※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ Appendix II Course Description

The following course descriptions are identified by their course contribution to strategic management. It focuses on building codes which are presented in alphabetical order. competencies of management accountants through the understanding and application of contemporary management ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I accounting techniques in various business situations and in different (3 units) organisations. It also emphasises on the effective evaluation, Pre-requisite(s): None strategic financial planning, assessment and interpretation of Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide information and performance evaluation. students with a general understanding of basic accounting concepts, accounting cycle (bookkeeping), principles and their applications in ACCT3023 HONG KONG TAXATION some elementary financial accounting topics including cash; current (3 units) assets and current liabilities; inventory and non-current assets. Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II students with an overview of the general principles and (3 units) administration of the taxation system in Hong Kong. The course Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I discusses the principles of taxation in general; the territorial source Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide concept of Hong Kong taxation system; the scheduler taxes of the students with a general understanding of basic accounting concepts, Hong Kong tax system, namely Property Tax, Salaries Tax and accounting cycle (bookkeeping), principles and their applications in Profits Tax; the personal assessment; the provisional taxes; and the some selected financial and management topics including basic matters on Stamp Duty. partnerships; corporations; non-current liabilities; cash flow statement; financial performance analysis; accounting for ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I manufacturing operations; cost behaviour and CVP analysis; (3 units) budgeting and budgetary control. Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I Course Description: Intermediate Accounting I is the first course ACCT2033 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL of the two Intermediate Accounting courses which extends the study ACCOUNTING (FOR NON-BBA MAJOR of those students who have finished the introductory course STUDENTS) Principles of Accounting I. This course aims to equip students with (3 units) knowledge and skills of how to apply related accounting standards Pre-requisite(s): None and treatments to prepare, analyse and interpret the financial Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide statements and information according to the International Financial students with a general understanding of basic accounting concepts, Reporting Standards (IFRS). This course also serves as the accounting cycle (bookkeeping), principles and their applications in prerequisite course for Advanced Financial Accounting courses. some elementary financial accounting topics including cash; current assets and current liabilities; inventory, non-current assets and ACCT3043 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II non-current liabilities; cash flow statement and analysis of financial (3 units) statements. Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I Course Description: Intermediate Accounting II is the second ACCT3003 COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING I course of two Intermediate Accounting courses which extends the (3 units) study of those students who have finished Intermediate Accounting Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II I. This course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the of how to apply related accounting standards and treatments to basic concepts and techniques in cost and management accounting; prepare, analyse and interpret the financial statements and to develop students’ ability in using relevant accounting data for information according to International Financial Reporting management policy determination, decision making and Standards (IFRS). This course also serves as the pre-requisite performance evaluation; and to enable students to design and course for the Advanced Financial Accounting courses. evaluate different cost accounting systems for operational planning and control. ACCT3053 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTING ACCT3013 COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING II (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3003 COST AND MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an ACCOUNTING I overview of the main theoretical perspectives and frameworks of Course Description: The course examines the integrative and corporate governance, integrating the conformance (control and interdisciplinary role of management accounting and its reporting) and performance (strategies and business growth)

- 473 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ dimensions in both the international context as well as the local such as contract law, company law, as well as competition and (Hong Kong and Mainland China) context. Selected cases dealing anti-monopoly law. Through a good understanding of the theoretical with the legal sanctions levelled at directors and officers of concepts and learning from actual cases and scenarios, students corporations as well as liability of professional accountants in would heighten their sense of legality and integrity, thereby public practice and business involved in notorious financial enhancing their ability to analyse and solve legal issues encountered scandals are evaluated. in real life situations.

ACCT3063 TAX PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ACCT4003 AUDITING I (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3023 HONG KONG TAXATION Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an students with an in-depth study of the law and practice of tax understanding of the basic concepts and principles of auditing, the planning and management in the Hong Kong environment. The statutory audit requirements, extant auditing standards course will give an analytical review of the Hong Kong tax system recommended by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public with a focus on tax planning so that students can advise Accountants (HKICPA), and auditing in a Computer Information management on the effects of taxation and the possible ways for Systems (CIS) environment issues. modifying the tax burden of the business. An appreciation of the general aspects of Mainland China taxation is also included. ACCT4013 AUDITING II (3 units) ACCT3073 COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Pre-requisite(s): ACCT4003 AUDITING I (3 units) Course Description: Based on Auditing I, this course aims to Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2033 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL provide students with a further understanding of the statutory audit ACCOUNTING (FOR NON-BBA MAJOR requirements, extant auditing standards recommended by the Hong STUDENTS) Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), auditing Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the in a Computer Information Systems (CIS) environment, and basic concepts and techniques in cost and management accounting; contemporary auditing issues. to develop students’ ability in using relevant accounting data for management policy determination, decision making and ACCT4023 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING THEORY performance evaluation; and to enable students to design and (3 units) evaluate different cost accounting systems for operational planning Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I and control. ACCT3043 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II Course Description: This course is designed to provide students ACCT3083 CHINESE TAXATION LAW with knowledge on financial accounting theory forming the (3 units) foundation of accounting standards and practice. During the course, Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I students will study and discuss contemporary and controversial Course Description: Chinese Taxation Law is a foundational issues in the financial accounting area. In addition, this course will elective course for business students. This course covers the introduce to students the mainstream of accounting research and regulations regarding Chinese taxation, including obligations of some accounting research methodologies. taxpayers; types of taxpayers; tax rates; tax assessment guidelines and procedures; as well as tax payment locations and privileges, ACCT4033 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS which relate to different categories of Chinese taxation. The (3 units) categories encompass turnover tax, enterprise income tax, Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II individual income tax, house property tax, urban real estate tax, Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide behavioural taxes (stamp duty, VAT, business, consumption, students with an in-depth study of the application of information tobacco), resource tax, and urban and township land use tax. In systems knowledge to the accounting environment. The course addition, the course imparts to students the knowledge of covers the processing of accounting data in computer environment; international taxation and taxation administration law. This course designing business processes and representing them with aims to provide the basic knowledge of Chinese taxation law as well documentation tools; and the controls that are necessary to assure as the theories and regulations of taxation, thereby allowing the accuracy and reliability of the data processed by the accounting students to understand the importance of taxation in state finance system. and its inseparable relationship with the economy. ACCT4043 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING I ACCT3093 CHINESE ECONOMIC LAW (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I, Pre-requisite(s): None and Course Description: This course aims to provide foundational ACCT3043 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II knowledge in Chinese economic law to business students. It focuses Course Description: This course aims to provide students with a on the workings of the Chinese economic legal system, while comprehensive discussion of the concepts and techniques of allowing students to master the basic knowledge in some key areas, preparing consolidated financial statements for a group of

- 474 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ companies. The objectives of the course are understanding the BIOL1003 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD ECOLOGICAL underlying accounting concepts and governing accounting standard PROBLEMS AND MAN in respect of group company financial statement preparation; (3 units) developing the skill and professional competence in the preparation Pre-requisite(s): None and reporting of group company financial statements; appraising, Course Description: This course aims to improve the awareness of analysing and interpreting critically the financial statement of group students of major environmental issues concerning our daily life. companies. Emphasis is placed on the impact of local business Pressing environmental challenges reflecting the interaction environment and legal requirements. Also, students are expected to between man and the environment as the basic model framework understand the implications of the relevant IAS and IFRS on the will be examined. Students will be introduced to a variety of preparation of consolidated financial statements of a group. ecological principles and apply them to: (1) local issues, such as waste management, coastal erosion, air and water pollution; (2) ACCT4053 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING II regional issues, such as shifting cultivation and urbanization; and (3) (3 units) world issues, such as population growth, greenhouse effect, ozone Pre-requisite(s): ACCT3033 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I, depletion, global warming; and ultimately, (4) the importance of and sustainable development. Lectures will be supplemented by ACCT3043 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II, discussions of articles, video viewing, and slides pertaining to and pressing environmental issues. ACCT4043 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING I Course Description: This course aims to provide students with a BIOL1013 BIODIVERSITY AND THE EXTINCTION comprehensive discussion of the concepts and techniques of CRISIS preparing consolidated financial statements for a group of (3 units) companies. The objectives of the course are to explain accounting Pre-requisite(s): None concepts and governing accounting standard in respect of financial Course Description: The aim of this course is to let students statement preparation of complex group structures; develop critically review the evidences, causes, and consequences of professional competence in the financial reporting complex issues biodiversity extinction crisis as well as beware of the impacts of such as accounting for derivatives, financial instruments and hedge biodiversity loss on human sustainability contributions of accounting, accounting for the effects of changes in foreign environmental management on humanity’s future will also be exchange rates, income tax and share-based payments; interpret explained in interdisciplinary perspectives in this course. Through financial statements of group companies. Emphasis is placed on the lecturing and experiential learning, as well as participating in group impact of local business environment and legal requirements. Also, research projects, students will learn to appreciate the students are expected to understand the implications of the relevant interdisciplinary approaches such as integrating variety of skills IAS and IFRS on the preparation of consolidated financial from science, social science and business subjects in solving the statements of a group. root problems of human sustainability so as to maintain human well-being in the present and future. ACCT4063 ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP (3 units) BIOL2003 GENERAL BIOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I, (3 units) and Pre-requisite(s): None ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II Course Description: This course provides the student with a solid Course Description: This course aims to provide an opportunity foundation in the principles of biology, from molecular biology to for students to gain real-life working experience in accounting, cells to the diversity of life. Topics include the structure and finance or related organizations. The primary intention of this function of representative organisms, and their diversity. Latest course is to provide the opportunity for students to work in various advances in biology are incorporated into the course. There is also departments related to their discipline including auditing, taxation, an overview of the scientific process/method, and examples are financial accounting, and corporate governance functions. A reviewed to show how the process works. secondary intention is for students to use the internship placement to broaden their own experience beyond the limitations of their BIOL2013 GENERAL BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY chosen discipline. Under the guidance of both faculty and LABORATORY workplace supervisors, students will work in an organization as (3 units) interns and complete work assignments that are primarily related to Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2003 GENERAL BIOLOGY, and the students’ discipline. The internship assignment is expected to CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY take up no less than 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours of lecture Course Description: Experiments relevant to General Biology and at the College, and it may or may not be paid for. Students will be General Chemistry are conducted to illustrate and consolidate assisted by UIC, but they are responsible to find appropriate students’ understanding of the fundamental concepts and basic internship placements. The host organization will nominate a principles of the subject. Solid training in basic laboratory contact person for the student for the duration of the internship. techniques in Biology and Chemistry is provided through a series of well-chosen experiments. Students are provided with a solid training in basic laboratory techniques, practical skills, lab safety knowledge, and writing skills of lab report necessary for more

- 475 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ advanced laboratory courses and project work. biochemistry and molecular biology, emphasizing broad understanding of chemical events in living systems in terms of BIOL2023 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY metabolism, structure-function relationships of biologically (3 units) important molecules with detailed analysis of the structures, Pre-requisite(s): None properties; functions of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids; Course Description: This course emphasises biological functioning introduction to carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolisms. at the levels of population, community, and ecosystem, and is organised around the principles of energy flow, nutrient cycles, and BIOL2073 PHYSIOLOGY succession. Human interventions such as urbanisation, harvesting (3 units) renewable and non-renewable resources, and pollution generation Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2003 GENERAL BIOLOGY are considered in relation to natural limits, natural regulations and Course Description: This course is designed to provide students regeneration mechanisms, and long-term ecosystem stability. with an understanding of the function and regulation of the human Students will be able to gain the knowledge of basic ecological body and physiological integration of the organ systems to maintain principles, including species interactions, energy flow, nutrient homeostasis. Course content will include neural and hormonal cycles and succession, and habitats and ecosystems of the Pearl homeostatic control mechanisms, as well as study of the River Delta and Hong Kong. musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune, reproductive, and endocrine systems. BIOL2033 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY (3 units) BIOL2083 THE ECOLOGY AND BIOCONSERVATION IN Pre-requisite(s): None CHINA Course Description: This course covers the basic principles of (3 units) microbiology as well as some aspects of applied microbiology. The Pre-requisite(s): None learning materials will include microbial morphology, taxonomy Course Description: This course aims to provide the following and cultivation, and the roles of microorganisms in the ecosystem, specific and place-based learning outcomes: gain a broad pollution control process, disease and the use of microbiology in comprehension of the fundamentals of Chinese culture, art, and food. The objectives of this course are to stimulate the awareness of food, particularly as it relates to ecological civilization and human the vast diversity of microbes in the environment and provide sustenance and material wealth; understand the fundamentals of students a background for more advanced courses. ecology and how these determine current distribution and abundance of plants and animals; understand current human impacts BIOL2043 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY on native biodiversity in China, across a variety of ecosystems; and (3 units) identify conservation strategies for native biodiversity in China Pre-requisite(s): None generally, and in the Zhuhai region specifically. Course Description: This course aims to provide students with a board perspective in the field of biology, with special emphases on BIOL3003 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND the diversity and unity of living things. The course provides a TOXICOLOGY general understanding of the cell structure and the functions of (3 units) organelles; and studies the characteristics of major phyla of Pre-requisite(s): None vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as major plant groups, in Course Description: The course provides general knowledge respect to their morphology, distribution and diversity. There is concerning the various routes of human might be exposed to toxic particular emphasis on an evolutionary theme so that students can chemicals. Main emphasis will be placed on the biological relate plant and animal anatomy and physiology as adaptations in responses to toxicants, methods for evaluating potential toxicity, evolutionary history. and applications of toxicological data to assess potential health risk.

BIOL2053 PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY BIOL3013 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL (3 units) BIOTECHNOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to encourage students to Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2043 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, and appreciate the vast diversity of microorganism. The course provides BIOL2053 PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY a general understanding on the nomenclature and taxonomy of Course Description: This course provides a general understanding microorganisms, as well as their cell structures and functions. The of the principles and applications of biotechnological techniques in course also provides examples on the applications of environmental monitoring, pollution control and removal of microorganisms in our everyday life with emphasis on their contaminants, particularly in environmental biomonitoring, applications in environmental science. biodegradation and bioremediation, biofuel production and waste water treatment. In addition, it introduces specific applications of BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY biotechnology in microbiological wastewater treatment, (3 units) bioremediation and ecological engineering. Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2003 GENERAL BIOLOGY, and CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles of

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BIOL3023 BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY LABORATORY to help solve organisational problems; acquaint with the nature, (3 units) forms, and scope of behaviour in business organisations. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Experiments relevant to General Biology and BUS2013 PRINCIPLES OF LAW General Chemistry are conducted to illustrate and consolidate (3 units) students’ understanding of the fundamental concepts and basic Pre-requisite(s): None principles of the subject. Solid training in basic laboratory Course Description: Introducing to business students a techniques in Biology and Chemistry is provided through a series of comprehensive overview of the Hong Kong legal system and the well-chosen experiments. Students are provided with a solid basic principles of contract law and the law of tort, which are two of training in basic laboratory techniques and practical skills necessary the important areas of business law. for more advanced laboratory courses and project work. BUS2023 MARKETING STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT BIOL4003 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2023 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY, and Course Description: This course aims to provide the students with ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO a solid understanding and application of marketing strategy and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE management. It includes how to formulating a marketing strategy, Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the development of strategic opportunities through internal and biodiversity conservation and its implementation. In addition to external analysis, the development of competitive advantages in-depth discussion of ecological theories which play central roles through distinctive competencies, and the maintenance of these in understanding the threats to biodiversity and the conservation of advantages over time through application techniques like brand biological populations, species and communities, case studies will development. be used to draw attention towards the interplay of socio-economic, political, and cultural factors in threatening and conserving BUS2043 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT biodiversity. The roles of NGOs, government agencies and the (3 units) private sector will also be discussed in detail. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The major objective of this course is to BIOL4013 APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL provide non-business major students a broad understanding of the BIOTECHNOLOGY field of business and how successful business organisations operate. (3 units) This understanding should serve them well in whatever professional Pre-requisite(s): BIOL3013 INTRODUCTION TO discipline they pursue, whether they are directly involved as ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY managers or hold other significant stakeholder roles in an Course Description: Environmental biotechnology is an integrated organisation. approach which employs organisms for solving environmental problems such as soil contamination, air and water pollution, and BUS3003 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS fuel shortage. This laboratory based course aims to teach students (3 units) advanced biotechnological skills such as bioassays, cytotoxicity Pre-requisite(s): None tests, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cell culture techniques and Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an fermentation techniques for environmental applications such as understanding of the essential concepts, practices and basic models bioremediation, wastewater treatment, biofuel production, pollutant of business communication and to develop their skills necessary for detection, and microorganism identification and characterization. communicating professionally in the current business and Upon finishing the course, students should have acquired the technological context. The course emphasises the application of mentioned biotechnological skills which will enable them to concepts and methods of written and oral communication activities synthesize knowledge to solve environmental problems and pursue and is focused on developing the students’ ability to function in a postgraduate studies in the field of Environmental Biotechnology or community and team. related subjects.

BUS3013 COMPANY LAW

BUS2003 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): BUS2013 PRINCIPLES OF LAW Pre-requisite(s): None (for BBA students) or Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an Foundation Course in Business and Management understanding of the company law in Hong Kong covering forms of (for non-BBA students) organisation, lifting corporate veil, constitution of a company, Course Description: The purpose of the course is to introduce shares and debentures, internal proceedings of a company, students to organisational behaviour principles and concepts. director’s power and duty, protection of outsiders and minority, Students can identify and define key concepts in the organisational charges, fraudulent preference, auditor’s liability and dissolution of behaviour area; define basic theories and research about the nature a company. and functioning of organisations as well as managers’ roles and responsibilities within organisations; develop the students’ ability to diagnose organisational situations and apply concepts and theories

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BUS3023 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS business operations. It focuses on developing the skills required of (3 units) senior/general managers to diagnose business problems and Pre-requisite(s): Numeracy opportunities and to develop and implement effective courses of Course Description: The purpose of this course is to provide action. students with an overview of research methods that are currently used in business and to develop in the students a strong capacity to BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS grasp the complexity of inquiry into theoretical and applied business (3 units) problems. The objectives are to introduce students to the theoretical Pre-requisite(s): None (for BBA students) or and analytical issues which are shaping contemporary business Foundation Course in Business and Management research thinking and practice, to address the key components (for non-BBA students) which might comprise the essential elements of conducting research Course Description: This course aims to provide an introduction to in an applied business setting, and to provide opportunities for the field of management information systems (MIS). Students will students to engage in survey, case analyses, experiential exercises learn how to analyse the business processes for an enterprise system. and library research which are aimed at skill development in Then, the technical foundation, including different kinds of conducting research. hardware and software, will be introduced such that students can think of tools to enhance improvement for the companies. After that, BUS3033 CHINA’S CAPITAL MARKET students will learn how the companies apply management (3 units) information systems to maintain their competitive edge nowadays. Pre-requisite(s): None Last, but not the least, students will learn how to develop and to Course Description: The objective of this course is to teach manage information systems in organisations. students the current situation and roadmap of China’s capital market, especially the logic behind it. Through this course, students will BUS4033 BUSINESS INTERNSHIP AND HUMAN gain a better understanding of the features of China’s capital market RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MENTORING in the era of globalisation and its relationships with the global (3 units) financial markets, and the capability to relate China’s capital market Pre-Requisite(S): None with economic knowledge. Course Description: The objective of this course is to give students the opportunity to gain practical experience working in an BUS3043 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS organisation. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace (3 units) supervisors, the students will complete a work assignment of no less Pre-requisite(s): Numeracy than 120 hours, either paid or unpaid. Course Description: The objective of this course is to impart students with the knowledge and capability to apply different BUS4043 CROSS-CULTURAL AND COMPARATIVE qualitative research approaches to conducting business research MANAGEMENT projects. This course, which provides a solid foundation on both (3 units) theories and applications of a variety of qualitative research Pre-requisite(s): None techniques (including case studies, ethnography, archival research, Course Description: The primary objective of this course is to participant observation, interview and focus group methods, as well enhance student awareness of the impact of culture on supposedly as transcription and analysis), will help students in preparing a universal management practices designed to facilitate the effective practical-oriented BBA Project. utilisation and development of the organisation main asset - its employees. Students can expect to enhance their understanding of BUS4003 BBA PROJECT the global context of organisations, interpersonal skills needed to (3 units) manage across national borders, and the structure and functioning of Pre-requisite(s): None multinational companies. Course Description: The course aim is to provide an opportunity for students: (1) to develop their individual analytical and BUS4053 CORPORATE STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT intellectual abilities; (2) to apply the knowledge and skills gained (3 units) from the degree programme to a real, practical business problem; Pre-requisite(s): ECON2053 ECONOMICS and (3) to prepare themselves for the transition from college to the Course Description: This course aims to prepare the student for a work situation. successful business career with a broad understanding of the importance and complexity of strategic decisions and the need to BUS4013 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT integrate other aspects of business operations in the decisions, (3 units) which determine the future direction and effectiveness of an Pre-requisite(s): None (for BBA students) or organisation. As the course focuses on the skills required of a Foundation Course in Business and Management general manger in diagnosing and finding solutions for critical (for non-BBA students) problems in complex business situations. Discussions will Course Description: This course aims to prepare the student for a emphasise the organisation as a whole. To achieve this goal, successful business career by providing them with a broad integration of the knowledge gained in previous courses and an understanding of the importance and complexity of strategic awareness of the impact of the external forces, and of actions by the decisions and how they require an integration of all aspects of firm and its rivals on the firm's strategies are crucial.

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BUS4063 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS theories and apply into practical projects. It will also enrich their (3 units) experience in art-making through the visual presentations on art Pre-requisite(s): None topics. Course Description: The primary objectives of this course are: (1) to provide students with a basic understanding of the theories and CCM3023 CULTURAL POLICY, ECONOMY AND concepts of international business; (2) to discuss the economic, DEVELOPMENT cultural and political factors in shaping the international business (3 units) environment; (3) to introduce different functional areas of Pre-requisite(s): None international corporations management with reference to problems Course Description: This course aims to introduce to students the and issues of doing business with developing countries and centrally basic, theoretical and analysis tools in cultural economy and cultural planned economies’ and (4) to familiarise students with the policy in various areas of creative industries. They include cultural international business activities of Hong Kong companies. production, pricing, consumption, expenditure, investments, copyrights, cultural heritage policy etc. It employs a global view to CCM2063 PRINCIPLES OF EXHIBITION DESIGN analyse how these two interrelated paradigms have been developed, (3 units) in particular over the past 20 years when new global cultural order Pre-requisite(s): None has gradually developed while new national cultural identities have Course Description: The course will provide students the been built worldwide. fundamental knowledge of spatial functionality, expression and management embedded in exhibition design. It will also give basic CCM3033 INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL TRADE theoretical development and 3D skills of exhibition design by (3 units) exploring various ideals of exhibition. As a result the course will Pre-requisite(s): None equip students with basic skills in instructing an outline scheme Course Description: The main objective of this course is to enable design for exhibitions. students to master the fundamental concepts, principles, systems, management and policies of international cultural trade. The course CCM2093 CULTURE, CREATIVITY AND MANAGEMENT will teach students the formation, development of the trade theories, (3 units) the operation of cultural agencies, exhibition and digital trade in Pre-requisite(s): None different countries. It is aiming at nurturing students’ ability in Course Description: This course helps students to understand the applying cultural trade theories and methodologies in problem fundamental elements of cultural and creative industries, and help analysis and problem solving. them to develop basic understanding of the key management issues in the industries, and to grasp the basic analytical tools to describe CCM3083 CULTURE, CREATIVITY AND MANAGEMENT and analyse the cultural and creative enterprises. IN CHINESE CITIES (3 units) CCM2113 EVENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The course provides in-depth analyses and Pre-requisite(s): None discussions of cultural and creative industries in modern Chinese Course Description: This course provides a basic knowledge of cities, in particular, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai event planning and management. It forms an introductory study of and Beijing. The content focuses on the application of theoretical the events industry focusing on academic theories, which can be frameworks of culture and creativity studies in cultural and creative applied to the real-world situations. A wide range of topics relating industries in Chinese cities. to event planning and event management, such as event trends, event concepts, event planning and logistics, and Integrated CCM3093 BASIC STUDIES OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN Marketing Communications theory in event management will be CHINA covered in this course. Students will learn and practice from (3 units) concepts to delivery. The course discusses various aspects of Pre-requisite(s): None planning and managing a variety of event typology including events Course Description: The course equips students with basic theories of festivals, culture, arts, politics, sports and other forms of business of tangible and intangible heritage, and introduces cultural heritage and leisure events on the different cultural contexts. in China. The student will be able to analyses heritage management issues on the context of cultural tourism in China. Students also will CCM2123 PAST TO PRESENT STATE OF ARTS IN be able to identify and explain how to development cultural tourism CULTURAL INDUSTRIES products, analyse cultural tourist and conduct business operation of (3 units) cultural tourism. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The contextual study of arts is a basic CCM3103 FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT foundation for creating all arts forms or media in Cultural and (3 units) Creative industries. This course provides an introductory approach Pre-requisite(s): None through the historical western art development mainly with a few Course Description: This course introduces students to the nature topics on Asian art. The students will learn arts appreciation and and characteristics of food and beverage business from the analysis at various periods from the past to the current time with perspectives of customers, product and operation. The student will

- 479 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ identify the growth of the food and beverage service industry, their and forward planning. classification and systems of operation; the nature of customer demand and explain the importance of the consumer-product CCM3153 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN CULTURAL relationship as a function of the business environment. Furthermore, INDUSTRIES students will be able to analyse business operation of food and (3units) beverage industries management, and evaluate key issues in Pre-requisite(s): None restaurant and bar management. Course Description: The foundation of the study of human consumer behaviour will be laid in this course. As such, it CCM3113 INTRODUCTION TO HOSPITALITY introduces students to the basic approaches to studying consumer MANAGEMENT behaviour, explains the theories underlying the understanding of (3 units) consumers and their behaviour, and empowers students to apply the Pre-requisite(s): None theory in practical settings. Forming an intrinsic part of business Course Description: This course is intended to provide students and marketing strategy, an understanding of consumer behaviour with comprehensive overview of hospitality industry. At the helps future business leaders to research and understand the forces completion of this course, student will understand the major shaping society. It will also help them to understand what inputs are concepts and issues on hospitality industry; will grasp the key required in responsible consumer decision-making. components of each sector of the hospitality industry and how they interrelate; will access various career options in the hospitality CCM3163 PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVE ARTS industry; will apply the contents of the course to an actual ongoing MANAGEMENT hospitality setting. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None CCM3123 CONCEPTS IN SPATIAL DESIGN Course Description: The course aims at providing theories and (3 units) practical applications from all arts management perspectives Pre-requisite(s): None including planning, marketing, finance, economics, organization, Course Description: This course provides an introductory level of staffing, and group dynamics. spatial design covering basic skills of 3-dimensional drawings, model making and the visual representation related to the services CCM3173 CONCEPTS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN covered under the Creative Industries. They will learn how to CULTURAL INDUSTRIES describe the projects based on design elements and principle of (3 units) organization such as line, form, space, scale, proportion, culture and Pre-requisite(s): None human perception of space. They will develop their visual Course Description: This course will focus on the development of communication styles through hand drawing and computer tools. art movements and art trends in the Cultural and Creative Industries. The scopes will cover from mid-twentieth century to the present CCM3133 EXHIBITION DESIGN: CREATIVE time with a view on the current development in western countries, INTERPRETATION AND MANAGEMENT the modern and post-modern art of Asia Pacific region and Hong (3 units) Kong. It aims to provide students with both theories and Pre-requisite(s): None applications of the current art scenes of the global world and China Course Description: Students will acquire the basic understanding as from 1945 to the current decade. of creative interpretation in Cultural Industries. The course focuses on the area of exhibition design management, including the theories CCM4023 MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA PRODUCTION and applications on exhibit interpretation with design elements and (3 units) principles of organization. Besides, it will also cover management Pre-requisite(s): None theories including target audience, market segmentation and Course Description: The course will explain how media financial budgeting. Practical cases will be explored from their production plays an essential role in Cultural and Creative conceptual development, research, design, management and finally Industries both in theoretical and practical aspects. This course has exhibition through the chain of creative and innovative processes. two parts. Part 1 examines the roles and skills of a film producer, categories of productions and analyses the proper procedures for CCM3143 PUBLIC ARTS AND MUSEUM DESIGN production management from initiation to completion. Part 2 MANAGEMENT IN THE URBAN focuses on how media organisations and production companies of ENVIRONMENT various scales are managed. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None CCM4033 CULTURAL INDUSTRIES INTERNSHIP Course Description: The course will provide the basic concepts, (3 units) types, styles and impacts of public arts in the urban city Pre-requisite(s): None environment, covering functions and aesthetic values. Public arts Course Description: The aims of the internship are to provide a can be displayed outdoors and also in an enclosed setting in direct link between the academic core of the course and the museums. It will also cover a series of basic guidelines to all scopes disciplines and methods of practice; to enable students to experience of museum management, from audience development and education, aspects of practice and provide the opportunity for them to work in collections management and conservation, to museum organization areas of the field outside their specific expertise; to enable students

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CCM4043 FUNDRAISING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE CCM4093 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (CCM) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): BUS3023 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS Course Description: The course will explain the basic concepts Course Description: This course focuses on the training for the and theories about fundraising, including practical tools, strategies CCM students: (1) to nourish their basic academic and analytical and methods. It will also provide guidelines for organizations by research capabilities in Cultural Industries; (2) to apply the research relating important principles to on-the-job situations and also on the knowledge and skills gained from the Cultural Industries to a most current fundraising techniques. practical business problem; and (3) to prepare themselves from academic field to the workplace situation with basic research CCM4053 CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM concepts, methodologies and data analysis. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY Course Description: The course introduces modern theories on (3 units) heritage management and explores the current issues on Pre-requisite(s): None conservation and preservation of cultural heritage. It provides Course Description: This course gives a cursory treatment of comprehensive examination of cultural heritage management in topics from physical and organic chemistry pertaining to Food tourism operation. The focus is on the balance between cultural Science. The topics discussed include chemical bonding and heritage management and tourism developments. intermolecular forces, basic concepts in thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, stereochemistry and conformation, chemistry of carbonyl CCM4063 COMMERCIAL SPACE PLANNING AND and other important organic functional groups. Specifically, The FACILITIES MANAGEMENT course provides students with (i) a solid understanding of the (3 units) fundamental concepts and basic principles of chemistry; (ii) Pre-requisite(s): None knowledge in organic chemistry required for more advanced Course Description: The course will provide a comprehensive courses such as Biochemistry Physiology, Analytical Chemistry and coverage of the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions Food Toxicology. (MICE) under the Cultural and Creative Industries. It will also brief about key marketing and managerial aspects as well as details of CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY requirements for congress, conference, training and exhibition (3 units) centres, hotels, universities, galleries and visitor centres. Facilities Pre-requisite(s): None management will be explained together with case studies or Course Description: This course gives a cursory treatment of examples. topics from physical and organic chemistry pertaining to Environmental and Life Sciences. The topics that will be discussed CCM4073 INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL DESIGN include chemical bonding and intermolecular forces, basic concepts MANAGEMENT in thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, stereochemistry and (3 units) conformation, chemistry of carbonyl and other important organic Pre-requisite(s): None functional groups. Specifically, The course provides students with (i) Course Description: The course aims at introducing the role of a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts and basic industrial design and retail design management as part of the principles of chemistry; (ii) knowledge in organic chemistry cultural industries. It introduces industrial design as a creative required for more advanced courses, such as biochemistry and thinking process by working through a practical project. Emphasis physiology, environmental health and toxicology. will also be put on retail design management and visual merchandising of the industrial product. A wide range of theoretical CHEM2033 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY and practical cases on package design and displays will be used to (3 units) illustrate the creative thinking methods and how these concepts Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY could be realised in the real world. Course Description: This course introduces students to the basic techniques and instrumentation in modern chemical analysis CCM4083 CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT relevant to food science. It provides a suitable analytical chemistry IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES background for students in food science to pursue other more (3 units) advanced courses. The topics discussed include (i) steps in an Pre-requisite(s): None analytical process; (ii) extraction techniques; (iii) evaluation of Course Description: Consumer Relationship Management (CRM) results: errors, statistical treatment, calibration curves; (iv) classical is what sets winning organizations apart from others. Acquiring and analytical methods: gravimetric analysis; (v) atomic and molecular keeping customers, and then developing those customers, are key spectrometry; (vi) mass spectrometry; and (vii) chromatographic

- 481 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ techniques. COMM2003 COMMUNICATION THEORY (3 units) CHEM3003 PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND Pre-requisite(s): None PHYSIOLOGY Course Description: This course provides an introduction to (3 units) theories and analytical frameworks essential for recognizing, Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY explaining and evaluating developments in communication. The Course Description: This course offers fundamental knowledge course takes a topical perspective that situates communication about the integration between biochemistry and physiology. The theories within communication paradigms, traditions, and contexts course deals with molecular, cellular, and integrative physiology. to further explore the connection to cultural, social, political and Topics include carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism, economic changes. The theories and frameworks also provide ways enzymology, nutrition, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, to comprehend everyday interactions with media at the individual homeostasis, nitrogenous waste excretion, and osmoregulation. level.

