Hong Kong

This course is an introduction to philosophical issues about mind and knowledge. These include metaphysical questions about what minds are, such as whether the mind is something non-physical or whether it is some kind of computer, and questions about what knowledge is and how we can obtain it. The course examines epistemological questions about the limitations of human knowledge, such as whether we can really know what other people's experiences are like or whether God exists. Assessment: 100% coursework.

This course examines lasers and laser spectroscopy techniques. It covers fundamentals of optical processes and spectroscopic techniques; lasers as spectroscopic light sources; components of spectroscopic instruments; raman spectroscopy; nonlinear spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; time-resolved spectroscopy; photoelectron spectroscopy; and new developments in laser spectroscopy.

This course examines the food experiences and practices and their ideological effects that shape diners and their city. It also traces the crystallization of a conscious distinction of Hong Kong food and their influences among the residents of the city and overseas.

This course examines the transformations of the media in China in the past three decades due to forces of marketization, political reform, technological changes, and cultural globalization. The course provides a basic and comprehensive understanding of contemporary Chinese media institutions, and how media and culture are embedded in a broader historical and global context. Popular culture in media is studied through its relation with cultural globalization, social stratification, and political economy. Guest lecturers from journalism, communication, and cultural studies speak on specific topics. Text: S.L. Shirk, ed., CHANGING MEDIA, CHANGING CHINA. Assessment: essay, final group project and presentation, tutorial participation.

This course examines key issues and debates about the production, exhibition and circulation of contemporary art within an increasingly interconnected, yet unevenly developed contemporary art world. Concentrating on key case studies, which engendered, framed, investigated and reflected on contemporary art historical knowledge, this course explores the social, cultural and political contexts where they were created and presented, analyzing their form, content, reception and subsequent interpretation. Through the discussion of the legacies of these case studies, this course also interrogates the specific ways in which they have affected contemporary art and its display.

This is a practical advertising course covering the advertising theories and applications from both an agency's and an in-house marketing perspective. Topics include ethical issues in advertising, consumer audience, account planning and research, creative and message strategies, media planning, and design and production elements of print and TV advertisement. Real-world advertising strategies, techniques, and examples are applied and demonstrated throughout the course.