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LOVE, MARRIAGE AND SEX IN MODERN CHINA
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
12
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UCEAP Official Title
LOVE, MARRIAGE AND SEX IN MODERN CHINA
UCEAP Transcript Title
LOVE/MODERN CHINA
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course provides an understanding of how love, sex, and marriage constitute a useful lens for understanding Chinese culture, thoughts, values, and ways of life. It provides a glimpse into the complex interconnections between political, cultural, economic, and interpersonal realms of experience. The course begins with issues that are personally relevant to young people – mate choice, love, marriage, sex, and family – with a view to helping to think about the historical and cultural roots of values concerning love, sexuality, marriage, and family life in China. In particular, the course examines the profound transformation in Chinese values, lifestyles, norms and desires, from Maoist utopianism to reform-era hedonism, brought about by market reforms and the opening of China. Through case studies of love and marriage in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta, the course looks at the diverse characteristics of Chinese ways of life, and how Chinese people may currently experience love, sex, marriage and cross different types of borders and boundaries to look for intimacies. Documentary films are used to give a vivid sense of the different strategies modern Chinese men and women use to fulfill material, affective and sexual desires as a response to social changes.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCCH9013
Host Institution Course Title
LOVE, MARRIAGE AND SEX IN MODERN CHINA
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Common Core: China
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FILM CULTURE I: GENRES, DIRECTORS, AND MOVEMENTS IN CINEMA FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
Comparative Literature
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
FILM CULTURE I: GENRES, DIRECTORS, AND MOVEMENTS IN CINEMA FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
FILM CULTURE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course introduces a variety of approaches towards filmmaking, as evidenced in recent works of contemporary world cinema. While the films included on the syllabus have been selected from the past two decades – featuring active, present-day filmmakers – the course encourages the appreciation of such cinematic achievements as not only arising out of an immediate context, but as indebted to the past and to the history of cinema. The course begins with a consideration of Hollywood and its global dominance through commercial genre cinema, before touring the world for a series of alternative approaches to film making that challenge Hollywood's hegemony, with a particular emphasis on art cinema in both its national and transnational forms. The formal achievements and aesthetic merits of individual titles are discussed in relation to the filmmaker's personal artistry, influential trends, and movements in film history that had an effect on the work in questions, as well as relevant contextual (i.e., social, economic, cultural, &/or political) factors.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CLIT2007
Host Institution Course Title
FILM CULTURE I: GENRES, DIRECTORS, AND MOVEMENTS IN CINEMA FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
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Comparative Literature
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A LIFE WORTH LIVING
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Religious Studies
Philosophy
UCEAP Course Number
65
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
A LIFE WORTH LIVING
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIFE WORTH LIVING
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
What does it mean to live a worthy life? This is one of the most fundamental questions of human existence and this course addresses the relevant issues through an engagement with various philosophical and religious traditions, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Secular Humanism. The course discusses how the teachings of important historical figures from these traditions have influenced the choices of people over the centuries, and how they have been contextualized and adopted in contemporary society; examines how these figures regard the place of bodily pleasures, intellectual pursuits, power, status, possessions, accomplishments, virtues, relationship with other human beings and the relationship (or not) with the transcendent in their vision of a good life; explores the resources they offer for dealing with stress, temptations, disappointments and failures, social oppression, the loss of possessions and of loved ones, and with one's own death. The course helps students connect across different disciplines and cultures, and develop the ability to examine controversial issues from multiple perspectives. Students will achieve these aims through interactive learning and high impact practices such as group debates and interviewing contemporary advocates of different worldviews concerning the question of “What makes a worthy life?”
