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      British Sino Century Institute is a leading higher educational provider in Greater China territory. British Sino Century Institute has 15 learning centers around China. Since 2000, British Sino Century Institute has recruited and educated thousands of Bachelor, Master, MBA, and Doctoral degree graduates per year.

      British Sino Century Institute warmly welcomes internationally accredited universities, colleges, and educational institutes to join us. We can help your institutes to introduce and localize your Bachelor, Master, MBA, and Doctoral degree programs to Greater China territory effectively.

      In China, there is a real necessity and urgency for the introduction and localization of high quality international accredited Bachelor, Master, MBA, and Doctoral degree programs, to meet huge needs of education, to offer first class but affordable training to Chinese students, to bring international programs to home, to solve visa and expensive tuition and living expenses in overseas, to combine international academic standards with local Chinese educational situation, etc.

Governance
      Our governance structure provide for a governing body with sufficient independence and expertise to assure the academic integrity of the institution and for myself-a chief executive officer and admission director, appointed by the governing body, whose primary responsibility is to lead the institution toward the achievement of our goals. Consistent with institutional mission and sponsorship, members should represent different points of view, interests, and experiences as well as diversity in characteristics such as age, race, ethnicity, and gender.

Academic Advisory Council
      The Academic Council is composed of Director for Academic Affairs, the academic department chairs, the Director of the Learning Resource Center, the Director of Student Services, three members of the faculty, one alumni representative and one student representative.
      Our governing body is ultimately accountable for the academic quality, integrity, planning, assets, and financial health of the institution. Our governing body review institutional assessment results and participate in institutional planning. However, our governing body do not manage, micromanage, or interfere in the day-to-day operation of the institution.
      The role of our governing body to oversee at the policy level the quality of teaching and learning, to establish personnel policies and procedures, to encourage research. Members of the governing body act with authority only as a collective entity.
      Our institute warmly welcomes top scholars worldwide to join our governing body. Most of members are national famous and highly respected academics who care education as their lifetime ideal and pursuit, and they believe academic freedom and quality (not other interests) are top concerns for higher education institutions. We also offer appropriate opportunity for student input regarding decisions that affect them. We set up a procedure for the periodic (yearly) objective assessment of the governing body in meeting stated governing body objectives and periodic assessment of the effectiveness of institutional leadership and governance. Every year, external specialists (government advisors, lawyers, auditors, other education and business leaders) are invited to our institution for consultation on planning and self-assessment issues

• Additionally, we also appointed 10 full time Centenary College China MBA program Admission Advisors responsible for recruitment, admission activities.
• We also appointed 10 full time Centenary College China MBA program Academic Advisors responsible for providing one to one personalized academic consultation for every single Chinese student.

      Our institution’s administrative structure and services facilitate learning and research, foster quality improvement, and support our institution’s organization and governance.
      As an administrative structure we collectively participate in guiding the institution to achieve our goals. As individuals, we each provides oversight for the various administrative services of the institution, which include academic programs, finance and operations, student services, research and planning, instructional technology, public relations and others.
      Our administrators have the skills, time, assistance, technology, and information systems necessary to enable us to in charge our duties effectively. Our administrative staff work effectively as a team and work cooperatively with other constituencies of the institution. Our administrators also have contact with students sufficient to understand their concerns and perspectives. We all know every MBA students personally. We set up periodic assessment and review of the effectiveness of administrative structures and services.
      Our student services can reinforce and extend the right influence beyond the classroom. These services promote the comprehensive development of the student, and they become an integral part of the educational process, helping to strengthen learning outcomes. Our appropriate and comparable student services support all students learning.
      Our support services include admissions, orientation, advising, counseling, tutoring, discipline, health, housing, student organization and activities, cultural programming, security, and athletic activities. We have qualified professionals to supervise and provide the student support services and programs.

• Career Services
• Alumni Services
• Student Services
• Counseling services
• Clubs & associations

Mission, Vision, Goal and Objective
Mission

• Our program is a community dedicated to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge, to the study and clarification of values, and to the advancement of the society we serve.
• We offer a collaborative learning approach. The educational experience is student-centered.
• To provide a first class synthesis of innovative and traditional education for qualified Chinese students;
• To provide high quality career-oriented higher education programs to Chinese student population;
• And to build a curriculum which will enhance Chinese graduates’ personal development and career potential.

In harmony with its mission, we seek to carry out the following tasks:

• To offer application-oriented high quality academic programs developed by faculty and staff through regular assessment and consultations with other education and business leaders.
• To provide highly motivated and qualified graduates to meet the current and projected needs of the work force in Chinese talents market, and to make contribution to the development of Chinese economy and society.

Vision

• Our governance body developed a vision in order to focus on the strategic planning process. We are a student-oriented institution with a global commitment to prepare the career-driven student for near and long-term success, through international standard programs. Our graduate is prepared with the skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of the global community of the future.
• Long-term success for the program, as well as the establishment of a reputation for quality instruction, is dependent upon curriculum development and outcomes measurement. Our ability to attract and retain students, the ability of students to meet business and industry requirements, the satisfaction level of the graduates, and the satisfaction levels of employers become the critical measures for our success.

Goals

• We are dedicated to the challenge; providing the opportunity
• These values are expressed in all phases of the program's operations;
• teach theoretical concepts the scientific method discovery, analysis, and application;
• Analytical capacity, basic knowledge, attitude of personal responsibility productive citizens in an interdependent world.

