Hong Kong

This course examines the burgeoning development of contemporary Chinese art in relation to its shifting socio-political and cultural realities since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Structured around a series of thematic studies on major exhibitions and artworks made and displayed at different stages, this course addresses issues relating to art criticism, institutional censorship, public engagement and art market, investigating unprecedented transnational flows and cross-cultural exchanges within the increasingly interconnected, yet unevenly developed contemporary art world. This course draws particular attention to the practices of Chinese women artists, including Shen Yuan, Lin Tianmiao, Yin Xiuzhen, Lu Qing, Xing Danwen, Kan Xuan, Cao Fei and others, interrogating and challenging the unacknowledged, unquestioned and marginalized status of women in the mainstream discourses of Chinese avant-garde art. Prerequisite: One 1000-level Art History course.

This course introduces the concepts and methods of decision making and analysis, which involves the application of mathematical modeling and analysis to business problems. Models are simplified representations of real situations and can be invaluable tools in decision making. Students learn the basic elements of modeling-how to formulate a model and how to use and interpret the information a model produces. The emphasis is on models that are widely used in diverse industries and functional areas, including finance, operations, and marketing. Applications include production planning, revenue management, sales force planning, risk management, portfolio optimization, among others. Spreadsheets and other tools are used to implement, solve, and analyze the models  developed.

This course introduces complete beginners to the fundamentals of the Thai language, developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with an emphasis on spoken communication. Vocabulary and grammar are presented through practical, communicative contexts such as introductions, giving directions, shopping, and telephone conversations. The course also provides an introduction to Thai culture and society to support effective and culturally appropriate language use. Non-permissible combination: THAI1003.

This course provides an overview of graphics hardware, basic drawing algorithms, 2-D transformations, windowing and clipping, interactive input devices, curves and surfaces, 3-D transformations and viewing, hidden-surface and hidden-line removal, shading and color models, modelling, illumination models, image synthesis, computer animation. 

This course introduces the fundamental accounting principles and processes involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It focuses on how financial information is used to evaluate potential acquisition targets and the subsequent accounting required after a merger. The course emphasizes practical applications of accounting data, helping students understand its role in strategic decision-making within the M&A context. Key topics include financial statement analysis, basic valuation methods, and an overview of the due diligence process. The course also touches on the legal aspects that influence accounting practices in M&A transactions.

This course covers the key elements of private credit within the alternative asset class. Private credit has become a significant component of alternative investments and an important source of financing for companies that may not have access to public capital markets or large institutional loans. The course emphasizes the importance of aligning financing solutions with the specific needs and risk profiles of middle-market companies as well as the investment options of investors in this alternative asset class. Prerequisites FINA1310: Corporate Finance

This pioneering course combines academic instruction with industry collaboration, featuring training delivered by a professional Alibaba Cloud instructor and preparation for an industry-recognized cloud computing certification. The course introduces the use of information technology with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, covering fundamental cloud computing concepts and their application in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial contexts. Topics include key business processes, challenges, risks, and rewards, with a focus on developing digital business projects grounded in real-world technology industry examples and suitable for presentation to stakeholders, including potential investors.

This course cover the analytical and programming skills required for applying standard optimization algorithms to engineering and AI problems. It covers basic topics on optimization including the theory of unconstrained and constrained optimization, dual optimization tasks, linear programming, convex optimization, line search methods, trust-region methods, gradient descent, and Newton's method. Pre-requisite: ENGG1120 or ENGG1130 or ESTR1005 or ESTR1006 or MATH1510. Not for students who have taken AIST3010 or ESTR3112 or ESTR3114.

The course introduces the fundamental principles of biochemistry that are essential for all life science disciplines. It covers the importance of water, structure-function relationships of biomolecules (including amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids), the biochemical logic of the metabolic pathways, and an overview of metabolism with emphasis on how biomolecules interconvert into each other.

The course introduces the basic principles of chemical analysis. The principles of chemical measurement, including error analysis, quality assurance and calibration, data acquisition and processing, are discussed with reference to methods of chemical analysis that are based on chemical equilibrium and stoichiometric reactions. The laboratory classes includes experiments demonstrating modern approaches of data acquisition and processing as well as chemical analysis based on chemical equilibrium. Prerequisites: Pass in CHEM1042; and Pass in CHEM1043, or already enrolled in this course.