CHEM3013 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS COMM2013 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION (3 units) SKILLS Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY (3 units) Course Description: This course is for the Environmental Science Pre-requisite(s): None Programme. This course discusses techniques and instrumentation Course Description: The course aims to provide students with in modern chemical analysis relevant to environmental and life skills-based practice of professional communication behaviours. sciences. It provides a suitable analytical chemistry background for This hybrid course introduces basic interpersonal, small group and students in environmental and life sciences to pursue other presentational speaking skills. The instructional model emphasises advanced courses, such as Environmental Analysis and Monitoring. practice of skills with a secondary focus on mastery of vocabulary. The topics discussed include (i) errors and statistical treatment of data, (ii) aqueous equilibria of acids and bases, (iii) titrimetric and COMM2023 MASS MEDIA WRITING gravimetric analysis, (iv) atomic and molecular spectrophotometric (3 units) analysis, (v) mass spectrometry, and (vi) solvent extraction and Pre-requisite(s): None chromatographic techniques. Course Description: This introductory writing course teaches students about media writing and gives them the opportunity to CHEM4003 ADVANCED BIOCHEMISTRY AND develop their skills as writers. It introduces the various forms of LABORATORY writing for the mass media, including news stories for print and (3 units) broadcast, advertising copy for broadcast, and numerous types of Pre-requisite(s): CHEM3003 PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY writing for public relations. It covers all major areas of media, AND PHYSIOLOGY including the World Wide Web. Course Description: This laboratory course provides students with both theory and practice of modern biochemical techniques. Topics COMM2033 PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE will include cell culture, immunological methods, genetic (3 units) engineering, and protein separation technology. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course aims to introduce students to the COMM1023 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION study of persuasion by considering a broad range of topics, from (3 units) Aristotle’s Rhetoric to Elaboration Likelihood Model and other Pre-requisite(s): None more contemporary theories. Special emphasis is placed on the Course Description: The aim of this course is to provide an changing nature of persuasion as the process of communication is introduction to the basic concepts, processes and contexts in the influenced by new media technology. Students first study the study of communication. The course explains listening, perceiving, theoretical background of persuasion and then learn to recognise using verbal and nonverbal communication, and establishing persuasive tactics and analyse them using the theories. Special climate. Then these processes are applied to various contexts such attention is paid to strategies employed in present day persuasive as interpersonal, small group, public, organizational, intercultural, messages through a variety of media – including radio, television, mass communication, personal, and social media. Students will online social media, etc. acquire the knowledge of communication concepts and processes and establish the link between fundamental concepts and various COMM3003 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH communication phenomena and contexts. The course eventually (3 units) discusses the practices of communication in various areas, namely, Pre-requisite(s): None journalism, public relations and advertising, cinema and television, Course Description: This class introduces the student to the issues and media arts and design, and the challenges and opportunities in and processes involved in designing, conducting, and interpreting the era of new media. communication research. This course will focus on a range of communication research techniques, with special emphasis on statistical concepts and basic statistical methods.

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COMP1003 COMPUTER ORGANISATION COMP2023 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP I (3 units) (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): GCIT1003 IT FOR SUCCESS OF EVERYDAY Course Description: An introduction to the building blocks and LIFE AND WORK, or organisation of modern digital computers. The course answers the GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C question: How does a computer work? Topics include: historical PROGRAMMING, or development of computing and the von Neumann model; data GCIT1023 PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR representation in computer systems; Boolean algebra, digital logic BEGINNERS and its application to understanding Central Processing Unit (CPU) Course Description: This workshop introduces the basic concepts organisation; combinational and sequential circuits; Finite State in network and server administration. Practical, hands-on Machine (FSM); Instruction Set Architecture (ISA); Assembly experience of server administration will be emphasised. Language Programming; other basic modules, such as cache memory, virtual memory, and input/output techniques. COMP3003 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP1003 COMPUTER ORGANISATION Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Students will learn the principles of data Course Description: This course introduces a methodical approach communications, computer networks and network programming. to program development, starting from problem formulation and Topics include: Network hardware and software, Network specification, through design of the solution, implementation, and topologies and categories, Reference models and standards, documentation, to evaluation of the solution. The subject matter is Physical layer: signal analysis, bandwidth and data rate, taught through a high-level structured programming language. At transmission media, encoding, transmission, Data link layer, present, C is used. Network layer, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TCP/IP, Socket programming, Client and Server software. COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS (3 units) COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, (3 units) or Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, GCNU1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C or PROGRAMMING, or GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, or PROGRAMMING, or STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LANGUAGE Course Description: This course introduces how to represent the Course Description: This course develops students’ knowledge of data in a database for a given application and how to manage and data structures and their associated algorithms. It introduces the use a database management system. Topics include: conceptual concepts and techniques of structuring and operating on Abstract modelling of a database, relational data model, relational algebra, Data Types in problem solving. Common sorting, searching and database language SQL, relation database design, and emerging graph algorithms will be discussed, and their complexity studied. XML data models. In addition, hands-on DBMS experience is included. COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (3 units) COMP3023 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces object-oriented Pre-requisite(s): COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURES AND programming concepts, principles, and techniques, including classes, ALGORITHMS, or objects, inheritance, and polymorphism. All these concepts are COMP3143 DATA STRUCTURE (FOR FM illustrated using a contemporary object-oriented programming STUDENTS) language. Upon completion, students should be able to use an Course Description: This course builds on the study of the analysis object-oriented language to develop complex programmes. and implementation of algorithms and data structures (COMP2003). The goal is to introduce a number of important algorithms that are interesting both from a practical and theoretical point of view. Algorithm design paradigms such as divide-and-conquer and dynamic programming will be discussed, and algorithms for sorting, searching, and graph problems, etc. will be developed.

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COMP3033 OPERATING SYSTEMS COMP3073 INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, or or GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C PROGRAMMING, or PROGRAMMING, or COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURES AND PROGRAMMING or ALGORITHMS STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the (FOR STAT STUDENTS) or concepts involved with autonomous robotic systems. The objective COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING of this course is to use a hands-on approach to introduce the basic LANGUAGE concepts in robotics, focusing on mobile robots. Course Description: Introduces the fundamentals of operating system design and implementation. Topics include an overview of COMP3083 NUMERICAL COMPUTATION the components of an operating system, mutual exclusion and (3 units) synchronisation, deadlocks and starvation, implementation of Pre-requisite(s): MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA processes and threads, resource scheduling algorithms, memory Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the management, and file systems. concepts involved with numerical calculations on computing devices. The objective of this course is to discuss and analyse COMP3043 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP II mathematical principles and algorithms used to solve a variety of (1 unit) problems that arise in disciplines such as the natural and social Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, sciences, and engineering. or GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C COMP3103 DESIGN PATTERNS PROGRAMMING (3 units) Course Description: This workshop introduces the latest Pre-requisite(s): COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED multimedia software tools, and advanced network administration. PROGRAMMING Practical, hands-on experience of multimedia software tools and Course Description: This course introduces popular design network administration will be emphasised. patterns that can be used in software development.

COMP3053 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP COMP3123 SOFTWARE TESTING III (3 units) (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): COMP3063 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Pre-requisite(s): COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course teaches students different kinds of SYSTEMS testing strategies and how to develop or evaluate tools to automate Course Description: This workshop introduces the state-of-the-art software testing. technologies in Web applications, and enhances practical, hands-on experience of Web programming. COMP3143 DATA STRUCTURE (FOR FM STUDENTS) (3 units) COMP3063 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Pre-requisite(s): COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING (3 units) LANGUAGE Pre-requisite(s): COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED Course Description: This course aims to develop the students’ PROGRAMMING knowledge in data structures and the associated algorithms; to Course Description: This course discusses the principles and introduce the concepts and techniques of structuring and operating practical aspects of software development. It studies the on Abstract Data Types in problem solving; to discuss common methodology of software development as well as the organisation, sorting, searching and graph algorithms, and to study the planning and management of the development process so that complexity and comparisons among these various techniques. students will appreciate the difficulties involved in a large system development project and the importance of a disciplined approach COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE to the problem. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course introduces object-oriented programming concepts, principles, and techniques using the C++ programming language. Students will learn how to create C++ programmes using control statements, functions, structures, memory management, pointers, classes, inheritance, and polymorphism. Students will also learn how to use tools to edit, compile, debug, and test C++ programmes.

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COMP3163 MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT public cloud services) will be provided. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED COMP3203 INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAMMING (3 units) Course Description: This course is designed to introduce and Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, familiarise participants with programming in the Android or, environment. Students will learn skills for creating and deploying GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C Android applications, with particular emphasis on software PROGRAMMING, or engineering topics including software architecture, software process, STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING usability, and deployment. Hands on experience in the form of (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or exercises are included throughout the course to reinforce material COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED that has been presented in lecture form. PROGRAMMING, or COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING COMP3173 COMPILER CONSTRUCTION LANGUAGE (3 units) Course Description: The course gives an introduction to machine Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, learning and its applications. The aim of the course is to provide the or students the basic ideas and intuition about machine learning GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C algorithms as well as its implementation and application. PROGRAMMING, or COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED COMP4003 THEORY OF COMPUTATION PROGRAMMING or (3 units) STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING Pre-requisite(s): MATH2003 DISCRETE STRUCTURES (FOR STAT STUDENTS) or Course Description: This course aims to introduce the fundamental COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING concepts in theoretical computer science. Topics include LANGUAGE deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, regular Course Description: This course introduces the concepts that languages, context-free languages, Turing machines, Church’s underline most of the programming languages students are likely to thesis, the halting problem, computability, and complexity. Also, encounter, and illustrates those concepts with examples from the formal relationships between machines, languages and various languages. Topics include syntax and semantic analysis, grammars are addressed. bindings, type systems, programming paradigms, control abstraction and flow. COMP4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (COMP) (3 units) COMP3183 FINANCIAL COMPUTING Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Computer Science and Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, Technology Programme or Course Description: Students will undertake an individual project GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical PROGRAMMING, or experience of applying computer systems principles and techniques COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED acquired from the course to the solution of real-life problems. The PROGRAMMING project demands careful planning and creative application of Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the underlying theories and enabling technologies. A thesis and an oral principles of computational finance and financial data analysis. The presentation are required upon successful completion of the project. objective of this course is to explore various relations between This course is open to Computer Science majors only. computer science and finance. COMP4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (COMP) COMP3193 CLOUD COMPUTING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (COMP) Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Computer Science and or Technology Programme GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C Course Description: Students will undertake an individual project PROGRAMMING, or under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical COMP3033 OPERATING SYSTEMS experience of applying computer systems principles and techniques Course Description: This course introduces an overview of the acquired from the course to the solution of real-life problems. The field of Cloud Computing, its enabling technologies, main building project demands careful planning and creative application of blocks of cloud computing systems and its application. This course underlying theories and enabling technologies. A thesis and an oral will cover the topics of cloud infrastructures, virtualization, presentation are required upon successful completion of the project. software defined networks and storage, cloud storage, and This course is open to Computer Science majors only. programming models. Also, hands-on experience through projects utilizing cloud infrastructures (provided by campus datacentres or

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COMP4023 COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY enabling technology, making modern multimedia systems possible, (3 units) data compression algorithms and the international standards of these Pre-requisite(s): None digital media will be discussed. Course Description: This course introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques in computer and network security. Topics COMP4073 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS include basic encryption techniques, cryptographic algorithms, (3 units) authentication and digital signature, public key infrastructure, Pre-requisite(s): None access control, security models, as well as their applications to, for Course Description: This course introduces the needs, key example, IP security, Web security, and trusted operating systems. concepts, and techniques underlying the design and engineering of In addition, it discusses other system and programming related distributed computing systems. The discussions will focus on security issues, including non-malicious errors, computer viruses, communications, synchronisation and concurrency control, process and intrusion detection. management, distributed file services, and case studies. Also included will be an introduction to clustering computing and COMP4033 COMPUTER GRAPHICS parallel algorithms. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURE AND COMP4083 E-TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURES, TOOLS ALGORITHMS, and AND APPLICATIONS MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces graphics hardware Pre-requisite(s): None architectures and systems, 2D geometric primitives, geometric Course Description: This course develops students’ knowledge in Transformations, 3D graphics, 3D object representations, rendering emerging e-technologies, including related architectures, tools, and and implementation algorithms, curves and surfaces, animation, etc. applications. In particular, it introduces the Web from three different aspects: (1) Web as distributed databases; (2) Web as COMP4043 DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE distributed computing platforms; and (3) Web as social networks. It DISCOVERY discusses the use of e-technologies in different application domains, (3 units) including e-business, e-learning, etc. Pre-requisite(s): COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, or COMP4093 INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB EBIS3003 DATABASE MANAGEMENT (3 units) Course Description: This course provides an overview of the Pre-requisite(s): COMP3003 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND concepts and techniques in knowledge discovery and data mining. NETWORKING The students are expected to have some ideas about some basic Course Description: Students will learn the principles of the knowledge discovery and data mining techniques, including Internet and the World Wide Web, and study some applications and classification, clustering, data association and data warehouse. current topics.

COMP4053 DATABASE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION COMP4103 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND (3 units) MACHINE LEARNING Pre-requisite(s): COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT (3 units) SYSTEMS, or Pre-requisite(s): COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT DS2003 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS SYSTEMS Course Description: This course presents the principles and Course Description: This course provides students with an fundamental techniques of artificial intelligence, particularly in the in-depth knowledge of relational database management systems field of machine learning. Students not only learn the fundamentals (DBMS). Topics include data storage, index structures, query and state-of-the-art techniques, but also acquire some practical evaluation, transaction processing, concurrency control, and crash insights into the current development of this field. recovery. In addition, advanced topics such as distributed databases and data warehouses will also be covered. COMP4113 COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION COMP4063 DIGITAL MEDIA COMPUTING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURES AND Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, ALGORITHMS, and or MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C Course Description: This course covers basic concepts in PROGRAMMING, or computer vision and pattern recognition. Topics include image COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED sensing and camera perception, 2D image analysis such as filters, PROGRAMMING edge detection and Hough transform, pattern classification, Course Description: This course introduces the basic properties of physics-based vision, stereo and motion, and solid model different types of digital media in the multimedia systems, namely recognition. It concludes with current trends and challenges in audio, image, and video. As data compression is the most important computer vision and pattern recognition.

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COMP4123 INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND SEARCH COMP4163 NEURAL NETWORKS AND DEEP LEARNING ENGINE (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP3013 DATABASE MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS ALGORITHMS Course Description: This course presents the principles and Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles of applications of Neural Network and Deep Learning, which is a information retrieval and search engines. Advanced models and branch of Artificial Intelligence. This course focuses on the use of techniques in information processing and retrieval will be covered. deep neural network and big data, the applications of which are changing the way we live in our modern world. Students will learn COMP4133 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN about fundamental concepts as well as state-of-the-art tools and (3 units) techniques. Pre-requisite(s): COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING COMP4173 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING Course Description: This course introduces the concepts and (3 units) methods of system analysis and design to students with little or no Pre-requisite(s): MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA, or experience. It provides understanding of the entire process of MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and information system design. Topics include business event analysis, GCNU1003 SPEAKING OF STATISTIC, or use cases, system sequence diagrams, domain modelling and the GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO latest systems development methods, tools and techniques. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Course Description: This course provides fundamentals of digital COMP4143 INTRODUCTION TO WEB INTELLIGENCE images processing including basic image operations in both spatial (3 units) and frequency domains, image restoration, morphological image Pre-requisite(s): None processing, image segmentation and applications, human visual Course Description: This course introduces the fundamental system and colour image processing. concepts and practical applications of contemporary Artificial Intelligence (e.g., incorporating knowledge discovery and data CTV1003 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MEDIA mining, intelligent agents, and social network intelligence) and (3 units) advanced Information Technology (e.g., involving wireless Pre-requisite(s): None networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, and data/knowledge Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to the grids) in the context of Web-empowered systems, environments, structural, historical, and social aspects of electronic media, with a and activities. In addition, it discusses the techniques and issues particular focus on broadcast and new media. It delivers knowledge central to the development of Web Intelligence (WI) computing about the history, role, and change within the television, cable, systems. home video, and satellite industries as well as information about today’s internet and new media technologies. Finally, it will COMP4153 QUANTUM FINANCE AND INTELLIGENT examine the convergence of digital and new media as well as its FINANCIAL TRADING SYSTEMS effect and governance of electronic and new media. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, CTV1013 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AESTHETICS or (3 units) GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C Pre-requisite(s): None PROGRAMMING, or Course Description: The main objective of this introductory course COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED is to enhance awareness of the aesthetic choices made in visual PROGRAMMING, or media production and to explore how the tools and techniques used STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING in its creation can be joined to generate a variety of meanings and (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or messages. The course will involve practicing detailed analysis of COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING the aesthetic choices made in different forms of visual media, with LANGUAGE particular emphasis given to narrative film and television. Some Course Description: With the exponential growth of program practical exercises will also be given to deepen understanding of trading in worldwide financial industry, Quantum Finance and its aesthetic principles. underlying technologies including quantum field theory and chaos theory become one of the hottest topics in the Fintech community. CTV1023 FILM HISTORY Many worldwide financial institutions and fund houses have the (3 units) needs to recruit computer professionals with basic knowledge on Pre-requisite(s): None quantum finance to develop intelligent financial systems. The Course Description: This course aims to help the students establish objective of this course is to teach students the basic knowledge of a general framework to understand the establishment of the film quantum finance and its underlying theories and technologies medium in various countries from its beginnings in the late 19th including quantum field theory, chaos theory and chaotic neural century to the present. While various international developments networks and how to apply these technologies to finance industry to will be explored, the course will focus primarily on developments in develop intelligent financial prediction and trading systems. American and Europe. An overview of film history in China will

- 487 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ also be included. CTV2043 TELEVISION AND CHINESE SOCIETY (3 units) CTV2003 AESTHETICS OF FILM Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course focuses on the study of Chinese Pre-requisite(s): None television and social change, the role of TV in the formation and Course Description: This course aims to introduce the differing maintenance of Chinese cultural identities, and its impact on other perspectives on the cinema through a consideration of the concept media and on the Asian Community. The course explores the of aesthetics. The specific objective of the course is to survey the Chinese TV industry in its socio-historical context, televisual aesthetic elements of moving image production and to demonstrate discourses, and audience reception, as well as in relation with how these elements link together to create differing aesthetic forms. society from late 50’s to the present. Furthermore, the course aims to: enhance student interest in and knowledge about the development and production processes of the CTV2053 VIDEO CINEMATOGRAPHY cinema; offers multiple ways to situate, enlarge, and enrich (3 units) knowledge and experience of film; develops critical thinking as Pre-requisite(s): None students learn about film theory and become more visually literate. Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: 1) To cover the fundamental theory and practice of CTV2013 PRINCIPLES OF PHOTO IMAGING cinematography and lighting for film and video production. (3 units) 2) To introduce basic and advanced digital video cinematography Pre-requisite(s): None techniques for both studio and field. Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: 3) To learn and use the language of cinema and television, such as 1) To foster an appreciation of contemporary photo imaging forms shot sizes, composition, camera movements, audio, and and concepts through a practical, analytical and critical lighting. approach. 4) To work in group project which provides each student with 2) To introduce practical knowledge of photo-imaging and professional team-work skills that can be applied to all aspects techniques of visual presentation along with photographic of the professional world. language and visual theories. 3) To develop students’ knowledge, skills and understanding CTV2063 FILM AND TELEVISION DIRECTING through the making of photographs and digital images that lead (3 units) to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment. Pre-requisite(s): None 4) To develop students’ knowledge, skills and understanding that Course Description: This course aims to continue the exploration lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical of the many expressive combinations possible through the investigations of photography and digital imaging. manipulation of narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound, and the role the director of fiction-based media has in CTV2023 SCRIPTWRITING guiding these choices. This exploration is done primarily in two (3 units) ways: Pre-requisite(s): None 1) The analysis and evaluation of aesthetic choices made by Course Description: This course introduces the creative processes professional directors in existing motion pictures of screenwriting. Through practical exercises and assignments 2) The application of aesthetic understanding in the creation of an students will learn about the art, craft, and business of film and original digital film. The course will also prepare students to television writing, with a primary focus on writing for short films organise and manage the creation of a short narrative digital and writing for television. film.

CTV2033 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS CTV2073 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION (3 units) THEORY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the student to the Pre-requisite(s): None issues and processes involved in designing, conducting, and Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are to interpreting communication research. It will focus on a range of explore a broad spectrum of theoretical development encompassing communication research techniques commonly used in the interpersonal, organisational, and mass communication theories. Humanities and Social Sciences to gather, analyse, and interpret Application of the theories is an important component of the course, data relating to film, television and new media. The class is especially in making the ideas relevant to the context of the designed to help the student understand the benefits and limitations discipline of Cinema and Television within a communication of research. This includes the proper use and interpretation of framework. Equally, application drawing on personal experience is research results. The goal of the course is to educate the student in important in order to provide a foundation to meet the discipline of the benefits and limitations of research used by professionals in the communication. mass media with an emphasis on the film, television, and new media industries. This should allow the student to accurately and appropriately use research to further develop his or her career.

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CTV3003 SOUND RECORDING AND MIXING practice and provide the opportunity for them to work in areas of (3 units) the field outside their specific expertise; to enable students to Pre-requisite(s): None observe, analyse, and comment on the interaction between Course Description: The aim of the course is to train students in theoretical and practical issues of their programme as it is practised; the foundational practices of audio production, familiarise students and to establish connections between practice and the development with the basic elements and stages of audio production, and the of relevant directions. concepts, skills and techniques of audio equipment and systems The internship is intended to provide the opportunity for students to involved in the entire film and/or video production processes. work in various situations in their Programme’s area. The internship During the course, demonstrations, equipment tutorials, hands-on is also intends for students to use the opportunities of their workshops, in-class exercises and projects will be used to enhance placement to broaden their own experience beyond the limitations student learning and acquisition of experience in sound design and of their chosen discipline. production for the film and television industries. CTV3053 ADVANCED FILM SOUND AND MUSIC CTV3013 DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCTION RECORDING AND MIXING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): CTV3003 SOUND RECORDING AND MIXING Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: Course Description: This course will build upon basic sound 1) To examine the development of non-fiction filmmaking by recording and editing skills previously taught. Students will learn comparing current documentaries with those made earlier. about major film composers and matching music to emotional 2) To illustrate how the art has responded to social, political, and content, while listening skills will be sharpened in order to economic realities and to changes in technology and systems of recognize and analyse the techniques used in sound design both in distribution. relation to visual images and to the psychological and metaphorical 3) To familiarise students with the whole process of making a uses of sound. Skills and techniques required for successful documentary film. recording of dialog, Foley, effects, and backgrounds will be taught, 4) To help students gain documentary production experience while students discover the critical importance of dialog editing, working individually and in groups. and creation of sound design elements for film. Students will be encouraged to think critically and creatively as they appreciate the CTV3023 FILM AND VIDEO EDITING crucial importance of good sound for all films, TV, and media. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None CTV3063 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: (3 units) 1) To provide an intensive technical introduction to the tools and Pre-requisite(s): None techniques of the modern editor. Course Description: This course is designed to provide an 2) To introduce the fundamentals of film and video editing and the introduction to the basics of stage acting rooted in Stanislavski, latest advances in electronic video post-production. Michael Chekov, Meyerhold, Grotowski and other great theatre 3) To develop students’ editing eye through extensive lab and performance giants. The course combines the systematic theoretical practical work. knowledge with concrete practical technique. Students will gain basic skills in acting, and will learn working vocabulary and terms CTV3033 ART DIRECTION AND PRODUCTION DESIGN in theatre, film, TV and other art and non-art performing (3 units) circumstances, while studying the basic theoretical literature of the Pre-requisite(s): None discipline. Students will develop an understanding of, and Course Description: This course aims to investigate the essential appreciation for, the craft of acting for above circumstances. roles of the Art Director and Production Designer on a film or Students will discover the person as a performer and gain television production. Students will gain a foundation in aesthetics confidence on stage through theatre games, exercises, monologues, and techniques of the Art Department and how the design of the sets, and scene work. Students will develop the basic skill to work with locations, costumes, and properties all contribute to narrative professional and amateur actors as director. Students will also gain world-building. Alongside the theoretical lessons and surveys of the basic practical techniques of artist collaboration in terms of industry, they will apply this new knowledge and skill-set as organizational and productive skills and communicate via group first-time production designers for a common short film project. exercises, and prepare themselves to further investigate advanced Please note that most assignments will require both visual and knowledge and practical experience in following courses with written materials. While not required, some proficiency in studio different disciplinary concerns. arts and/or knowledge of creative software will be an asset. CTV4003 TELEVISION PROGRAMMING AND CTV3043 CINEMA AND TELEVISION INTERNSHIP PLANNING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Objectives of the internship are to provide a Course Description: This course compares TV programming direct link between the Programme’s core values and the disciplines strategies, practice, sources, and services at local (China), national and methods of practice; to enable students to experience aspects of (Hong Kong) and international levels; network, public, and

- 489 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ independent broadcast and cable operations; audience research; and to compress the movie without sacrificing playback speed and sharp, schedule development. crisp detail, as well as incorporate interactive scripts to set up an The course analyses the management of television within the new interface that controls the movie clips through behaviour and action. information technology environment. Emphasis is focused on the evolution of various programme types, planning of programme CTV4043 FILM MUSIC AND SOUND formats, and creation of programme ideas. It is designed to give (3 units) students an understanding of the contextual factors that affect the Pre-requisite(s): None structures, policies, programming, and management practices of Course Description: The objectives of this course are to enable the various telecommunications industries. students to: The intersections of broadcasting, cable television, information 1) Acquire a comprehensive foundation in sound and music for communication technology will be examined. The function of film. telecommunications in providing new communications products and 2) Develop listening skills in order to recognise and analyse the information services will also be covered. Additionally, techniques used in music composition and sound design in programming strategies, schedule development, and audience relation to visual images. research will be discussed within the parameters of this course. 3) Become familiar with the various types of music, sound effects, silence and dialogue and how it complements the plot in a film. CTV4013 PRODUCTION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT 4) Become conversant enough in music and film terminology in (3 units) order to participate in class discussions. Pre-requisite(s): None 5) Develop an appreciation of the skills required for successful Course Description: This course has two parts. Part 1 examines the creation of music and sound for film. roles and skills of a film producer, categories of productions and analyses the proper procedures for production management from CTV4053 DIGITAL ANIMATION initiation to completion. Part 2 focuses on how media organisations (3 units) and production companies in various scales are managed. Pre-requisite(s): None Topics will include: Course Description: This course introduces the history, language, 1) Challenges media organisations are facing principles, aesthetics and digital tools used in the creation of 2) Techniques and processes used in managing a media company animation within the context of art and design. The class will focus 3) Crisis management on understanding the development of animation, the mechanism of 4) Challenge of working in teams animation, and the techniques of animation sufficient to produce 5) Challenge of the new media projects of merit. Through different styles of animation, the class will explore the CTV4023 HISTORY AND AESTHETICS OF THE foundations of animation history and its characteristics. In addition, CHINESE CINEMA through the use of the 3D software Maya, this course will teach (3 units) students how to complete basic digital animation. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course explores the expressive CTV4063 STUDIES IN HOLLYWOOD CINEMA possibilities of Chinese cinema through the analysis of major (3 units) aesthetic categories of narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, Pre-requisite(s): None editing and sound. The course aims to provide students with the Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: attitudes and skills required to judge and appraise Chinese films and 1) To examine Hollywood as a reference point for all cinemas write about the achievements of major films from an aesthetic and globally and historically; industrial perspective. 2) To explore a set of conventions and practices developed in Hollywood cinema; CTV4033 ON-LINE INTERACTIVE VIDEO 3) To study the Hollywood formula and certain important moments (3 units) in Hollywood cinema and how they relate to American history. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The internet provides wonderful access to CTV4073 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM AND TELEVISION film/video makers of all kinds, enabling them to reach a vast STUDIES potential audience cheaply and easily. This course explores (3 units) concepts and structures of online communication, employing Pre-requisite(s): None interactive digital media. A variety of tools and procedures will be Course Description: Different studies are designed to give students employed. Students will learn the history and aesthetics of online a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the faculty. media and use tools and techniques learned in class to create a Some of the topics of the studies include: visualising stories, digital well-designed, interactive web page to convey their idea and technology and innovation, the musical or the semiotics related to concept as well as produce a high-quality video to be distributed culture studies, entertainment marketing, creative process and across the internet. creativity, gender studies, etc. Topics like HTML, user interface, design, internet history, users’ The aims of this course are: navigation habits, graphic processing, file transfers, internet access, 1) To enhance the knowledge and bring different perspectives on and movie streaming will be covered. Emphases will be put on how the selected topic in TV and Film area.

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2) To compare and analyse the main issues of the selected topic Marginal cinemas such as Singapore and the Philippines; feminist, and subject. diasporic and independent filmmaking may also be included as 3) To develop creativities, analysing abilities, and critical thinking topics. through the topical studies in the film and TV area. The specific objectives of the course are to engage students with this unique cluster of cinemas, particularly their respective CTV4083 HONG KONG AND TAIWANESE CINEMA industrial, directorial and stylistic features, and to develop critical (3 units) thinking skills and attitudes relating to engagement with Asian Pre-requisite(s): None Cinemas. Course Description: This course is designed to investigate histories, aesthetics, genres, directors and modes of production of CTV4123 STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA Hong Kong and Taiwan cinema. Students need to have a basic (3 units) understanding of cinema as an artistic medium as well as a cultural Pre-requisite(s): None product subject to market economy and cultural policy of Course Description: The course centres on various European nation-states. Lectures focus on the idea of cinema as a Cinemas such as France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and never-ending process of struggles among filmmakers, film Russia. Concentration will focus on moments in the history of the languages, the film industry, official cultural agendas, the audiences, European cinema regarded as productive cinematically and and film culture. Each class meeting consists of screening, lectures, theoretically. and discussion. CTV4133 TELEVISION STUDIO PRODUCTION CTV4093 TELEVISION STUDIES (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course introduces basic techniques of Course Description: This course aims to broaden the ability of the multi-camera television studio production. The equipment, student to explain different aspects of television with an emphasis personnel, and their varying roles will be explained. Fundamental on forms of knowledge, audiences and methodologies that comprise aesthetics of shot composition, continuity, shot variation, shot television studies. Students completing this course will acquire arrangement, lighting, sound and music recording, will all be recent and relevant experience of the television environment and the discussed. The satisfaction and ethics of teamwork will be imparted television profession, as well as practical skills relating to television through joint and individual production of various genres of programming. programme in the class.

CTV4103 ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING CTV4143 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM AND TELEVISION (3 units) SUBJECTS Pre-requisite(s): CTV2023 SCRIPTWRITING (3 units) Course Description: This course builds upon the concepts and Pre-requisite(s): None methods presented in CTV2023 (Scriptwriting), as students will Course Description: Different subjects are designed to give explore the challenging process of writing an original feature length students a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the film and TV series. Advanced techniques for creating full-length faculty. Some topics include: corporate video; non-fiction video; drama scripts for movie and television will be introduced and web-series design; etc. practised, and they will better prepare students for future scriptwriting for the Final Year Project, TV and Film Internships, CTV4153 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (CTV) and the transition to professional work. Apart from expanding on (3 units) the process of individual creative writing, we will also explore Pre-requisite(s): CTV4013 PRODUCTION AND MEDIA several other common professional collaborative writing scenarios, MANAGEMENT, and such as writing for another director, a producer, or team writing for CTV2063 FILM AND TELEVISION TV. DIRECTING (for video production), or CTV2033 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CTV4113 STUDIES IN ASIAN CINEMA: INDIA, KOREA, METHODS (for dissertation), or JAPAN CTV4103 ADVANCED SCRIPT WRITING (for (3 units) script writing) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course engages the student in supervised Course Description: The subject matter covered in this course independent research or project work. concerns the major film production centres of Japan, South Korea, The course aims to: and India. The course aims to develop insight into the concept of 1) Develop good media projects, scripts or dissertations under the National Cinema, the contemporary transnational cinema, and the guidance of a supervisor. relationship between cinema and the cultures and societies of South 2) Ensure students possess the knowledge and skills required to and East Asia. The course will also provide students with complete a project independently, but with guidance. knowledge concerning the relation between cinemas in Asia, 3) Provide an opportunity to students working as a team to cinemas of the West, and cinemas within the Asia region, and will enhance their teamwork abilities. consider the related industry of Anime in the Japanese context. 4) Increase creativity and/or research skills by giving students

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more experience in the processes of making a TV or film of broadcasting, cable television, and the internet will be examined. project, dissertation or script. The issues of across different regions, media, and industries operations will be analysed in the course. CTV4163 DIGITAL SPECIAL EFFECTS WORKSHOP (3 units) DS2003 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE SYSTEMS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, behind each process among the spectrum of special effects that are or being practised in the film and video industry. Hands-on experience GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C is provided in workshops in order to assist students in expanding PROGRAMMING, or their visual vocabularies. COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CTV4173 MULTIPLE MEDIA NARRATIVE WRITING Course Description: This course provides data representation in a (3 units) database and practices data management given a real application. Pre-requisite(s): None Topics include: ER model, relational algebra, SQL, advance SQL, Course Description: This course will examine and compare relational database design, XML database model. different media narrative patterns following three interwoven thematic streams. Students will explore creative possibilities of DS2013 DATA PROCESSING WORKSHOP I different media, such as Music Videos, Experimental Film, (1 unit) Animation and Video Games; they will investigate different Pre-requisite(s): None narrative traditions such as Myths, Poetry, Theatre and Dance, in Course Description: This workshop aims to lead students to learn search of semiotic patterns that transcend form; and they will independent design, research, and coding on database development. practise several forms of writing that are useful in the industry, from It will help students understand the concept of applying database to Treatments to Grant Proposals. In the end, they will deepen their solve problems. By building web applications in groups, students reservoir of cultural references and increase their effectiveness in will learn how to cooperate with team members, how to document, developing and presenting creative concepts for a range of media design, develop, and test web applications, and practice cutting edge formats. software development technologies.

