literature and reflect on aesthetics will be cultivated. Their potential and intelligence of interpreting literature, attainment of understanding literature and cultural phenomena will be enhanced.

Students will be required to acquire the basic concepts and the specific propositions of theory of literature. The course will cover the characteristics of literature activities, the origins and evolutions of the basic concepts, the present construction of theory of literature, the research methods of literature and theory of literature. Students will be able to comprehend and generalize the phenomena of literature and aesthetics in the abstract.

100101232101, History of Chinese Philosophy(3 cr.)

The course is intended to systematically introduce main schools in traditional Chinese philosophy with critical comments, to help students understand and inherit the quintessence of Chinese philosophy, to improve their capacity of critical, independent and philosophical reflection, to strengthen their ability of analyzing and solving problems, and to train them to be .highly competent persons with good character.

This course is designed to introduce Chinese traditional philosophy. It attempts to introduce Chinese philosophy by absorbing recent academic achievements in the research of Chinese philosophy, analyzing its advantages and disadvantages, and reinterpreting and reconstructing its system in terms of reasonableness. It will cover and discuss: 1. Pre-Qin Chinese philosophy; 2. Chinese philosophy in Han-Tang Dynasties; 3. Metaphysics in Wei-Jin Dynasties; 4. Chinese philosophy in Song-Yuan-Ming-Qing Dynasties; and 5. modern Chinese philosophy.

100101232102, Western philosophy （bilingual） (3 cr.)

Systematically introduce various western philosophical schools  and ideological trends developed after Germen classical philosophy, to help students grasp the basic outline and essence of modern western philosophy, training and improving students' philosophical thinking ability.

By revolving scientism and humanism, this course tells systematically all kinds of western philosophical trends developed after German classical philosophy since 1830. It includes 18 chapters, namely, Introduction and 17 main philosophical trends. Introduction describes historical background and basic characteristics of modern western philosophy, theoretical and practical meaning to study modern western philosophy. In addition to introduction, the course includes: Comte’s positivism, Voluntarism of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Pragmatism, Analytical philosophy, Existentialism, Constructivism and Deconstructivism, Hermeneutics, cotemporary scientific philosophy, such as Popper’s Falsificationism and the Plural Methodology of Feyerabend, Political Philosophy and Post-modernism  etc， and finally gives the development tendency of western philosophy in the future. Through a lot of Texts, the course analyzes a variety of advantages and disadvantages of basic theories of modern western philosopher, seeks to disclose plurality and complexity of modern western philosophy.

100601232101, Research of China History(3 cr.)

According to studying the Chinese history, enable students to systematically master the basic knowledge and the development history of Chinese, train the student to the China historical and cultural interest, and understand the Chinese historical place in world history.

The content of the "general history of China" is from prehistoric times to the founding of the PRC in 1949, including several major historical stages: the China prehistory, ancient history, modern history, covering politics, economy, military, culture, social life and so.

100601232102, Lectures on World History (3 cr.)

This course, which is guided by the historical materialism, should mainly present the cultures and civilizations of different regions, in order to scientifically reveal the laws of development of human history. By it, we should broadening the knowledge fields of young students, make them have a basic history literacy, scientific spirit and humanistic quality, learn from a macro perspective of the dialectical understanding of human yesterday and today, and form a correct outlook on history and civilization.

As a basic course in the Strengthening College, its main contents are as follows: （1）Prehistoric World System; （2）World River Civilization; （3）Three Major Religions in the World; （4）British Aristocracy and Peasants in the Medieval England; （5）Rise of the Modern Western World; （6）Western Welfare State System; （7）Indian Civilization of North America; and（8）War and Peace of Mankind, etc. This course would make the students accumulate preliminary historical knowledge, stimulate interest in history learning, learn how to use historical methods, understanding the laws of the development of human history in order to correctly examine the objective environments from different civilizations and promote the progress of human civilization.

（2）Basic Curriculum （Science and Engineering Intensive Class）

100701232102, Mathematical analysis Ⅰ(6cr.)

This course mainly introduces the theory of completeness of real numbers, the differential calculus of one-variable function and its applications. The main contents of Mathematical Analysis (Ⅰ) are as follows: sets of real numbers and functions, limits of number sequence, limits of a function, continuities of the function, derivatives and differentiations, mean value theorems of differentiation and their applications, and the theory of completeness of real numbers, and so on. The teaching of this course not only pays attention to integral introduction of its basic principles and major methods, but also emphasizes the abilities of abstract, logic and calculation. The teaching of this course will make the students to correctly understand the basic concepts of Mathematical Analysis, to master the basic theories and basic techniques of Mathematical Analysis, to improve the ability of abstract thinking and strictly logical reasoning. To cultivate the students to have the ability to perform mathematical calculations and apply mathematics.

