COLLEGE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY 厦门大学海洋与环境学院 XIAMEN UNIVERSITY Ocean Science Education at Xiamen University Mingru

COLLEGE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY

厦门大学海洋与环境学院

XIAMEN UNIVERSITYXIAMEN UNIVERSITY

Ocean Science Education Ocean Science Education

at Xiamen Universityat Xiamen University

Mingru Chen

College of Oceanography and Environmental Science

March 8-9, 2010, Beijing

厦门大学海洋与环境学院College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University

1920’s, Marine researches started in Xiamen University.

In the 1930’s, Xiamen University became the research center for China’s endeavors in marine biology.

1946, China’s first Department of Oceanography and first Institute of Marine Research were established at XMU.

1955, China’s first postgraduate education of marine biology commenced at Xiamen University

1970, Xiamen University resumed the Department of Oceanography.

1996, College of Oceanography and Environmental Science was founded.

2005, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University) was established.

2006, Department of Marine Technology and Engineering was founded.

BRIEF HISTORY


CAMPUS


Department of

Oceanography

Department of

Oceanography

Department of Environmental Science

& Engineering

Department of Environmental Science

& Engineering

Department of Marine Technology

& Engineering

Department of Marine Technology

& Engineering

College of Oceanography and Environmental Science

COE STRUCTURE

State Key Laboratory of

Marine Environmental

Science

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Underwater

Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology

Joint Key Laboratory

of Coastal Study

Institute of Subtropical

Oceanography

Coastal and Ocean

Management Institute

Environmental Science

Research Center


SYSTEM OF TALENTS BUILDING

DEGREES AND DEGREE OPTIONS OFFERED Marine Sciences BS

Marine Biology MS PhD

Marine Chemistry MS PhD

Physical Oceanography MS PhD

Marine Physics MS PhD

Marine Geology MS PhD

Marine Technology BS

Marine Biotechnology MS PhD

Underwater Acoustics and Information Engineering MS PhD

Coastal Management MS PhD

Marine Affairs MS

Environmental Sciences BS MS PhD

Environmental Engineering MS PhD

Environmental Management MS PhD


1

National Base for Higher Education on Marine Science

2

The National Demonstration Center for Teaching by Experiments

3

The National Specialization with Unique Characteristics of Marine Science

4

The National Base for Popularized Education in Marine Science

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES


HUMAN INVOLVEMENT

1060 students on campus ( 560 undergraduates, 500 postgraduates )

Human Involvement

104 full-time teachers, 58 engineers


FACULTY QUALITY

2 Cheung Kong Chair Professors

2 Minjiang Chair Professors

4 professors were awarded Distinguished Young Scholars funded through National Natural Science Foundation of China

3 New Century Excellent Talents by the MOE Program

8 New Century Excellent Talents of Fujian Province

4 provincial-level Excellent Teachers

NSF-China’s Group of Excellence Project on marine biogeochemistry

The National Innovation Team of Scientific Research in

Marine Science and Environment Study


PHILOSOPHY OF MARINE EDUCATION

Focusing on providing quality education and training to high-caliber youths, implementing research-oriented teaching, and producing innovative researchers in ocean science with an international vision.


Model of teaching and training talents in ocean science, Xiamen University

Committee of Teaching Experts

Undergraduate Teaching System

Theoretical Curriculum Practical Curriculum Shared Platform for Undergraduates and Postgraduates

Positioning of the College Disciplinary Divisions

Public Foundation Courses

General Education Curriculum

Optional Courses

Core Curriculum

Foundational Experiments

Specialized Experiments

Training and Innovative Research

Comprehensive Experiment

Academic Consortium of Undergraduate -

Postgraduate - Teachers

Academic Frontier

Experiments for Comprehensive Skills

Innovative Research Sub-platforms


Courses

3 National Excellent Courses

6 Scholastic Excellent Courses

16 Bilingual courses

3 Provincial Excellent Courses

COURSE CONSTRUCTION


TALENTS INTERNATIONALIZATION

International Collaboration: • University of Delaware• University of Georgia• University of Rhode Island• University of Washington• Inha University • Eckerd College, US• University of San Francisco• Lund University, Sweden


• National Sun Yat-sen University of Taiwan• National Taiwan Ocean University• Academia Sinica of Taiwan, Research Centre for Environmental Changes• University Consortium on Aquatic Science (UCAS) (with University of Hong Kong )• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology• City University of Hong Kong

TALENTS INTERNATIONALIZATION


EDUCATION AWARDS

No. Name Participants Grade Time

1

海洋科学研究性教学与创新人才培养Research-oriented education and

innovative talents building in ocean science

曹文清、杨圣云、陈敏、郑爱榕、蔡明刚、陈明茹、

黄凌风

省级一等奖Provincial first prize

2009

2

跨学科本研一体化理科实践教学体系的建设与实践

Practices of building a integrated shared-platform for natural science

郭祥群、郑爱榕、陈小麟等省级一等奖Provincial first prize

2009

3

面向 21世纪海洋科学教学改革研究与实践

Reform and practice of ocean science education in preparation for the 21

century

杨圣云、曹文清、潘伟然、李少菁、郑爱榕

省级一等奖Provincial first prize

2005

From 2005, our college undertakes 18 projects on reform of ocean science education: 2 international projects, 8 national projects, 8 provincial projects.

The Challenging Cup College Student's Business Planning Competition Awards: 2


TEXTBOOK BUILDING


Graduates

30-40% choose to carry on their ocean science study in universities or institutes either home or abroad

10% serve in the government

The rest of them also play important roles in many other field of the community

20-25% work in colleges or other kinds of

institutes, companies related to ocean science

STATUS OF GRADUATES


OUTREACH

•IN:

National “908 Special Survey of Coastal Waters ”

Polar study

Ocean Survey

Scientific expeditions in the East China Sea and South China Sea

Our graduates have performed as well-trained scientists under pressure

and earned themselves praise and applause.

• The educational model of marine subjects and practical education

system has been positive counterparts for domestic institutions to follow.

• Our college undertakes the teacher training and schooling for related

domestic colleges and research units.

• We also offer Marine and Environmental Science quality education

courses and related experimental course for our university.


OUTREACH

COE students are very active in diverse social activities:

• Explain the sea knowledge in "National Marine Popular Science

Education Base, Xiamen University " and "Xiamen Underwater

World "

• Do marine science lectures in Xiamen primary and secondary

schools

• Breed water purification technology and technical services for

aquaculture farmers


SUMMARY

We are making efforts to push the ocean education forward, bringing it from colleges and universities

to become part of people’s everyday lives.

COLLEGE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY

厦门大学海洋与环境学院

XIAMEN UNIVERSITYXIAMEN UNIVERSITY

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COLLEGE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY 厦门大学海洋与环境学院 XIAMEN UNIVERSITY Ocean Science Education at Xiamen University Mingru