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COMMERCIALIZING CREATIVITY: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE
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
165
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
COMMERCIALIZING CREATIVITY: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMMERCIAL CREATIVE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
The overall aim of the course is to understand how creativity works in practice in different business situations in the creative industries. Lectures and readings focus on different forms of cultural production – advertising, book publishing, ceramics, design, fashion, film, food and music - and analyze how those concerned view the concept of creativity, how they put it into practice, and how they bring different values (many of them not immediately connected with creativity as such) to bear on its evaluation. The course's disciplinary emphasis is on social anthropology and its methodological emphasis on participant-observation (often called ethnography) in order to understand the social processes that go into creativity, on the one hand, and fashion magazines, films, pots, perfumes, and ads as the products of those processes, on the other.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
GCIN2002
Host Institution Course Title
COMMERCIALIZING CREATIVITY: A CULTURAL CRITIQUE
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Global Creative Industries
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INTRODUCTION TO CONTRAPUNTAL STYLES
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
104
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO CONTRAPUNTAL STYLES
UCEAP Transcript Title
CONTRAPUNTAL STYLES
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course is an introduction and intermediate study of counterpoint, its function, and its effective relevance to compositions of renaissance, classical, and western music. It examines the principles of linear structure and voice-leading through an intensive study of species counterpoint. Investigation of various contrapuntal skills are made through analytic and written exercises, with emphasis on writing for keyboard, voices, or instrumental combinations that can be performed in class.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI2074
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO CONTRAPUNTAL STYLES
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Music
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OPERATIONS 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
123
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
OPERATIONS MGMT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course provides the managerial tools needed to understand and articulate the impact of an organization's business processes, and the ability to analyze and continuously improve these business processes.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IIMT3635
Host Institution Course Title
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Host Institution Department
Business
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POSTMODERNISM
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Comparative Literature
UCEAP Course Number
131
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POSTMODERNISM
UCEAP Transcript Title
POSTMODERNISM
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course explores a wide variety of phenomena characteristic of late 20th- and 21st-century culture. The course examines notions such as fragmentation, irony, playfulness, and authenticity, as well as issues in relation to postmodern gender and sexuality, post-racial and post-human bodies, poststructuralism, and deconstruction; interrogates how postmodernism inflects questions of the stability of knowledge, the meaning of the subject, and the spectacle of the postmodern world; asks questions about the nature of global flow of goods, media, money, concepts, and ideologies; discusses literature, film, critical theory, visual arts, architecture, music, TV shows and others in the attempt of gaining a comprehensive understanding of what has been going on recently in world culture. A variety of texts are selected, ranging from detective stories and superhero movies to reality TV and fake news to contemplate on how we are determined by various postmodern phenomena. The dynamics of a constantly reshaped connection between knowledge, sensation, and language are closely investigated by different scholars and speakers coming from different fields and disciplines.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CLIT2066
Host Institution Course Title
POSTMODERNISM
Host Institution Campus
Univ. Hong Kong
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Host Institution Department
Comparative Literature
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS
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
130
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines real world examples of how analytics have been used to significantly improve business decisions. It covers decision trees, linear regression, logistic regression, classification trees, clustering, and optimization

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IIMT2641
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS
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Business
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ARCHITECTURE AND FILM
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
34
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ARCHITECTURE AND FILM
UCEAP Transcript Title
ARCHITECTURE & FILM
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines how architecture and urbanism are represented in film and investigates how film influences and constructs the built environment and vice versa – how the built environment is experienced and perceived through moving images. It looks as the questions: How does architecture use its structure, form, enclosure, floor plans, materials, and lighting to produce effects and backgrounds? How does (built) space provoke emotions and influence everyday lives? Likewise, how does the film use space, architecture, and landscape to situate its characters and create dramatic action and emotions?  In other words, how does it produce narratives and iconic images and shape collective memories? 

 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCHU9034
Host Institution Course Title
ARCHITECTURE AND FILM
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Common Core: Humanities
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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Business Administration
UCEAP Course Number
57
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Transcript Title
MANAGEMENT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course introduces the basic topics of management and provides an understanding of what the job of a manager involves. In addition to covering the basic theoretical concepts, the course provides hands-on practice as an effective manager. Topics include management of yesterday and today; strategic management; organizational culture and the environment; planning and decision making; organizational structure and design; managerial communication; and controlling and motivating employees and leadership. Assessment: participation (20%), group presentation (40%), group term paper (20%), final exam (20%).

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
BUSI1007/MGMT2401
Host Institution Course Title
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
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Host Institution Department
Business
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MUSIC BUSINESS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music Business Administration
UCEAP Course Number
122
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MUSIC BUSINESS
UCEAP Transcript Title
MUSIC BUSINESS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines the music business, with an emphasis on the Asian markets. It covers the basics of music contracts; the economics of deals; issues unique to the Asian market; record labels, producers, managers and lawyers; new business trends and opportunities such as NFT, AI, and Metaverse.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI2086
Host Institution Course Title
MUSIC BUSINESS
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INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
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
UCEAP Course Number
10
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
UCEAP Transcript Title
BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course in Buddhism introduces a major world religion, its cultural heritage, and how its teachings have not only influenced art and philosophy throughout history, but have also become a source of inspiration for contemporary researchers in the fields of psychotherapy, neuroscience, and education. This course systematically introduces the essence of Buddhist teachings. Special emphasis is placed on the core teachings of the Buddha, which include the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Prajna wisdom, and Bodhisattva ideal and their practical applications.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
BSTC1001
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
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Host Institution Department
Buddhist Studies
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BEAUTIES AND THE BEASTS: SONG AND YUAN PAINTING
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Asian Studies Art History
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
BEAUTIES AND THE BEASTS: SONG AND YUAN PAINTING
UCEAP Transcript Title
SONG&YUAN PAINTING
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines the relationships between imagery and text from late Tang to Yuan dynasty with emphasis on the rise of genre painting. Various literary traditions associated with the appreciation of Chinese paintings are central to explore the appeal of this new subject matter. The course investigates themes shared between painting and poetry of this period. Modern historians characterize the Song dynasty as a period of profound innovation in both painting and scholarship. With the influx of men of common backgrounds to positions of prestige in the bureaucracy, the Song experienced an intellectual re-evaluation of traditional culture that invigorated the pictorial arts. Genre painting, or images that celebrated the lives of commoners, flourished during this period. Previously figure painting was dominated by the portrayal of beautiful people – those who were in court. Why switch to imagery of those less attractive? The course explores possible motivations for the development of this new type of depiction. Was the acceptance of genre painting as a subject suitable for painting encouraged by the new kind of scholar-officials who claimed to be of the common people? What were Song dynasty attitudes towards the common man? What did it mean for the powerful elite to want to view images of those who were in the lower classes? The course draws upon materials in Chinese, although it is not essential that students read Chinese.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
FINE2053
Host Institution Course Title
BEAUTIES AND THE BEASTS: SONG AND YUAN PAINTING
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Host Institution Department
Fine Arts
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