100701232103, Mathematical analysis Ⅱ（Ordinary differential equation）(6cr.)

This course introduces the integral calculus of one-variable function, the theory of series, and their applications. The main contents of Principles of Mathematical Analysis(Ⅱ) are as follows: indefinite integral, definite integral, some applications of definite integral, improper integral, series of number terms, sequence of functions and series of function terms, power series, Fourier series. The teaching of this course not only pays attention to integral introduction of its basic principles and major methods, but also emphasizes the abilities of abstract, logic and calculation.

The teaching of this course will make the students to obtain an integrated knowledge of the integral calculus of one-variable function, the theory of series, and their applications. Students can master the methods and basic theories to study the analysis properties of one-variable function.

100701232104, Linear algebra  100701232105, analytic geometry(5 cr.)

Through the study of linear algebra course,  enable students to master the basic theory of linear space, linear transformation, linear equations, develop the students' ability of abstract thinking and logical reasoning ability, for the subsequent course of study to provide necessary solid mathematical foundation

This course mainly introduces the theory of finite dimensional linear space. The main content includes: the determinant, matrix and its operation, geometric vector 、elementary transformation of matrix and system of linear equations, vector group of linear correlation, similarity matrix and quadratic form, etc.

100701232106, Probability and Statistics(4 cr.)

Through learning of this course, make the students master the basic concept, the basic theory and method of probability and statistics, , so as to make the students master the basic idea and method of dealing with random phenomenon, trains the student to use probability and statistics methods to analyze and solve practical problems.

This course is the study of the regularity of the random phenomena in modern mathematics. It's theory and methods in computer, physics, electron ,biology chemical engineering and engineering technology and management are very important in the application of modern various disciplines, and is also the important modern interdisciplinary research tool. This course mainly includes the following content: random events and the probability, distribution of random variables, figure features of random variables, law of large numbers and central limit theorem, basic concept of statistics and parameter estimation and hypothesis inspection. This course is also one of the national postgraduate entrance math tests.

100702232101, 100702232102, College Physics(Ⅰ)( Ⅱ)  (7 cr.)

This course is a required course for science and engineering majors. Learning this course, may enable the students systematically master the physical basic theory and basic knowledge, understand the laws of physics, understand the application of theoretical physics in the production of science and technology; and make the students learn the scientific way of thinking and research methods, enhance the students adapt to the skills, open mind, inspire the spirit of exploration and innovation, has been training in problem analysis and problem solving ability, for the future study and practice to lay a necessary foundation.

This course is divided into two parts,  each teaching a semester.  University Physics A (part one) includes mechanics and electromagnetism (static field) . Mechanics mainly discusses mechanical motion and its law of mechanics, including the motion analysis of particle, the law of conservation of mass of particle, the rotation of the fixed axis of the rigid body and the law of rotation, oscillation and wave. The introduction of the classical electromagnetic theory, including the basic laws of the electrostatic field, the conductor and dielectric in the electrostatic field, the characteristics of the steady magnetic field, etc..  University Physics A (part two) including electromagnetism (time-varying field), optics, quantum mechanics, thermal physics, etc.. The electromagnetism (time-varying field) includes the law of electromagnetic induction and Maxwell equations. The optics mainly introduces the wave characteristics of light interference, diffraction and polarization. Thermodynamics mainly studies the first law of thermodynamics and the application to the ideal gas, the description of the second law of thermodynamics and fundamentals of statistical physics.

100703232101, College Chemistry (4 cr.)

General Chemistry is first and compulsory course for students majoring in chemical, pharmaceutical, metallurgy, material, biology, environmental engineering and other related subjects.

The object of this course is to make students understand the basic concepts and principles in Inorganic Chemistry. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to solve chemical problems (mainly involving to areas of inorganic chemistry) by utilizing the basic theories, knowledge and calculation skills that they have learned in this course. The course includes following contents:(1)Gases and solutions, (2)Basic Chemical thermodynamics, (3) Chemical equilibrium and reaction rate, (4)acid-base equilibrium, (6) Redox reaction, (7)Atomic and molecular structures, (8)Coordination compounds