Department of Humanities Science

The Department of Humanities is a young division full of prosperity and vitality, under Wuhan Polytechnic University, who was expanded and renamed on basis of former social science division and approved by the Institute CPC Committee in May 1994. For more than a decade we have made great contribution in education of high quality talents for construction of socialist cause, under leadership of the Institute CPC Committee, carrying forward her philosophy of innovation and enterprising and exerting concerted effort, practicality, dedication and commitment. We were granted honorable titles of advanced grassroots party organization by Hubei Provincial authority in 2000 and advanced party branch by Wuhan Polytechnic University in 2001.

The Department is delivering programs and courses to 650 students in 21 classes who major in public administration (undergraduate program), advertising (undergraduate) and foreign-related secretary with her five teaching and research sections, a faculty consisting of 54 people.

The Department of Humanities, with the institute development for half a century, has walked on a zigzag road yesterday and become stronger and stronger. We are convinced to hold our line of reform and development under the correct leadership of the Institute CPC Committee, strengthen on management, improve quality and walk up to a more brilliant tomorrow in a dawn of new century.

Discipline Construction:

I. Target:

The Department of Humanities ， to meet the need of becoming a university well-known in China, is planned to constitute a disciplinary system with scientific placement, rational structure, mutual support and coordination and vitality, based on Marxism and Ideological and Political education , subjected to Chinese language and literature and characterized by public administration through a decade of work. We make every effort to approach intermediate level in China in academic level and overall capability.

II. Orientation

During the recent three years the Department of Humanities has carried out a lot of academic researches based ourselves on practicality and oriented toward society, advancing herself with the need of social development our own disciplinary development in future. We have already formed four relatively stable orientations and made a series of breakthrough achievement, for example, we have undertaken more than 30 scientific research tasks including what sponsored by National Fund for Social Sciences and published nearly 200 academic papers and 10 academic works.

1. Public Administration and Analysis on Public Policy
Production and Ongoing Task ：
Works: Studies of Public Policy
Dissertation:
Title: The Study on Constitution of Public Policy and Citizen Participation

A Project aided by China National Fund for Social Sciences

The Study on Nonlinear Effect of Colligate Benefit upon Merger of Universities

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

2. The Study on Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture of Newspaper and Periodical
Production and Ongoing Task ：
Title: The Study on Modern Chinese Literature and Theory of Western Literature

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

Great Social Reformation and Women Speech Evolution in 21st Century

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

3.The Study on Food Economy in Countryside
Production and Ongoing Task ：
Works ： The History of Modern Food Trade in China
Title ： The Study on Food Industrial Restructuring and Optimization and Upgrading

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

Two Decade of Study on Development of Food Technology Since Reform and Opening
A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

4. The Study on Ethic and Morality
Production and Ongoing Task ：
Title: The Study on Collegiate Spirit and Collegiate Brand

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education
The Study on Fostering the Practice Capability of Engineering Students

A Social Science Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education

III. Faculty:

The Department of Humanities has greatly resulted in echelon formation for each discipline and gradually established an academic team with rational structure and high quality, especially on professional title, age and education degree. More than 40% members are granted senior professional title, 90% are masters and 20% Ph Doctors. We are a promising group.

IV. Laboratories:

1. Multifunctional Simulation Laboratory
2. Laboratory of E-Government
3. Laboratory for Public Administration Foundation
4. Laboratory for Advertising Foundation
5. Laboratory for Graphic Process and Fabrication

Advertising (Undergraduate Programme)

I. Education Target:
We specialize in educating senior professional advertising personnel with good command of advertising theory and skill, broad cultural and scientific knowledge, being capable in advertising business operation, advertising planning, innovating, design and making, marketing and market investigation and analysis in news media, advertising agency, market investigation and consultation industry, enterprises and institutions.

II. Main Subject: News and Communications

III. Main Courses:

Introduction to Advertising, advertising planning and invocating, advertising history, advertising writing, advertising operation and management, advertising media study, advertising photography, practical fine art and advertising design, computer graphic design, methodology of advertising effectiveness study, market investigation and analysis, public relation, Advertising Legislation at Home and Abroad and Advertising professional ethics

IV. Total Credits and Academic Degree:
Total Credits: 168;

Academic Degree Granted: Bachelor's Degree in Arts

I. Education Target:
We specialize in educating professional personnel with good command of  knowledge in public administration, management and law, being capable of administration, management and scientific research in CPC and government organizations, enterprises and institutions and societies.

II. Main Subject: Public Administration, Management, Politics, Law and Public Policy

III. Main Courses:

Public Administration, Management, Politics, Contemporary Chinese Political System, Comparative Political System, Introduction to Law, Introduction to Sociology, Governmental Economics, Administrative Organization, Local Government, Civics, Public Policy, Human Resources Development and Management, Introduction to Information Management and Management Psychology

IV. Practicality Teaching Program:
Course Practice and Graduation Practice, including In-Campus Simulation Practice, on simulative construction of public policy issues and simulative institution of public policy program, with a term of two weeks; graduation practice in actual organizations, with a term of eight weeks.