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This course look at a historical understanding of Australian society including gender, class, politics, foreign relations, or Indigenous and settler experiences of colonialism and environment. 

This course covers the history of Egypt from the Middle Kingdom to the end of Pharaonic history. The course focuses on the "official" history of Egypt rather than the cultural/social history that is covered in a separate course. The scope of "official" history includes: the different rulers of Egypt and their contributions to the state in terms of buildings, religious changes and foreign policy, the economy, social organization, and Egypt’s foreign relations. Literary sources are augmented by archaeological evidence. Field trips to archaeological sites are an important component of the course.

This course introduces the field of international development cooperation, with a focus on understanding its historical evolution, key actors, and policy frameworks. Students explore how global development agendas have changed over time and examine the roles played by bilateral donors, multilateral organizations, and civil society in shaping development practices. Special attention will be given to the case of South Korea, which has undergone a unique transition from aid recipient to donor. Through this lens, the course will analyze Korea’s development cooperation policies, its institutional actors such as KOICA and EDCF, and the country’s strategic priorities in the global development arena. 

This course covers the basics of character animation, keyframe animation, motion capture, inverse kinematics, and physically based character animation. Also the basics of physically-based animation, rigid body dynamics, point-based dynamics, hair animation, cloth simulation, facial animation, crowd simulation, mesh-shape editing, performance capture, skinning, data-driven character control, data-driven cloth animation, data-driven facial animation, and data-driven skinning. Prerequisite: COMP2119.

This course provides a framework of sustainable waste management in the context of a metropolitan city like Hong Kong. The interactions among economic activities, human activities and waste management problems and solutions are covered. The waste challenges and waste management hierarchy are examined covering waste reduction, minimization, recycling, treatment and disposal. A multi-disciplinary approach is adopted to prompt students to critically re-examine their values and lifestyles in relation to the waste management challenges facing a city like Hong Kong. An international perspective is adopted to enable students to evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of different waste management policies and practices. The spatial implications of waste management policies and infrastructure are analyzed. The role of technology in waste management and treatment is also discussed. The course concludes with a critical look at values, lifestyles, policies and technologies as the key drivers of change for sustainable waste management for long term sustainability of a city like Hong Kong.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts in Chinese medicine to provide a general understanding of the basic theories, working principles, methods for health preservation and disease healing in Chinese medicine. The course comprises an introduction to the five key areas in Chinese medicine including the basic theories of Chinese medicine, methods of diagnosis and treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion, Chinese medicinal materials, and Chinese herbal formulary. This course features a half-day visit to the Chinese Medicine Clinical Research and Services Centre, TWGHs Kwong Wah Hospital–The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where Chinese medicine is being practiced in a contemporary context.

Zen (禪) is a significant element in the cultural backbone of Japan. In this course, attention is focused upon the impact of Zen thought and practice on Japanese culture. The course begins with the introduction of proto-Zen from India to China, followed by the transmission and development of Zen in Japan. The aesthetic impacts of Zen practices are an important component of this course. Zen’s influence on the aesthetics of everyday objects, experience, and judgments are examined through examples in architecture, landscaping, arts, literature, spirituality, and lifestyle. From this course, students gain a basic understanding of Zen Buddhism and the impact it has had upon the everyday thought and culture of the Japanese people

This course offers a study of materials and their interrelationships between structure, properties, processing, and applications. Topics include: types of materials, their general properties, and structural defects; slip phenomena; phase diagrams; solid solutions; diffusion; phase transformations; solidification; solid-state transformations; mechanical properties of materials; elastic and plastic behavior; fracture; materials processing; molding and shaping; materials of technological interest-- metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and other materials.

Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and geology. It is also recommended to have passed General Chemistry and Geology.

This course examines multilateralism, global governance, and regional integration as an important area of study within international relations. It focuses on global governance system such as the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations (WHO,UNHCR,IAEA), and regional organizations such as European Union (EU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), NATO, OSCE, ARF and other inter-regional cooperation mechanism (APEC, ASEM, FEALAC). 

The course explores how the UN and regional organizations can survive and develop in today's world after the second term of US President Trump has started in January 2025 with 'America First' foreign policy. 

The course also considers the first year of President Trump and impact of Canadian PM's proposal of 'Middle Power Coalition' as a third way of protecting multilateral and regional organizations. 

Topics include History and theory of global governance and multilateral regimes, Structure and function of the United Nations, Peace and security, Human rights and development, Regional integration/expansion in Europe and Asia-Pacific, Inter-Regional cooperation mechanisms. 

This course describes and outlines the major theoretical approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. It considers the historical development of the concept of mental illness/psychological disorder and examines the various lenses through which it is currently viewed. The course identifies contemporary diagnostic criteria for a range of disorders and critically evaluates the role of biological, social, cultural and economic influences in defining and diagnosing mental health. The course examines the application of various research methodologies to studying the causes of mental illness, along with current best-practice psychological and pharmacological interventions. Finally, ethical and legal implications of approaches towards psychological disorders are also considered.