On February 18, the National Steering Committee for Postgraduate Education of Art Degrees released the Notice on the Progress of the Current Phase of the Online Model Courses for Postgraduate Students of Master of Arts Degree, among which three postgraduate courses of the School of Music and Dance of SCMU were on the construction list.

After the experts’ evaluation organized by the Steering Committee, 260 courses were initially selected for the next construction stage among nearly 400 courses submitted by 125 training institutions nationwide, including three from SCMU,  which are “Appreciation of Chinese Ancient Poems and Songs” by Wang Ju, “Music Analysis” by Xu Jia and “Training and Research of Folk Dance with Hubei Characteristics” by Meng Xiangyu.

The head of the Graduate School said that it was a breakthrough for SCMU in the construction of graduate courses, which could support the reform of education and teaching and talent cultivation. As a leadership role in improving the quality of postgraduate education and teaching, SCMU will further promote the construction, theoretical research and teaching practice of postgraduate courses, and build a number of school-level postgraduate courses of excellence.

Edited by Liu Qiong  Reviewed by Pan Wenjun