University of Hong Kong

This course examines the burgeoning development of contemporary Chinese art in relation to its shifting socio-political and cultural realities since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Structured around a series of thematic studies on major exhibitions and artworks made and displayed at different stages, this course addresses issues relating to art criticism, institutional censorship, public engagement and art market, investigating unprecedented transnational flows and cross-cultural exchanges within the increasingly interconnected, yet unevenly developed contemporary art world. This course draws particular attention to the practices of Chinese women artists, including Shen Yuan, Lin Tianmiao, Yin Xiuzhen, Lu Qing, Xing Danwen, Kan Xuan, Cao Fei and others, interrogating and challenging the unacknowledged, unquestioned and marginalized status of women in the mainstream discourses of Chinese avant-garde art. Prerequisite: One 1000-level Art History course.

This course introduces complete beginners to the fundamentals of the Thai language, developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills with an emphasis on spoken communication. Vocabulary and grammar are presented through practical, communicative contexts such as introductions, giving directions, shopping, and telephone conversations. The course also provides an introduction to Thai culture and society to support effective and culturally appropriate language use. Non-permissible combination: THAI1003.

This course provides an overview of graphics hardware, basic drawing algorithms, 2-D transformations, windowing and clipping, interactive input devices, curves and surfaces, 3-D transformations and viewing, hidden-surface and hidden-line removal, shading and color models, modelling, illumination models, image synthesis, computer animation. 

This course introduces the fundamental accounting principles and processes involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It focuses on how financial information is used to evaluate potential acquisition targets and the subsequent accounting required after a merger. The course emphasizes practical applications of accounting data, helping students understand its role in strategic decision-making within the M&A context. Key topics include financial statement analysis, basic valuation methods, and an overview of the due diligence process. The course also touches on the legal aspects that influence accounting practices in M&A transactions.

This course covers the key elements of private credit within the alternative asset class. Private credit has become a significant component of alternative investments and an important source of financing for companies that may not have access to public capital markets or large institutional loans. The course emphasizes the importance of aligning financing solutions with the specific needs and risk profiles of middle-market companies as well as the investment options of investors in this alternative asset class. Prerequisites FINA1310: Corporate Finance

This pioneering course combines academic instruction with industry collaboration, featuring training delivered by a professional Alibaba Cloud instructor and preparation for an industry-recognized cloud computing certification. The course introduces the use of information technology with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, covering fundamental cloud computing concepts and their application in entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial contexts. Topics include key business processes, challenges, risks, and rewards, with a focus on developing digital business projects grounded in real-world technology industry examples and suitable for presentation to stakeholders, including potential investors.

The course introduces the basic principles of chemical analysis. The principles of chemical measurement, including error analysis, quality assurance and calibration, data acquisition and processing, are discussed with reference to methods of chemical analysis that are based on chemical equilibrium and stoichiometric reactions. The laboratory classes includes experiments demonstrating modern approaches of data acquisition and processing as well as chemical analysis based on chemical equilibrium. Prerequisites: Pass in CHEM1042; and Pass in CHEM1043, or already enrolled in this course.

This course provides an overview of the Science of Emotion with a focus on the behavioral and neurobiological processes underlying emotional experience and regulation. The course discusses how dysregulations in these processes relate to common mental disorders. In addition, the course introduces the experimental approaches and brain imaging techniques used to study emotions and provides an overview on recent progress and challenges. The course combines theoretical lectures, interactive discussions, and application in student-centered educational approaches that emphasize active learning to facilitate a deep understanding of the topic. Prerequisites: PSYC2022 or PSYC2101.

This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of quantum information and computation. It covers the basic rules of quantum theory and the counterintuitive notions of quantum superposition and entanglement. In particular, it shows how quantum systems could be used to detect an object without directly interacting with it (Elitzur-Vaidman bomb tester), to increase the amount of bits that can be sent through a transmission line (dense coding), and to increase the chance to win certain games (CHSH game and GHZ game). It provides an overview of quantum computation and of major quantum algorithms such as Grover's search algorithm and Shor's factoring algorithm for prime factorization. Finally, the course introduces the upgraded framework of quantum theory, and uses it to explore applications to quantum error correction, quantum state discrimination, quantum cryptography, and quantum teleportation. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1013 or MATH1853 or MATH2014 or MATH2101.

This course serves as the first transgender focused gender studies course in the Gender Studies Program. The course introduces and discusses the concepts and theories of transness, transgender and otherness using some of the Western literature while incorporating and focusing on the Asian perspectives with Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines as focus. This course covers narratives and history of transness and otherness in 3 Asian contexts: Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines. The course looks into the evolution of gender identities, roles and expressions and sexualities in these societies and weave the intersections in these narratives. It covers current situations of trans, non-binary and "other" people in these societies and how their transness and otherness impede them from being fully integrated in their societies. It considers ways colonization (Hong Kong, Philippines) and non-colonization (Thailand) affect their transness and collectiveness. Finally, the course invites social justice allies to help map action plans to help improve their states in their respective societies. Prerequisite: GEND1001.