A tentative exploration of undergraduate graduation thesis innovation under the background of new liberal arts: a case study of Business English major
新文科背景下的本科毕业论文改革初探——以商务英语专业为例

摘要

本科毕业论文是高校人才培养的重要环节，也是衡量高校人才培养质量的重要评价标准之一。但是当前本科毕业论文质量令人堪忧，尤其是文科专业，普遍存在选题陈旧、理论基础薄弱、缺少创新贡献等问题，不符合新文科发展的要求，亟需改革。商务英语专业作为“语言+商务”的跨学科专业，具有典型的新文科专业特征，但是其毕业论文同样面临形式单一、缺乏原创性和创新性、实践应用价值低以及评价标准陈旧刻板等问题。为解决这些问题，本文提出了毕业论文形式多元化、选题来源多元化、指导团队构成多元化和评价体系多元化的改革思路，并设计了具体改革举措。这些举措旨在打破传统毕业论文模式的束缚，激发学生的创新思维和实践能力，提升毕业论文的质量和水平。商务英语毕业论文多元化改革有利于专业的建设和发展以及人才培养质量的提升，并可以为文科专业开展毕业论文改革提供经验和范式，有效助推新文科建设。

Abstract

The undergraduate graduation thesis is a crucial component of talent cultivation in universities and also serves as one of the important evaluation criteria for assessing the quality of talent cultivation. However, the current quality of undergraduate graduation theses is alarming, especially in liberal arts majors, where issues such as outdated topics, weak theoretical foundations, and lack of innovative contributions are prevalent. These problems do not meet the requirements of new liberal arts development and urgently need reform. As an interdisciplinary major combining “language + business,” Business English has typical characteristics of a new liberal arts major, but its graduation theses also face issues such as uniformity in form, lack of originality and innovation, low practical application value, and outdated and rigid evaluation standards. To address these problems, this paper proposes reform ideas for diversification in thesis formats, topic selection sources, guidance team composition, and evaluation systems, along with specific reform measures. These measures aim to break the shackles of traditional thesis models, stimulate students’ innovative thinking and practical abilities, and enhance the quality and standard of graduation theses. The diversification reform of Business English graduation theses is conducive to the construction and development of the major, as well as the improvement of talent cultivation quality. It can also provide experience and paradigms for liberal arts majors to carry out graduation thesis reforms, effectively promoting the construction of new liberal arts.