10月8日起，2024级“法学（中外合作办学）”专业学生开始了入学后首个教学周的学习生活。来自英国斯旺西大学的Joe Garthwaite和Sunny Zhao两位老师，带来了斯旺西大学校领导、法学院院长、学术负责人及项目负责人对同学们的问候视频。两位老师在第一堂课上详细介绍了斯旺西大学对于海商法本科学士学位的授予要求，介绍了中外合作办学项目里英方课程的教学模式、课程考核方法以及学生应当遵守的学术规范和行为规范，鼓励同学们在第一年学好学术英语，为陆续开始的系列普通法专业课程打好基础。

根据中外合作办学项目的培养方案，2024-2025学年第一学期斯旺西大学共开设了两门英方课程，分别是“学术英语（1）”和“法理学（1）”。两门英方引进课程的总学时超过了200学时。另据开课前法学院组织的雅思模拟测试，有近三分之一的项目学生取得了接近或超过雅思6.0分的英语成绩。在中英两方合作院校的共同努力下，全体项目学生的学习之旅，已欢乐启程！

来自学生的分享

张含语:两天的英方课程学习，让我受益匪浅，Joe和Sunny用他们扎实的专业素养和轻松活泼的课堂氛围带我们走入了Swansea和DMU合作办学项目的世界。英方课程不仅帮助我们提高英语口语水平，扩大词汇量，更以国际化的视角带领我们叩开法律学习的大门。未来我会更加珍惜这来之不易的学习机会，利用好Swansea和DMU共同搭建的良好平台，向成为高素质的法律人才迈进。

李思漪:I had thought it would be difficult to listen to foreign teachers at first. However, with many meaningful learning activities are being added in our classes in the past three days, such as finding the reasoning behind a criminal case, recording and recounting a fantastic trip, arranging accommodation for animals according to their habits, discussing about the famous “trolley problem”, I understand that the modules are so useful and they can really help me make progress. Also, our Swansea teacher Joe is a kind and interesting person. We are all getting more comfortable in classes and looking forward to having more fun in his future teaching.