Chinese University of Hong Kong

This course investigates Western art practices from ancient times around 500 BC, to the modern era, the 20th century. Analyses of key works of art are considered in relationship to the social, political, economic and cultural circumstances that surrounded and informed them.

This course introduces the various internal components of an operating system, including process and thread management, memory management, file system, security, and synchronization. Prerequisite: ESTR2102 or CSCI2100 or 2520. Not for students who have taken ESTR3102.

This course is an upper intermediate reading and writing course in Putonghua, focusing on acquiring more intermediate level vocabulary and grammar. In addition to daily situations and semi-formal situations, students will also be introduced to various aspects of Chinese culture. Appropriateness in application is emphasized. 

This course introduces basic statistical concepts to life science students. It provides a conceptual understanding of statistical methods with the help of user-friendly software instead of complicated derivations. Topics include basic numerical and graphical descriptive statistics, basic study designs, estimation and hypothesis testing for population proportions and population means, linear regression, as well as other selected topics. Real cases in life sciences are used to present the materials. 

This course is an introduction to basic concepts in corporate finance and their applications to: (1) valuation of assets and cashflow discounting; (2) evaluation of investment proposals; (3) valuation of risky assets including stocks and bonds; and (4) corporate finance policy decisions including dividend and capital structure policy. Students are advised to take ECON2011 and 2021 before taking this course.

This course examines the relationship between ideas and social changes in modern Europe. It also explores the impact of modern European thoughts on contemporary culture in a cross-cultural perspective.

This course introduces the history of Hong Kong by focusing on its “fields”. It examines how various field sites (such as temples, museums, historical trails, and renovated historical buildings) could be used to understand the history of different places, events, and people in Hong Kong from the ancient period to the present. After a brief introduction to the historical development of Hong Kong, the course discusses aspects of rural Hong Kong history before moving on to urban Hong Kong. The last section of the course explains the diversity of Hong Kong’s communities, cultures, and religions. The course organizes several day trips to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and the New Territories.

This course introduces computer programming in Python. Students learn modern programming concepts, problem solving and creation of computer applications using the Python programming language. Topics include basic Python language syntax, control flow, functions, lambda expressions, Python's common data structures, list comprehensions, file I/O and operating system interface, object-oriented programming, functional programming, and basic usage of common data science packages such as NumPy and Pandas.

This course traces the history of comics and graphic novels in Western Europe and North America. Beginning with an introduction presenting the main characteristics of this medium, this course traces its development, from the beginnings of storytelling with images in Antiquity to the latest innovations. Even though they have retained their own characteristics over the last two centuries, Western European and North American comics have also developed in close proximity. Following the development of the press and book industry, as well as other media like cinema, comics and graphic novels have a rich history that can only be understood in their cultural context. This course allows students to understand how this medium has shaped and been shaped by many aspects of the history and cultures of these places.