CTV4183 ADVANCED DIRECTING DS3003 DATA PROCESSING WORKSHOP II (3 units) (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): CTV2063 FILM AND TELEVISION Pre-requisite(s): DS2003 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE DIRECTING SYSTEMS Course Description: This course will help advance the student’s Course Description: This workshop aims to help students have understanding and appreciation for the craft of acting as a director. some practices in working on big data processing. The course will First, the course will focus on examining the history and theory also give a brief introduction of Hadoop platform and how to use behind various acting methods. Then, students will focus on Hadoop to do big data analytics. The students are expected to have a learning the fundamental skills and concepts related to one of those clear understanding of Hadoop and its application after this course. methods. They will work through a series of exercises – as actors - culminating in the performance of scenes and/or monologues. In the DS3013 DATA PROCESSING WORKSHOP III last part of the course, students will refine their skills in directing (1 unit) actors. Topics covered will include casting, script analysis, actor Pre-requisite(s): DS2003 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE communication, rehearsal strategies and techniques, and working in SYSTEMS, and different genres. This will culminate in the presentation of short, DS3003 DATA PROCESSING WORKSHOP II directed scenes. Course Description: This workshop aims at machine learning with big data. In particular, different machine learning techniques in big CTV4193 ELECTRONIC MEDIA MANAGEMENT data scenario are investigated. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None DS4003 OPTIMISATION METHODS Course Description: This course explores management and (3 units) business operations of television and radio stations at the local, Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, or national and global levels. Electronic Media Management provides MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA, and theories and cases of how television stations operate successfully MATH1073 CALCULUS I within the new information environment. Emphasis is placed on Course Description: This course introduces fundamental theory of management theories, broadcast policy and regulations, optimization methods and algorithms developed for solving various organisational structure, and financial and personnel management. types of optimization problems. It will develop and promote The course will also cover strategic management, marketing and research interest in applying the mathematical results and numerical distribution, human resource management of television and radio techniques of optimization theory to real life problems. stations, and cable systems. It is designed to give students a basic understanding of electronic media management. The intersections

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DS4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (DS) the course is to give the student the basic ideas and intuition behind (3 units) modern machine learning methods as well as a bit more formal Pre-requisite(s): None understanding of how, why, and when they work. Course Description: This course will enable students to demonstrate an integrated understanding of Data Science principles DS4033 TEXT MINING AND ANALYTICS and techniques and gain practical experience of developing and (3 units) applying enabling technologies. Students will undertake an Pre-requisite(s): None individual project under the supervision of a faculty member and Course Description: This course introduces the basic concepts, gain the practical experience of applying computer systems principles, and major techniques in text mining. It apprehends the principles and techniques acquired from the course to the solution value of text mining in a broad spectrum of areas, including of real-life problems. The project demands careful planning and business intelligence, information acquisition, social behaviour creative application of underlying theories and enabling analysis and decision making. It will enable students to discover technologies. A thesis and an oral presentation are required upon interesting patterns, extract useful knowledge, and support decision successful completion of the project. making, with statistical approaches applied to text data.

DS4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (DS) DS4043 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL (3 units) COMPUTING Pre-requisite(s): DS4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (DS) (3 units) Course Description: Students will undertake an individual project Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical Course Description: The course is an introduction to statistical experience of applying computer systems principles and techniques computing taught using R. The aim of this course is to expand acquired from the course to the solution of real-life problems. The students’ statistical toolbox through numerical and simulation project demands careful planning and creative application of methods. Additionally, the course will teach students how to underlying theories and enabling technologies. A thesis and an oral approach statistical problems from a computational perspective. Let presentation are required upon successful completion of the project. students become proficient in everyday computational tasks with This course is the extension of the course COMP3100-Final year datasets of all kinds, skilled in applications of elementary statistical project I. Only those students who are competent in the FYP I will methods, with an emphasis on data exploration and simple graphics. be eligible to take this course. DS4053 INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS DS4013 DATA MINING (FOR DS STUDENTS) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, Course Description: The course is designed to introduce the most or important and basic concepts, methods, and tools used in GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C Bioinformatics which includes an introduction to Bioinformatics, PROGRAMMING, or experience with select bioinformatics tools and databases currently STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING utilized in the life sciences. (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or COMP2013 OBJECT ORIENTED DS4063 SOCIAL COMPUTING PROGRAMMING (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces latest development of Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, knowledge discovery and data mining concepts and emphasizes on or data mining techniques, including data pre-processing, classification, GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C clustering, data association and data warehouse. It can motivate PROGRAMMING, or students to analyse big data with modern software. COMP2013 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, and DS4023 MACHINE LEARNING GCNU1003 SPEAKING OF STATISTIC, or (3 units) GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO Pre-requisite(s): COMP1013 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING, PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS or Course Description: The aim of this course is to introduce the GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C latest development of social computing, emphasize social PROGRAMMING, or computing techniques which include crowdsoursing online, social STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING network analysis and social platforms and motivate students to (FOR STAT STUDENTS), or analyze data containing social interactions. COMP2013 OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, or DS4073 INTRODUCTION TO DATA VISUALISATION COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING (3 units) LANGUAGE Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course will provide an introduction to Course Description: The aim of this course is to teach students Machine Learning and its core models and algorithms. The aim of how to create visualisations that effectively communicate the

- 493 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ meaning behind data to an observer through visual perception. We B2C, B2B, and appreciate the significance of e-commerce as an will learn how a computer displays information using computer integral part of the more encompassing omni-channel business graphics, and how the human perceives that information visually. strategy. Students will also be able to explore many of the issues We will also study the forms of data, including quantitative and and challenges surrounding e-commerce such as cyber security, non-quantitative data, and how they are properly mapped to the anonymity, privacy, intellectual property rights, acceptable use elements of a visualisation to be perceived well by the observer. We policies, and legal liabilities. will briefly overview some design elements for effective visualisation. The course will also cover with the integration of EBIS3033 PROGRAMMING FOR BUSINESS visualisation into database and data-mining systems to provide APPLICATIONS support for decision making, and the effective construction of a (3 units) visualisation dashboard. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course is designed to provide an DS4083 BIG DATA ANALYTICS introduction to programming in business environment. It assumes (3 units) the students with no prior programming experience and using a Pre-requisite(s): COMP2003 DATA STRUCTURE AND simplified learn-by-example approach that stresses top-down design ALGORITHMS, and and modular structured programming. First part of the class will DS2013 DATA PROCESSING WORKSHOP I cover the basic principle of programming in general; Course Description:The course is to introduce the latest language-independent terms, and then discusses how the development of big data analytics and concepts of mining massive programming construct in question is implemented in a specific datasets. It emphasizes big data analytical techniques which include language such as Visual Basic. The second part will emphasise on Finding Similar Items, Mining Data Streams, Link Analysis, building a business application using the Rapid Application Frequent Itemsets, Association rules, Clustering over Massive Development (RAD) tools. Datasets, Advertising on the Web, Recommender Systems, Mining Social-Network Graphs, Dimensionality Reduction, and EBIS3043 IT GOVERNANCE, AUDIT AND CONTROL can motivate students to apply big data analytics in addressing (3 units) problems in real world applications. Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS EBIS3003 DATABASE MANAGEMENT Course Description: IT Governance and policy are concerned (3 units) about two things: IT’s delivery of value to the business and Pre-requisite(s): None establishing quality management of IT. In the course, students will Course Description: This course aims to introduce students with study the role of executive management in managing and governing different types of database management systems (DBMS), the IT as well as issues related to controls and auditing of IT. They will principles and processes of developing database applications using learn specific objectives of IT governance; frameworks that help structured query language (SQL) in business operations, as well as chart a roadmap for this function to support business values, and the management of database environments. The course focuses on tool and techniques that are used in specific areas of IT governance, the fundamentals of data management in organisations, and and policies and performance measure that need to be put in place establishment of concepts and implementation methods for DBMS for effective IT management and governance. This course is aligned applications. with the COBIT control objectives, and provides a fundamental understanding of IT governance, as well as controls and auditing EBIS3013 BUSINESS SYSTEMS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS applications. The course will supplement the academic literature (3 units) with practice oriented contents. Pre-requisite(s): EBIS3003 DATABASE MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course provides students with techniques EBIS3053 E-MARKETING of business systems analysis and design. The course covers all the (3 units) phases of the systems development life cycle: Initiation, Analysis, Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Design, Development, and Implementation. Emphasis is placed on SYSTEMS concepts and techniques required in analysing information systems Course Description: The continuous and rapid introduction of and their logical design, as well as the application of those concepts electronic media, digital technology platforms, data sources, and and techniques in various phases of the life cycle. media consumption devices have significantly changed the way we do marketing campaigns. In view of this challenge, the course is EBIS3023 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE designed to provide students with the knowledge of the fundamental (3 units) and critical impacts of the newly emerging electronic media Pre-requisite(s): None landscape. Prevailing techniques of understanding online consumer Course Description: This course will provide students with an behaviours and the essential steps of planning e-marketing understanding of the tools, skills, business concepts, strategic campaigns (e.g., setting goals and objectives, monitoring and opportunities, and social issues that surround the emergence of analysing campaign performance) are emphasized. Learning in this electronic commerce on the Internet. Students will develop an course will be accomplished through lectures, case studies, in-class understanding of the current practices and opportunities in exercises, group project and presentations. e-commerce, including e-commerce models such as O2O, C2C,

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EBIS3063 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN BUSINESS mobile and social media business applications. It enables students to (3 units) develop mobile and social media applications for business Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION improvement and innovations with features such as location-based SYSTEMS services and community-based recommendation services. Course Description: This course presents general principles and major developments of telecommunications and mobile networked EBIS3103 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS DATA systems in business. Emphasis is placed on applications of ANALYTICS telecommunication technologies, devices and concepts to (3 units) e-commerce and mobile commerce in secured and efficient Pre-requisite(s): None networked business environments. Course Description: This course provides students with a solid understanding of the principles, methods, and technologies for EBIS3073 DECISION SUPPORT AND BUSINESS business analytics to drive business innovations. It places special INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS emphasis on working through applications and examples of (3 units) analytics in the real world, while offering an accessible overview on Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION some of the fundamental techniques in business analytics. SYSTEMS Course Description: This course aims to foster a comprehensive EBIS4003 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS understanding of the basic concepts of data collection, heuristic, and FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES analytical model of the decision support system (DSS)/business (3 units) intelligence (BI) to support management decision-making in a Pre-requisite(s): EBIS3013 BUSINESS SYSTEMS DESIGN AND business environment. Student will learn how to combine these ANALYSIS elements to construct a DSS/expert system (ES) to assist managerial Course Description: This course aims at training and developing decision making and solve unstructured problems. It introduces new the students with the skills to analyse, evaluate and implement MIS dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as neural for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The course will computing and data mining. In addition, the basic concepts of emphasise on data analysis, project management, and system knowledge engineering and the methods of knowledge acquisition evaluation and implementation. Each student is required to will also be studied in this course. participate in the evaluation and implementation of a small computer-based information system. An oral presentation and EBIS3083 E-CUSTOMER BEHAVIOURS AND WEB submission of a written report are expected at the end of the term. ANALYTICS (3 units) EBIS4013 SEMINAR IN E-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (3 units) Course Description: The purpose of this course is to study the Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION overall customer decision-making process by analysing the SYSTEMS customer’s behaviours in an e-commerce environment. Web Course Description: This seminar course emphasises the analytics is for understanding e-customer behaviour through introduction and discussions of the new topics in MIS and analysing the spectrum of data from web sites, social media e-business management with the assistance of faculty experts. It platforms, blogs, RSS feeds, and mobile devices in order to derive aims to equip students in the EBIS programme with both research the most relevant insights from the available data. Major areas literature and practical oriented themes for enhancing the abilities of covered are: the customer behaviour analysis and customer data conducting research, appreciating and understanding of current management and customer knowledge management, customer data information systems and e-business knowledge development, and collection methods, web data collection tools and techniques, working towards individual competency and success. measurement and analysis of customer data, evaluation of online marketing campaigns which enable companies to acquire, convert, EBIS4023 WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT and retain customers. Learning in this course will be accomplished (3 units) through lectures, case studies, in-class exercises, group project and Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION presentations, and research papers. SYSTEMS Course Description: The course aims to introduce the concepts and EBIS3093 DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE techniques for developing a transaction-based web site using AND SOCIAL MEDIA contemporary tools in order to market the products and services of (3 units) organisation. It equips students with the comprehensive practical Pre-requisite(s): EBIS3023 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ability from understanding the organisational requirements to fully Course Description: This course provides an understanding of developing a transaction-based website. contemporary web and mobile applications that enhance the possibilities for social interactions, for exchange of information and EBIS4043 BIG DATA ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS content creation on mobile devices, and the use of these applications (3 units) for business opportunities. It equips students with the knowledge Pre-requisite(s): None and skills for analysis, design, implementation and operation for Course Description: Big data is one of the most important

- 495 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ information technologies that transforms how business is done in and to understand to a certain degree the going debate on these today’s marketplace. Local and global businesses are investing issues. This is a necessary preparation not only for many careers in heavily in using big data analysis and related systems to drive private and public sectors but also for responsible citizenship in substantial enhancement in business models, business processes, modern society. and customer values. This course provides students with a solid understanding of the principles, methods, and technologies for big ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS data management to drive business innovations. It equips students (3 units) with the tools and the practices to design a plan for big data Pre-requisite(s): None management plan and with means to evaluate the proposed Course Description: This course aims first to introduce students solutions to improve business processes. with the basic principles and the main building blocks of microeconomics. The students should appreciate the relevance of EBIS4063 INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT the course materials in real life, and learn to apply them in analysing (3 units) some simple economic problems commonly encountered by Pre-requisite(s): BUS4023 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION individuals and firms. The major topics covered are: the market SYSTEMS forces of demand and supply, and the associated concept of Course Description: This course will provide a comprehensive elasticity; the key role of price in the resource allocation; the introduction and study into a broad selection of contemporary efficiency of, and some possible problem with, the market information security issues, concepts and policies, including the mechanism; the various cost measures for firms; the different forms survey of state-of-the-art technology used to address security of market competition, and the impact on social welfare; and finally, problems. The technical content of the course gives a broad the basic role of government in the economy. overview of essential concepts and methods for providing and evaluating security in information process systems (operating ECON2023 MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS systems and applications, networks, enterprise systems, protocols, (3 units) and so on). In addition to its technical content, the course touches Pre-requisite(s): None on the importance of management and administration, the place Course Description: This course aims to introduce students information security holds in overall business risks, social issues (particularly undergraduate students majoring in economics) to such as individual privacy, and the role of business and public fundamental mathematical methods which are commonly used in policies. economics literature. The course will examine how mathematics is used to analyse economic problems, such as equilibrium models, EBIS4073 E-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND comparative-static models, optimisation, and dynamic models. The INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP course will provide fundamental mathematical preparation for (3 units) further studies in economics. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course aims to provide students an ECON2033 INTRODUCTION TO EMPIRICAL opportunity to gain real-life working experiences in placement ECONOMICS inside business organizations assuming responsibilities as an (3 units) e-business or information technology specialist. Under the guidance Pre-requisite(s): None of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will work as Course Description: Empirical economics incorporates an endless interns and complete work assignments relating to the spectrum of theories and methods to extract information from the organization’s development, management and research activities in data. This course serves as an introduction to applications of the area of e-business and information systems. The internship empirical methods in business and economics. The students will assignment is expected to take 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours become familiar with how to interpret basic descriptive statistics, of lecture at the College. There may or may not be any stipend for probability distributions, point and interval estimations, statistical the internship. In coordination with other members in the business inference, forecasting, and simple linear regression analysis. We organization, the internship also provides an opportunity for will focus on concepts and practice, keeping aside as much of the students to broaden their professional experiences beyond the analytics and the theoretical background of the methods as possible. limitations of their classroom education as well as of their own discipline. Students will be assisted by UIC, but are responsible to ECON2053 ECONOMICS find a suitable professional placement. The host organization will (3 units) nominate a contact person as workplace supervisor for the student Pre-requisite(s): None through the duration of the internship. Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the principles of economics. It intends to equip learners, through ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS various teaching and learning activities and assessment methods, (3 units) with skills and knowledge to apply economic principles in Pre-requisite(s): None contemporary economic issues. This course is also to familiarise Course Description: This course aims to introduce students with students with the main ideas of current economists’ debate and the the main building blocks of macroeconomics, so as for students to functioning of modern macroeconomics. In order to achieve these acquire a basic understanding of how a market economy functions, aims we will study the behaviours of several key variables in to appreciate the critical macroeconomic issues facing the society, macroeconomics: output, unemployment, inflation, consumption

- 496 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ and investment. The main topics to cover throughout the course will ECON3033 HONG KONG ECONOMY include the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model, some notion (3 units) of economic growth and the impact of the different policies that Pre-requisite(s): None governments can put into motion to accommodate the economy to Course Description: This course aims to introduce to students both different shocks, and the suitability of the policies. the state and the running of the Hong Kong economy. It also attempts to show what are the major problems facing Hong Kong’s ECON2063 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS economy and how Hong Kong should deal with these problems. (3 units) Especially, the competition from the Pan‐Pearl River Delta region Pre-requisite(s): None and how Hong Kong’s economy should be integrated into this Course Description: This course aims to introduce to non-business region will be carefully discussed. The course also intends to teach students the essential building blocks of economics, including the students how to apply basic economic theories to the real world basic concepts and theories in both micro- and macro-economics, so analysis of the Hong Kong economy. as for students to acquire a basic understanding of how the economy functions and to appreciate the basic economic issues facing a ECON3043 MONEY AND BANKING society. This is a necessary preparation for many careers, as well as (3 units) for responsible citizenship, in modern society. Pre-requisite(s): ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS ECON3003 INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS Course Description: This course is organised to help student (3 units) understand both the money and financial system and its economics Pre-requisite(s): ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF effects on their lives. The students will learn from this course the MACROECONOMICS five core principles of money and banking, i.e. (1) Time has value; Course Description: This course aims first to take a closer and (2) Risk requires compensation; (3) Information is the basis for more critical look at the main building blocks of macroeconomics decisions; (4) Markets determine prices and allocate resources; and which had been introduced to students in earlier courses, and (5) Stability improves welfare. This course also aims at providing secondly to equip students with some more advanced theories and students with a general understanding of the banking industry and techniques for them to understand and analyse major the importance of an efficient banking industry to the working of a macroeconomic issues facing the society. This course will not only market economy. It examines the structure of the banking industry, impart knowledge required for more specialised courses later in the the role of the central bank, and the basic functions of commercial Applied Economics Programme, but will also provide the banks. This course also discusses the products being offered by the theoretical and technical economic training helpful for students banks and the methods in analysing the performance of a typical aspiring for positions of responsibility in business, government, or commercial bank, as well the credit analysis and credit control of other social organisations. bank customers. Recent developments of banking regulations and capital adequacy will be discussed, particularly the Basel II and the ECON3013 APPLIED ECONOMETRICS CAMELS rating of the U.S. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): Numeracy ECON3053 FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE ECONOMY Course Description: This course aims to give students a basic (3 units) understanding of econometrics and regression analysis. Numerous Pre-requisite(s): None examples will be examined in order to achieve this goal. Emphasis Course Description: This course aims to introduce students with placed on the classical linear regression model, least squares the basic features of the Chinese economic system and its estimation, hypothesis testing, and model building, then finally performance since 1949, with emphasis on its post-1978 reform applying to practical economic problems on forecasting and period. The institutional reforms in various sectors and the gradual analysis. In addition, this course will train students to use computer open-up of the economy will be analysed in detail. After taking this statistical software. course, the students are expected to understand why China was successful in maintaining a high economic growth in the past two ECON3023 ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIES decades and what challenges it will be facing in the future. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ECON3063 INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS Course Description: This course aims to introduce to students a (3 units) general survey of economic development in the Asia Pacific region. Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF It is designed to help students to be familiarised with economic MICROECONOMICS affairs and equip themselves with basic analytical tools for tackling Course Description: This course is more advanced than an economic issues in the region. Socio-economic factors and changes introductory course but less abstract and less technical than a in the global environment that have given rise to the East Asian graduate course. It aims at providing not only necessary tools and miracle and the subsequent financial crisis in 1997 will be carefully theories, serving as a bridge to graduate studies, but also a deeper analysed. Emphasis will be placed on the understanding of understanding of those theories and applications for preparing economic problems in the real world. Interested students from students to take roles of executives in private enterprises, public business, social sciences and journalism should find no difficulty in organisations, economic researchers, analysts, forecasters, business understanding the reference materials. journalists and teachers, who are expected to be equipped with

- 497 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ concrete training in economics. examples of application in economic and financial areas, it also provides the foundation for more advanced economics and finance ECON3073 GAMES AND ECONOMIC DECISIONS studies. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ECON3133 INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the (3 units) field of game theory and strategic thinking. The course will cover Pre-requisite(s): MATH2033 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS topics such as Nash Equilibrium, Mixed Strategies Equilibrium, Course Description: This course aims to give students a basic Bayesian Games, Repeated Games, and Bargaining. The course will understanding of econometrics and regression analysis. Numerous enhance students’ logical thinking skills which will be beneficial for examples will be examined in order to achieve this goal. Emphasis their daily life and their future professional careers. will be placed on the classical linear regression model, least squares estimation, hypothesis testing, and model building, and application ECON3083 MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS II to practical economic problems on forecasting and analysis. In (3 units) addition, this course will train students to use computer statistical Pre-requisite(s): ECON2023 MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS software. Course Description: This course aims to introduce economics students to more advanced mathematical methods which are ECON4003 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS FORECASTING commonly used in economics literature. The topics covered will be (3 units) linear algebra, integration, second-order differential equations, Pre-requisite(s): ECON3013 APPLIED ECONOMETRICS second-order difference equations, calculus of variations, control Course Description: This course aims to introduce quantitative theory, discrete time optimisation, and topology. The course will methods and techniques for time series modelling, analysis, and provide solid mathematical foundations to students for further forecasting of economic and business data. Topics include time studies in economics. series properties of fluctuation, cycle, seasonality, trend, unit roots tests for stationary. Models such as autoregressive and distribution ECON3093 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL lags, moving average and exponential smoothing, ARIMA, ARCH ECONOMICS and GRACH, Transfer Function and Intervention models will be (3 units) discussed with both statistical theory and practical methods of Pre-requisite(s): ECON2053 ECONOMICS model building and analysis. Emphasis will also be put on the Course Description: This course aims to provide an up-to-date applications in economic and business related areas. analytical framework for illustrating current events of international trade and finance and bringing the web excitement of international ECON4013 INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION economics into the classroom. The first half of the course will be (3 units) devoted to understand the classical as well as modern theories of Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF international trade, trade policy and international economic MICROECONOMICS integration. The second half will focus on international finance and Course Description: The objective of this course is to equip macroeconomics of open economy, understanding the difference students with the analytical skills of helping a firm to make an between fixed and flexible exchange rate systems, balance of optimising strategy. Through studying various market structures and payments and international monetary problems. environments, students will learn the firms’ optimal decisions, such as pricing decisions, production decisions, location decisions, ECON3113 LINEAR ALGEBRA FOR ECONOMICS AND merging decisions, and outsourcing decisions, etc. Other than FINANCE studying from the perspectives of firms, students will also learn (3 units) what policies and regulations a government should introduce in Pre-requisite(s): None order to promote competition and increase welfare of the whole Course Description: This course introduces the theory and technics economy. of matrices, vector space, and liner programming, as well as their applications in economic models. After studying this course, ECON4023 LABOUR ECONOMICS students will have a better mastery of knowledge in linear algebra. (3 units) With extensive examples and application in economic and financial Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF areas, it will help them in studying economical and finance courses MICROECONOMICS currently and in the future. Course Description: This course aims to provide an understanding of the labour market in an economy. It seeks to describe, theorise, ECON3123 CALCULUS FOR ECONOMICS AND and analyse the behaviour of the labour market. Issues of FINANCE investment in human capital (education and on-the-job training), (3 units) wage differentials and discrimination are discussed. Applications of Pre-requisite(s): None concepts and theories in the area of human resources and personnel Course Description: This course introduces necessary economics (labour turnover, labour mobility and incentive pay mathematical ideas and techniques in single variable calculus and schemes) are also presented. To enhance the understanding and the their basic applications in economics and finance, so that students application of labour economics theories, training on data analysis can study economics and finance courses smoothly. With extensive and knowledge of analytical tools are provided. This course will

- 498 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ provide the theoretical and technical training in economics helpful training in information economics, a relatively young field of for students aspiring for positions in business, government, or other economics but of increasing importance, to enable them to social organisations. recognise and deal with the commonly encountered informational problems in real practice, a skill more than just helpful in this ECON4033 MONEY AND FINANCE IN CHINA information age for many professional careers. As the course is also (3 units) to show new ways of thinking relevant in many contexts in both Pre-requisite(s): ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF micro-and macroeconomics, students will learn to integrate their MACROECONOMICS knowledge from a new perspective, for enhanced skills in these Course Description: This course aims at fostering an contexts. They will also be exposed to the frontiers of the field, so understanding of the functions and the administration of money and as for them to follow the advances in the field as part of their finance in Mainland China, and their impact on the economy at both life-long learning. the micro and the macro levels. Fiscal, monetary and exchange rate systems will be analysed from optimality as well as policy ECON4073 INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS viewpoints. The developments of the post-1979 and post-1994 (3 units) financial reforms and their policy implications will be emphasised. Pre-requisite(s): ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF Financial relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong will also MACROECONOMICS be investigated. Course Description: The course addresses current issues in open economy macroeconomics and international finance. The goal of ECON4043 PUBLIC FINANCE the course is to familiarise the students with major topics of (3 units) international macroeconomics and apply them to real life. A number Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF of formal models will be presented and their relation with data MICROECONOMICS discussed. Topics include an exchange rate determination and Course Description: This course aims to provide an understanding dynamics, macroeconomic policy under fixed and floating exchange of the public sector in an economy. It seeks to describe, theorise, rate regimes, current account behaviour, exchange rate management and analyse the economics of the public sector. Fiscal objectives, and international policy coordination, and the history of the instruments and constraints, as well as concepts and theories of international monetary system. Special attention is given to the public finance will be discussed, mainly from a positive perspective. international financial architecture. Considerations will also be given to the economic impacts due to political interactions of interest groups. The analytical tools, models ECON4083 INTERNATIONAL TRADE and applications to the real world public sector problems are (3 units) emphasised. This course will provide the theoretical and technical Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF training in economics helpful for students aspiring for positions in MICROECONOMICS business, government, or other social organisations. Course Description: The objective of this course is to train students to use economical analytical frameworks to understand ECON4053 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS international trade: what determines its volume and its pattern. Then, (3 units) through these analyses, students can understand the implications of Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF international trade to an economy: why trade benefits all MICROECONOMICS, and participating economies. Lastly, students can understand the ECON2003 PRINCIPLES OF impacts of different protectionist policies that hinder international MACROECONOMICS trade. Course Description: This course aims to introduce students (particularly undergraduate students majoring in economics) to the ECON4093 URBAN ECONOMICS field of development economics. The course will explore key issues (3 units) in development economics, such as growth theories, roles of Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF technology, urbanisation, human capital, health, roles of MICROECONOMICS government, poverty, income inequality, sustainable development, Course Description: The objective of this course is to introduce and financing for development. The course will put special students to the study of fundamental economic decisions regarding emphasis on the related issues of developing economies and of location and land use. It also aims to develop sound knowledge in under-developed economies. The course will enable students’ to the organisation and development of urban and regional economics. understand the issues of development economics in a In addition, this course will provide students analytical tools for comprehensive manner, and will enable students to actively evaluating economic impacts of urban policies and prepare students participate in the public discussions. To see how the theories are for a successful career in fields such as business location, business employed in real life scenarios, case studies will be employed. strategy, urban and transport planning, housing and community development, and real estate marketing and investment. ECON4063 INFORMATION ECONOMICS (3 units) ECON4103 APPLIED ECONOMICS INTERNSHIP Pre-requisite(s): ECON2013 PRINCIPLES OF (3 units) MICROECONOMICS Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course aims to offer students the basic Course Description: This course aims to provide an opportunity

- 499 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ for students to gain real-life working experience in organizational ENG2053 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING departments related to economics, finance, operations, and data (3 units) analysis. The primary intention of this course is to provide the Pre-requisite(s): None opportunity for students to work in various departments related to Course Description: This course focuses on how to write their discipline including investment analysis, financial risk analysis, persuasively and skilfully, and at the same time how to evaluate and and stockbroking functions. A secondary intention is for students to productively revise and edit written work. This course is an use the internship placement to broaden their own experience intensive, practical examination of ways to write powerful, beyond the limitations of their chosen discipline. Under the audience-driven documents in a variety of business, professional, guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will and technical contexts. Students will also learn how to make work in an organization as interns and complete work assignments effective presentations supported with appropriate documentary and that are primarily related to the students’ discipline. The internship visual aids. assignment is expected to take up no less than 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours of lecture at the College, and it may or may ENG2063 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE not be paid for. Students will be assisted by UIC, but they are (3 units) responsible for finding professional placements. The host Pre-requisite(s): None organization will nominate a contact person for the student for the Course Description: This course seeks to examine a wide variety duration of the internship. of literature for and about children. It hopes to encourage students to identify and articulate currents of thought in the texts they ENG1003 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF encounter, to explore the manner of the expression, and to make LITERATURE comparisons where appropriate. Finally, and to a limited degree, the (3 units) course also endeavours to locate its study within an educational Pre-requisite(s): None context, regarding literature not only as literature but as a medium Course Description: The primary aim of this course is provide of instruction as well. students with critical skills for reading and interpreting literature in English. While providing basic knowledge of literary texts, authors, ENG2083 DISCOURSE AND GRAMMAR and traditions, the course also trains students to be better readers (3 units) and more competent writers. Finally, by gaining perspectives on Pre-requisite(s): None various literary traditions, students will develop global perspectives Course Description: This course aims to develop: an insight into on English speaking cultures. how grammar of English works and how meaning can be shaped by context; an awareness of the grammatical and discoursal features of ENG1013 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF various types of discourse; the skills in analysing texts at the LANGUAGE sentence and discourse level; and the skills in applying grammatical (3 units) understanding to assess the quality of spoken and written texts. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This is a general introductory course to raise ENG2093 THE SHORT STORY students’ awareness of language via the study of various aspects of (3 units) human language, including: sound patterns, word structure, Pre-requisite(s): None sentence patterns, historical changes of language, dialects, language Course Description: The short story offers a basic introduction to families, society and language, language acquisition, writing this important genre of literature. Students focus on the critical systems; introduce students to the concept of language structure, evaluation of representative short stories by diverse authors from and the social and cultural functions of language; prepare students around the world. In doing so, students will be encouraged to for further, detailed research and study (and presentation) in identify and articulate currents of thought in the texts they language or linguistics. encounter, to explore the manner of the expression, and to make comparisons where appropriate. The course will proceed ENG2043 SPEECH AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS chronologically and examine precursors of short fiction and then the (3 units) development of modern and postmodern writing. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course focuses on basic oral ENG2113 PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS communication theory, problems of listening, interviewing, speech (3 units) evaluation, and developing poise and confidence. Students will Pre-requisite(s): None learn effective oral communication skills in a variety of speaking Course Description: This course aims to develop an awareness of situations, such as in small groups and in front of a public audience. how meaning is related to linguistic form and how it is conveyed in At the same time, they will develop argumentative skills by forming context, and to equip students with the discourse-analytic tools and and evaluating persuasive speeches. The course also focuses on the skills for studying how language, both spoken and written, enacts principles of effective listening skills in a variety of speaking social and cultural perspectives and identities. situations in and out of the classroom.