Our institutional and program goals are outlined as follows:

• To offer educational experiences that stimulates a desire for learning.
• To provide programs and services supportive of the academic objectives and relevant to the needs of employers, the economy and good citizenship.
• To provide student support services that adequately address the diverse needs of students.
• To implement faculty and staff development procedures and programs which will ensure a high quality educational environment.
• To maintain a systematic program of institutional development and for public information

Program Objectives
Our programs are designed to prepare students to successfully pursue leadership positions in business. The program builds on the strong reputation of Centenary’s program, focusing on the development and enhancement of the perspectives, knowledge, and skills required for a career in management. Students who complete the program will:

• Develop the advanced skills necessary to function in an upper managerial position;
• Acquire the necessary evaluative skills to critically analyze an organization’s performance;
• Utilize technology skills in problem solving and communication;
• Develop an appreciation of the legal and cultural realm of the workplace;
• Demonstrate an understanding of the global business environment.

The objectives of the program are to build knowledge and learning skills in order to improve students’ ability to:

• Manage and achieve the strategic goals of student’s work area in particular and the organization in general
• Consult across a broad range of business disciplines undergoing rapid change
• Demonstrate appropriate communication and leadership styles for organizational management and development.
• Fulfill the in-depth understanding about cross-culture business environment, especially for business practice in China and Asia.

In particular, the program aims to give candidates the knowledge base to:

• Develop students’ awareness and knowledge of strategic and operational factors affecting the success of their organization.
• Improve communication systems within students’ own work area as well as within the organization where they work.
• Take responsibility for planning, controlling and directing functions in fields of finance, accounting, human resource, sales, marketing, Information system, production, research and development, etc.
• Become an effective internal and external change agent.

Local facilities
      British Sino Century Institute is one of the leading international education providers in China. We have direct and close collaborations with Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Government Administration College, and Beijing Foreign Affairs University of Economics. Most of these universities’ facilities are open to our students for free. Our students can enjoy convenient and resourceful city campus environment.

Tsinghua University Main Meeting Hall	Tsinghua University Scholl of Economics and Management
Beijing Normal University	Class Room Tsinghua University

Lecture rooms with Internet access:
      Our program classes are held at Tsinghua University Unispelnder Center. This center is mainly designed for providing senior executive training. This center is constructed as a four-star ratting comprehensive building. There are convention center, office space, luxury apartments, guest rooms and suites, restaurants, and health & recreation. The center has the most advanced information, communication, public security systems and the parking lot.
      Lecture rooms are equipped with advanced digital lecturing systems. The room is equipped with high-speed broadband Internet connections -ready for PC workstations and a wireless network for students with their own laptops. There are IT teachers available to help those who are new in the Internet world. We also have IT officers to make sure the connection speed of the net is fast and constant.
      Every single student has well equipped with her or his own laptop with wireless Internet access.

Our international electronic learning recourses and on line library
      We heavily invested in international electronic learning recourses, ELRC, a number of databases and electronic resources for research, All of our Centenary China MBA students and alumni can use all these electronic learning recourses for 100% free of charge.
      ProQuest - PsycINFO, ABI/INFORM Global, ProQuest Newspapers, and Wilson Education Abstracts. This is a great database for psychology, business, and education journal articles and abstracts.

ABI/INFORM Global
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• ProQuest Asian Business
• ProQuest Computing
• ProQuest Education Journals
• ProQuest European Business
• ProQuest Newspapers
• ProQuest Newsstand
• ProQuest Psychology Journals
• ProQuest Religion
• ProQuest Telecommunications
• PsycINFO
• Research Library
• Wilson Education Abstracts

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We guide students through preparation stage
Course outline, syllabus and course materials, table of contents in the text, take note of which chapters, the author's background and interest.
Before students begin reading a chapter in the text, read the summary, overview or comments that usually appear in the text. This gives general framework of the material contained in each chapter of the text.
1. Skim through the chapter, reading the boldface type only.
2. Read each chapter, taking note.
3. Reread the chapter summary
4. Read the supplementary material
5. Read any cases and review questions
6. Explore and answer the questions in the chapter review
7. Complete the assignments one at a time, as required in the syllabus, and submit them to faculty mentor for evaluation and comment.
We help students to cultivate and discipline study habits and routine
Set deadlines for the completion of each assignment, final goal, time to study on daily or weekly basis, establish and maintain a study routine.

• Understand key facts and concepts,
• Increase retention, practice,
• Ask and answer students own questions,
• Put into practice

• We do not want students repeat what is in the textbook. We want them to read the material, absorb it, analyze it, and then apply it to their personal experiences, past, present or anticipated.
• Make the subjects meaningful and demonstrate in their own answers, wherever possible, how students have applied critical thinking to what they have learned.
• Faculty mentor will critique and grade coursework on the basis of students responses and how well they personally discuss each topic. Sometimes with the intention of improving students learning experiences, faculty mentors will return their work and request them to re-do and re-submit it to fulfill course requirements. This is an opportunity for students improve knowledge, skills, and grade.
• In many courses a paper or project is required. The purpose of the paper/project is to have students research a significant topic of interest based on the course. Mentors tend to be open to a range of individual interests and presentations. The critical factors are that the paper/project: (a) reflects the content of the course, (b) is relevant and meaningful to students; (c) is researched and includes appropriate citation of sources used; and, (d) is presented and written in a manner that reflects level of MBA study.
• Academic Advisors:
  Each student is assigned to an academic advisor when they begin their studies. The advisor is charged with the responsibility of overseeing the student’s academic progress toward their study and to advising the student about any problems that could harm the student’s ability to progress in the program. The advisor functions in a supportive manner and can assist in any matter pertaining to personal success, career goals or completion of the program. Students may order textbooks from any of these following sites:
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