Chinese University of Hong Kong

This introductory course examines music and philosophy as intersecting practices through which human beings give meaning to the world around them. By exploring philosophy through music and music through philosophy from cross-cultural perspectives, the course looks at the variety of ways that knowledge, existence, religion, ethics, politics, culture, and sound converge.

This course provides a study of the nature, form, and scope of international business including key concepts and theories. It examines management strategies concerning production, marketing, human resource, and finance in an international context. Other topics include foreign environment and major international business activities, such as exporting, direct investment, licensing, and other contractual arrangements. The course involves hands-on practice with a number of critical skills such as case analysis, class experiential exercises, optional field trip to China, and professional business and dining etiquette workshop. 

This course examines the development of mass communication in different social and historical contexts. Emphasis will be placed on analyses of the roles, functions, and impact of some major mass media (such as print, broadcast, TV, film, advertising/public relations and new media) in various societies like Hong Kong, China and other parts of the world from a developmental perspective.