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ENG2123 INTRODUCTION TO CORPUS LINGUISTICS cover areas from the recommended readings below. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ENG2183 ENGLISH PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY Course Description: This course aims: (1) for students to become (3 units) familiar with and be able to use the different kinds of corpora Pre-requisite(s): None currently available; (2) for students to create their own corpora Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to using available software; (3) for students to analyse data using basic concepts in phonetics and phonology, and the sounds and corpus and come up with their own hypotheses from their analysis; sound system of English; develop students’ recognition and and (4) for students to apply the use of corpus in their professional production of the sounds of various English dialects; and develop contexts. their ability to analyse phonological phenomena and phonological structure. ENG2143 NEW MEDIA LITERACIES (3 units) ENG2193 LEXIS AND MORPHOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to develop: an Pre-requisite(s): None interdisciplinary perspective on how various new media, such as the Course Description: This course will allow students to develop internet, multimedia and text messaging, shape our communication awareness of how words are formed, how they cross word class practices and possibilities; the critical skills requisite to analyse and boundaries, how words combine together, how languages lose and reflect on the literacy practices in various types of new media gain words, and how idioms and metaphor are key elements in the discourse, and the creative skills requisite to design multimodal creative and effective production and comprehension of language. forms of new media discourse for effective communication. ENG2203 INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN DRAMA ENG2153 CREATIVE WRITING FOR PUBLICATION (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will require students to read, Course Description: This course will deepen creative writing skills analyse, and perform dramatic works in English. The course will and creative aptitude through the exploration by students of provide an overview of the history of Western drama by examining different genres of fiction and non-fiction writing. Apart from significant works from the Ancient Greeks via the Renaissance and gaining experience and confidence in writing, students will develop Victorian eras, up to the contemporary period. It will explore an appreciation for the ways in which language, identity, and theories and styles of drama and place the specific readings in their personal growth are inter-connected. Above all, students will come social, political, and theoretical contexts. At the same time, it will to understand that writing is a process which comprises revision and introduce basic creative processes associated with the production careful editing. By presenting their work to the class on a regular and performance of plays. basis, speech and presentations skills will be improved. Further, students will learn how to format their work for submission to an ENG2213 INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND LITERATURE agent, editor and/ or publisher. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ENG2163 BRITISH LITERATURE: THE EMPIRE AND Course Description: This course will introduce the study of THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY literature and film in tandem, offering students the opportunity to (3 units) perform close readings of literary texts and their film adaptations, in Pre-requisite(s): None order to explore the similarities and differences between both the Course Description: This course provides an overview of British texts themselves and their corresponding modes of analysis. Textual literature, touching on major themes, texts, and contexts. Students analysis techniques will be enriched by introducing students to will read widely and gain perspectives on the cultural history of several exciting critical approaches, and the novels and films will Britain. Through writing tasks, students will also be asked to reflect not only be placed within contemporary theoretical frameworks, but on the literature they have read as well as explore various ways of also cultural contexts dependent on genre and theme. interpreting literary texts. Instructors must cover areas from the recommended readings below. ENG3003 WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (3 units) ENG2173 AMERICAN LITERATURE: TRADITIONS OF Pre-requisite(s): None DEMOCRACY AND DISSENT Course Description: This course provides an overview of world (3 units) literature in English, touching on major themes, texts, and contexts. Pre-requisite(s): None Students will read widely and gain perspectives on the diverse field Course Description: This course provides an overview of of world literature in English. Through writing tasks, students will American literature, touching on major themes, texts, and contexts. also be asked to reflect on the literature they have read as well as Students will read widely and gain perspectives on the cultural explore various ways of interpreting literary texts. This course will history of America. Through writing tasks, students will also be place particular emphasis on the relationship between literature, the asked to reflect on the literature they have read as well as explore colonial past, and the postcolonial present. the various ways of interpreting literary texts. Instructors should

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ENG3023 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Through short travel narratives, students will also practise the skills (3 units) in story-telling and narration that are necessary to convey adventure Pre-requisite(s): None and sensory impressions while expressing a well-informed respect Course Description: This course aims to: (1) introduce the major for the subject of their stories. concepts and theories in the area of Psycholinguistics; (2) demonstrate the importance of these concepts and theories in ENG3073 LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY developing an understanding of language comprehension, language (3 units) production, and language acquisition; (3) help students develop an Pre-requisite(s): None understanding of the relationship between language and the Course Description: This course explores the interactive processes of the brain and mind. relationship between language and society. It aims to make the students aware that a second language cannot be learned effectively ENG3033 ADVANCED ENGLISH COMPOSITION if the learning is separated from the social background of the target (3 units) language. Though learning about the vocabulary and grammar of a Pre-requisite(s): None language without learning anything at all about its society is in Course Description: This course focuses on developing academic principle possible, social questions are harder to ignore as soon as and professional writing skills through intensive reading, discussion, one starts to consider the language as an object of research. The and writing tasks. Students will write in various modes, developing course focuses on the societal influence on language use and the an awareness of style, diction, and voice in their writing. They will changes in language structure, with a focus on the English language. learn how to write persuasively and skilfully, and at the same time how to evaluate and productively revise and edit written work. ENG3083 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (3 units) ENG3043 RHETORIC, ARGUMENTATION, AND DEBATE Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The course aims to (1) demonstrate Pre-requisite(s): None connections among language and culture, social life, political Course Description: This course focuses on developing academic relations, and personal experience; (2) develop an understanding of and professional writing skills through intensive reading, discussion, different approaches in the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic and writing tasks. Students will write in various modes, developing anthropology; and (3) foster critical perspectives on the status of an awareness of style, diction, and voice in their writing. They will English and other languages in China today. learn how to write persuasively and skilfully, and at the same time how to evaluate and productively revise and edit written work. ENG3093 CONTEMPORARY POETRY (3 units) ENG3053 ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE Pre-requisite(s): ENG1003 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY (3 units) OF LITERATURE Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course introduces students to the new Course Description: The course aims to (1) help students acquire a styles, courses, and poetic imperatives that emerged in the twentieth new perspective on English in its totality, not as the language of a century. The course considers poets individually and as participants few traditional English-speaking countries but as a de facto ‘world in poetic schools and movements. Selections may include English language’, with many ‘old’ and ‘new’ varieties which exhibit their language poetry written anywhere in the world as well as some own linguistic features and functions; (2) enable students to analyse poetry in translation. the linguistic as well as social, political, cultural issues arising from the emergence of English as a world language; and (3) enhance ENG3103 ASIAN DIASPORA IN LITERATURE AND FILM global communicative skills and be able to recognise and (3 units) distinguish common dialects, accents, and other linguistic variations Pre-requisite(s): ENG1003 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY of English. OF LITERATURE Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the ENG3063 TRAVEL WRITING AND THE LANGUAGE OF students to a number of fictional or non-fiction works in English TOURISM produced by the Asian Diaspora in the West. Through these works, (3 units) the students will examine the patterns of human movements and the Pre-requisite(s): None impacts of the two worlds, the world of their origin and that of their Course Description: This course will examine the profound host country, on their self-understanding of themselves and on their relationship between language and the experiences of travel: how understanding of the world around them. The students will also travel narratives create, reinforce and challenge the “truths” about analyse how people in the Diaspora negotiate between the two or places, peoples and cultures. Besides being introduced to different more conflicting worldviews in the process of forming their types of travel writing and the scope of politics in representation, individual or collective identities. The main aim of the course is to students will examine the language used within tourism industries. provide a stimulating and innovative approach to the voices of the They will discover the different ways of and reasons for writing Asians in the West expressed in English. In order to encourage about a journey. Students will also take a few short trips to the cross-media and cross-cultural analysis, the course exposes students Zhuhai and Guangdong area in order to experience an ethnic to selected novels and films, but does not deal specifically with neighbourhood or a cultural milieu that is not familiar to them. filmic or fictional adaptation.

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ENG3123 POSTHUMAN FUTURES: SCIENCE FICTION associated with the production of plays. SINCE 1960 (3 units) ENG3173 CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY AND Pre-requisite(s): None CRITICISM Other Condition(s): LSE Concentration (3 units) Course Description: This course will introduce the genre of Pre-requisite(s): None science fiction by providing an overview of its early roots in Course Description: This course will introduce students to some of popular culture (including its influence on film and comics), before the principal approaches to literary interpretation and critical theory. turning focus to the post-New Wave era of sci-fi, and its impact Students will be expected to read short selections of theoretical texts, upon the Western academy. From canonic works of the 1960s by and to investigate the application of critical approaches to literature. Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin, to lesser-known examples One aim of the course will be to provoke students to engage with from as recently as the last decade, this module seeks to showcase diverse schools of critical theory from the biographical, comparative, the cutting edge of the genre, exploring various subgenres such as and psychoanalytic to Marxist, gender critical, and postcolonial cyberpunk, splatterpunk and slipstream, in order to challenge theories. Students will respond to weekly writing prompts on the preconceived notions of what constitutes modern science fiction. In critical theories and/ or literatures with the objective of producing addition, the course will explore the recent schools of critical reflective, interpretative, creative, and argumentative pieces. thought underpinning science fiction studies, such as posthumanism and transhumanism, in order to build upon existing critical ENG3183 CREATIVE WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE knowledge and further understanding of and engagement with (3 units) contemporary critical discourse. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will develop creative writing ENG3143 ANALYSING MULTIMODAL skills and creative aptitude by allowing students to explore and COMMUNICATION experiment with different genres of writing, within the larger (3 units) context of performance. The course will cover several types of Pre-requisite(s): None performance-oriented writing, such as spoken-word and slam poetry, Course Description: This course aims to: develop an awareness of script-writing for stage and radio, and screenwriting. These various the complexities of contemporary communication, which is modes will offer students the chance to practice composition styles achieved not only through language but through a variety of modes, both individually and collaboratively, as well as develop such as image, sound, posture, gaze, gesture, movement, etc.; and genre-specific knowledges regarding their technical features and equip students with the analytical tools and skills to study how conventions. In addition to in-class critiques and peer-review, meanings are constructed through multiple modes. students will be given the chance to practice and perform for an audience on a regular basis, from which their speech and ENG3153 ENGLISH THROUGH MEDIA presentation skills will also be improved. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ENG3193 WRITING FOR NEW MEDIA Course Description: The course aims to : (1) help students (3 units) improve their English proficiency through media; (2) expose Pre-requisite(s): ENG2053 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL students to different methods of language learning using different WRITING types of media; (3) teach students to think critically about various Course Description: This course focuses on composing new media forms of media in English; and (4) teach students to think critically works using established web-based technologies. Students will about how media represents language and culture. build on the writing skills they have developed in Professional and Technical Writing to produce polished non-fiction works that ENG3163 DRAMATIC WORDS: THEATRE AND communicate effectively online with public audiences. PERFORMANCE (3 units) ENG3203 LANGUAGE AND INTERCULTURAL Pre-requisite(s): None COMMUNICATION Course Description: This course will require students to read, (3 units) analyse, and perform dramatic works in English. The course will Pre-requisite(s): None build on students’ previous knowledge of dramatic form and Course Description: This course aims to develop an understanding performance techniques, to advance knowledge by analysing major of communication practices between people of different cultural genres and generic conventions within the discipline, such as identities and in culturally complex professional contexts; explore comedy, tragedy, realism, theatre of the absurd, etc., in order to the representations of different groups in the media and in further enhance and strengthen students’ drama education and professional discourse; and equip students with the strategies for understanding. The course will examine significant classical and how they may approach intercultural communication in an effective contemporary works from key Western dramatists, comparatively way. read via a particular generic frame. It will explore theories and styles of drama and place the specific readings in their social, political, and theoretical contexts. At the same time, it will develop understanding of creative processes and performance techniques

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ENG3213 LANGUAGE IN BUSINESS AND LEGAL ENG4013 MAJOR AUTHOR STUDY COMMUNICATION (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will focus on a single prominent Other Condition(s): EPC Concentration fiction writer, dramatist, or poet, presenting the work in the author's Course Description: This course aims to introduce a genre-based biographical, historical, and critical contexts. Readings will include approach to analyse and evaluate the language use in professional a representative selection of the author's works plus secondary genres from various business and legal settings, and foster students’ critical and historical materials as appropriate to the author chosen. writing and speaking skills for communicating with specific purposes in business and legal settings. ENG4023 MAJOR GENRE IN LITERATURE (3 units) ENG3223 CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF Pre-requisite(s): None LITERATURE Course Description: This is a focused examination of one (3 units) particular genre and its attendant sub-genres. For example, these Pre-requisite(s): None genres could include magic realism, detective fiction, science Course Description: This course is intended to guide students to fiction, Theatre of the Absurd, or historical fiction. Students are read and interpret literature from a cross-cultural perspective. required to consider the various ways that texts can be understood in Students will be expected to read works from both Chinese and relation to established modes of expression and/or audience Western literary traditions. Readings will be organized around expectations. By examining the defining features of genres and either thematic topics such as literary journeys, death, and romantic sub-genres, students gain valuable knowledge about literary and love or literary genres such as lyric poetry, Bildungsroman, and cultural contexts, while at the same time developing interpretive ghost stories. Chinese texts will be read in English translations and strategies for reading texts in terms of their larger social problems of translation will be addressed when necessary. Students’ significance. performance will be measured through class discussions, group presentations, writing assignments, and a final exam. ENG4063 OFF-CAMPUS INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE (3 units) ENG3233 NONFICTION NARRATIVE WRITING AND Pre-requisite(s): None EDITING Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to explore the fields of Pre-requisite(s): None literature and creative and professional writing through engagement Course Description: This course focuses on nonfiction narrative in carefully designed service learning opportunities in teaching, writing, including literary journalism, travel writing, personal publishing, and professional and technical writing amongst other essays, and other fact-based storytelling. This course is for students fast-growing careers. who are interested in publishing as well as in careers in travel-writing, report writing, and proposal writing ENG4103 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ELLS) (3 units) ENG3243 RESEARCH WRITING Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The Final Year Project (FYP) is a capstone Course Description: This course will offer students the opportunity that brings together academic and professional skills acquired in the to learn and apply research skills to a real-world problem or programme. Under the guidance of a supervisor, the student will challenge culminating in the production of a piece of research identify a suitable research or portfolio topic; find research conforming to rigorous academic and professional standards. The materials; narrow the topic; read, evaluate, and interpret materials; focus of this course is on developing writing and research skills write, edit, and polish, and, finally, document and present the work. simultaneously, allowing students to expand critical thinking while engaging in writing tasks. ENG4113 ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL WRITING (3 units) ENG3253 ADVANCED READING AND WRITING Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The class builds on the skills and the Pre-requisite(s): GCLA1903 ENGLISH I, and knowledge base acquired in Professional and Technical Writing to GCLA1913 ENGLISH II, and further their abilities to analyse and to present in written form GCLA1923 ENGLISH III, and information and concepts to audiences in global business contexts. GCLA1933 ENGLISH IV Students will learn to apply writing techniques and strategies to Course Description: This course focuses on developing academic present information accessibly and will be provided with the skills and professional reading and writing skills at an advanced level to edit their own professional and technical writing as well as those through intensive reading, discussion, and writing tasks. Students of their peers. Students will be invited to consider professional will read from texts across disciplines and write in various modes, writing both as practical discipline and as a scholarly field. developing an awareness of style, diction, and voice in their writing.

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ENG4123 EDITING AND PUBLISHING PRACTICUM I industry, including developments in print and online technology and (3 units) in publishing standards. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course is devoted to the content-related ENG4163 EXPERIENTIAL WRITING aspects of the publication process so as to prepare students to take (3 units) Editing and Publishing Practicum II, which focuses on the Pre-requisite(s): None production-related aspects of the publication process. Herein, the Course Description: The course is intended to engage students students will seek out and assess critically works for publications with the principles and practices of writing about an experience of with the objective of designing a publication in Editing and leadership development (or other relevant experiences) that has Publishing Practicum II. The students will be asked in the process to been gained through community fieldwork (such as voluntary produce original literary and/or non-literary works with the aim of teaching, voluntary performance, etc.) over an extended period. understanding the writing and submission processes from the writer, editor, and publisher’s perspectives. Further, the students will ENV1003 CLIMATE CHANGE demonstrate through a research project their knowledge of the (3 units) publishing industry, including developments in critical and editorial Pre-requisite(s): None assessment tools and in publishing standards. Course Description: This course aims to provide students the fundamental understanding of climate change, which is a complex ENG4133 RESEARCH SKILLS IN LITERARY STUDIES global environmental issue, by explaining the scientific evidence of (3 units) climate change and evaluating the impacts of climate change on the Pre-requisite(s): None natural environment and human societies. Fundamentals of climate Course Description: The course seeks to guide students of change policies and abatement technologies will also be introduced literature in English in the development of the skills needed to and evaluated to widen students’ perspectives in combating this conduct research in literary studies. Students will be given the emergent issue. In addition, through this course students will learn opportunity to adapt these strategies and tools to diverse modes of how to contribute their own effort as a global citizen to solve the verbal and written communication. Students will further be engaged problem together. in scholarly conversations on research in literary studies and on several inter-connected areas including critical theory, literary ENV1013 PLANNING OF ECO-CITY interpretation, research methods, and analytical writing. The course (3 units) presents a solid preparation for those who are about to undertake a Pre-requisite(s): None final year project and for those students wishing, as well, to pursue Course Description: This interdisciplinary course is designed to post-graduate study in a variety of disciplines and/ to enhance their enable students to apprehend the intricate relationships between appreciation of research as a life long endeavour. economic growth, pollution and environmental health. This course also aims to broaden the students’ perspectives on how economics, ENG4143 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (ELLS) cultures, educations, environmental policies and ethics contribute to (3 units) the planning of eco-cities. Case studies will also be used to help Pre-requisite(s): ENG4103 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ELLS) students to analyze and apply the concepts and theories of eco-city. Course Description: Students will complete the project that they Upon completion of the course, students should be able to started in ENG4103 Final Year Project (FYP) I. This project (FYP comprehend the importance of sustainable development and engage II) is geared for the students who have shown the capacity for in innovative thinking on current environmental issues in preparing strong academic or professional work. Students will meet their them to plan and construct eco-cities. supervisor during the semester in order to discuss progress. During the meetings, the students should bring in evidence, documenting ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL progress. At the end of the semester all FYP II students will sit for SCIENCE an oral defense, which will involve a presentation and (3 units) question-and-answer period with at least two faculty members. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course introduces students to the basic ENG4153 EDITING AND PUBLISHING PRACTICUM II principles, concepts, and issues in environmental science, and (3 units) demonstrates to them how environmental issues and resources Pre-requisite(s): ENG4123 EDITING AND PUBLISHING problems are interrelated. Emphasis is given to those topics that PRACTICUM I demonstrate how environmental issues are related to our everyday Course Description: The course will be devoted to the life. Students should be able to understand how human activities production-related aspects of the publication process. Herein, the cause environmental pollution problems, and recognise how modern students will work on the production phase of the publication, environmental technologies could remedy such problems. including the design, layout, and production of a professional quality publication. The students will be asked to conduct ENV3003 RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT smaller-sized projects, using technology in order to diversify their (3 units) knowledge of production-related print and online technology related Pre-requisite(s): None to the publishing industry. Further, students will demonstrate Course Description: This course is designed to help students relate through a research project their knowledge of the publishing scientific principles to the management of natural resources. Topics

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ENV3013 SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL ENV3053 ENVIRONMENTAL NANOTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is designed to provide students Course Description: This course introduces and discusses global with both theory and practice on modern techniques in environmental issues, and examines various approaches in tackling nanotechnology and nanomaterial including synthesis, them by working out sustainable scientific solutions. Specifically, characterisation and application. The course aims to provide good the course (1) develops a broad framework (incorporating scientific, academic foundation in the areas of nanotechnology and social, economic and political factors to analyse and resolve nanomaterial. It intends to give a deep knowledge of fabrication and environmental problems); (2) provides an understanding of the characterisation of nanostructures to meet the emerging demands of importance of the role of science and scientific information in nanotechnology professionals and will prepare the participants for a environmental management; and, (3) discusses the anthropogenic successful career in the nanoscience and nanotechnology. causes of environmental degradation and the way sustainable growth can be brought about by environmental management. It ENV3063 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL examines the framework of environmental planning and GEOLOGY management, and the techniques for tackling environmental (3 units) management; and applies principles of environmental science to Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY help manage the diverse array of environmental problems in Course Description: The course provides students the opportunity different physical, biological and social environments. to learn the geological structure, and the constituent of the Earth relating to its natural processes; help equip students with an ENV3023 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY AND understanding of the interactions between geologic/ecological POLLUTION CONTROL processes and the society, the earth’s dynamic and changing (3 units) environment, the application of geologic information to the entire Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2023 PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY spectrum of interactions between people and the physical Course Description: This course describes the sources, transport, environment; and help students appreciate how geology interacts reactivity and sink of contaminants in the environment, together with major environmental problems facing people and society. with various technology options used for pollution control. It discusses the fundamental principles underlying the origins, effects ENV3073 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC and consequences of pollutants and pollution control which serves INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR as a basis for the study of other environmental subjects such as ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT environmental analysis and environmental management. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None ENV3033 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND Course Description: This course will introduce students to the MONITORING fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with an (3 units) emphasis on how the vector data model is used to assess and Pre-requisite(s): CHEM3013 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS analyse environmental problems. After providing a brief overview Course Description: This course deals with methods and of vector GIS concepts and applications, students will examine techniques used in the analysis of atmospheric, terrestrial and vector data structure, and vector data acquisition, with a focus on aquatic pollutants in the environment. It introduces students to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and database creation, various indicators of environmental quality and pollutant analysis management, and manipulation. In addition, students will learn the and monitoring techniques applicable to water, air and soil samples. basics of geocoding, network application and map construction to Environmental modelling and its application to the evaluation of explore and analyse environmental problems. toxicity are also discussed and covered. ENV4003 GREEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ENV3043 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY LABORATORY (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): BIOL3023 BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY Course Description: Green Business Management examines the LABORATORY role of business in reducing the burden on the natural environment, Course Description: The practical sessions consist of experiments and the impacts on profit and the environment in adopting new that utilise the techniques commonly used in environmental studies. management approaches. The economic growth and the The course illustrates the theoretical background of the subject and environmental impacts, and how to mitigate them, are the major provides students with practical experience in biological and focuses of the course. The contents include the greening of business chemical treatments of waste and microbial conversion of biomass at all stages - from the management, production to product. The

- 506 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ students are introduced to various conflicting ideas regarding atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric chemistry and climate, air economic development and environmental degradation, and whether pollution control philosophies and strategies. the technological advances hold the key to saving the environment. ENV4033 LAND CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION ENV4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ENV) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2023 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY, and Pre-requisite(s): None ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO Course Description: This is a semester long individual project on ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE an interdisciplinary or applied topic related to the field of Course Description: This course aims to provide the students with environmental science, utilising knowledge and skills acquired in a general understanding of the pathways of soil contamination, the this programme and beyond. Assessment is based on a thesis and an most important groups of inorganic and organic chemical oral presentation upon completion of the project. The course guides contaminants, the sources and key properties which affect their fate students in the development of research methodology appropriate to in soils, their availability to plants and their toxicity to humans and the practice of environmental technology and management. The ecosystems. Various forms of land contamination and the various project gives the students opportunity to work on problems of an traditional as well as modern technologies being used to remedy the applied or interdisciplinary nature that has real-world significance. contamination will be discussed. Specifically, the course provides an understanding of how human activities have led to an increase in ENV4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (ENV) the load of contaminants in the land; the pathways of soil (3 units) contamination; and the various physical, chemical and biological Pre-requisite(s): ENV4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ENV) treatment technologies. Other Condition(s): With the approval of the Programme Director Course Description: Please read the course description of ENV4043 SELECTED TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENV4004. This course is for students who wish to carry out more in SCIENCE depth research for their final year projects. To enrol in this course, (3 units) students must have a satisfactory report for ENV4004 and the Pre-requisite(s): ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO approval of the Programme Director. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Course Description: This course provides updated information in ENV4013 INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT recent advances and developments in selected areas in (3 units) environmental science and technology. Pre-requisite(s): ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE ENV4053 WATER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Course Description: This course provides an understanding of (3 units) solid waste problems, waste generation, handling, and treatment Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2023 CONSERVATION ECOLOGY, and with the emphasis on recycling. The course will include the study of ENV2003 INTRODUCTION TO the waste generation scenarios in developed and developing ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE countries with special reference to waste generation in China. It will Course Description: This course aims to equip students with discuss the various waste treatment technologies, their pros and in-depth knowledge in water chemistry and engineering. New cons and the success stories. The emphasis will be on how to reduce technologies associated with wastewater treatment and advanced solid waste and various issues such as producer responsibility, industrial wastewater treatment will be discussed. These topics polluter pays, etc. The resource conservation using the three “R”s include the equilibrium partitioning between organics and and the role it plays in the integrated waste management scenario in-organics in the environment, and their fate in the aquatic system. will be emphasised in order to: (1) to understand the origins of Engineering technologies for the supply of drinking water and waste and the social, political and economic issues involved with wastewater treatment are introduced in this course. waste disposal; (2) to review the waste generation problem and to examine various physical, chemical and biological waste treatment ENV4063 INTRODUCTION TO ISO GENERIC methods; (3) to introduce the various technologies in reducing and MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ISO9001 & ISO14001) reutilising the various types of wastes; and (4) to have a AND AUDITING comprehensive knowledge of the current and projected legislation (3 units) regarding waste and their potential implications. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course gives an introduction in three ENV4023 ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND POLLUTION main areas: ISO9001 standard, ISO14001 standard and auditing. (3 units) ISO9000 and ISO14000 families are among the most widely known Pre-requisite(s): None standards of the International Organisation for Standardization Course Description: This course is devoted to a more in-depth (ISO). They are generic management system standards, which can study of topics in atmospheric chemistry and physics that are be applied to all types and sizes of organisation. ISO9000 family relevant to pollution and the application of this knowledge in has become an international reference for quality management understanding selected major atmospheric pollution problems. requirements in business operation. The ISO14000 family functions These topics include atmospheric photochemistry, chemistry of the as practical tools for any organisation to provide assurance on stratosphere, troposphere and the atmospheric aqueous phase, environmental issues to external stakeholders. Auditing functions as

- 507 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ a management tool for monitoring and verifying the successful business vehicles, intellectual property, franchising, corporate implementation of an organisation’s quality and environmental governance, tax and financial reporting are also covered. policy. In addition to the elaboration of the requirements of the relevant International Standards, case studies will be used to EPIN3043 NEW PRODUCT AND INNOVATION facilitate discussion. MANAGEMENT (3 units) EPIN3003 MANAGING NEW BUSINESS Pre-requisite(s): EPIN3003 MANAGING NEW BUSINESS (3 units) Course Description: The objective of this course is to familiarise Pre-requisite(s): None students with the concepts and practices in the creation, Course Description: You have a business plan—now what? Most development, design, marketing, and launching of new products and businesses fail within the first five years of start-up, and this is not services. The knowledge and skills gained will allow students to due to a lack of effort on the part of the founders. This course will make informed decisions about which new products to make or focus on the issues that founders encounter when they attempt to what services to offer, and what strategies and development implement a business plan and turn an idea or model into a going processes to implement. Identifying opportunities, developing concern. These issues include, but are not limited to: formulating a strategies, and designing processes for the creation of new viable business model, determining location, determining scale and products/services are key responsibilities for both entrepreneurs scope of family business and succession problems, human resources inside and outside successful enterprises. However, developing new management issues specific to new businesses. We will also explore products/services is fraught with several risks, which lead to failures some contemporary and novel issues in new ventures such as the of many products/services introduced into the market. This course is lean start-up method for new businesses. focused on improving the chances of success for new products/services. EPIN3013 ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE (3 units) EPIN3053 LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT Course Description: The primary objectives of this course are to (3 units) (1) understand the concepts, features and institutions involved in Pre-requisite(s): None entrepreneurial finance and private equity markets; the organising Course Description: Logistics was originally a military term. and operating of new venture; and the financial and non-financial Traditionally, logistics means the organised movement of goods, performance measures; (2) evaluate ways ventures can be financed; services, information and people from the point of origin to the (3) value new ventures based on risk assessment, and how the point of consumption. The scope of logistics has been growing financial valuation and deal structure can affect the development of rapidly since the last few decades with the advance of technology. It the business, the management team and the shareholders; and (4) has also been estimated that logistics costs account for one third of develop turnaround and exit strategies. the cost of doing business. Effective logistics management is hence crucial for the success of the company. This course introduces EPIN3023 MARKETING FOR ENTREPRENEURS logistics and distribution management and aims at providing (3 units) students with a full understanding of business logistics management, Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING transport, inventory and distribution systems. MANAGEMENT Course Description: The objective of this course is to introduce EPIN4003 CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP students to the key concepts of marketing with relevant to (3 units) entrepreneurship in the start-ups and growing process of their Pre-requisite(s): EPIN3003 MANAGING NEW BUSINESS enterprises, and their application in contemporary dynamic business Course Description: The purpose of the course is to introduce environment. Focuses are put on marketing strategies, which are students to corporate entrepreneurship principles and concepts. It suitable for small business with limited marketing resources. will prepare students with the capabilities to: 1) Identify and define key concepts in the corporate EPIN3033 ENTREPRENEURIAL DECISIONS AND entrepreneurship area; COMPLIANCE 2) Apply entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an (3 units) organisation; Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I, 3) Develop innovative and entrepreneurial organisations; and 4) Create new venture within the organisation. ACCT2013 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II Course Description: Introduce and develop the quantitative skills EPIN4013 GLOBAL AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP that entrepreneurs will need to reinforce their visceral qualitative (3 units) approaches to decision-making during the venture life-cycle from Pre-requisite(s): None initial development, through organising, operating and survival, to Course Description: There are two main objectives of this course. consolidation. The skills revolve around the financial concepts of The first objective is to introduce students to the concepts and cash, risk and uncertainty, constraints, opportunities and alternatives, practice of taking entrepreneurship global in the emerging markets and performance. In addition, regulatory compliance is essential for as well as in advanced economies. The objective is to explore the legitimate operation of the venture. The laws and regulations on special problems and advantages relevant to startups and

- 508 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ entrepreneurial small and medium firms in a global context. The FIN3003 BANKING AND CREDIT second objective of the course is to heighten students’ awareness of (3 units) the roles that social entrepreneurs can play in the changing Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT economic and social systems. Social entrepreneurs address Course Description: This course aims at providing students with a problems that the government, private sector, and traditional general understanding of the banking industry and the importance of non-profit sector fail to achieve systemic impact. Social innovations an efficient banking industry to the working of a market economy. are new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet the It examines the structure of the banking industry, the role of the social needs of different elements which can be from working central bank, and the basic functions of commercial banks. Recent conditions and education to community development and health — developments of banking regulations and capital adequacy will be they extend and strengthen civil society. The course considers the discussed, particularly the Basel II and the CAMELS rating of the full spectrum of social business models, including strictly non-profit U.S. This course also discusses the products being offered by the organizations, enterprises developing revenue-generating products banks and the methods in analysing the performance of a typical or services for a social goal, and socially responsible for-profit commercial bank, as well the credit analysis and credit control of companies. Students will be introduced to the concept of social bank customers. entrepreneurship while exploring the many mechanisms for and barriers to achieving social impact. The course topics include design FIN3013 CORPORATE FINANCE thinking, strategic planning, project management, teamwork, (3 units) fundraising, marketing, leadership, and project sustainability. The Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT course also requires students to confront issues of power and Course Description: This course addresses the advanced topics in privilege, develop awareness of their strengths, and think about how financial management. It offers students an opportunity to examine these factors combine to achieve impact. the theory of corporate finance and the role in leading practitioners towards sound financial decisions. EPIN4023 ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERNSHIP (3 units) FIN3023 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The objective of this course is to provide Pre-requisite(s): FIN3033 INTRODUCTION TO FUTURES AND students the opportunity to better understand the entrepreneurial OPTIONS MARKETS process. Under the guidance of faculty and business owners, Course Description: This objective of this course is to enable students will be guided to complete a work assignment of no less students to (1) explore various fixed-income securities and the than 150 hours, to be either paid or non-paid to learn successful methods for analysing them; and (2) discuss interest rate related entrepreneurial experiences in preparation for a business plan or to derivative instruments and how to use these contracts to modify the create an enterprise with the potential to grow globally. exposures and enhance the yields of the fixed-income portfolios.

FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FIN3033 INTRODUCTION TO FUTURES AND OPTIONS (3 units) MARKETS Pre-requisite(s): ACCT2003 PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I, (3 units) or Pre-requisite(s): FIN3043 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ACCT2023 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL Course Description: This objective of this course is to enable ACCOUNTING (FOR CCM OR MINOR students to (1) understand the fundamentals of derivatives such as PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS ONLY) or futures, options, etc.; and (2) explore theoretical as well as practical ACCT2033 INTRODUCTION TO aspects of these topics. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (FOR NON-MAJOR STUDENTS) FIN3043 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Course Description: The objective of this course is to enable (3 units) students to (1) understand the fundamental concepts in finance; (2) Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT assess alternative investment possibilities; and (3) evaluate different Course Description: This course examines the investment sources of financing projects. environment in Hong Kong, the basic principles of valuation of financial assets, and the development of portfolio and capital market FIN2013 FINANCIAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT theories. The purpose is to offer students guidance in the ANALYSIS management of financial investments. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None FIN3053 MULTINATIONAL FINANCE Course Description: This course provides students with an (3 units) understanding of basic investment products and financial planning Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, and techniques commonly used today. Various investment products will FIN3033 INTRODUCTION TO FUTURES AND be introduced in this course, such as common stocks, fixed income OPTIONS MARKETS securities, unit trust, derivatives, etc. Particular attention is given to Course Description: This course provides students with knowledge forming a sound and executable financial plan. to understand the international financial environment and to analyse and solve financial problems facing multinational firms. All

- 509 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ traditional areas of corporate finance are approached from the actively manage the financial risks their organisations face. perspective of multinational corporations. FIN4033 SEMINAR IN FINANCE FIN3063 PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): FIN3043 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II Course Description: Under guidance of the instructor, students Course Description: This course is designed to provide students have the opportunity to explore and discuss in this seminar, the with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices latest developments and the major areas of concern in the field of of corporate finance. It aims to enable students to apply financial finance. principles and theories to the understanding of issues and solving problems in real-world settings independently; and to enable FIN4043 BUSINESS VALUATION students to understand the financial decision-making practice of (3 units) corporations under different circumstances and to learn the Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT advanced techniques required for the financial managers. Course Description: The objective of this course is to introduce essential business valuation concepts, and applications techniques FIN3073 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS for students to analyse dynamic business environments of a (3 units) company, interpret companies’ business models and financial Pre-requisite(s): Numeracy statements, translate business logics and assumptions into financial Course Description: Fundamental methods for formulating and forecast, and select appropriate valuation methods to ascertain solving financial models will be developed. Emphasis will be on corporate value. This course aims at helping students to be equipped defining the mathematical structure of problems and on practical with the essential techniques required by financial analysts. computer methods for obtaining model solutions. FIN4053 FINANCIAL MARKETS IN CHINA FIN4003 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course is designed to help the students Course Description: This course focuses on the management of understand the issues faced by firms operating in China, and to deal financial institutions, such as banks, unit trust companies, and with them in an efficient way. It examines the structure of financial insurance companies using the risk management approach. It system, the development of financial market, the regulation of provides students with the knowledge and know-how for them to capital market, the management of financial institutions, and the understand the challenges of globalisation international financial operation of corporations in China. Emphasis is placed on the institutions face. general environment of financial market in China.

FIN4013 FINANCIAL FORECASTING FIN4063 FINANCE INTERNSHIP (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): Numeracy, and Pre-requisite(s): FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FIN2003 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course aims to provide students an Course Description: This course introduces students to investment opportunity to gain real-life working experience related to various forecasting techniques, which include technical analysis and time issues and activities associated with an organization’s finance series methods. Class lectures will focus on the applications of these function or an institution in the financial industry. Under the methods in forecasting stock prices, earnings, dividends, indices, guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will sales and other economic variables. Students’ understanding of the work in an organization as interns and complete work assignments issues arising from practical applications of financial forecasting that are primarily related to the organization’s activities related to will be enhanced by participation in case studies. financial management and/ or operations of a firm in the financial industry. The internship assignment is expected to take up no less FIN4023 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT than 150 hours to complete plus 12 hours of lecture at the College, (3 units) and it may or may not be paid for. The internship also provides an Pre-requisite(s): FIN3033 INTRODUCTION TO FUTURES AND opportunity for students to broaden their own experience beyond the OPTIONS MARKETS limitations of their chosen discipline. Students will be assisted by Course Description: Initially much neglected by non-financial and UIC, but are responsible to find a suitable professional placement. financial institutions, risk management has become an increasingly The host organization will nominate a contact person for the student important area of finance and nowadays attracts widespread for the internship. attention in companies in various business sectors. This course will apply financial risk management methods using concepts from areas FINM2003 THEORY OF FINANCE such as value at risk, derivatives, hedging and financial engineering. (3 units) Some of the markets studied include commodities, stocks, bonds, Pre-requisite(s): None and currencies. Analytical methods to quantity market risks, credit Course Description: The path-breaking advances in finance theory risks as well as operational risks will be covered in this course. This and practice over the past several decades have profoundly changed course aims to train future managers to use the framework to the financial world. These changes are further accelerated by the

- 510 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ extensive globalisation of financial markets and the rapid techniques are increasingly applied to fundamental securities. development in financial technologies in recent years. This course provides an introduction to modern finance theory and its FINM3003 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS I (FOR FM applications within a unified framework. STUDENTS) (3 units) FINM2013 TIME SERIES FOR FINANCE AND Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and MACROECONOMICS MATH1083 CALCULUS II (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to provide students with Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and recent developments in mathematical control theory and its MATH1083 CALCULUS II applications to finance, such as application of stochastic control Course Description: Due to growing importance and relevance of theory in financial economics. In particular, the course addresses a applied time series econometrics in finance and other related fields, large spectrum of problems and techniques. The objective is to the course is designed to help the students to understand the enable student to understand how control theory provides a large set concepts, methods, applications and usefulness of time series of theoretical and computational tools with applications in finance. analysis to various problems relating to finance. Practical examples Other branches of control theory are found to have comparatively from the industry and economy are the hall mark of the course less applications to financial problems and the exchange of ideas combined with laboratory experiments with the latest software and methods have intensified in recent years. This course applications. For practical purposes, the course is extremely useful establishes bridges between these separate fields. for management professionals working in different sectors and in various positions of decisions making. Upon completing this course, FINM3013 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL students should be able to master traditional methods of Time Series DERIVATIVES analysis, intended mainly for working with time series data. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II FINM2023 REGRESSION ANALYSIS (FOR FM Course Description: This course aims to give an introduction to STUDENTS) students on futures, options and other derivative contracts. Class (3 units) lectures will be focused on the theoretical aspects of these topics Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA I and students could gain understanding of some practical issues Course Description: To provide an understanding of the modern relating to these contracts for the market through tutorials and a regression analysis and techniques which are useful in data analysis. term project. Tutorials will highlight and examine the application of Regression analysis is one of the most useful statistical techniques. the knowledge learnt from the lectures. There have been great developments in the past decades such as statistical diagnostics, nonlinear regression, robust regression, FINM3023 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES AND THEIR nonparametric regression etc. With the help of statistical packages DERIVATIVES such as MATLAB or R, students can analyse multivariate data by (3 units) modern regression techniques without any difficulty. Pre-requisite(s): FINM3093 INVESTMENTS Course Description: The aim of this course is to provide students FINM2033 PYTHON FOR FINANCE with an introduction to the techniques of valuation of fixed income (3 units) securities and their derivatives as well as management of fixed Pre-requisite(s): None income investment portfolios. This course focuses on analytic tools Course Description: This course introduces the concepts, used in bond portfolio management and interest rate risk principles and techniques of python programming languages and its management. These tools include yield curve construction, duration potential application to finance industry. Students will learn how to and convexity, and formal term structure models. The course covers write Python programs using control statements, functions, classes, the valuation of a wide variety of fixed income securities and modules. After learning this course, students will know how to edit, derivatives including pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, forwards debug, run Python programs, which is the fundamental skills for and options on fixed income securities, interest-rate swaps, data analytics, algorithm trading, and quantitative finance. floating-rate notes, and mortgages. It also develops tools for valuing and modelling the risk exposures of fixed income securities and FINM2043 FINANCIAL ENGINEERING their derivatives, with the ultimate goal of deploying these (3 units) instruments in a corporate or financial risk management setting. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I Course Description: Financial engineering is the use of FINM3033 RISK MANAGEMENT IN FINANCE sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques to design, price, (3 units) and hedge securities and portfolios. The aim and objective of this Pre-requisite(s): None course is to learn applications of financial engineering, which Course Description: The aims of the course is to deal with the includes development of derivative pricing techniques, use of ways in which financial institutions quantify and manage different derivative securities to reduce or eliminate risk, creation of new risks such as market risk, credit risk, and operational risk, to help financial instruments to meet the changing needs of investors, and students pay special attention to the credit derivatives market and estimation of the risk of complex portfolios. Although traditionally understand current financial crisis by covering various smaller case concerned with derivative securities, financial engineering studies.

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FINM3043 BEHAVIOURAL FINANCE (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for external users in a (3 units) business environment, and management control procedures and Pre-requisite(s): None financial ratios. Course Description: This purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the new field of behavioural finance. Whereas in the past FINM3093 INVESTMENTS it was believed that instances of investor irrationality cancelled (3 units) themselves out rendering markets perfectly efficient, because of Pre-requisite(s): None advances in behavioural finance this view is being increasingly Course Description: This course aims at developing key concepts called into question. New work in this area has major implications in investment theories from the perspective of a portfolio manager for financial decision-makers. rather than an individual investor. The goal of this class is to provide students with a structure for thinking about investment FINM3053 STATISTICS IN FINANCE theories and show them how to address investment problems in a (3 units) systematic manner. It focuses on applications of financial theories Pre-requisite(s): None to investments. Topics include portfolio optimisation and asset Course Description: The purpose of this course is to teach students pricing theories, as well as their applications to problems in with basic statistical techniques for analysing and modelling both contemporary financial practice. The course also explores the financial data and problems. The course provides students with application of various financial instruments in investment tools for measuring financial variables, such as volatility and management and introduces the basic techniques of portfolio correlation, and tools for pricing by constructing financial risk performance evaluation. models based on financial data. The course also involves some risk management and valuation issues in finance. FINM3103 MONEY, BANKING AND FINANCIAL MARKETS FINM3063 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course aims to provide students the Course Description: With the rapid globalisation of the world awareness of how the financial system and its economic effect on economy, the managers of a firm have to understand that their their lives. It intends to equip learners, through various teaching and decisions will be greatly influenced by variables such as exchange learning activities and assessment methods, with skills and rate policies, trade policies, international accounting standards, etc. knowledge to understand financial instruments, financial markets The aims of this course are to provide students with a basic and central bank as well as how they work in an economy. knowledge of how international financial markets work; to provide students with an understanding of exchange rates and why currency FINM3113 FINANCIAL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP values fluctuate, the international monetary system; balance of (3 units) payments; parity conditions; foreign exchange rate determination Pre-requisite(s): None and forecasting; derivatives; to explore methods used to manage Course Description: This course introduces how to use python risk in the global markets; to support student learning through site programming language to do data collection, storage, analysis and visits financial centres; and to provide an in-depth understanding of visualization. After studying this course, students will learn how to the process and techniques used in making international investment crawl data from the web, store data into database, perform statistical decisions. analysis, and visualize the result. Equipped with these skills, students can further analyse finance data, make predictions and do FINM3073 CORPORATE VALUATION back testing. To take this course, students are required to have some (3 units) basic background in computer programming. Pre-requisite(s): ECON2053 ECONOMICS Course Description: This course aims to teach students different FINM4003 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS II (FOR FM valuation methods from both a conceptual and practical framework. STUDENTS) The approach combines both accounting and finance into a practical (3 units) framework for valuing firms, debt and equity. Although there will Pre-requisite(s): FINM3003 FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS I be some new finance theories introduced in this course, the (FOR FM STUDENTS) emphasis is on the practical application and integration of finance Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an and accounting concepts to valuing companies. understanding of basic results in martingale theory, familiarise them with the different martingales in different financial markets, so that FINM3083 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL they will know how to apply various martingales to price ACCOUNTING derivatives such as options. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None FINM4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (FM) Course Description: This course provides students with an (3 units) overview of the fundamental concepts and principles of accounting; Pre-requisite(s): None equip them with technical knowledge in processing, preparing and Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing reporting accounting information in accordance with GAAP Course Description: The aim of the final-year project is to enable

- 512 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ students to go through an independent learning experience, giving FINM4043 EXOTIC OPTIONS AND STRUCTURED them a chance to develop skills, including the use of online and PRODUCTS offline materials, the logical development of scientific arguments, (3 units) thesis writing skills, presentation techniques and time management. Pre-requisite(s): FINM3093 INVESTMENTS Students need to demonstrate an integrated understanding of finance Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an and mathematics through solving real-life problems. introduction to the major structured products, their design, pricing and their uses and risks. The key features of each exotic option that FINM4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (FM) can be used to develop such structured products will also be covered. (3 units) The course will discuss the process of Financial Engineering in the Pre-requisite(s): FINM4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (FM) construction of these financial instruments by using the building Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing blocks of bonds, forwards, swaps and standard options and exotic Course Description: This is an advanced individual project on an options. Emphasis will be on the Equity-linked, FX-linked and interdisciplinary and applied topic related to the field of financial Interest-rate linked structured products. mathematics for utilizing theories, knowledge and skills acquired in the program. The course is to guide students in developing FOOD2003 INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SCIENCE appropriate research methodology to solve or study a problem of (3 units) financial mathematics with real-world significant. This course is Pre-requisite(s): None open to Financial Mathematics students only. Course Description: This course provides students with an overview of the scientific principles and current status of FINM4013 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL technology related to food and food products. The contents will ALGORITHMS include an overview of food components, food additives, diet, food (3 units) safety and health. Pre-requisite(s): COMP3143 DATA STRUCTURE (FOR FM STUDENTS) FOOD2013 FOOD CHEMISTRY Course Description: The primary objective of this course is to (3 units) introduce the topic of algorithms as a precise mathematical concept, Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY and study how to design algorithms, establish their correctness, Course Description: This course is designed to provide students study their efficiency and memory needs. The course consists of a with basic understanding of the chemistry of major and minor financial modelling component in addition to the design of various components in food systems, so that students can describe the algorithms. relationship of these components to food stability in terms of degradative reactions and processing. FINM4023 INVESTMENT BANKING (3 units) FOOD3003 FOOD ANALYSIS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to the Pre-requisite(s): CHEM2003 GENERAL CHEMISTRY business of investment banking, including IPO, mergers and Course Description: This course intends to introduce students to acquisitions, asset liability management, and new financial services; the key concepts in professional food analysis in an industrial and financial institutions from the perspectives of both the context, so that students can discuss the choice of analytical consumer and the financial institution manager, including methods specific to a product and be able to interpret and analyse commercial banking, and investment banking. The student will results. This course provides students with the concept and scope of become familiar with the financial services offered to the public and food analysis, the basic principles and applications of major also with the financial, operational, and organisational aspects of the analytical techniques, and the steps involved in the analysis of food institution. components.

FINM4033 FINANCIAL MODELLING FOOD3013 NUTRITION (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY Course Description: This course aims to help students learn the Course Description: The way in which nutrients are taken and essential knowledge of using Excel spreadsheet functions and some metabolised is essential for a balanced or healthy diet and the software as decision-making tools for formulating suitable solutions maintenance of optimal fitness. In this course, scientific knowledge to solve real-world financial and economic problems in the financial and interpretation on nutrition and metabolism are expounded on to industry, and gain hands-on experience and professional skills of enable students to understand and evaluate advances in nutrition and using Excel worksheet functions, pivot table, charts and VBA health sciences. This course provides students in some detail, the macros (Visual Basic Applications) for the practical implementation structure and function of nutrients, the outline of the relationship of financial models. It covers standard financial models in the areas between food intake and energy expenditure, understanding of the of corporate finance, financial statement simulation, portfolio factors that influence people’s choice of foods, the various problems, option, portfolio insurance, duration, and immunisation. metabolic pathways in nutrient metabolism and how they are regulated and integrated, the scientific evidences of proper nutrition to better health and extended longevity.

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FOOD3023 FOOD TOXICOLOGY FOOD3063 FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY, and Pre-requisite(s): None BIOL2033 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY Course Description: This course intends to provide students with a Course Description: Toxic dietary components, microbial toxins basic knowledge about food processing systems and their and food pathogens are the predominant causes of morbidity and engineering principles relevant to the food industry, so that students mortality associated with foods. In this course the hazardous can comprehend the scope and complexity of food engineering and substances associated with food in general will be outlined and their food processing systems, and are able to work and communicate effects on food reviewed. The beneficial use of micro-organisms effectively with specialists in the area. will also be considered. This course provides students with some basic coverage of the principles of toxicology relevant to food FOOD3073 FOOD SCIENCE LABORATORY science and nutrition, information on microbial use and hazards (3 units) associated with food, awareness of food contaminants, such as Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2013 GENERAL BIOLOGY AND pesticides, antibiotic residues etc. CHEMISTRY LABORATORY Course Description: This is a laboratory-based course. The FOOD3033 CHEMICAL AND FOOD ANALYSIS purpose is to introduce students to some basic food science LABORATORY experiments, skills and practices, and allow them to have some (3 units) hands-on experience in the basic techniques of experimental, Pre-requisite(s): None analytical and practical procedures in food chemical analysis, Course Description: The practical sessions consist of experiments nutrient analysis and the handling of food. This course provides and techniques commonly used in chemical and food analysis. students with some practical and basic experiences in food Students will be given hands-on experience in chemical analysis chemistry and analysis of food and nutrients, some hands-on and food analysis. Various types of instruments and equipment used experience in the making of food and food analytical techniques, in chemical and food analysis will be demonstrated. This course introduction of some commonly used food chemical analytical provides students with the basic principles and techniques for instruments, procedures and practices. sampling and sample treatment; training in analytical techniques, including physical, chemical and biological techniques, for food FOOD4003 FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY investigations; hands-on experience in management techniques for MANAGEMENT SYSTEM conducting and evaluating a project on food analysis; practical (3 units) experience in treatment methods for removal of environmental Pre-requisite(s): FOOD3023 FOOD TOXICOLOGY contaminants related to the production and processing of food. Course Description: This course covers topics related to food safety, food standards, food plant and food retail sanitation, food FOOD3043 LIFE CYCLE NUTRITION and health related advertisement, regulations and laws etc. (3 units) Emphasis will be placed on explaining and outlining the legal rules Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2003 GENERAL BIOLOGY involved in the production, manufacturing, processing and trading Course Description: This course provides students with the outline of food products, consumer protection regulations and the proper of the major physiological changes, nutritional needs and labelling of food products. This course provides students with the nutrition-related issues throughout the life cycle. It enables the knowledge to collate objective and scientific data to provide students to apply basic principles of nutrition to nutrition-related law-makers to draft regulations, legislation and laws dealing with problems that would occur in different stages of life cycle, and help consumer protection, composition of food, prevention of harmful them to describe possible interventions in different nutrition related effects of food and controlling food safety; the basic legal problems throughout the life cycle. requirements and the methods of food safety control that are of importance and use to food producers, manufacturers, retailers and FOOD3053 FOOD MATERIALS SCIENCE government and to develop international trade harmony and (3 units) standards. Pre-requisite(s): FOOD2003 INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SCIENCE FOOD4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (FOOD) Course Description: This course intends to familiarise students (3 units) with the basics about food materials and also to introduce students Pre-requisite(s): None to the basic principles of food processing and preservation so that Course Description: A semester individual project on a topic students can comprehend the scope and complexity of food related to the field of food science utilizing skills and knowledge materials and be able to communicate effectively with specialists in acquired in this programme. Each student has to perform a literature food manufacturing industry. This course provides students with the review or a research project and write a dissertation of about 5,000 fundamentals of food materials, techniques in food material words. This course enables students to go through an independent handling, structuring operation, the compositional standards of food learning experience; and gives students a chance to develop skills, products, and the basic principles relevant to polyphasic food including the use of on-line and off-line materials, the logical systems. development of scientific arguments, thesis writing skills, presentation techniques and time management.

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FOOD4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (FOOD) resources and the need to use modern technology and environmental (3 units) means to control food-derived pollution will be emphasised. This Pre-requisite(s): Not less than Grade B of FOOD4004 FINAL course allows students to understand the problems associated with YEAR PROJECT I (FOOD) food waste and pollution; and informs students the modern methods Course Description: This course allows students to carry out more to reduce food waste and how to counter food waste pollution. in-depth research for their Final Year Project. Students interested to enrol in this course need to achieve grade B or above in FOOD4004 FOOD4063 FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT and obtain permission from the Program Director. They should (3 units) register the Final Year Project II as a major elective during the Pre-requisite(s): FOOD2013 FOOD CHEMISTRY online course selection. Course Description: This is an integrated course with practical approach that introduces students to the fundamentals of food FOOD4013 MEAT AND DAIRY SCIENCE product development. The application of food science in developing (3 units) new and improving existing food products that meet the changing Pre-requisite(s): None consumer preferences will be emphasised. The need for new Course Description: This course outlines the science and product launches to remain competitive for food manufacturers and technology of meat (beef) and dairy products. The importance of the product development process from concept to marketplace that meat’s contribution to a healthy, contemporary diet is emphasised. is responsive to the societal needs will be discussed. An overview of Various other meat products (e.g. from pig, lamb and chicken) and new food product trends, raw materials and technology will be their related processing techniques are also discussed. presented. Students will also be afforded the opportunity to hands-on practices in food formulation to enrich and enhance their FOOD4023 FUNCTIONAL FOODS understanding in the principle of new food product design and (3 units) development. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course explores nutritional enhancement FOOD4073 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SCIENCE with respect to foods or dietary components that provide health (3 units) benefits beyond basic nutrition or deliver specific physiological Pre-requisite(s): None benefits to health and/or reduce the risk of diseases. Categories and Course Description: This course outlines the science of fruits and examples of functional foods, the scientific basis to support claims vegetables and their products. The importance of fruits and for functional components and the link between functional foods vegetables to a healthy, contemporary diet is emphasised. The with balanced diet and diseases will be explored. Continuous production, post-harvest physiology and quality deterioration of consumer demands and the response of the food industry will be fruits and vegetables will also be discussed. analysed and discussed. This course provides students with the concept, scope and chemistry of functional foods; the highlight of FOOD4083 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN functional foods in the food industry; and the impact on the PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND development of new functional food products. PHARMACOLOGY (3 units) FOOD4033 GRAIN AND CEREAL SCIENCE Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY, and (3 units) BIOL2073 PHYSIOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is to present a compendium of Course Description: This course outlines the basic properties of human diseases relevant to the nutrition and health professional. cereals and other grains used as food or other products. The Students will learn physiological and biochemical mechanisms of importance of cereal grains in the food industry. The importance of disease development, including the incidence and prevalence of cereal in human health and nutrition will also be stressed. diseases. The fundamental principles of pharmacology will be introduced and drugs used to treat diseases that affect various FOOD4043 FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY organs of the body will be examined. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None FOOD4093 NUTRITION AND DISEASE PREVENTION Course Description: This course reviews traditional and current (3 units) biotechnological applications and developments. Topics include Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY traditional food biotechnology (such as western and oriental Course Description: This course helps students to appreciate and fermentation technology) and modern biotechnology (such as understand the close relationship between nutrition and chronic genetically engineered foods). disease prevention. Students will gain the knowledge of the factors that contribute to the onset and progression of several chronic FOOD4053 FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT diseases, and the reasons of prescribing the various diets and (3 units) nutritional regimen for preventing and improving these chronic Pre-requisite(s): None diseases. Course Description: This course focuses on an in-depth analysis of waste created by the food industry and consumers. The importance for reducing the production of food waste to conserve natural

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FOOD4103 NUTRITION IN MEDICAL THERAPY CHI1053 UNIVERSITY CHINESE (MORALITY AND (3 units) FOUNDATIONS OF LAW) Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2063 BIOCHEMISTRY and (3 units) BIOL2073 PHYSIOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is to help students to understand Course Description: This course centres on the core value of and utilise the knowledge of nutritional care as adjunct therapy to Chinese socialism, together with instructing the wide range of medical, surgical and pharmacological therapy; to understand the classic works in Chinese literature, philosophy, and culture. The common laboratory tests, interpretation of test data and collection of objectives of the course will be two folds. On the one hand, it aims pertinent data for assessing nutritional needs of patients; to integrate to resolve a variety of problems relevant to students’ political and medical biochemical, dietary and lifestyle information to provide ideological education during their formative years, promoting the dietary advices for various medical and health conditions. dissemination of Chinese patriotism and implementing Marxism education on students’ view of life, value and ethics, and world FOOD4113 FOOD MICROBIOLOGY AND FOOD SAFETY outlook. In the meantime, the course is seeking to direct students to LABORATORY explore the truth and improve their comprehensive understandings (3 units) of the world, society, and individual life, to eventually achieve the Pre-requisite(s): BIOL2013 GENERAL BIOLOGY AND goal of self-cultivation in ethics and thought. CHEMISTRY LABORATORY, and FOOD3073 FOOD SCIENCE LABORATORY CHI1063 CHINESE CULTURE AND MODERN CHINA Course Description: In addition to the trainings in BIOL2013 (3 units) General Biology and Chemistry Laboratory and FOOD3073 Food Pre-requisite(s): None Science Laboratory, this course provides on-hand experience in Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are to traditional and modern biotechnological methods used in food help students understand the modern Chinese history, and cultivate science, especially for food safety purpose. Students will learn to their patriotic feelings and sense of historical mission through perform experimental techniques for manipulating microorganisms. in-depth study of modern Chinese history, focusing on topics such Methods used to detect toxicants in modify food and food products as Pre-modern Chinese material and spiritual life, revolution and will also be introduced. reform, how Marxism and Chinese Communist Party developed in China, as well as reform and opening up, etc. FOOD4123 FOOD PACKAGING (3 units) CHI1073 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY AND Pre-requisite(s): None THOUGHTS (THEORIES) Course Description: This course covers the important aspects of (3 units) packaging technology and packaging materials. Packaging materials Pre-requisite(s): None and their effects and interactions with the packed foods and the Course Description: The aims and objectives are to make students environment will be discussed. The important methods for the accurately grasp the theories developed during the process of packaging of fresh and processed foods will be emphasised. The sinicization of Marxism; comprehensively recognize the historical food safety standards related to food packaging will also be progress, historical innovation, and historical achievement of introduced. people’s revolution, construction, and reformation led by Chinese Communist Party; be completely aware of the basic theories, FOOD4133 WINE AND CHEESE SCIENCE fundamental policies, and general plans insisted by Chinese (3 units) Communist Party in the new era; have a more complete recognition Pre-requisite(s): None of contemporary Chinese society, and cultivate the ability of Course Description: Wine and cheese are both made through analysing and solving problems. fermentation; and are important in western food culture. Sensory evaluation plays a key role in food quality assessment. The course CHI1083 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY AND intends to focus on the principles and techniques of wine and cheese THOUGHTS (SOCIAL PRACTICE) production, the design and practices of food sensory experiments. In (0 unit) addition, this course provides students with multiple opportunities Pre-requisite(s): None of sensory evaluation practices on a range of wine and cheese Course Description: The aims and objectives are to make students products. accurately grasp the theories developed during the process of sinicization of Marxism; comprehensively recognize the historical FOOD4143 NUTRITION IN PRACTICE progress, historical innovation, and historical achievement of (3 units) people’s revolution, construction, and reformation led by Chinese Pre-requisite(s): FOOD3013 NUTRITION Communist Party; be completely aware of the basic theories, Course Description: This course provides students with advanced fundamental policies, and general plans insisted by Chinese concepts in nutrition and contemporary health issues, and let Communist Party in the new era; have a more complete recognition students be more knowledgeable about the application of nutrition of contemporary Chinese society, and cultivate the ability of into practice effectively, such as at individual levels, school, elderly analysing and solving problems. cared homes. Key recommendations for the development of menu planning and menu assessment are covered.

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CHI1093 CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND CHINA GCLA1903 ENGLISH I (0 unit) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will be based on the “Situations Course Description: The course involves instruction of English as of Higher Education and Policy Education and Teaching” issued by both an academic subject and a foreign/second language. The the Ministry of Education, focusing on topics such as the course focuses on fundamental language skills that are related to characteristics of current international and domestic situation, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It is also designed to higher education reformation, and university growth. We will enable students to study their major courses more effectively by introduce current hot events in politics, economics, culture, science focusing on the basic language and thinking skills of academic and technology, education, legal system, art, diplomacy, military, reading and writing. and academic research at home and abroad, and introduce analysis on the causes, changes, and effects of these events. This course will GCLA1913 ENGLISH II take the form of lecture series. The aims and objectives of this (3 units) course are to improve students' analytical and reasoning skills, as Pre-requisite(s): None well as their international vision, and to cultivate outstanding talents Course Description: Course objectives are aimed at further for comprehensive development. developing and improving the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening to a level appropriate for university GCIT1003 IT FOR SUCCESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND study. This course builds on the skills taught in English I by taking WORK the sentence writing skills from that course and developing them (3 units) into academic style paragraphs using different patterns of Pre-requisite(s): None organisation. The course will broaden student awareness of reading Course Description: This course introduces students to the for academic purpose by instructing how to interpret different fundamental concepts of Information Technology (IT), and textual styles. develops students’ confidence in using computers and computer applications. Useful and practical course contents are selected for GCLA1923 ENGLISH III learning how to be a competitive person in this information era. (3 units) Students are introduced to the background of Computer Science, Pre-requisite(s): None and the modern IT sector. Some of the major IT organisations are Course Description: The course involves a careful instruction of introduced, and current IT issues and questions are discussed. The English as both an academic subject and a second language. basic architecture and design of a computer is explained. Software Students will be able to respond to and convey ideas in areas of applications useful for students of all majors are introduced. speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Speaking will focus on articulation and target language. Patterns of organization will be GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C PROGRAMMING stressed in speaking and writing. Specific grammar and vocabulary (3 units) will be addressed within essays. Reading and listening material will Pre-requisite(s): None be accessed primarily from electronic resources and the library in Course Description: This course provides students with basic order to facilitate comprehension of academic sources. knowledge of computer-oriented problem solving methodologies, algorithm development, structured programming concepts and GCLA1933 ENGLISH IV design techniques, and implementation tools that facilitate (3 units) debugging and testing. In particular, structured programming skills Pre-requisite(s): None will be illustrated with a contemporary programming language. Course Description: This course prepares students for communicating in an academic environment. Major topics of this GCIT1023 PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR BEGINNERS course include research activities which will enable students to find (3 units) appropriate academic sources about the topics being studied and use Pre-requisite(s): None references to support their writing. Public speaking skills will be Course Description: This course provides students with basic introduced to enhance their spoken language. Reading and listening knowledge of computer-oriented problem modelling and solving material will be accessed primarily from electronic resources and methodologies, algorithm analysis, and structured programming by the library in order to further academic research skills and avoid using Python. Students will learn about the basic concepts of plagiarism. structured programming and how to develop elegant Python programs. Specific topics will include structured programming GCNU1023 MATHEMATICS AROUND US methodology, data types, control structures, functions, and the (3 units) mechanics of running, testing, and debugging. After learning this Pre-requisite(s): None course, students will be able to solve problems, explore real-world Course Description: This course stresses the prevalence, relevance, programming development challenges, and create small yet and practicality of mathematics in the modern society especially in practical python applications. the context of planning and scheduling in management science, and issues concerning social choice and decision-making. Numerous real world examples are discussed. The mathematical techniques involved are taught through hands-on applications.

