北京大學地球與空間科學學院珠寶鑒賞與珠寶文化課程(Jewelry Appreciation and Jewelry Culture)由王長秋博士，崔文元教授，王時麒教授三位老師講授。珠寶玉石是大自然數(shù)百萬年孕育并奉獻給人類的寶貴精華，是人類認識自然的重要對象之一。
　　北京大學珠寶鑒賞與珠寶文化課程利用多媒體等現(xiàn)代教學手段，通過對珠寶玉石主要品種的基本特點、評價鑒別、美學欣賞以及我國玉器發(fā)展和玉雕藝術的講授、討論，使在職研究生學生們掌握、了解珠寶玉石的基本概念、主要種類、加工工藝、評價鑒別方法、美學賞析，熟悉古玉器在中國歷史文化中的地位、各個歷史時期玉器制作的風格、工藝特點及其與歷史背景和生產力發(fā)展水平的關系，了解我國玉雕藝術的特點和現(xiàn)代珠寶文化。
　　As a precious essence born in nature for millions of years, jewelry is one of important objects in understanding of human to nature. In this course, using modern teaching means, basic characteristics of main varieties, identification and evaluation, aesthetic appreciation of jewelry and the development of Chinese jade and jade carving art will be taught and discussed, in order to enable students to acquire the basic concepts of jewelry, main gem varieties, processing technology, identification and evaluation methods, aesthetic appreciation, and to understand the historical and cultural position of Chinese ancient jade, style and process characteristics of jade production during each historical period and their relationships to the historical background and the level of development of productive forces, and to know the features of Chinese jade carving art and modern jewelry culture.