Chinese University of Hong Kong

This course provides an understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation in a variety of settings. This course develops negotiation skills by addressing a variety of negotiation topics experientially by 1) preparing for and simulating a range of negotiation situations and 2) analyzing students’ negotiation outcomes and strategies. The course integrates students’ experiences with negotiation theory in a weekly debrief. Readings complement the classroom experience and reinforce key messages from the experiences.

This course provides hands-on experience in various aspects of biomedical engineering, including introduction to basic electronics, chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, electrophysiology laboratory techniques. Students gain exposure to biological and chemical safety and other general safety issues. Students also receive training on laboratory skills, design of experiments, interpretation of data and technical writing. This course concludes with a student-driven design project.

This course introduces computer programming in C++. The course covers the functional elements of a computer system, object-oriented programming concepts, problem solving and creation of computer applications. Students apply these computing skills in various disciplines. This course provides a foundation to further study in advanced computing topics.

The Internet is having a profound effect on the conduct of marketing as we move towards the new millennium. The Internet presents a fundamentally different environment for marketing, and new paradigms have to be developed to take account for marketing activities in the electronic age. This course focuses primarily on the impact of the Internet on marketing, marketing research with Internet, consumer behavior on the Internet, and marketing strategies in the Internet age.

The rise of China has significant impacts on the world economy. This course examines the major economic issues in the rise of China, the challenges of China to the global economic order, and the effects of Mainland-Hong Kong economic integration on both parties. Well-known research economists and experts from the finance sector and public organizations are invited to discuss and analyze major issues in the economic cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland, e.g. Hong Kong’s integration with the Pearl River Delta and the Mainland, the status of Hong Kong as China’s trading, financial, and services hub, and the impacts on the global economy of the Hong Kong-Mainland economic nexus. Students are advised to take ECON2011 and 2021 before taking this course.

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.

This course focuses on a variety of film genres, such as detective and gangster film, musicals, comedies, family dramas and westerns. Genres have been popular since the beginning of the film medium and remain quite popular today. This class examines the cultural and economic reasons for their continuing popularity. Film showings and film clips demonstrate how genres evolve over time and how some of the great film directors have made genre films of lasting impact. This class assumes no prior knowledge of film. Students are assessed on the basis of a paper and an examination.

Drawing on behavioral science concepts and theories, this course examines topics including job analysis, manpower planning, recruitment, training and development, performance management, compensation and motivation, benefit, employee relations, and employee security and safety. It explores how human capital is an essential resource in organizations and how identifying, attracting, recruiting, retaining, and motivating human capital is critical for organizational success. 

The course examines selected topics in Chinese philosophy. The specific content of the course varies from semester to semester. Offerings with different subtitles can be taken for credit, up to a maximum of two times.

This course exposes students to concepts, theories and industry practice in real estate finance which is one of the largest and most important components of the financial system. It introduces valuation and appraisal methods used for real estate finance and investment decision making. It helps acquire the knowledge and develop the analytical skills of real estate finance, including the institutions and instruments used to finance residential and commercial real estate. It is of particular use to students who are interested in working the real estate development, brokerage, mortgage banking and investment banking industries. The main topics covered in the course are mortgage products, mortgage banking, secondary mortgage market and mortgage-backed securities (MBS), financial leverage and commercial real estate finance. Prerequisite: FINA2010 or HTMG3030.