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GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND issues selected to increase the students’ awareness of ethical issues STATISTICS that corporations and professional managers experience. It is (3 units) designed specifically to educate students regarding the legal and Pre-requisite(s): None social behaviours expected of business people and how these Course Description: This course deals with probability and behaviours set a base for corporate social responsibility. Most statistical methods. To emphasize the basic knowledge of the importantly, this course enables students to understand and apply rigorous frame of statistics. To introduce the mathematical their personal values in making business decisions and to resolve foundation of many basic statistical concepts and methods. Students ethical dilemmas in business situations. As this course introduces are required to solve a variety of problems by using probability and students to an array of principles and new perspectives that will statistics knowledge. encourage critical thinking to contest their pre-existing ideas and beliefs, it will enable them to develop a more global perspective and GCNU1053 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE attain a successful career, either as an employee or as a manager. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None GCVM1033 APPLIED ETHICS IN CULTURE AND Course Description: This is a course about statistical ideas and CREATIVITY their impact on everyday life, public policy, and many different (3 units) fields of study. Descriptive statistics (charts, tables, etc.) and Pre-requisite(s): None inferential statistics are introduced by mainly verbal explanation Course Description: This course is to nurture a greater awareness with minimum mathematical formulation. of ethical concerns as they pertain to a variety of creative practices within a global spectrum of societies and cultures, and to develop an GCNU1063 BUSINESS STATISTICS acute sense of social responsibility in the process of generating (3 units) one’s own creative products. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course provides students with an GDBM1003 BUSINESS AND SOCIETY understanding of fundamental statistical techniques commonly used (3 units) in social science, business, and science today. The emphasis is on Pre-requisite(s): None statistical thinking, concepts and data analysis. Students are Course Description: This course aims to give non-business required to solve a variety of problems using statistical packages. students an understanding of the role that business plays in society as well as providing them with meaningful and real-world-oriented GCVM1003 APPLIED ETHICS IN HUMANITIES AND information about how businesses function and their rights and SOCIAL SCIENCES responsibilities in society. A wide range of business topics will be (3 units) covered to increase the students’ awareness of the role of business Pre-requisite(s): None in society. This course will also help the student understand the Course Description: This course aims to foster lifelong learning, issues that corporations and professional managers experience. As an inquiring spirit and critical perspective on moral beliefs and this course introduces students to an array of principles and new practices, through engaging in debates, studying particular cases perspectives that will encourage critical thinking to contest their and discussing the major ethical and moral arguments as presented pre-existing ideas and beliefs, it will help them throughout their in one or more philosophical and/or religious traditions. Identify careers, either as an employee or as a manager. and reflect on ethical issues, and to critically analyse ethical arguments in an informed and thoughtful way. GDBM1013 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION GCVM1013 APPLIED ETHICS IN SCIENCES AND (3 units) TECHNOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are to Pre-requisite(s): None train up students with the required multiple skills to solve complex Course Description: This course begins with a brief introduction to problems in their work place or in making business decisions ethical theories and principles focusing on some of the issues that through understanding of essential entrepreneurial business are at once universal and timeless. Through discussion, debates, and principles, being aware of and responding to the challenges and studying particular cases (from personal stories, newspapers, rewards from starting new ventures, comprehending the role of magazines and films etc.), it is hoped that students will be able to entrepreneurship and innovation in society, and grasping how reflect critically on real life issues and make their own decisions. entrepreneurship and innovation are important in today’s world – a Ethical issues in selected fields according to the students’ majors world in which unemployment is becoming an issue and the role of will be chosen and students will be encouraged to apply the theories small and medium sized enterprises are driving economies. As this they learn. course introduces students to an array of principles and new perspectives that will encourage critical thinking to contest their GCVM1023 BUSINESS ETHICS pre-existing ideas and beliefs, students will gain multiple skills and (3 units) understanding that will help them throughout their careers, either as Pre-requisite(s): None an employee or as an entrepreneur. Course Description: This course covers a wide range of ethical

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GDFL1003 FRENCH I phonetic system, writing system, basic greetings, sentence (3 units) structures and practical vocabulary that are suitable for beginners Pre-requisite(s): None will be introduced in this course. It also provides opportunities for Course Description: This course is intended for complete students to understand Japanese culture, and to develop the ability beginners in French according to the CEFRL (Common European to communicate in basic Japanese such as introducing oneself, daily Framework of Reference for languages) Level A0 – A1 (Part 1). It expressions, telling the time and the date and talking about one’s aims at developing basic knowledge in the four areas of competence daily life. Students’ active participation in classroom activities is (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and at developing students expected. linguistic, communicative skills and cultural competence in the target language. GDFL1053 RUSSIAN I (3 units) GDFL1013 GERMAN I Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course is an introduction to Russian Pre-requisite(s): None language. Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Course Description: This course is an introduction to German Russian, it aims at building their linguistic and communicative language. Designed for students with no prior knowledge of the skills in the four areas of language learning, i.e., listening, speaking, German language, the course aims at building students’ linguistic reading, and writing. By the end of the course students will be able and communicative skills in the four areas of language learning, i.e. to hold a basic conversation on topics of everyday interest, as well listening, speaking, reading and writing according to CERF A1.1 as discuss subjects such as family, sport, home, work or their (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) as university studies. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing well as to enable students to apply communication strategies in the grammar skills and vocabulary through classroom assignments and target language. Besides, students will gain a brief insight into drills as well as structured exposure to contemporary Russian German culture(s) and develop « cultural literacy » towards the cultural productions. Materials for analysis and discussion include German cultural area at a basic level. short literary texts (adapted for the beginners), films, music videos, and Internet resources such as Russian social media. GDFL1023 KOREAN I (3 units) GDHC1023 MODERN EUROPE Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course is designed for the students who Pre-requisite(s): None do not have any prior knowledge of Korean language. Students are Course Description: This course is designed as an introductory supposed to develop basic skills of language learning. Students will survey of modern European history. It aims at acquainting students learn Hangeul; Korean alphabet and basic sentence structures of with the main developments in the history of Europe from the Korean language. And students will learn practical vocabularies and middle of the eighteenth century to the present. It offers a grammars. Besides, students will learn the oral and written use of comprehensive and a close examination of these developments, the language along with proper consideration of contexts and through a rigorous scrutiny of their origins, character, and evolution. cultures. The course is, thus, an inquiry into the historical origins and evolution of contemporary Europe. As such, it addresses directly the GDFL1033 SPANISH I fifth Programme Intended Learning Outcome of the General (3 units) Education Programme at UIC: the pedagogical objective of Pre-requisite(s): None developing in students the intellectual ability to “use historical and Course Description: This course is an introduction to Spanish cultural perspectives to gain insight into contemporary issues.” language. The aim of this course is to introduce beginners to Spanish language building their linguistic and communicative skills GDHC1033 MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT AND in the four areas of language learning: speaking, reading, writing CULTURE and listening, basic grammar and pronunciation rules; as well as to (3 units) enable them to apply communication strategies in the target Pre-requisite(s): None language. Upon successful completion of this course, students will Course Description: This course is designed as an introduction to attain the lower range of competency within the Common European the history of modern European ideas and culture. It aims at Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) of Spanish acquainting students with the central ideas and movements in Language (A1.1) in the four language skills: reading, writing, European thought and culture from the middle of the eighteenth listening, and speaking. Students will also gain a brief insight into century to the present. It offers a comprehensive and a close Spanish and Latin American cultures and develop “intercultural examination of these ideas and intellectual and cultural movements, literacy” at a basic level. through a rigorous scrutiny of their origins, nature, and evolution. In a similar way to Modern Europe, this course seeks to achieve the GDFL1043 JAPANESE I pedagogical objective of cultivating in students the ability to “use (3 units) historical and cultural perspectives to gain insight into Pre-requisite(s): None contemporary issues.” Course Description: This foundation course is designed for beginners who have never studied Japanese before. The Japanese

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GDHC1043 MODERNISM IN WESTERN CULTURE students with a general knowledge of Buddhist historical (3 units) developments, the life of the Buddha, key concepts and monastic Pre-requisite(s): None practices, so as to lay down a foundation for a better understanding Course Description: Modernism is one of the most significant of the Buddhism in world history. It aims to underline common intellectual and cultural movements in the history of the modern threads of historical facts and movements which unify the Buddhist West. Originating in the second half of the nineteenth century, it world. In addition to chapters from the prescribed textbook, John became a leading mode of Western thinking and artistic expression Strong's Experience of Buddhism will also provide students with in the first half of the twentieth century. To a significant extent, structured access to the foundational texts of this great tradition. Modernism defines Western thought and culture today. This course is designed as an introduction to the intellectual and GDHC1083 WORLD RELIGIONS: ANCIENT cultural history of Modernism. It starts with an historical overview TRADITIONS of European thought around the middle of the nineteenth century. It (3 units) then commences its analysis of Modernism by dissecting the Pre-requisite(s): None critiques of the modern West articulated by two of the leading Course Description: For students of any religion or none, this thinkers of Modernism: the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the survey course, with the focus on classical antiquity, helps them founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud. After that, the course explore the diversity of ancient faiths that influenced East and West: scrutinises the central movements in Modernist painting - from the Egyptian traditions, religions of Mesopotamia and Persia, Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, to Judaism of the biblical period, Greco-Roman beliefs and early Surrealism. This inquiry is followed by a sustained and rigorous Asian traditions. In addition to elaborations on the richness of analysis of Modernism in literature, which explores in depth the history and appreciation of traditional spirituality, this course also ideas and art of Modernism in the three main genres of literature - seeks to introduce a rich variety of topics in the evolution of ancient fiction, poetry, and drama. The course concludes its exploration of empires, founded on the roots of the western civilisation. The Modernism with a reflection on the movement’s historical course is also a secure foundation for further investigation of significance, and on its relevance to the world of the early Classical Studies and Western history. twenty-first century. GDHC1093 WORLD RELIGIONS: EASTERN GDHC1053 THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE: THE TRADITIONS HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF AN ERA (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This survey course invites you to explore the Course Description: This course gives an overview of the most influential faiths in the East with a measure of openness and American Renaissance with emphasis on its history and literature. It empathy: from Hinduism and Sikhism in the Indic cultural analyses the Transcendentalist period, Jacksonian democracy and traditions; to Confucianism and Shinto of the East Asian traditions. the reform movements of the time. With this framework around In addition to elaborations on the richness of history and both the intellectual background and the historical foreground, it appreciation of traditional spirituality, this course also seeks to explores egalitarianism, the divinity in each man, as well as the introduce a rich variety of topics of the living religions in the presence of evil of the human spirit represented by different writers evolution of a global civilisation, founded on the universal values of in the era. peace, solidarity, justice, and liberty. The course is also a secure foundation for further investigation of East Asian culture and South GDHC1063 THE AMERICAN DREAM AND MODERN Asian Studies. SENSIBILITY (3 units) GDHC1133 INDIAN CIVILIZATION AND SOCIETY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The course provides an overview of the Pre-requisite(s): None American Dream in the history of American culture and literature. It Course Description: India, the inheritor of the Indus civilization is traces the trajectory of the Dream and uses it as the central concept, a dynamic sub-continent with diverse cultural, religious and ethnic to analyse the unique ways American writers have adopted to background. This continent has a history of external occupation, represent their major concerns in their works, and finally to cultural interaction and exchange over the millenniums by the Vedic compare and contrast it in the works by different writers, at Aryan, Greeks, Mongols, Persians, Arabs, Moguls and the different times, in different genres, from different societal Europeans. This course perceives India not as today’s territorial expectations, or different value systems. category governed by a particular geo-political reality but as a cultural entity extended all over South Asia and beyond. This course GDHC1073 BUDDHISM ACROSS ASIA addresses the historical root of Indian civilization and social (3 units) heritages including religion and politics; medicine and health; social Pre-requisite(s): None and economic formation; ecology, food and dietetics; and issues Course Description: This course is billed as a comprehensive from present-day India such as; gender, sex and social hierarchy; introduction to the history of Buddhism as a transnational religion and economic globalisation. in Asia. It covers the Buddhist traditions as it has developed in the Indic cultural region, Central Asia and East Asia. It provides

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GDHC1143 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN WORLD GDHC1203 LIFE AND THE SOUL: EXISTENTIALISM & PERSPECTIVE, 1900-2000 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WAR IN (3 units) TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course explores the historical Pre-requisite(s): None development of the world's critical environmental problems in the Course Description: In this course students will learn about key twentieth century. It centres on the evolution of industrial culture in events, ideas, and historical figures that influenced European the West and its international effects on societies and biospheres. It intellectual history in the 20th Century. Students will be introduced examines various categories of solutions: proposed, failed, and to some of the major figures in 20th Century Europe, and will successful. explore fundamental ideas and psychology of events, that constitute contemporary European culture and civilisation. GDHC1153 HISTORY OF POPULAR CULTURE, 1900-2000 (3 units) GDHC1213 THE BEGINNING OF WESTERN Pre-requisite(s): None CIVILIZATION: A JOURNEY IN TIME Course Description: This course centres on the major trends and (3 units) problems in twentieth century popular culture around the world. It Pre-requisite(s): None discusses the evolution of mass culture and in particular the role Course Description: This course introduces students to the played by mass media. It analyses the relationship between beginning of Western civilization. Starting with the world of Homer economic forces, culture and society, and the roles played by and Hesiod in ancient Greece, and working through the beginning corporations and key individuals in the arts and media. of the Christian Age in the Roman period students will investigate and analyse key events, ideas and historical figures that impacted GDHC1173 EXPLORING MODERN WESTERN MUSIC: and influenced today’s European culture. THE AMERICAN MUSICAL (3 units) GDHC1223 AMERICAN HISTORY I: THE EMERGENCE Pre-requisite(s): None OF MODERN AMERICA Course Description: This course is a social, political, and cultural (3 units) survey of the American musical theatre in the twentieth century. It Pre-requisite(s): None will examine its historical development in the United States, Course Description: This course explores the major political, significant genres and periods by focusing on selected important economic and social themes in modern American history, relates masterworks. The course will consist of lectures, discussions, America’s evolution to the rise of globalization, and prepares presentation, class exercises, and written examinations. students for global citizenship. Students enhance their critical thinking skills through comparative analysis of America with other GDHC1183 CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE FROM nations, and through detailed investigation of concepts, processes ARISTOTLE TO THE 20TH CENTURY and events associated with turning points in American history. (3 units) Throughout the course students are guided to recognize the social Pre-requisite(s): None forces that transform the lives of individuals and mass populations, Course Description: This course will examine diverse conceptions and alter relationships between nations. of nature and of man’s place in nature in different periods of history and in different cultures throughout the world. The course will GDHC1233 HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE explore the way in which religious traditions, philosophical thought TWENTIETH CENTURY and cultural traditions both influence people’s view of nature and (3 units) are influenced by evolving conceptions of humanity’s relationship Pre-requisite(s): None with nature. Course Description: This course gives a thematic overview of the major achievements and problems in the Middle East in the GDHC1193 TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL twentieth century, with emphasis on culture. It analyses the PROBLEMS IN MODERN CINEMA relationship between economic development, social ideas and (3 units) cultural expressions. It introduces the main themes of political Pre-requisite(s): None discourse, and discusses the tension between traditional religious Course Description: This course will provide students with the views and rapid secularization. It explores Middle Eastern society ability to recognise philosophical themes in movies and analyse through both major social movements and daily life, in rural and how such themes are handled in terms of both philosophical depth urban settings. and logical consistency. Students will discuss important moral and metaphysical issues as they are portrayed in contemporary movies GDHC1243 AMERICAN HISTORY II: AMERICAN and develop the ability to debate philosophical issues both orally CULTURE AND IDEAS and in written assignments. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course explores the major cultural and intellectual themes in modern American history, relates America’s evolution to the predominant issues in modern social discourse, and

- 521 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ prepares students for global citizenship. Students enhance their GDHC1283 WOMEN IN 20TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN critical thinking skills through comparative analysis of America HISTORY AND CULTURE with other nations, and through detailed investigation of concepts, (3 units) processes and events associated with cultural themes in American Pre-requisite(s): None history. Throughout the course students are guided to recognize the Course Description: This multimedia course covers the role of cultural influences that change the beliefs of individuals and mass Russian women artists as cultural creators and witnesses from the populations, and alter relationships between nations. reign of Tsar Nicholas II to President Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential term. We shall look at the tragedies of twentieth century GDHC1253 CHINA IN WESTERN PERSPECTIVES Russian history as reflected in the verse of Marina Tsvetaeva and (3 units) Anna Akhmatova, the country’s two most important female poets, Pre-requisite(s): None and their celebration of its two historical capitals, Moscow and Course Description: This course introduces students to specific Saint Petersburg, which were also depicted by the memoirists Irina themes and approaches of understanding Chinese civilization and its Odoevtseva and Nina Berberova. The course will explore the way in legacies in historical perspectives through the Westerners’ eyes. It which peasant women and girls are portrayed in the paintings of explores the question of what constitutes “China” from a variety of Zinaida Serebriakova, an important representative of early Russian conventional European-inspired historical perspectives, and testifies modernism, and the stories of the Nobel Prize-winning writer a multiplicity of intellectual thoughts and attitudes that Westerners Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. We shall also examine the representation have brought to their attempts to deal with the phenomenon of of the female experience and its associated traumas and hopes in the China. At the end of the course, students are expected to have literature, music, and film of the post-communist transition. Finally, developed a critical reading and thinking ability to explore the the course will include portraits of a selection of today’s female universal values, attitudes, and the way how the West has celebrities who have impacted the nation’s culture. understood China in the context of West-dominated historical narratives. GDHC1293 EXPLORING CULTURE AND MUSIC IN ASIA (3 units) GDHC1263 HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL SOUTHEAST Pre-requisite(s): None ASIA Course Description: This course will introduce the diversity of (3 units) Asian cultures and music development in Asia. Its geographic Pre-requisite(s): None coverage spans from East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) to Course Description: This course offers a comprehensive Southeast Asia (Indonesia), as well as South Asia (India) and introduction to the diversity of the development of Southeast Asian Central Asia (Mongolia). It will focus on selected and civilization before the rise of modernizing indigenous states and representative musical cultures and genres as well as their historical Western imperialism from earliest times to 1500. Crossing both background. It will introduce a careful selection of Asian music, national and regional perspectives, this course introduces key culture, genres, and the performing arts in their cultural and elements of Southeast Asian history, geography, language, popular historical context. Cross-cultural issues will also be raised in this beliefs, artistic achievement, maritime and overland trade, state course. formation, gender and social relations. Throughout the course students are guided to identify and recognize Southeast Asian GDHS1003 LANGUAGE, MEDIA AND CULTURE region’s interactions with the outside world, such as India and (3 units) China, and enhance their comparative analytical and critical Pre-requisite(s): None thinking skills by examining the ways in which Southeast Asians Course Description: This course aims to: (1) explore the social and adapted new external ideas and technologies that shape the lives of cultural aspects of language as it is used in the world today; (2) mass populations and the civilization of each nation in the modern develop an understanding of the socio-cultural context within which day Southeast Asia. media operate; and (3) foster critical perspectives on the role of language and media in society today. GDHC1273 MIGRATION IN WORLD HISTORY (3 units) GDHS1013 GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course offers a comprehensive Pre-requisite(s): None introduction to the interactions and events of human histories with a Course Description: This course aims to help students develop a focus on migration in global and contemporary perspectives. The critical understanding of social science approaches to the study of course examines the process and significance of human movement the fundamental relationship between government and society then across the globe throughout history, including the origins, impacts, offer an international and interdisciplinary approach to topics adaptations, interconnections, and contestations associated with the related to the development and problems of governments and rise of civilization, global economic, political, ideological, and societies and foster critical perspectives on different types of cultural flows since the prehistoric period. The comparison and government and societies, their different development paths and contrast of the rise of civilization in different regional and temporal problem-coping capacities. contexts will also be covered in this course, seeing how the migration processes in the past affect how we perceive our identity, nation, and the universe in the present world.

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GDHS1023 LANGUAGE, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY IN GDST1033 WOULD THE EARTH'S SIXTH MASS THE 21ST CENTURY EXTINCTION AFFECT HUMANITY'S (3 units) FUTURE？ Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to (a) introduce students to Pre-requisite(s): None the concept of digital literacy; (b) raise students’ awareness of how Course Description: Biologists noted that a sixth mass extinction various media shape our communication, social identities and social may be underway. However, the sixth mass extinction is different practices; (c) develop the critical skills to analyse the effects of from the previous mass extinctions that the current mass extinction media and technology on language, meaning; and communication; is caused by human activities such as transformation of landscape, and (d) enhance students’ digital literacy skills through critically overexploitation of species, pollution and introduction of alien engaging with the interaction between language, media and species. The aim of this course is to let students critically review the technology. evidences, causes, and consequences of Earth’s sixth biodiversity extinction crisis as well as aware the impacts of biodiversity GDHS1033 SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT extinction on human sustainability and the contributions of IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION environmental management on humanity’s future in (3 units) multidisciplinary perspectives. Through lecturing and experiential Pre-requisite(s): None learning as well as group research project, students would learn the Course Description: This course intends to offer an international application of interdisciplinary approach such as integrating variety and interdisciplinary approach to topics related to trends and of skills from science, social science and business subjects to tackle processes relating to globalization with particular focus on society the root problems of human sustainability so as to maintain human and technology, economy and development, distribution of earth’s well-being in the present and future. resources and environmental sustainability. GDST1043 INTRODUCTORY MATHEMATICAL GDST1003 THE SCIENCE OF WELL BEING MODELS IN BUSINESS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Science and technology play crucial roles in Course Description: This is an introductory course for students affecting our daily lives. Their effects could directly or indirectly, interested in applications of mathematics in Business. Topics to be positively or negatively impact our well-being. The aim of this covered include basic calculus, linear algebra and differential course is to let students appreciate the importance of science in our equations. With these fundamental mathematics, students can then well-being, in particularly, the importance of our environment on pursue applications of diverse mathematical perspectives from our physical and mental health, and how we can better adapt to our finance, management, economics and business. stressful environment. The course integrates subject in environmental science, food science and psychology to raise GDST1053 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL awareness of our dependency on the environment such as the LOGIC quality of the air we breathe, water we drink, and food we eat all (3 units) affect our physical and mental health as well as our economy then Pre-requisite(s): None foster recognition of how food and food industry may affect the Course Description: The course is intended to be accessible to environment and be affected by the environment and understand better meet the needs of today's undergraduate students from all how food may affect personal well-being, and appreciate how the kinds of disciplines. It is intended for students who has not studied holistic concept of mental well-being can help us adapt to our logic previously, but who has some experience in mathematical stressful environment. The concept of positive psychology, focusing reasoning. It includes mathematical proofs, and the way of how on positive emotions, strengths, and good mental health rather than proofs can be justified. The course contains a systematic discussion disease will be discussed. of these results and investigations will be centred around first-order logic which shows that the consequence relation coincides with GDST1013 THE POWER OF SCIENCE AND formal provability. TECHNOLOGY (3 units) GDST1063 STAY ACTIVE, EAT SMART Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to provide students an Pre-requisite(s): None awareness of how science and technology affect their everyday life. Course Description: The benefits of physical activity and balanced Using case studies it will demonstrate how technologies change the diets on health are well established. However, many apparently way we live. It will also describe the process of technology healthy individuals do not meet recommended levels of activity and development, from having an idea, proving that the idea is feasible, nutrient intakes required for health gain. The course aims to provide securing funding support, and commercialisation of the product. the basic concepts on fitness, nutrition and health. Students will Case studies will also be used to illustrate the process of technology understand the physiological impacts of physical activity and development and commercialisation. nutrition; identify the importance of healthy eating and exercise to against obesogenic environment; recognize the nutritional strategies for enhancing exercise and sport performances; and provide

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(3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None GDST1083 WEB PUBLISHING: THE SCIENCE BEHIND Course Description: This course aims to investigate the various THE CONTENT ON THE WEB analytical frameworks in the field of international cooperation with a (3 units) review of the dominant paradigms that affect the contemporary Pre-requisite(s): None global order. The purpose of this course is to review a wide range of Course Description: The course will demonstrate the importance the literature concerning the study of cooperation and of content in the design and development of publishing on the interdependence in the global society, and particularly the theoretical Internet. The students will take a look at the different approaches of material concerning international relations, regional integration, and gathering and analysing data to make a well informed decision on global institutions. delivering the content to the right audience. They will learn how to choose the right tools and deliver a strategically built website. The GLD2023 REGIONAL COOPERATION AND process requires no previous knowledge of a programming language INTEGRATION: THE ASEAN or web designing skills. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None GDST1093 HOW TO BUILD A GREEN CITY? Course Description: This is the course designed to assess ASEAN CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS as a major regional actor. No other region in the world can match the (3 units) cultural, religious, linguistic, and ethnic diversity of Southeast Asia; Pre-requisite(s): None however, if one were looking around the world for examples of Course Description: Sustainable Development means successful regional cooperation, Southeast Asia would be at the top "development that meets the needs of the present without of the list. What makes ASEAN truly remarkable? This course will compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own question what influences the regional dynamics and integration needs." ["Our Common Future", 1987, the World Commission on among Southeast Asian countries, including their social, cultural, and Environment and Development] As admitted by the Chinese economic behaviour. Government at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, China’s economic growth has come at too high GLD3003 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR an environmental cost. This course is designed to enable students to DEVELOPMENT apprehend the intricate relationships between economic and (3 units) financial growth, environmental and ecological problems, and social Pre-requisite(s): None issues, and ultimately, their effects on human wellbeing. Upon Course Description: The major objective of the course is to provide finishing the course, students should be able to comprehend the an understanding of the key principles and components of importance of sustainable development and engage in innovative Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the role of PPPs in the delivery of thinking on development projects in preparing them to face future socio-economic development as well as the opportunities and environmental challenges. challenges of procuring and maintaining public services in various fields through effective PPPs, particularly in emerging markets. GDST1103 LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH (3 units) GLD3013 REGIONAL COOPERATION AND Pre-requisite(s): None INTEGRATION: THE EU Course Description: How to improve health and longevity? The (3 units) current challenges facing these issues are diverse and interrelated. Pre-requisite(s): None This course aims to overview the major lifestyle and behavioural Course Description: The course examines the causes and historical risks to which the public are exposed. A brief concept of health evolution of European integration and then looks analytically at the risks including improper diet, smoking, excessive alcohol use, institutions and the policies of the European Union, assessing their sedentary lifestyle and food poisoning; the prevention of disease effectiveness and investigating their implications for the rest of the development as well as modification of behaviours on tackling these world. It provides a focused examination of the economy of health issues will be discussed. As such, this course attempts to European integration, and highlights the dynamic relationship encourage students to consider how people can be motivated to between economic and social integration and the respective roles of choose a healthier lifestyle. the state, markets and EU institutions.

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GLD3023 GLOBALISATION: TRENDS, ISSUES AND GLD3073 PRINCIPLES OF NEGOTIATION OPPORTUNITIES (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Negotiations are a particular kind of social Course Description: As the world grows more integrated, as interactions that are explicitly designed to determine which parties communication and business speed up the changes in our daily lives, get their interests and goals. Negotiations are necessary whenever the impact of events on our lifestyles deepens, and the necessity to you cannot attain your goals without the cooperation of others. This understand and react intelligently to events and forces affecting us course is an introduction to the knowledge of the negotiation skills becomes more imperative. Lectures are used to inform and provoke and techniques. This course will focus on the theoretical arguments students to apply concepts and data acquired in their time of study to of negotiation techniques, using rational choice theory, game theory, current problems facing the global order, and thus, to themselves, and decision-making models to analyse the critical components their families, and their careers and regimes which play such a vital during negotiation. The purpose of this course is to look into the role in today’s world. methodological underpinnings of such a negotiation approach, and to introduce the students to its applications in various fields in social GLD3033 DEVELOPMENT IN POST-COLONIAL BRITISH science. COMMONWEALTH (3 units) GLD3083 CHINA’S GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR Pre-requisite(s): None SHARED PROSPERITY Course Description: This course intends to familiarise students with (3 units) development trajectories and governance patterns across the former Pre-requisite(s): None British colonies spanning from South Asia to Africa and the Course Description: The course aims at familiarising students with Americas. China’s constructive economic engagement across the world, along the One Belt One Road, and beyond. Particular attention will be GLD3043 DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE AND dedicated to China’s win-win cooperation mechanisms and outcomes, CENTRAL ASIA in relation to both established and emerging actors. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None GLD3093 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND Course Description: This course aims at providing students with TRANSFORMATION IN GLOBALISING CHINA introductory information on governance, society and socio-economic (3 units) development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It identifies Pre-requisite(s): None opportunities as well as challenges that countries in the region Course Description: This course aims at familiarizing students with encounter. It seeks to establish a basis for independent study and the most relevant, up-to-date trends of rural economic reforms and research of specific regional issues. development in China in the age of globalisation. The course intends to highlight the historical and on-going reforms in rural countryside GLD3053 ASIA IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION and its development’s drivers, constraints, challenges and prospects, (3 units) at a time of a new wave of industrialization, urbanization and Pre-requisite(s): None transnational economic integration. Course Description: This course is a study of Asian social and economic development. This course intends to examine the GLD4003 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (GAD) relationship between interdependence and integration within the (3 units) international context, and trace patterns that help students to Pre-requisite(s): None understand the complexities and variations in Asia’s paths to the Course Description: The Final Year Project consists of an present. This course will discuss intra- and inter-regional bilateral as independent research essay that applies academic and creative skills well as multilateral cooperation patterns, drivers, and interaction to a specific topic in the Programme. Under the guidance of a platforms (e.g. APEC, WTO, EAS, RCEP, and other different supervisor, the student will identify a suitable research or creative configurations etc.). topic; find relevant research materials; narrow the topic; read, evaluate, and interpret materials; write, edit, and polish their final GLD3063 DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES work. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None GLD4013 GLOBAL SOUTH IN TRANSITION Course Description: This course is an introduction to data analysis (3 units) in the field of social sciences. The purpose of this course is to provide Pre-requisite(s): None basic understanding and background essential to the learning of Course Description: This is an interdisciplinary course, which applied data science and statistics skills. The material will cover both explores the recent socio-economic evolution in selected contexts in descriptive and inferential techniques for analysing multivariate, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. It focuses on the dynamic categorical, and continuous data with the primary objective being interplay and governance of social, economic and environmental two-fields: (1) relaying the underlying theories, appropriate forces, in particular regard to sustainable development outcomes and applications, and limitations of various procedures; (2) using prospects. statistical software packages to properly analyse the interpret results.

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GLD4023 TOPICS IN GLOBALISATION AND financial and monetary organizations and quasi-governmental DEVELOPMENT organization. Familiarise students with how international (3 units) organizations are structured and what should be taken note of Pre-requisite(s): None when reporting on their activities. Different types of Course Description: This course is intentionally designed to be international organizations will be covered. flexible in order to allow discussion of a range of pressing issues in the fields of globalisation and development. JOUR3013 COPYEDITING (3 units) JOUR2003 BROADCAST JOURNALISM I Pre-requisite(s): MCOM2033 FOUNDATIONS OF NEWS AND (3 units) FEATURE REPORTING Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course provides the intellectual and Course Description: This course aims at equipping students with practical skills necessary to see written copy from submission to the basic knowledge and skills in the gathering, writing, and print, including the organisation and improvement of original production of radio and television news as a broadcast news written material as well as the technical processes through which reporter. The legal and regulatory framework, as well as the news writing is transferred to the printed page. Use of photographs and environment in Hong Kong is introduced. other graphic material to improve appearance and aid understanding is introduced. Exercises in print production and design and in JOUR2023 INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM desktop publishing are provided. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None JOUR3023 MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS Course Description: This course explores both the practical and (3 units) theoretical dimensions of journalism and introduces the discipline Pre-requisite(s): None as a social process and as a profession. Course Description: The course introduces students to the media law in China and internationally and provides the opportunity for an JOUR2043 ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM in-depth study of the ethical problems and implications of media (3 units) practices. The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms will Pre-requisite(s): None be emphasised throughout the course and principles will be Course Description: This course aims to equip students with the considered in the light of practical examples from a wide variety of skills necessary to create a wide variety of media content relating to media and circumstances. Students will be encouraged to develop the entertainment and arts industry in the convergent media era. their own views and rules about the boundaries of ethical journalism, This includes skills in gathering information and content, getting protect and promote media freedom but also respect dignity and and breaking stories, methods of interacting with entertainment rights of others. Practical day-to-day examples and important court media companies, conducting interviews with those in the cases will be used as illustrations and current developments and entertainment and arts industry, writing media reviews and feature trends will be highlighted. articles, and using social media. This also includes basic photography, presentation, and design skills, as well as advice on JOUR3033 INTERNATIONAL NEWS how to succeed professionally in the entertainment and arts (3 units) journalism industry. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Students will be acquainted with international JOUR2073 POPULAR CULTURE AND JOURNALISM news in terms of both its content and the processes by which it is (3 units) produced in order to engender an appreciation of the special Pre-requisite(s): None problems and situations of this type of news as compared with COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines representations of domestic news. Reading, audio-visual materials and visits will journalists and journalism in the popular culture, focusing on TV provide knowledge and experience about foreign correspondence and film. The secondary emphasis will be on the influences on and the people and organisations that carry it out. Students will be different types of journalism (i.e. investigative reporting, war encouraged to critically appraise the international news they receive reporting, political journalism), different issues in journalism (i.e. on a daily basis and suggest ways to appreciate it better and to objectivity, ethics, Fourth Estate role, sensationalism, improve it. commercialism, whistleblowing), and how gender, sexuality, nationality, and ethnicity inform journalistic practice. JOUR3043 ADVANCED REPORTING AND WRITING (3 units) JOUR2083 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Pre-requisite(s): MCOM2033 FOUNDATIONS OF NEWS AND REPORTING FEATURE REPORTING (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces some of the most Pre-requisite(s): None important theories and techniques of advanced news reporting. This Course Description: The aim of the course is to prepare students course enables students to understand these basic theories and to report on internationals news with a focus on international techniques by applying them in journalistic practice. Doing so is organizations. Four types of international organizations will be crucial to ensure that students will succeed in journalism, or any covered, namely the UN, the UN affiliated organizations, other field based on research-based writing.

