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CHINA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Economics
UCEAP Course Number
27
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CHINA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHINA/GLOBAL ECON
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines how China has grown into the second largest economy in the world and how it has been integrated into the market-oriented global trade, investment and financial systems. The course introduces the dyanmics of China's evolving governance/growth model and its implications for the global economy, focusing particularly on the interactions between China's domestic reform and the opening of its trade, investment and financial sector. Topics include how cross-border trade and investment and decentralization of economic management to local governments turned China into a global manufacturing powerhouse, how investment in infrastructure and liberalization of product and input markets led to rapid urbanization, and how rapid growth created new challenges such as corruption, pollution, inequality, excessive debts, over-capacity, bubbles in property and financial markets, imbalance in trade, stress of US-China economic relations, and issues about macroeconomic management and RMB.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCCH9007
Host Institution Course Title
CHINA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
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Common Core: China
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LITERATURE, MODERNITY AND NATION IN 20TH CENTURY CHINA
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Chinese
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LITERATURE, MODERNITY AND NATION IN 20TH CENTURY CHINA
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIT: 20C CHINA
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course offers a general introduction for students to the literary history of China from the late Qing and Republican periods, to the current state of Chinese literature. It is conducted chronologically and organized according to certain themes. After looking at general issues, certain literary thoughts and the works of selected writers are examined. Breaking the traditional 1949 division, the literature produced in the second half of the twentieth century, and the important scholarship in the field of modern Chinese literature are introduced. Assessment: 60% coursework, 40% examination.
Language(s) of Instruction
Chinese
Host Institution Course Number
CHIN2152
Host Institution Course Title
LITERATURE, MODERNITY AND NATION IN 20TH CENTURY CHINA
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Chinese
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COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO LINGUISTICS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
108
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UCEAP Official Title
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO LINGUISTICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
COMPUTER & LANGUAGE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
Computational approaches are becoming increasingly popular in the social sciences and in the humanities, and linguistics is no exception. Large databases, computer models and statistical analyses – to mention better-known research paradigms – allow revisits to long-debated issues in the field, such as how languages are born, change, compete or die. This course provides an overview of the available methods and of their application to sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, phonology, syntax and other fields. During the tutorials, students acquire basic skills in computational linguistics, such as extracting data from existing linguistic databases or modelling linguistic diversity.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
LING2068
Host Institution Course Title
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO LINGUISTICS
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Linguistics
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DECISION AND RISK ANALYSIS I
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
141
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
DECISION AND RISK ANALYSIS I
UCEAP Transcript Title
RISK ANALYSIS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
Business decision making involves considerable complexity and uncertainty. This course introduces the basic concepts in quantitative business analysis and the key elements in the decision making process. The course examines methods that are used extensively in business organizations. These methods provide the tools and the skills to approach, analyze, and solve problems of varying scales. Course topics include: basic probability and statistics; queuing theory; decision theory; regression models; linear programming; inventory control models; supply chain management; and game theory.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
BUSI0036/IIMT3636
Host Institution Course Title
DECISION AND RISK ANALYSIS I
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Business
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DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Psychology
UCEAP Course Number
111
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
DEVELP NEUROSCIENCE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines the theories, knowledge and research methods of cognitive neuroscience, including developmental neuroscience; neuroplasticity; neural mechanisms; motor learning; memory; cognitive control; social-emotional processes. It will look at these topics at different developmental stages, including infants, toddlers, adolescence and the ageing population.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PSYC2110
Host Institution Course Title
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
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Faculty of Social Sciences
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Psychology
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CURING THE CHINESE: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY 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
39
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CURING THE CHINESE: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN CHINA
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHINESE MEDICINE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
Being healthy is a fundamental human desire. But different cultures have different understanding of the body and employ a wide variety of methods for curing ill-health. Consequently, the history of medicine provides an important avenue for deepening understanding of global diversity and cross-cultural interactions. Since the 19th century, both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine have played important roles in curing the Chinese. This course focuses on the social, cultural and political contexts underpinning the transmission of Western medicine and the transformations of traditional Chinese medicine from the early 19th century to the present. Assessment: tutorial presentation and participation, short essay, journal, final exam.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCCH9039
Host Institution Course Title
CURING THE CHINESE: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN CHINA
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Common Core: China
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ETHICS AND POLITICS, EAST AND WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Philosophy
UCEAP Course Number
34
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ETHICS AND POLITICS, EAST AND WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
UCEAP Transcript Title
ETHICS & POLITICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This survey course is a comparative introduction to philosophy focusing primarily on topics in ethics and politics. Lectures and readings draw equally on the Chinese and Western philosophical traditions and indicate various respects in which the two can be put into dialogue. Readings include Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Dadejing, Xunzi, Zhuangzi, and Han Fei, on the Chinese side, along with Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, Russell, Hart, Hamptom, Wolff, Wolf, Foot, Nussbaum, Taylor, and Scanlon, on the Western side.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PHIL1034
Host Institution Course Title
ETHICS AND POLITICS, EAST AND WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
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Philosophy
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INTRODUCTIONS TO MUSICS OF THE 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)
Sociology
Music
UCEAP Course Number
4
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTIONS TO MUSICS OF THE WORLD
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO: MUSICS WORLD
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines a wide range of musical traditions from around the world as a product of individual, social, and historical reflection and creation. It looks at musical genres of different communities in relation to their histories, aesthetics, political situations and religious beliefs.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI 1004
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTIONS TO MUSICS OF THE WORLD
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INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
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
4
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO TO BUDDHISM
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course examines overview of Buddhist intellectual and social history of over 2500 years, covering several geographical regions and aspects including historical traditions, scriptures, fundamental doctrines, basic ethical ideas, practices and customs.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
BSTC1004
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
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THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
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
Asian Studies
UCEAP Course Number
25
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHINA CULTURAL REV
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) was a defining episode in modern China. In ten years, it dismantled the state, party, and economy with widespread social upheaval and violence, followed by unrelenting oppressive campaigns. It dramatically exploded the inherent contradictions of the Communist State. It has exerted a major impact on the direction of Chinese politics, economic reforms, and public protests. This course explores the causes, processes, and impact of the Cultural Revolution (CR), asking why millions of people participated, who were the agents responsible, what determined its multifaceted courses, and what legacy it left for the following reform era and the coming future. It introduces key intellectual ideas and methodologies from various disciplines – history, political and social science, literature, and film.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCCH9005
Host Institution Course Title
THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
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Common Core: China