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SCIENCE AND MUSIC
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
33
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UCEAP Official Title
SCIENCE AND MUSIC
UCEAP Transcript Title
SCIENCE & MUSIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCST9014
Host Institution Course Title
SCIENCE AND MUSIC
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Common Core: Scientific and Technological Literacy

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BIG DATA SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology Computer Science
UCEAP Course Number
66
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UCEAP Official Title
BIG DATA SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
UCEAP Transcript Title
DATA SOLN: SOC PRBL
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCST9066
Host Institution Course Title
BIG DATA SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
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COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Computer Science
UCEAP Course Number
120
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMP&COMM NETWORKS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
COMP3234/CSIS0234
Host Institution Course Title
COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
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Computer Science

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HUMAN RESOURCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Business Administration
UCEAP Course Number
134
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UCEAP Official Title
HUMAN RESOURCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
UCEAP Transcript Title
HR: THEORY&PRACTICE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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%).

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MGMT3434
Host Institution Course Title
HUMAN RESOURCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
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Business

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BODY, BEAUTY, AND FASHION
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
53
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UCEAP Official Title
BODY, BEAUTY, AND FASHION
UCEAP Transcript Title
BODY/BEAUTY/FASHION
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course explores the links between body, beauty and fashion from a variety of perspectives ranging from sociology, social policy, economics, psychology and medicine. These various perspectives together offer a way of seeing how individual level issues (like self esteem, stigma and identity) shape and are shaped by community level issues (mass media), societal level issues (gender) and global level issues (globalization and westernization). The course examines these issues in a variety of formats using guest lectures, mass media analysis, video clips, problem solving activities and discussion. The course also focuses on cultural representations and understandings of the human body and ideals of beauty. Although the emphasis is on contemporary Hong Kong society, lectures include analyses of how beauty is culturally constructed and historically situated around the world. To this end, the course is gender inclusive and presents both the female and male perspectives on beauty and body image. In this context, how human bodies and standards of beauty are increasingly influenced by a global media, which promotes a progressively narrow concept of beauty, are discussed. Aside from the media influence on an increasingly globalized interpretation of beauty standards, the course also explores how diet and fashion industries are gaining momentum in shaping beauty ideals.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCHU9012
Host Institution Course Title
BODY, BEAUTY, AND FASHION
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Common Core: Humanities

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THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
42
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
EVOLUTION/CIVILIZTN
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course draws on economics, evolutionary theory, and psychology to address such key issues as how did humans go from relatively isolated tribal life to an increasingly cooperative, interconnected, globalized world; and how can our knowledge of human nature and past progress be used to help solve major societal challenges? This course investigates natural selection as a useful framework for understanding how humans have progressed from subsisting in relatively isolated groups to where individuals are highly specialized in their productive efforts and highly integrated with the entire world through globalization. The course explores how this progression may be the result of genetic selection, but likely more the result of selection acting on ideas, or memes, rather than genes, but in an analogous manner. The course explores, through an understanding of human evolution, the origin of economic development. Combined with the psychological perspective of understanding the individual, we attempt to shed light on how complex civilization has come into existence. Lectures ask one or two main scientific questions and then focus on answering them, showing the types of evidence that can be used to address the question and the logical progression of ideas.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCGL9042
Host Institution Course Title
THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION
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Common Core: Global Issues

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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
120
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
UCEAP Transcript Title
18TH CENTURY DRAMA
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGL2189
Host Institution Course Title
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Business Administration
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
UCEAP Transcript Title
ORGANIZATN BEHAVIOR
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course presents a basic framework and conceptual language for understanding human attitudes, expectations, and behavior within an organizational context, especially at the workplace level. It also examines some of the behavioral science theories explaining human behavior in an organization, using both sociological and psychological concepts to understand notions like stimulus, response, cognition, learning, roles, expectations, and norms. In addition to examining the theoretical aspects of organizational behavior, the course applies these theories to various areas in managing a business or non profit-making organization, including marketing, production, finance, and human resource management. The main topics covered are divided in three groups: individual aspects, such as perception, motivation, learning, and human actions; collective or group aspects, such as leadership, power authority, and conflict; and organizational issues, such as communication, organizational development, organizational culture, and organizational learning. Text: Robbins and Judge, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR. Assessment: in-class activities (10%), homework (60%), group presentation (30%).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MGMT3405
Host Institution Course Title
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
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Business

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HEALTH, WELLBEING, PLACE AND GIS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Health Sciences Geography
UCEAP Course Number
153
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HEALTH, WELLBEING, PLACE AND GIS
UCEAP Transcript Title
HEALTH & GIS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
GEOG3417
Host Institution Course Title
HEALTH, WELLBEING, PLACE AND GIS
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HONG KONG CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
UCEAP Course Number
13
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HONG KONG CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
HK CULTURE/GLOBAL
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

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.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCGL9002
Host Institution Course Title
HONG KONG CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Host Institution Campus
Univeristy of Hong Kong
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Common Core: Global Issues
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