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JOUR3053 MASS MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS practical course toward developing a 20-minute documentary FYP. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None JOUR3153 STUDY ON INTERCULTURAL Course Description: This class introduces the student to the issues COMMUNICATION ISSUES and processes involved in designing, conducting, and interpreting (3 units) media research. This class is designed to help the student Pre-requisite(s): None understand the benefits and limitations of research. The goal of this Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to the course is to educate the student in the benefits, costs, and limitations field of intercultural communication by looking at the practical of research, and the appropriate use and interpretation of research application of theory and research, particularly in acknowledging methods. the influence of context and power in intercultural interactions. It identifies the key intercultural communication challenges both at JOUR3063 ADVANCED PHOTOJOURNALISM home and abroad and how those challenges affect people, their jobs, (3 units) and their relationships. It focuses on the strategies and skills needed Pre-requisite(s): JOUR2033 PHOTOJOURNALISM to deal effectively with these challenges in a broad variety of Course Description: This course explores the nature of interaction contexts. documentary photography and the use of photos to build a news narrative. Students will build the introductory course and produce JOUR3173 GENDER, IDENTITY AND THE MEDIA meaningful, informative and artistic photographs suitable for (3 units) publication in an editorial publication. Central themes will include Pre-requisite(s): None ethics in photojournalism. Students will master the ability to create Course Description: The aim of the course is to help students to be a magazine style photo spread, create a portfolio suitable to present informed consumers of media, to examine gender and diversity to working photo editors during job interviews or client based portrayals in the various media, and to explore how the media assignments. industry and culture treats gender and identity. These objectives will result in a raised awareness of how both sexes can participate JOUR3083 NEWS TRANSLATION equally in the world around them. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None JOUR3183 PERSUASION IN MEDIA Course Description: This course aims at enhancing the student’s (3 units) ability in handling information for news purpose in the bilingual Pre-requisite(s): None context of Hong Kong. Emphasis is put on developing the student’s Course Description: The aim of the course is to help students to be sensitivity to the difference between the Chinese and English informed consumers of media, to examine Media Persuasion theory, language and awareness of the cultural role of the news translator. forms and uses in the various media channels, and to explore how Against this background, principles and methods appropriate to a the media industry and culture treats persuasive messages. These variety of contexts of news translation are introduced. objectives will result in a raised awareness of how Media influences society. JOUR3123 BROADCAST JOURNALISM II (3 units) JOUR3203 JOURNALISM AND TRUTH Pre-requisite(s): JOUR2003 BROADCAST JOURNALISM I (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the styles, formats, and Pre-requisite(s): None production techniques of the more complex types of radio and Course Description: This course introduces students to a variety of television journalism, including long-form reporting, investigative journalistic epistemologies, including their theoretical and practical journalism, major event coverage, overseas coverage, and public aspects. The course emphasizes not only practice with these affairs programmes. Students develop advanced broadcast writing epistemologies, but also a theoretical understanding of how these skills; become familiar with the techniques of producing both "live" epistemologies have evolved. How they impact journalism and taped radio and television news and public affairs programmes; regarding writing, publication, distribution, and consumption will undertake research, planning, and production of major news event be covered as well. coverage and public affairs programmes; and receive training as potential newsroom supervisors or news and public affairs JOUR3213 NEW MEDIA, CULTURE AND SOCIETY executives. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None JOUR3133 BROADCAST JOURNALISM III Course Description: This course provides a critical survey of the (3 units) field new media studies and communications. It begins with Pre-requisite(s): None thinking about the individual as living in a fast-changing new media Course Description: This course aims to further equip students ecology; it then examines the political-economic and cultural with the knowledge and skills involved in producing a short aspects of new media as it develops in contemporary societies such documentary film. Through lectures, discussions, and practical as the U.S. and mainland China. The course will introduce students hands-on sessions and projects, students will continue to learn and to some leading research as well as creative works on new media refine the application of the techniques required in non-fiction developments in order to explore the role of new media and media storytelling, filming, and editing sound and images. This is a practices in modern life.

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JOUR3223 THE LANGUAGE OF JOURNALISM Facilitating: For Bachelor thesis writing. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None MAD1003 STUDIO ART PRACTICES: DRAWING Course Description: This course emphasizes the language use of FUNDAMENTALS contemporary journalism from a critical linguistic perspective. (3 units) Students will learn basic and intermediate linguistic concepts and Pre-requisite(s): None analytic tools. They will then learn how to apply these tools to Course Description: This course is aimed at teaching drawing as a analyse a variety of news texts, both written and visual. This will skill that can be applied across a wide variety of disciplines in the emphasize both a greater understanding of language use in art and design field. The course focus will be on developing production of the student’s own news texts and a critical perceptual skills to produce drawings of merit from direct understanding of the language use of other news texts. observation while gaining proficiency using the materials and tools of dry-media. Students will be taught the process of seeing, JOUR3233 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION hand-eye coordination and the technical skills of handling the (4 units) medium. In addition, the terminology of drawing will be introduced Pre-requisite(s): None and utilized during discussions and critiques. Students will gain an Course Description: This course is an introduction to International understanding of how drawing fits into the Media Arts profession as Communication as both histories and the restructuring order in a fundamental skill. Students will be expected to view their work political economy and culture in the contemporary world. We will critically through class critiques and discussions. trace major changes since the Cold War period when communications have come to constitute one most dynamic MAD2003 DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS industry and the concept of "nation" has been increasingly (3 units) questioned as a fruitful framework to understand the globalization Pre-requisite(s): None of communication. This will remain as one focal point in our Course Description: This course is aimed at introducing the discussion along the semester. conceptual, aesthetic and technical skills of design through experiential studio practice. The focus is on design principles and JOUR4033 MEDIA AND LIBERALISM fundamentals as they apply to static media, time-based media, (3 units) interactive media and relevant software. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will examine ideas and issues MAD2013 ART MEDIA FUNDAMENTALS involving the role of the media in the western tradition. It introduces (3 units) to students the key works in the history of liberalism which have Pre-requisite(s): None guided the development of media institutions in modern society. It Course Description: The technical aspects of various traditional then takes students to contemporary issues regarding the media are introduced and practiced in this course through studio contentious practices and understandings of media and journalism. application. Within individual mediums, various techniques will be demonstrated and explained. Through the experience of viewing JOUR4053 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING and creating art work in different mediums, students will be made (3 units) aware of the intrinsic advantages and disadvantages of individual Pre-requisite(s): None media on a technical and communicative level. Students will also Course Description: This course prepares students to report on gain an awareness of the inherent meaning certain mediums possess. economic events and trends in Hong Kong, China, and the broader Another defining goal of the course is to encourage the integration Asia-Pacific Region. A global perspective of economic and of traditional and digital media. financial situations is explored. MAD2023 APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS JOUR4133 ANALYSIS OF MEDIA CONTENT AND MEDIA (3 units) FRAMES Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The primary objective of this course is to Pre-requisite(s): None expose students to a wide variety of visual art and design from Course Description: This course aims at providing students with: multiple perspectives to build a comprehensive knowledge for (1) Knowledge of theory and logic of both systematic quantitative lifelong learning. This includes but is not limited to cultural and content analysis and systematic qualitative content analysis historical perspectives and the various functions art and design has procedures; (2) Understanding: students reflect the underlying had and has as part of a universal human experience. By the end of epistemological problems. Also the study of classic content analysis the course students should be able to clearly define art by medium, helps both understand this method better and inspire applications in origin in time and place and have an emerging ability to analyse a our own research; (3) Practice: Students carry out the different steps piece of art as well as distinguish the difference between types of in both types of content analysis, so they are able to carry out artistic production. Students’ pre-existing ideas of how art is content analysis research and to become familiar with procedures as defined should be challenged by being confronted with alternative well as common problems in setting up and carrying out content viewpoints of various peoples, cultures and time eras. The analysis; (4) Evaluation: Understand how to critically evaluate and institutions that surround the preservation, business and improve content analysis methods used in previous studies; (5) transmission of artistic and creative work will also be introduced

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MAD2033 HISTORY OF MEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN MAD3013 INTERACTIVE ARTS AND DESIGN (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is aimed at instilling in students a Course Description: By introducing programming skills and comprehensive knowledge of the history of the Media Arts as an explaining the relationship between code and visual elements, this influential force in human history. Students should gain an course aims to expand the visual literacy of students while understanding how media and individual mediums have developed simultaneously allowing them to apply creative ideas from static and evolved into their present form as a way to transmit information media to interactive media. A deep understanding of the general and communicate. This knowledge base should offer students a principles of programming and the design principles guiding framework to place their own future practice in. As the Media Arts interactivity are indispensable when harnessing the full potential of have always developed alongside technological developments, the interactive media. The purpose of this course, however, is not to history of related technology will be one focus of the course train students to become programmers. It will rather arm them with alongside the analysis of how information has been communicated sufficient knowledge of dynamic media to enable them to develop and transmitted in terms of content, aesthetics and cultural and exploit these media in their creative endeavours. Students will geographies over time. learn how manipulation, creation, and transformation of visual elements are done through programming codes. In addition, they MAD2043 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR TIME-BASED will explore and become familiar with the domain of generative MEDIA visual arts and design by gaining an understanding of how concepts (3 units) such as iterations, recursion, random function, and the L-system Pre-requisite(s): None have evolved as concepts in computing. Upon completing the Course Description: The course will explore the use of course, students should be able to develop visual applications in a composition and frame, introduce directing methodologies, and range of creative and media productions. explain editing principles and sound elements. Students will be required to create a number of methods for developing and MAD3023 DIGITAL IMAGING AND DESIGN communicating concepts in time-based media, such as creating (3 units) treatments, make inspirational sketches, design characters and Pre-requisite(s): None objects, and develop storyboards. By studying animation principles Course Description: This course will introduce students to the and techniques in contemporary fields of graphic design, students fundamental practices in digital (computer) graphic design in both will explore terminology used in animation, including (but not the art and design worlds through serial lectures, demonstrations, limited to) cell and computer animation, stop-motion, and and workshops. Workshops, specifically, will focus on creating frame-by-frame animation. In addition, students will learn how to computer-generated images. A combination of theoretical and use a sequence of images to communicate their ideas or tell their practical perspectives is adopted, and the course will address stories. They will come to an understanding of how content aesthetic as well as technical issues. Aesthetics will include issues meaning is created or changed when the structure or sequence such as composition, appreciation and the historical context, while changes, and how viewers respond emotionally. In the last instance, technical topics will revolve around imaging (raster and vector), students will be able to create motion graphics for use on television scanning, retouching, animated graphics, among others. Adopting or in online media. Students will be equipped with this knowledge the theoretical and practical perspective, the course is delivered by in a series of lectures, readings, exercises, and projects and way of ensuring that students will experience digital graphics design demonstrations. Evaluations of students will be based on in-class in a very hands-on way. They will be exposed to discussions contribution and participation, ability to critique, develop concepts, structured as seminars, and maximum participation of each student and demonstrate proficiency with various media. in critiquing and discussing the work of other students. For this reason, class attendance is not only regarded as mandatory, but MAD3003 PHOTOGRAPHY participation in classroom discussions will be considered when (3 units) grades are calculated. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course in photography seeks to develop MAD3033 3D DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS the keen understanding needed to read and understand photographic (3 units) images. This is a key skill required by all artists. Students in this Pre-requisite(s): None course will be exposed to the gamut of photographic tools ranging Course Description: This course aims to give students a from the traditional to current imaging technologies available. fundamental knowledge of three-dimensional (3D) design that Using the 35 mm single lens reflex (SLR) camera, and applies across many disciplines. This includes an understanding of understanding manual exposure, lighting and film density is a major the basic elements and principles of 3D design, a working point of focus in this course. However, the concept of what knowledge of the physical characteristics and inherent meaning of “camera” is will be expanded by gaining familiarity with different materials, the relationship between form and function, structural imaging tools such as cell phones, scanners, digital cameras and principles and an introduction to digital modelling technologies. even video cameras and their role in creating photographic images. Students will be introduced to a range of materials and be required The course will provide students with an in-depth overview of the to think of design as a process resulting in a product with functional

- 529 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ goals and aesthetic concerns. Instruction on personal safety and MAD3083 STUDIO ART PRACTICES: PAINTING environmental responsibility will be given in regards to each FUNDAMENTALS project. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None MAD3043 DIGITAL DRAWING AND PAINTING Course Description: This course aims to give students an (3 units) introduction to the medium. The materials and tools of painting, Pre-requisite(s): None technical knowledge, formal issues and safety will be taught. Both Course Description: This course will introduce students to both the water based and oil based paint will be introduced. The course focus hardware and software that is used in digital painting. Students will will be on developing skills in handling the medium and painting use digital painting software in conjunction with a graphic drawing from perception by direct observation of 3-dimensional forms in tablet and/or Cintq, a large capacitive screen where you can draw space. and paint directly on the display, to produce illustration and art. Entrepreneurial thinking will be encouraged, as New Media has MAD3093 WEB DESIGN AND HYPERMEDIA created business models in which an illustrator or artist can produce, (3 units) advertise, and distribute products through a variety of web-based Pre-requisite(s): None platforms. Course Description: This course aims to empower students with the ability to create and edit websites for both computer and mobile MAD3053 COLOUR CONCEPTS, THEORY AND device applications. Students will approach design from the PLANNING perspective of usability to create content in a non-linear format. (3 units) Web content will be created using HTML4, HTML5 and CSS Pre-requisite(s): MAD2043 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR (cascading style sheets) 2 and 3 with Adobe Dreamweaver software. TIME-BASED MEDIA Students will learn the basics of HTML coding for a range of Course Description: This course is designed to give students an applications. applied knowledge of the theoretical, natural, psychological, cultural and aesthetic meanings colour has across all media. In MAD3103 COMPUTER GAME DESIGN addition, students will be encouraged to think of colour as a (3 units) perceptual and scientific phenomenon. Students will be exposed to Pre-requisite(s): None colour perception as part of a holistic sensory experience, Course Description: Like a number of courses in Media Arts and particularly audio-visual. The Munsell Colour System and 3D Design, this one is also based on skills, and intends to provide a model/chart will be used to demonstrate and explain the nature of strong foundation of computational concepts that can be found colour which is perceivable by humans. supporting user interfaces and games in different platforms. This will allow students to apply these techniques when developing new MAD3063 ANIMATION interfaces and games. Contemporary media, such as smartphones (3 units) and tablets use these interfaces as the windows and face of Pre-requisite(s): None intelligent games. As such, no matter how sophisticated and Course Description: This course introduces the history, language, engaging visual interface and interaction becomes, they are still principles, aesthetics and digital tools used in the creation of driven by intricate computational concepts and the meticulous animation within the context of art and design. The class will focus application of those concepts. The course content takes students on understanding the development of animation, the mechanism of way beyond simple interfaces and will explore a number of input animation, and the techniques of animation sufficient to produce modalities (including webcams and microphones). Special topics projects of merit. Through different styles of animation, the class will be introduced from time to time so that students can expand will explore the foundations of animation history and its their skills in areas such as path-finding, cellular automata, and characteristics. In addition, through the use of the software, this cellular and generic algorithms. course will teach students how to complete basic digital animation. MAD3113 VIDEO ARTS MAD3073 LANGUAGE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL DESIGN (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MAD2043 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR Pre-requisite(s): MAD2043 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR TIME-BASED MEDIA TIME-BASED MEDIA Course Description: Video imaging as art forms the core focus of Course Description: The main objective of this course is to this course. Students will be given a grounding in several technical enhance awareness of the aesthetic choices made in audio-visual components such as image production, acquisition and digitization, media production and to explore how the tools and techniques used as well as basic editing and final output. The experimental video art, in its creation can be joined to generate a variety of meanings and especially in the latter half of the 20th Century will be discussed as messages. The course will involve practicing detailed analysis of far as its history, theoretical concept, aesthetics and criticism are the aesthetic choices made in different forms of audio-visual media, concerned. Emphasis will be put on practical production of creative with broad emphasis given to a variety of audio-visual creations. works in a studio environment. Some practical exercises will also be given to deepen understanding of audio-visual design principles.

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MAD3123 GRAPHIC STORYTELLING possess the knowledge and skills required to complete a project (3 units) independently, but with guidance; 3) Provide an opportunity to Pre-requisite(s): None students working as a team to enhance their teamwork abilities. 4) Course Description: This course seeks to focus the attention of Increase creativity and/or research skills by giving students more students on the aesthetics of storytelling by emphasizing practical experience in the processes of creating a work of media arts project skills training and an investigation into the language of comic or dissertation. storytelling. By introducing theories of leading scholars and artists, and by examining recent developments in the local independent art MAD4013 STUDIO ART PRACTICES: EXPERIMENTAL movement, students will develop a critical framework enabling MEDIA them to approach and understand comics with a new point-of-view. (3 units) This understanding will further enable them to examine and enjoy Pre-requisite(s): None both local and international works within specific socio-cultural Course Description: This course aims to give students an contexts. Furthermore, students will come to an understanding of opportunity to experiment with a variety of 2D media in a creative how abstract concepts and unrelated ideas can be transformed into and experimental manner. Painting, collage, printmaking, drawing cohesive messages before being delivered – creatively – to readers. and/or multimedia 2D media techniques will be introduced for They will consequently be required to research various drawing further experimentation. Students will be expected to make a styles based on accepted storytelling methods. Students will also be personal response to the media to create meaningful work by exposed to practical training in the processes involved in creating extracting meaning from materials, subject matter and mark making. the finished product from idea-germination stage. They will be Instruction on the use of tools and materials in regards to personal encouraged to experiment with different styles before finding their and environmental safety will also be a central theme. own, unique, way of presentation in order to pursue a career in graphic storytelling. MAD4023 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR DESIGN (3 units) MAD3133 DIGITAL SOUND PRODUCTION Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: Rather than teaching programming language, Pre-requisite(s): None this course will focus on teaching students how to use a design Course Description: Students of this course will be introduced to method in a practical manner that is based on extant research. the essence of digital sound production as it relates to vital aspects Students will understand how good computer programs can help of sequential media. They will learn how to distinguish between the them to channel their creativity in a way that may be programmed unique potential offered by sound media and its limitations, students in widely-used computer programming languages. Students will will understand design fundamentals of discrete media as they relate learn how to decide what the program should do for them, by to aural communication. Ideas will be created and developed in the learning a set of techniques that will enable them to develop their practical component of this course. The course will provide students programming requirements. They will also learn how to produce with hands-on skills in digital sound production by, inter alia, programs with consistent yet flexible structures, since studying and understanding the aesthetic and theoretical studies of improvements later will always be required. A key skill learned will digital video and computer animation artworks. The use of be to build tests into the programming process in order to increase sequential media in digital and computer environments will the reliability of programs. strengthen the students’ multidisciplinary knowledge. MAD4033 NARRATIVE AND INTERACTIVITY IN MEDIA MAD3143 MEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN INTERNSHIP ARTS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The aim of the internship is to provide Course Description: Students are expected to develop tools real-world experience that enables students to put knowledge into critically necessary to analyse contemporary media and its action. An internship can help student deepen understanding of the implementation in practice. They will be enabled to develop organizational operation and gain relevant skills. Thus, the collaborative projects for both digital and non-digital media when experiences can benefit to students who apply for further study or exploring the complex relationship between narrative and jobs in the future. interactivity. These projects will be executed in a workshop environment. Successful students will have expanded their MAD4003 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (MAD) understanding of narrative and will have refined their skills in (3 units) critically analysing interactive formats. This will be done through Pre-requisite(s): CTV2033 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH projects, readings, and analysis. METHODS (for dissertation), or MAD3073 LANGUAGE FOR AUDIO-VISUAL MAD4043 PRINCIPLES OF PRODUCT DESIGN DESIGN (for media arts project) (3 units) Course Description: This course engages the student in supervised Pre-requisite(s): None independent research or project work. Course Description: This course will produce students who come The course aims to: 1) Develop good media projects, scripts or up with imaginative design proposals and creative solutions that dissertations under the guidance of a supervisor; 2) Ensure students may in turn be produced on either small or large scale. Students will

- 531 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ attain knowledge in, and understanding of, the use of both common MAD4083 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIA ARTS AND and new materials that can be used for designing new products or DESIGN SUBJECT objects. It will provide students with an understanding of the basic (3 units) processes and materials that are used when new products and Pre-requisite(s): None objects are designed. They will be required to participate in Course Description: Different subjects are designed to give different projects when developing their understanding of the students a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the intimate link between the right choice of materials and processes on faculty. Some topics include: Digital audiovisual, animation, video, the one hand, and the look and performance of products on the other. interaction design, etc. Students wishing to pursue 3-D related courses will in particular benefit from this subject. MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA (3 units) MAD4053 DIGITAL IMAGE MANIPULATION Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the basic techniques in Pre-requisite(s): None matrix algebra, which is the foundation for more advanced Course Description: This course seeks to provide students with a mathematics and statistics subjects. Major emphasis will be on the foundation in 2-D digital image processing. In doing so, the system of linear equations, linearly independence, and eigenvalue emphasis of this course will fall on techniques used in image problems in finite dimensional vector spaces. Basic ideas and processing, image filtering design, and the use of applications. techniques on calculus will be introduced. Students will be exposed to the theories and methodologies underlying this discipline. Students will be constantly focussed on MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I learning how to create and manipulate graphic and photographic (3 units) artwork. They will learn how to interpret such artwork in a critical Pre-requisite(s): None manner, and will also be exposed to these aspects regarding to how Course Description: This course introduces the basic techniques in artists approach input and output of digital work. matrix algebra, which is the foundation for more advanced mathematics and statistics subjects. Major emphasis will be on the MAD4063 VISUAL ARTS SINCE 1900 system of linear equations, linearly independence in finite (3 units) dimensional vector spaces. Pre-requisite(s): MAD2023 APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS Course Description: The goal of this course is to provide students MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II with criteria to make an educated and informed critical analysis of (3 units) art from a cultural, historical, social and theoretical perspective. By Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I learning about how art has developed along these lines, students Course Description: This course introduces the basic techniques in will be enabled to view art as an ever changing entity. matrix algebra, which is the foundation for more advanced mathematics and statistics subjects. Major emphasis will be on the MAD4073 SOCIAL DESIGN system of linear equations, linearly independence, and eigenvalue (3 units) problems in finite dimensional vector spaces. Basic ideas and Pre-requisite(s): None techniques on calculus will be introduced. Course Description: The role of the designer in society, and his/her belief that design can contribute to social change, is the main focus MATH1073 CALCULUS I of this course. Taking part in lectures, participating in discussions, (3 units) pursuing readings, attending presentations, and critiquing ideas and Pre-requisite(s): None concepts will enable students to develop the tools, skills and overall Course Description: This course introduces the basic ideas and awareness to pursue innovation while addressing various aspects of techniques in single variable calculus with mathematical rigour to design and its role in society. They will develop the ability to reflect prepare students for more advanced mathematical and statistical on their own processes when concentrating on research and its subjects. importance, reflecting on problem identification, considering the importance of audiences, and realizing the essential role of idea MATH1083 CALCULUS II development. They will be exposed to topics such as transforming (3 units) from publication to participation, decision-making, social design Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I precepts, incentivized participation, gaming theories, choice Course Description: This course is a continuation of Calculus I. It optimization, transparency and flexibility, and shifting from stories provides a solid foundation in multivariable calculus to prepare to systems. As a case study-based course, this course will enable students for more advanced mathematics and statistical subjects. students to read, understand, ingest, and interpret case studies and to prepare written solution-driven analyses for in-class presentation. MATH2003 DISCRETE STRUCTURES (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course addresses a variety of fundamental topics in computer science, including propositional and predicate logic, proof technique, set theory, combinatorics, graph

- 532 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ theory, and Boolean algebra. semi-martingales, and helps students know how to apply stochastic processes in option pricing. MATH2013 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL FINANCE MATH3013 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Course Description: To introduce (1) the practical and theoretical MATH1083 CALCULUS II concepts involved in computing interest; (2) sufficient knowledge to Course Description: This course aims to introduce basic ideas of handle all normal interest computations including bonds and discrete mathematics such as formal mathematical reasoning mortgages; and (3) the common practical methods of computing techniques, basic counting techniques and their applications for approximate interest rates for commercial transactions. computer science students. The emphasis is on understanding the concepts and the ability to solve problems. The objective is for MATH2023 ORDINARY AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL students to understand the basic theory and some applications of EQUATIONS discrete mathematics. The course gives students training in the (3 units) ability to think quantitatively and analyse problems critically. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and MATH1083 CALCULUS II MATH3023 THE ART OF COUNTING Course Description: This course introduces various forms of (3 units) ordinary differential equations and their solution methods using Pre-requisite(s): None both analytical and numerical techniques. It also provides students Course Description: This course, with the aid of elementary with Fourier series and its applications, and various forms of partial combinatorics, introduces some counting tools, such as pigeon-hole differential equations and their solutions, methods using both principle, permutations and combinations, inclusion-exclusion analytical and numerical techniques. principle, recurrence relations, and generating functions, which would help students understand and appreciates various simple but MATH2033 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS aesthetic techniques for counting as well as their applications in real (3 units) lives. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and MATH1083 CALCULUS II MATH3033 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Course Description: Randomness plays a crucial role in various (3 units) models in financial mathematics. To handle the random elements in Pre-requisite(s): MATH2043 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL these models, statistics comes into play. For financial mathematics EQUATIONS practitioners, a good understanding of the mathematics behind Course Description: This course introduces the theory of statistics is important. This course aims at introducing to students multi-dimensional scalar and system of parabolic, elliptic and statistics from the mathematical point of view. The topics covered hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) that model physical will find applications in other disciplines. processes in areas such as physics, biology, chemistry and social science. Solution techniques such as the separation of variables, MATH2043 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS eigenfunction expansions, Green functions, Fourier and Laplace (3 units) transforms for solving the equations in a bounded and unbounded Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and domain, with homogeneous and inhomogeneous source term will be MATH1083 CALCULUS II studied in detail. Course Description: This course introduces various forms of ordinary differential equations and their solution methods using MATH3043 REAL ANALYSIS (FOR MATH STUDENTS) analytical techniques. Topics include first order, second order and (3 units) higher order scalar ODE, serious solution to second order linear Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II ODE, systems of first order ODE, Laplace transform for initial Course Description: This course focuses on both theoretical value problems. aspects and problem solving. It will enable students to understand basic concepts on Lebesgue integration, LP spaces and provide the MATH3003 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND foundation for further studies in numerical analysis, functional APPLICATIONS analysis and advanced probability theory. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and MATH3053 NUMERICAL METHODS I MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and (3 units) STAT2023 ADVANCED PROBABILITY Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Course Description: This course provides students with basic MATH1083 CALCULUS II stochastic processes such as discrete-time and continuous-time Course Description: This introductory course presents students Markov chains and semi-martingales including Brownian motion, some classical and commonly used numerical methods in various Poisson process and Levy process. The course introduces Ito’s disciplines involving computing and numerical approximation and formulas, martingale theory and its applications ， stochastic solution of equations. The course teaches students how to choose an differential equations, and stochastic integral with respect to appropriate numerical method for a particular problem and to

- 533 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ understand the advantages and limitations of the chosen numerical development of many subjects in science, engineering, and social scheme for a given mathematical problem so that results from the sciences. In this course, students will be taught the fundamentals of computation can be properly interpreted. The course also highlights matrix analysis and its application to various kinds of practical important theoretical considerations on convergence and stability problems. Mathematical software may be used in the course, so that for numerical algorithm design. students can learn how to use the computer to solve matrix problems. MATH3063 MULTIVARIATE CALCULUS (3 units) MATH3113 VECTOR CALCULUS Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and (3 units) MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Course Description: Students of this course will learn the theory of MATH3063 MULTIVARIATE CALCULUS multivariable calculus and learn how to apply the theory to solve Course Description: This course teaches students the mathematical practical problems. This is a required course for Mathematics and tools of classical differential geometry, fundamental topological Mathematics/Physics Majors, and is suitable for all students in invariances of curves and surfaces and the theory of intrinsic Science, Engineering, Economics and Finance, and other students geometry of surfaces. Applications to curve and surface designs are who will use multivariable calculus in their areas of study. also given.

MATH3073 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (FOR MATH MATH3123 NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA STUDENTS) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Pre-requisite(s): GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO MATH1083 CALCULUS II PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS, and Course Description: This course aims to provide a thorough MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and discussion of the advanced topics and state of art development in MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II numerical linear algebra. This subject emphasizes on both the Course Description: To provide an understanding of the classical theoretical analysis and the computer applications of numerical multivariate analysis and modern techniques in data mining. linear algebra in various areas. Observations in the social, life and natural sciences are multidimensional or very high dimensional. This kind of data sets MATH3133 MODELLING AND SIMULATION can be analysed by techniques in multivariate analysis. With the help (3 units) of statistical package, such as Matlab and R, students will learn how Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I, and to treat real problems with multivariate data. GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS MATH3083 MARKOV CHAIN AND QUEUING THEORY Course Description: This course introduces students to Modelling (3 units) methods and simulation tools as a practical tool of analysis. Various Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and practical problems will be modelled, discussed, and simulated MATH1073 CALCULUS I, and through computer simulation. Upon completion of this course, GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO students should be able to simulate a wide range of practical PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS problems in the daily life. Course Description: To introduce fundamental theory, models, applications and algorithms of Markov Chain and Queuing MATH4003 GRAPH THEORY Theory. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None MATH3093 SUPPLY CHAIN MODELLING Course Description: This course covers some fundamental (3 units) concepts and principles of graph theory. Practical topics include the Pre-requisite(s): OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND Chinese postman problem, the travelling salesman problem and the INTEGER PROGRAMMING map colouring problems. Applications of the theory and some Course Description: To provide students with an understanding of related algorithms are also discussed. major areas in logistics and supply chain management as well as to illustrate how to apply various skills and techniques in logistics and MATH4013 REAL ANALYSIS supply chain management to analyse and solve various real (3 units) problems. The emphasis will be on learning of various models and Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I, and techniques in logistics. MATH1083 CALCULUS II Course Description: This course provides an introduction to MATH3103 ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA measure theory, Lebesgue integration, LP space, and Fourier (3 units) analysis. Equipped with this knowledge, students are prepared for Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II further studies in numerical analysis, functional analysis and Course Description: Matrix theory has a close connection with advanced probability theory. other mathematical subjects such as linear algebra, functional analysis, and combinatorics. It also plays an important role in the

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MATH4023 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MATH4073 REAL ANALYSIS (FOR FM STUDENTS) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II MATH1083 CALCULUS II Course Description: This course introduces differential equations Course Description: Real analysis plays a crucial role in various and covers methods for solving these equations. The modelling of disciplines, stochastic calculus and financial mathematics, in diverse phenomena by differential equations is demonstrated by a particular, as it is the mathematical machinery for handling variety of examples. convergence issues. This course aims at introducing the fundamentals of real analysis, including the topological background MATH4033 COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE for analysis, as well as techniques exemplified by proofs of (3 units) theorems in mathematical analysis. An understanding of these Pre-requisite(s): STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS concepts will enable deeper appreciation of the logic. Course Description: To introduce computational methods for problems in finance, including the computation of market indicators MATH4083 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS and option prices. The market indicators include stock and option (3 units) indices. The option prices are based on the Black-Scholes model. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Finite difference methods, Monte Carlo Methods and Binomial Tree MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and Methods will be introduced. COMP3153 C++ PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE MATH4043 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS Course Description: This course introduces numerical methods on (3 units) various problems, such as equation solutions, interpolations, Pre-requisite(s): MATH2013 INTRODUCTION TO differentiations and integrations, initial value problems, linear MATHEMATICAL FINANCE systems, and error analysis on these numerical methods. Students Course Description: This course introduces the mathematics of life would learn the theory of numerical analysis, as well as its rich contingencies. Areas to be studied include survival distributions and applications in science and economics. After studying this course construction of life tables; and the calculation of values of life students will have a better mastery of techniques in numerical insurance, of life annuities and of benefit premiums. analysis.

