University of Hong Kong

This course examines the social scientific study of gender, sexuality, and family in Japan from the postwar to the contemporary period from a comparative perspective. 

This course examines the theoretical and practical foundations of games and gamification and the game phenomenon from neural and cognitive perspectives. It covers the history and latest development of game studies; neural and cognitive theories of the game phenomenon; the concept of game; the psychological, social, economic, and educational benefits of game application; the potential harms and risks of gaming activities; the basic principles of game studies. 

This course examines Hong Kong’s history through the narratives of women, a group often made invisible in history writing, as social actors in the fabric of (post-)colonial Hong Kong. From elites’ households to squatter huts, from brothels, textile factories to convents and schools, from public housing estates, government offices to LegCo Chamber, women of different generations and ethnicities have been caregivers, breadwinners, and pioneers, contesting the prescribed gender role and identity in a patriarchal society. By examining their private lives and public voices informed by their (marginalized) positions interweaved in different social and historical contexts, this course seeks to not only explore how they lived, or how their lives are shaped and reshaped by their own unyielding efforts, but also how their stories can make their ways into narratives and representations in the history of Hong Kong. 

This course examines the history of technology since the late 18th century. It covers both the major tenets of the development of technology during the past two centuries and major debates among historians of technology. It also covers major technologies that have influenced and changed modern society, such as the steam engine, railways or the computer, and also explores how new technologies and modern society influenced each other. The scope of the course is global, but it will particularly focus on developments in Europe, North America and East Asia. 

This experiential learning course is an opportunity to work directly for social ventures in management level roles under the guidance of a faculty instructor and professional mentors. Students have opportunities to manage teams, solve real-life problems, and gain hands-on business experience, which will strengthen soft skills, help implement academic business concepts in a practical way, and greatly improve students' ability to compete in the job market. 

This course examines the fundamental ideas and important methods in causal inference. Combining statistical theory, scientific principles of research design, and hands-on experience with real data, this course will provide students with a solid basis for being good consumers and practitioners of empirical research in economics and other quantitative social sciences. The course will draw on applications from development, labor, and business economics with particular attention to policy evaluation.