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCHU9065
Host Institution Course Title
A LIFE WORTH LIVING
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Common Core: Humanities
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
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
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
TELECOMM MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course introduces telecommunications and computing networks used in the support of business activities. Topics include data, voice, image and communication technologies; networking and communication architectures; and protocols and standards.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IIMT3604
Host Institution Course Title
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Business
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CYBER SECURITY
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
155
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CYBER SECURITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
CYBER SECURITY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course introduces the principles, mechanisms and implementation of cyber security and information protection. Topics include cyber-attacks and defense; notion and terms of cyber security; introduction to cryptography; symmetric key cryptography and public key cryptography; authentication techniques; access control methods; network and Internet security and protection (e.g. firewall and IDS); application and web security; analysis and models of secure systems; cyber threat assessment and penetration testing; mobile code security.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
COMP3355
Host Institution Course Title
CYBER SECURITY
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Computer Science
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
Environmental Studies
UCEAP Course Number
111
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS
UCEAP Transcript Title
ENV CHANGE&CONFLICT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines the relationship between global environmental change, population growth, and socio-political stability, with a special focus on the likelihood of environmentally related violence in the developing world. The course investigates climate-induced and human induced environmental change and covers the associated physical and social dimensions of environmental change. The course emphasizes how environmental stress triggers human conflicts in geopolitical perspective. Other topics include nonlinearity, complexity, values, and the limits to adaptation; geopolitical theory from the Greeks to the global era; and the contested grounds of human conflicts in the new environmental politics.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
GEOG2124
Host Institution Course Title
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS
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Geography
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THE MODERN WORLD
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History
UCEAP Course Number
16
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE MODERN WORLD
UCEAP Transcript Title
THE MODERN WORLD
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines major developments in world history, in the period from the late eighteenth century to the present, with particular emphasis on the theme of globalization. It covers areas of culture, religion, politics, society and the world economy.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
HIST1016
Host Institution Course Title
THE MODERN WORLD
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NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
UCEAP Course Number
113
UCEAP Course Suffix
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NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
NONPROFIT MANAGMENT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course introduces management and operation of organizations in the nonprofit sector. In particular, it examines issues unique to the governance and administration of nonprofits, including board management, fundraising, philanthropy, innovation, technology, capacity, nonprofit accounting and reporting, leadership, and network management. Lecture topics include an introduction to the nonprofit sector, governance and accountability, institutional and legal environment, innovation and technology, and collaboration and networking. Students learn both the theories and practical techniques required for an effective manager in nonprofit organizations. Assessment: tutorial assignments (20%), group project (40%), final exam (40%).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
POLI3098
Host Institution Course Title
NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
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Politics & Public Administration
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VENTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGEMENT
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
129
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
VENTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
VENTURE& ENTREP MNG
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines venture management in innovation development and commercialization for those who believe they have what it takes to build new businesses and ventures. It covers market analysis and opportunities; business and financial model design; intellectual property management; sources of investment and equity/shareholder structures; and sustainable business operation management and risk management.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IIMT3627
Host Institution Course Title
VENTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGEMENT
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Business School
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HONG KONG: BECOMING A CHINESE GLOBAL CITY
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
Asian Studies
UCEAP Course Number
18
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HONG KONG: BECOMING A CHINESE GLOBAL CITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
HK GLOBAL CITY
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines Hong Kong as a Chinese global city and its position in relation to the Pearl River Delta and China's national economy. By understanding Hong Kong as both Chinese (Cantonese-speaking) by majority and a global finance center by historical construction, basic readings on urban sociology, global cities and Hong Kong studies are introduced. The course examines Hong Kong's position in the Asia region and the multiple challenges facing the city, including global economics and China's rapid development as well as current debates on democracy and civic society. This course is divided into three components with the first part focusing on the historical perspective of Hong Kong by studying the inter-relations between colonial government administration and policies, manufacturing industries and migration patterns. The second part explores the rise of the middle class and their consumption practices in the city. The complex anxieties surrounding the year 1997 are discussed in relation to its historical significance in political, economic and socio-cultural terms. The last component investigates how Hong Kong measures up to the standards of being a Chinese global city and addresses future issues facing the ongoing development of Hong Kong in the larger schema of China's global economy and its impact on local understandings / identity crises of the city's positioning.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCCH9016
Host Institution Course Title
HONG KONG: BECOMING A CHINESE GLOBAL CITY
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Common Core: China