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The course examines the close connection between music and science that has existed historically from Pythagoras on into modern times. The course introduces the essential physics of musical sound production and analysis in order to understand the elementary principles behind wind, string and percussion instruments and their characteristic timbre. The course examines the development of scales from fundamental principles to identify some of the subtle differences between Chinese and Western music. Contemporary music and science interactions focus on electronic music and the working principles of modern instruments such as the electric guitar. Finally the course looks at some scientific understanding of musical appreciation and the factors that make music pleasing.
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Do Google and Facebook understand us better than we do ourselves? Are we becoming lab rats every time we go online? Is the impartially designed algorithm for predicting the probability of recidivism truly fair for sentencing individuals? When big data analytics are routinely applied in our daily lives, the ability to audit the adopted algorithms becomes crucial. This course aims to build students’ big data literacy through three major areas of focus: (1) Defining what big data is; (2) Providing an overview of existing big data analytical techniques; and (3) Discussing opportunities and challenges of big data analytics in tackling social problems.
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This course introduces topics in computer and communication networks. Course topics include: network structure and architecture; reference models; stop and wait protocol; sliding window protocols; character and bit oriented protocols; virtual circuits and datagrams; routing; flow control; congestion control; local area networks; issues and principles of network interconnection; transport protocols and application layer; and examples of network protocols.
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This course draws upon an understanding of organizational behavior to examine the techniques and practice of human resource management (HRM). It identifies the difference between personnel and HRM, describes the major functional areas within HRM, articulates the importance of a strategic HR perspective, identifies some of the key skills required for current HRM practice, explains how HR initiatives can add value to the bottom line, and teaches critical thinking when presented with current HR issues. Topics include the strategic role of HRM, job analysis and the legal environment in Hong Kong, HR planning and recruitment, employee testing and selection, interviewing, training and development, performance management and appraisal, career development, compensation and benefits, labor relations and disciplining, and employee safety and health. Assessment: class participation (20%), group project and presentation (50%), individual assignments and end-of-term test (30%).
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This course examines the world of the bustling and controversial theaters of the Anglo-Atlantic Eighteenth Century. Taking a dramaturgical approach to a number of dramatic texts produced in this important period in the history of popular entertainment, this course will examine key developments in literary innovation such as character development and the rise of interiority from within the context of new theatrical technology, the rise of new forms of media, the growing power of government censorship, an emerging imperial identity, nationalism, and increased social mobility. We will also focus on the rise of celebrity culture in the period and examine the development of popular obsession with “stars” within the broader social contexts of shifting gender norms, new regimes of sexual expression, and the rise of consumer culture. We will also examine plays alongside other forms of texts such as published gossip, celebrity memoirs, newspaper advertisements, playbills, and acting manuals, making use of existing databases hosted at the Folger, Huntington, and the British Libraries. This course also aims to serve as a general introduction on how to read literary texts historically, and how the study of literature can benefit from an interdisciplinary approach.
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This course examines how GIS is used to address and analyze pressing health problems from the geographical perspective. It covers such topics as theoretical and practical issues, simple disease mapping, disease pattern analysis, and environmental association through spatia modeling techniques.
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This course provides an interdisciplinary and critical analysis of the impact of globalization on Hong Kong culture. It demonstrates how postcolonial Hong Kong culture can offer new ways to understand the relation between the colonial past and the present world order of global modernity. The course introduces key concepts and theories of globalization by focusing on cultural analyses and critical responses to globalization. Particular emphasis is placed on the creative media, transnational culture industries, and global cultural phenomena relevant to everyday Hong Kong experience. This includes the analysis and critique of Hong Kong's image and role as depicted in the popular press, the Internet, film, literature, theater, the built environment, the visual arts and cultural production and consumption. The global-local cultural dynamics that drive Hong Kong into the future are also explored. Assessment: midterm exam, essay, workshop, tour report, participation, discussion, presentations.
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