MATH4053 NUMERICAL METHODS MATH4093 COMPLEX ANALYSIS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING Course Description: This course introduces introduce the basic (FOR STAT STUDENTS) theory of analytic functions of one complex variable. The topics Course Description: This course teaches the ideas underlying include some important theorems, like Cauchy’s theorem, Residues commonly used numerical methods. It highlights important theorem and series representation of analytical functions and conformal considerations in coding algorithms so that they are efficient and mappings and their applications. reliable. It teaches students how to choose an appropriate numerical method for a particular problem and to interpret the resulting output. MATH4103 MATHEMATICAL MODELLING (3 units) MATH4063 CASE STUDIES IN MATHEMATICAL Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I MODELLING Course Description: This course aims to let students apply (3 units) mathematical and statistical skills to real world problems according Pre-requisite(s): GCNU1003 SPEAKING OF STATISTICS, or to the basic principles of mathematical and statistical modelling and GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO investigate meaningful and practical problems chosen from PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS, or common experiences encompassing many academic disciplines, GCNU1053 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL including mathematical sciences, engineering, operations research, SCIENCE, or management sciences, and life sciences. It can also enable students GCNU1063 BUSINESS STATISTICS, and to use related computing software in mathematical modelling and MATH1093 SPEAKING OF MATHEMATICS, problem solving and to formulate real world problems as or mathematical models. MATH1073 CALCULUS I Course Description: This course teaches students how MATH4113 SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED ANALYSIS mathematics interfaces with other disciplines. Real-life problems (3 units) are solved using models in statistics, mathematics, and physics. The Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and case studies and problem-based approaches are adopted. MATH1083 CALCULUS II Programming abilities are very crucial to this course. Course Description: This course aims to give students a broad training on various analytical techniques in modern applied mathematics. It intends to equip learners, through various teaching and learning activities and assessment methods, with skills and

- 535 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ knowledge to solve more sophisticated mathematical problems in MATH4163 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (MATH) various areas. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None MATH4123 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (MATH) Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Applied Mathematics (3 units) Programme Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: (1) To enable students to go through an Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Applied Mathematics independent learning experience. (2) To provide students with Programme opportunities in developing skills, including the use of on-line and Course Description: (1) To enable students to go through an off-line materials, the logical development of scientific arguments, independent learning experience. (2) To provide students with thesis writing skills, presentation techniques and time management. opportunities in developing skills, including the use of on-line and (3) To enable students to demonstrate an integrated understanding off-line materials, the logical development of scientific arguments, of mathematics through solving real-life problems. thesis writing skills, presentation techniques and time management. (3)To enable students to demonstrate an integrated understanding of MCOM2003 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STUDIES mathematics through solving real-life problems. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None MATH4133 NUMERICAL METHODS II Course Description: This course explores both the practical and (3 units) theoretical dimensions of media studies and introduces the Pre-requisite(s): MATH 3053 NUMERICAL METHODS I, and discipline as a social process and as an academic field. MATH 2043 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS MCOM2013 COMMUNICATION THEORIES I Course Description: This is the continuation of the Numerical (3 units) Methods I. The course covers the Discrete/Fast Fourier Transform Pre-requisite(s): MCOM2003 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA (DFT/FFT), numerical solution of eigenvalue problems, numerical STUDIES methods for optimization and algorithms for solutions of initial Course Description: A broad spectrum of theoretical development value problems for ordinary differential equation. The constructions is explored encompassing mass communication theories on history, of the algorithms and their advantages and limitations will be technology, and production. Application of the theories is an discussed so that the results of the computations can be properly important component of the class, especially within the context of interpreted. media industry in Chinese society in order to provide a theoretical framework to meet the dynamic changes in the discipline of MATH4143 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS communication. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and MCOM2023 COMMUNICATION THEORIES II MATH3043 REAL ANALYSIS (FOR MATH (3 units) STUDENTS) Pre-requisite(s): MCOM2013 COMMUNICATION THEORIES I Course Description: This course aims at familiarizing the student Course Description: A second part of communication theories is with the basic concepts, principles and methods of functional explored on discourse, representation, and audience. Application of analysis and its applications. The notions of metric spaces, fixed the theories is an important component of the class, especially point theorems, Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, continuous linear within the context of media industry in Chinese society in order to operator, the Hahn-Banach extension theorem, the uniform provide a theoretical framework to meet the dynamic changes in the boundedness principle and the open mapping theorem, and discipline of communication. applications of the above topics will be introduced. MCOM2033 FOUNDATIONS OF NEWS AND FEATURE MATH4153 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR REPORTING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): MATH2043 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL Course Description: This course introduces the techniques of basic EQUATIONS, and news and feature writing, develops students' abilities to read foreign MATH3033 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL news outlets regularly and work with professional sources. EQUATIONS, and MATH4133 NUMERICAL METHODS II MCOM2043 DOCUMENTARY FILM CLASSICS Course Description: This course aims to apply numerical methods (3 units) and scientific computing techniques for ordinary and partial Pre-requisite(s): None differential equations. This course introduces the major numerical Course Description: This course aims to equip students with the techniques for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. knowledge involved in analysing documentary films. Through Emphasis is placed on finite difference methods. Methods for lectures, discussions, and projects, students will learn the skill different classes of first and second order linear PDEs are described required in evaluating non-fiction storytelling, filming, and editing and analysed. It trains students to design computer programmes and sound and images. apply them to solve differential equations.

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MCOM2053 REPORTING LABORATORY (1) MCOM3013 RHETORIC OF COMMUNICATION AND (3 units) MEDIA Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: In this course, students learn to produce Pre-requisite(s): None reporting work for the student newspaper/ magazine. Under Course Description: The course analyses as practical aspects of supervision, each student is required to work as reporter and later rhetoric contents of the contemporary media and communication editors in two consecutive semesters. processes. The course will introduce students to the theory and fundamentals of rhetoric in order to critically analyse the contents MCOM2063 FOUNDATION OF PHOTOJOURNALISM of mass media and communication processes concerning the (3 units) elements of rhetoric and their functions. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: To enhance student’s awareness of the MCOM3023 REPORTING LABORATORY (2) possibility as well as the limitation of images in news reporting, and (3 units) to develop their ability in producing visual report of news events Pre-requisite(s): None independently. In response to the digital technology that has Course Description: Students learn to produce experimental work become widely used in today’s news business, this course will equip for the student newspaper/ magazine under supervision. In this students with basic knowledge in handling, transmitting and course, students are expected to shift their roles from reporters to preserving the quality of image files captured by digital devices. editors.

MCOM2073 HISTORY OF EAST ASIAN MEDIA AND MCOM3033 INTERNSHIP (MCOM) CULTURE (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: MCOM students are required to undertake an Course Description: This course examines the history of the internship. The internship is normally of at least six weeks full-time cultural production, circulation and consumption in East Asia in employment or professional practice during the summer between which the textures of mentality and experiences are constructed into the third and fourth year. Students are required to conform to all popular narratives which recur and are re-contextualized in global reasonable requirements of their internship employer. Each student cultural industry. will be asked to write a reflection of no less than 1000 words after With a focus on the interlocked relationship between textuality and the internship. historical conditions, students are expected to explore how the historical relations of East Asian capitalistic-socialization process, MCOM3043 CULTURE, MEDIA AND TOURISM given by global political economy, has been co-evolving with the (3 units) generative and circulation processes of various themes, motifs and Pre-requisite(s): None subjects, explicitly or implicitly, embedded in the cultural texts such Course Description: This course examines the role that tourism as literary works and film. plays in contemporary society. Emphasis will be given to the The primary goal of this course is to provide students with a influences that media has on tourism practices, including phenomenological angle to look at the formative process of photography, the tourist gaze, marketing, impact on locals, issues heterogenous textures in global configuration and to consider the concerning authenticity, and the influence of media. homogenous logic of various cultural formations in the present transnational circuit in East Asia. MCOM3053 SEMINAR IN CULTURAL THEORIES AND GLOBALISATION MCOM3003 MEDIA IN CHINA (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The main goal of this seminar course is to Course Description: This course is an introduction to Chinese serve Y4 students in preparation for Final Year Project to situate media development which takes students through a contemporary their research concern in a theoretical coordinate. This reading history and structure of the Chinese media system and cultural course will offer students the opportunity to critically interpret the issues. Topics include journalism, advertising industry, TV and history, applications and limitations of several theoretical and cinema culture, Internet regulation, and the changing nature of methodological approaches to the study of contemporary global Chinese media within the context of globalization. culture and to construct a theoretical framework for their research projects.

MCOM4003 ADVANCED TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MCOM2003 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA STUDIES Course Description: The course is an introduction to critical studies of media culture. As an advanced course in the final year, it builds on the theoretical foundation and empirical purview prepared

- 537 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ by Introduction to Media Studies, Media in China, and also ME MHR3023 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION courses offered during Y3. By surveying major problematics in (3 units) classical cultural theories and discussing contemporary issues, it Pre-requisite(s): None aims at offering theoretical frameworks for students in Course Description: This course introduces students to various understanding media and media culture critically. theories and concepts associated with the effective staffing of organisations. Strategic, technological, practical, ethical and legal MCOM4013 CONVERGENT JOURNALISM issues confronting organisations’ staffing systems are presented. (3 units) After completing this course, students are expected to have acquired Pre-requisite(s): None the background for understanding contemporary recruitment and Course Description: Introduce students to a variety of journalism selection issues and the competencies to address specific staffing practices involving new media, wired and wireless communication challenges. technologies at both the applied and the theoretical level. There is a particular focus on journalism, multimedia and the Internet. MHR3033 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND Students will learn how to make the best use of the latest REWARDS communication tools to create compelling and accurate journalism (3 units) content as well as anticipate future trends and issues. Lab sessions Pre-requisite(s): MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE are incorporated into the course to give students hands-on MANAGEMENT experience. Course Description: This course is designed to provide a framework of concepts and knowledge for understanding the course MCOM4023 EDITING LABORATORY and to introduce students to recent developments in performance (3 units) management. Students will learn to analyse approaches to managing Pre-requisite(s): None performance; identify the major actors, their roles and the current Course Description: In this course, students work on the editing of issues in performance management; and assess different strategies multimedia productions in a collaborative fashion. The course and processes used in managing the performance management provides continuing opportunities for students to develop their process. Students will learn to apply relevant concepts and skills professional skills and knowledge of magazine production. through case studies and role plays.

MCOM4033 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (MCOM) MHR3043 LABOUR RELATIONS AND LAW (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): JOUR3053 MASS MEDIA RESEARCH Pre-requisite(s): MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE METHODS MANAGEMENT Course Description: In this course students integrate theory and Course Description: This course is designed to achieve two practice by either producing a substantial piece of individually distinct objectives. The first is to provide a framework of concepts produced in-depth report (in the form of a feature story or a and knowledge for understanding the course and to introduce 20-minute documentary); or an academic dissertation. In either case students to recent developments in labour relations. Students will the Final Year Project is a means of engaging the student in a piece learn to analyse approaches to industrial or employee relations; of independent research that provides an analytical and critical identify the major actors, their roles and the current issues in evaluation of an idea. The course tests research and professional industrial relations; and assess different strategies and processes skills as well as the ability to apply theoretical insights. used in managing industrial relations. The second objective is to introduce students to the basic employment law principles. Students MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT will learn to apply relevant employment law principles through case (3 units) studies. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is designed to prepare students for MHR3063 GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE a successful business career as a human resource professional by MANAGEMENT providing them with a broad understanding of issues and principles (3 units) in human resource management in various organisational settings. Pre-requisite(s): MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MHR3013 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Course Description: The course introduces students to the general (3 units) topic of global HRM in terms of environmental and organisational Pre-requisite(s): None contexts, strategy structure and process. Next, students are Course Description: This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduced to HR and organisation from a comparative perspective, overview of the research, theory and practices of training and managing an international staff and focuses on international development within an organisation, and to prepare students as a recruitment and selection, and performance management in an potential practitioner in a managerial role or as a specialist working international context. After that, students are introduced to the within an organisation, or as an external consultant working with a notions of training and development of an international staff range of organisations with training and development needs. followed by issues of global compensation. Repatriation issues are discussed in terms of employee development. The course then directs its attention to issues of industrial relations and industrial

- 538 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ democracy. The course ends with a discussion of issues, challenges MKT2013 SERVICE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY and theoretical developments in global HRM. ENGAGEMENT (3 units) MHR3073 APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING ORGANISATIONS MANAGEMENT (3 units) Other Condition(s): Students must have at least year 3 standing Pre-requisite(s): BUS2003 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Course Description: This course provides students with an Course Description: This course is designed to introduce students opportunity for active learning and enables them to build a sense of to social psychology in organisations. Students will learn about how social responsibility and commitment that are essential when they people think about, influence, and relate to one another within an apply their business and professional skills to their careers. This is a organisational context. In particular, students will examine the community-based instruction course intended to promote students’ impact of person, situation, and cognition on behaviour. civic responsibility and to strengthen their problem-solving and decision making skills by acquiring hands-on experience in MHR4003 HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY AND community projects provided by NGOs and not-for-profit PLANNING organisations in Hong Kong, Mainland China and other countries. It (3 units) is a reciprocally beneficial course, with meaningful service being Pre-requisite(s): MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE provided to the community and meaningful learning experiences MANAGEMENT being provided to the student. Course Description: This course is designed to consider the theories and role of human resource planning and link it to the MKT3003 CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT policies and practice required for effective human resource (3 units) management. This course examines internal and external Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING environmental factors and trends that have crucial impacts on HR MANAGEMENT objectives and strategies in organisation. The role of human Course Description: This course introduces students to the theories resource information system and the use of information technology and practices of customer relationships management. Students are in HRM and employee planning are also key issues to study in the learned how to translate the Customer Relationship Management course. (CRM) business strategy into marketing and how to build analytical CRM and enable organisational processes. Emphasis is placed on MHR4013 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN customer profiling, buyer motivation, customer communications, CHINA customer service centre operations, customer databases, different (3 units) CRM strategies, and the role of measuring and managing customer Pre-requisite(s): MHR3003 HUMAN RESOURCE satisfaction and loyalty. MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course offers an advanced study of MKT3013 GLOBAL MARKETING human resources policies and problems in Mainland China. The (3 units) aims of this course are (1) to introduce to students the current and Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING practical issues of doing HRM in Mainland China, (2) to enable MANAGEMENT students to understand and analyse the contextual forces of the Course Description: Global marketing addresses global issues that labour market, characteristics of workforce and prevailing HRM challenge today’s international marketer and describes the concepts functions and policies in China and develop them to evaluate and relevant to all international marketers regardless of the extent of apply those learned skills and principles in managing human their international involvement. This course aims at students to keep resources in China. pace with the changes facing businesses now and into the future. As global economic growth occurs, understanding marketing in all MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING cultures is increasingly important. Progress toward the single MANAGEMENT market in Europe has continued, the former communist countries (3 units) have continued to embrace free markets, a number of symptoms Pre-requisite(s): None including major declines in currency values and wide spread Course Description: The objective of this course is to introduce bankruptcy of highly leveraged firms that had taken on an enormous students to the essential concepts of marketing and their application burden of dollar debt to finance of dubious expansion projects. in contemporary dynamic business environment. This course aims These are not simply news reports but changes that affect the at helping students to develop an awareness of and the sensitivity to practice of business worldwide. the marketing activities on one’s daily life as consumers. This course also helps student to understand the marketing management MKT3023 MARKETING RESEARCH functions of planning, organisation and control and develop skills to (3 units) make optional marketing decisions. Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course introduces students to the theories and practices of marketing research. This course covers: (1) the role, importance and limitations of marketing research; (2) basic

- 539 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ procedures of marketing research; (3) various research techniques MKT3073 MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS commonly used in marketing research; (4) applications of (3 units) marketing research. Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT MKT3033 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND MARKETING Course Description: This course aims to equip students with the STRATEGY necessary knowledge, skills and independence of thought so that (3 units) they can appreciate the role of marking communication within its Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING broader context, and critically evaluate marketing communication MANAGEMENT theories and models before applying them to practical marketing Course Description: The purpose of this course is to study the situations. overall consumer decision-making process. Consumer decision pattern determines the formulation of marketing strategy. Students MKT4003 MARKETING STRATEGY are able to develop consumer behaviour preference marketing tactic (3 units) to enhance marketing mix functions. Major areas covered are: the Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING consumer as an individual, consumers in their social and cultural MANAGEMENT settings, the consumer’s decision-making process and developing Course Description: This course focuses on providing students relevant and effective marketing strategies for consumers. with the knowledge and experience of planning and executing marketing strategy. Marketing strategy is part of the overall MKT3043 BRAND MANAGEMENT strategic management planning process with a specific mission on (3 units) delivering value to customers. This course balances theories and Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING practices. Apart from lectures and tutorials, it also utilises other MANAGEMENT means, such as case studies, guest talks, to enhance students’ critical Course Description: This course focuses on providing students thinking abilities, problem solving capabilities and effective with the knowledge and experience of brand building and communication skills. To familiarise students with current management. On successful completion of this course, students marketing situation, marketing issues in Hong Kong and China are should understand the nature and importance of branding building examined. in marketing practice. In addition, they should also possess the strategic thinking and techniques in developing and managing MKT4013 SERVICES MARKETING brands that enhance an organisation’s marketing competence. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MKT3053 MARKETING INTERNSHIP MANAGEMENT (3 units) Course Description: This course will introduce the core principles, Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING concepts and marketing strategies specific to the services sector. An MANAGEMENT overview of the services marketing process and its differences from Course Description: This course aims to provide students an the marketing of customer products will be presented. Topics will opportunity to gain real-life working experience related to the include quality control, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty various issues and activities associated with an organisation’s in a variety of service industries. marketing function. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, students will work in an organisation as MKT4023 MARKETING MANAGEMENT IN CHINA interns and complete work assignments that are primarily related to (3 units) the organisation’s marketing activities. The internship assignment is Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING expected to take up no less than 120 hours to complete, and it may MANAGEMENT or may not be paid. Course Description: This course aims at providing students with marketing management theories and skills, particularly an MKT3063 INTERNET AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE understanding of the marketing environment, marketing mix and MARKETING practices in China. Emphasis will be placed on combining (3 units) marketing concepts with practical business requirements in China Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING business. The current developments, problems and issues of doing MANAGEMENT marketing in China will also be examined. Course Description: This course has the following aims: (1) to examine the impact of Internet on planning of marketing strategies MKT4033 RETAIL MANAGEMENT and practices; (2) to develop a general framework to enable the (3 units) design of internet marketing programmes; (3) to introduce the Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING concepts of ethical marketing and socially responsible marketing MANAGEMENT decision for today’s organisations; (4) to design a marketing Course Description: This course aims at providing students with strategy that put corporate social responsibility first and utilise it to the understanding of the critical role that retailing plays in the improve competitiveness and achieve long term sustainability; (5) business world and how retailing can be coordinated with the other to make use of internet to fulfil and perform corporate social marketing mix elements to further enhance the marketing functions. responsibility that expected by stakeholders. Both the current retailing practices and the general retailing theories

- 540 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ are described in order to provide students with the necessary insight and gain familiarity with, significant choral works of the western to operate a retail establishment successfully. classical tradition. In particular, works will be analysed in terms of their form, instrumentation and texture, their historical and cultural MKT4043 SALES MANAGEMENT contexts, and in relation to musical styles and genres. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY MANAGEMENT (3 units) Course Description: Effective management of a company’s sales Pre-requisite(s): None force is essential to the successful implementation of its overall Course Description: This course helps students to develop an marketing plan. This course provides students with overall understanding and greater appreciation of Western music by understanding of the roles of sales management in a corporation and examining its basic materials and theoretical practices. It is the theories as well as the empirical practices in managing a sales designed to present the materials and fundamental principles of force effectively. The course also aims to study the sales Western tonal music. Western tonal music represents one of the management process from personal selling point of view and major global cultural influences of the 21st century, and a greater managerial point of view. This course will cover three main areas in understanding and appreciation of its guiding principles will not Sales Management (1) the nature and scope of sales management in only aid students in experiencing live and recorded musical part I, IV; (2) the essence of the selling process in Part II and III; performance, but will also lead them to a deeper appreciation of and (3) sales promotion and sales channel in Part V and VI. Western musical culture.

MKT4053 BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MARKETING MUS1103 ORCHESTRAL STUDIES (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MKT2003 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING Pre-requisite(s): None MANAGEMENT Course Description: This course focuses on two main Areas of Course Description: The business-to-business arena entails a Study (AoS). AoS1 Orchestral Training aims to develop the complex market of commercial enterprises, public organisations and practical skills of students in orchestral performance and provide government institutions. This course aims to teach the students to opportunities for the study and presentation of orchestral music. In market products or services to other companies, government bodies, AoS2 Orchestral Repertoire students will explore key orchestral institutions, and other organisations. It also provides the student an works in the standard repertoire and investigate the development of overall understanding of the different components in the B2B the symphony orchestra itself, from the Baroque period to the market. Last but not least, it enables the students to learn the present day. Issues relating to developments in instrumentation and theories and practical skills in designing and managing the B2B musical language will be considered. In addition, historical and marketing strategy effectively. aesthetic developments will be examined. * Please note that all students must read music and play an MUS1043 MUSIC HISTORY: FILM MUSIC orchestral instrument to a standard appropriate for an (3 units) end-of-semester concert. * Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is designed to further the MUS1113 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC student’s appreciation of various types of film music from late 19th (3 units) century to nowadays. Student will understand the collaborative Pre-requisite(s): None process of various aspects of film music, the art of creating music Course Description: The aim of this course is to develop music specifically for film and how it complements the action in a film. It listening skills and appreciation of music from around the world. also aims to enhance students’ musical experience by developing Students will study various musical genres focusing on music in a listening skills in order to recognize and analyse the techniques used global context and will be able to identify: (i) the essential in music composition to highlight or accompany the visual content. differences and overlapping similarities of the elements of the Film clip examples in class and reacting to the aural & visual world’s music; and (ii) organising principles of these musical material will help students to absorb new terminology and concepts elements by affective listening. Students will recognise and identify specific to music and film production to be used throughout the the music of many cultures. Major objectives are to distinguish course. given music genres, and to comprehend the roles and functions of music in the world. MUS1083 CHORAL STUDIES (3 units) MUS1123 CHAMBER MUSIC STUDIES Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course focuses on two main Areas of Pre-requisite(s): None Study (AoS). AoS1 Practical Choral Skills aims to develop the Course Description: The course aims to develop professional skills practical skills of students in choral performance and provides in the learning and performing of chamber music from the Western opportunities within the weekly UIC Sinfonia Chorus rehearsals for classical tradition to Non-Western classical music. Students will the study and performance of choral works in the western classical develop a range of skills including the performance of selected tradition. This course will culminate in an end-of-semester concert. works, score reading and interpretation, critical listening, and For AoS2 An Introduction to Choral Music students will learn about, inter-personal skills associated with working within small groups.

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Through weekly rehearsals, tutorials, participation in public emphasis will be placed on learning the essential principles of tonal performance, and performance assessment, students will become harmonic grammar and melodic writing. Fundamentals of 4-part aware of the many factors involved in successful chamber music tonal writing will be introduced and regular resolution of chords performance enhancing their practice in this area of musical including V, V7, and viio7, 6-4 chords and rudimentary modulation development. techniques to close keys will be studied. Throughout, students will * Please note that all students must read music and play an realize figured roman nomenclature and figured bass, harmonize a orchestral instrument to a standard appropriate for an given bass or melody and identify chords in given excerpts. In end-of-semester concert. * addition, common rhythmic and melodic motifs will be identified in both solfège and dictation exercises. Irregular metres as well as MUS1153 THE ART AND CRAFT OF SONGWRITING triplets and duplets will be employed. Harmonic dictation will be (3 units) introduced, including cadence, triad and seventh chord recognition, Pre-requisite(s): None and students will be asked to comment upon given works. Course Description: The Art and Craft of Songwriting aims to empower the student to develop musical and creative skills such as MUS1203 PERFORMANCE SKILLS II lyric creation, rhythmic lyric structure, melodic flow, song form, (1 unit) and harmonic originality. As an essentially practical course, skills Pre-requisite(s): MUS1173 PERFORMANCE SKILLS I will be learned through studying techniques and the analysis of Course Description: This course continues to develop skills in the popular songs. No previous formal music study is assumed for this student’s instrument technique. Students will study in small groups class; however, it will be necessary for students to have some according to instrumental branch: (i) Strings or (ii) Piano. Further facility in performing an instrument, writing music, or the ability to work on aspects of instrument technique is developed. In addition, record sound files in MP3 format. the student will practice exercises and perform a minimum of 2 musical works at the end of the semester before a jury. MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR TRAINING I Instrument-specific repertoire knowledge will be acquired through (3 units) reading and listening assignments. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course will help students develop an MUS2003 COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES understanding and greater appreciation of Western music by (3 units) examining its basic materials and theoretical practices. It is designed Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY to present the materials and fundamental principles of Western tonal Course Description: This course builds on key concepts acquired music. Western tonal music represents one of the major global in Music Theory and introduces various compositional techniques cultural influences of the 21st century, and a greater understanding used in western classical music. Particular emphasis will be placed and appreciation of its guiding principles will not only aid students in on learning the essential principles of tonal harmonic grammar and experiencing live and recorded musical performances, but will also melodic writing. This course broadly covers two Areas of Study. lead them to a deeper appreciation of Western musical culture. In AoS1 Compositional Techniques in Western Tonal Music will addition, the principles of solfège technique will be introduced. focus on musical analysis and will develop the students’ ability to Simple and compound rhythms will be performed and written for identify various compositional techniques used in important works dictation. Melodies in major and minor keys will be sung and written within western music. For AoS2 Compositional Techniques in for dictation. In addition, metre, scale, interval, figured bass and Practice students will use various acquired techniques creatively in harmonization of a melody recognition exercises will be introduced order to compose short stylistically appropriate musical passages. and students will be asked to comment upon given works. MUS2013 HISTORY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC MUS1173 PERFORMANCE SKILLS I (1600 TO 1800) (1 unit) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course develops foundation skills in the Course Description: This course is designed to further the student’s instrument technique. Students will study different student’s appreciation of Western classical music from the Baroque performance skills according to instrumental branch. In addition, all era to the Classical era, with an emphasis on specific musical styles, students will study technical exercises and works of contrasting cultural backgrounds, selected composers and their compositions. It styles relevant to their instrument. Instrument-specific repertoire aims to enhance students' musical experience by developing knowledge will be acquired through lectures, analysis of scores and listening skills and knowledge of diverse forms, genres, and forms listening through in class performances and assignments. of instrumentation. Major composers and their works will be placed in musical, historical and cultural contexts. Weekly lectures MUS1193 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR TRAINING II featuring demonstrations and reading will focus on great Baroque (3 units) and Classical music composers from 1600 to 1800 and their Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR contributions to music. Emphasis will be placed on developing a TRAINING I thorough knowledge of music history, literature and musicianship. Course Description: This course builds on key concepts acquired in Exercises will aim at improving music listening skills by learning MUS1163 Music Theory and Ear Training I and introduces various how to identify instruments in solo, chamber, and orchestral music. compositional techniques used in western classical music. Particular Students will also develop musical language, recognise notes and

- 542 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ rhythms and terminology for that purpose. (usually as part of the Lunchtime Concert Series). Building on the foundation skills acquired in Performance Skills I and II, students MUS2023 HISTORY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC will develop instrument-specific techniques through exercises. A (1800 TO 1945) minimum of 3 works must be performed in the end-of-semester (3 units) juried examination. In addition, related repertoire knowledge will be Pre-requisite(s): None expanded through reading and listening assignments. Course Description: This course is designed to study Western classical music from 1800 to 1945, with an emphasis on Romantic MUS2063 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE SKILLS II and modern musical styles, culture and composers. It aims to (1 unit) enhance students’ musical experience by developing listening skills Pre-requisite(s): MUS2053 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE and knowledge of diverse forms, genres, and forms of SKILLS I instrumentation. Major composers and their works will be placed in Course Description: Advanced skills relating to instrument musical, historical and cultural contexts. Weekly lectures featuring technique are developed. Students in the Performance Stream are demonstrations and reading will focus on great Baroque and required to take this course, with students working in small groups Classical music composers from 1800 to 1945 and their according to instrumental branch: (i) Strings or (ii) Piano. In contributions to music. Emphasis will be placed on developing a addition to a midterm technical assessment and the end of semester thorough knowledge of music history, literature and musicianship. juried assessment, each student must perform a minimum of one Exercises will aim at improving music listening skills by learning work (or movement of a work) in a public concert on campus how to identify instruments in solo, chamber, orchestral music. (usually as part of the Lunchtime Concert Series). Building on the Students will also develop musical language, recognise notes and foundation of skills acquired in Performance Skills I and II, students rhythms and terminology for that purpose. will develop instrument-specific performance technique through exercises. A minimum of 3 works must be performed in the MUS2033 AURAL TRAINING end-of-semester juried examination. In addition, related repertoire (3 units) knowledge will be expanded through reading and listening Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY assignments. Course Description: This course is designed to develop the musical ear to recognise and interpret rhythm, pitch and musical MUS2073 STUDIO RECORDING TECHNIQUES patterns and to improve general musicality at the intermediate level. (3 units) The course also develops fluency with musical notation, musical Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR memory and inner hearing. Students will develop skills in sight TRAINING I singing, and listening, receive training in the ability to sing scales, Course Description: This course focuses on sound recording and melodies, chords, and rhythmic patterns and be able to demonstrate microphone techniques through hands-on experience. Principles and the ability to transcribe tonal music accurately. knowledge relating to the creative use of music technology with be introduced. During the lessons, students will understand the MUS2043 MUSIC HARMONY AND ANALYSIS I historical, aesthetic, and social contexts of audio recording in order (3 units) to make high quality recordings using a wide array of tools and Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR techniques. Throughout, particular emphasis is placed on using TRAINING I music technology as a creative tool in the compositional process. Course Description: This course will develop the skills acquired in Each week a new topic will be introduced and students will explore previous theory courses and it will particular emphasize the analysis new ideas in a series of short tasks. Working in small groups, of Western Classical music during the eighteenth century. This students will complete projects drawing together the various course aims to enable students to learn the practical applications of techniques they have acquired throughout the course. harmony and music structure through the use of chord progressions, dissonance treatment, and modulation techniques. The course will MUS2083 FROM CHARLIE CHAPLIN TO JOHN also help students to enhance analytical abilities, aural WILLIAMS. FILM MUSIC: HISTORY AND memorization, and score-reading of various music literatures. The THEORY general terminology of harmony and application of theoretical (3 units) concepts are also introduced. Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR TRAINING I MUS2053 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE SKILLS I Course Description: This course provides an overview of the (1 unit) important developments in this history of film music, with particular Pre-requisite(s): MUS1203 PERFORMANCE SKILLS II reference to English language cinema. Significant developments in Course Description: Advanced skills relating to instrument technology, society and business practice are examined and the technique are developed. Students in the Performance Stream are various movie studios and composers are studied. Key terminology required to take this course, with students working in small groups used to describe the function of music and sound in films are according to instrumental branch: (i) Strings or (ii) Piano. In introduced and applied to various case studies. Each student will addition to a midterm technical assessment and the end of semester submit a written review of the use of music in a selected scene and juried assessment, each student must perform a minimum of one students will work in small groups to create a video project. work (or movement of a work) in a public concert on campus

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MUS2093 INSTRUMENT PEDAGOGY future music and discern different possibilities of their music career (3 units) path. Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR TRAINING I MUS2133 MUSIC HARMONY AND ANALYSIS II Course Description: This course develops knowledge and skills in (3 units) teaching instrumental music (individual and ensemble) at various Pre-requisite(s): MUS2043 MUSIC HARMONY AND instructional levels with studying of various pedagogical materials ANALYSIS I and methods. Latest music teaching technology and music Course Description: This course will introduce the harmonic applications are also introduced for students to enhance the quality language of the Romantic period and illustrate the principle of of music lesson. Opportunities will be given to students to gain voice-leading, modulation, extended tonality, harmonic experience of teaching both through observation and through progressions and melodic motion in the 19th century chromatic style. practice. Students are encouraged to apply pedagogical methods, The Music literature of this period will also be analysed, with a materials, concepts and skills to classroom settings. Classroom particular focus on the works by Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, observation is also designed to help students have a better Wagner and Mahler. The course will also help students to enhance understanding for their teaching skills and take appropriate action to their analytical abilities, aural memorization, and score-reading in improve their teaching quality. this repertoire. The terminology and theoretical concepts of the Romantic period are also introduced with the aim of applying these MUS2103 POPULAR MUSIC concepts to analyse and understand the music. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR MUS2143 CHINESE MUSIC: HISTORY AND THEORY TRAINING I (3 units) Course Description: This course examines the history of western Pre-requisite(s): None popular music, from Tin Pan Alley, the development of the Course Description: This course explores various musical grapmophone record and the rise of the popular music industry. traditions, genres and instruments in China. By the end of the course, This course covers two Areas of Study: AoS1, Popular Music students should be able to identify the salient features of a given History and Analysis will focus on the trends in popular music with musical genre and comment on its historical, ritualistic and aesthetic be studied in relation of other cultural and historical events. contexts. In addition, students should demonstrate an awareness of Furthermore, various key artists will be considered and selected the different types of notation and their relationships to works will be analysed. Significant concepts, terms and technical performance. languages are introduced to identify various artists and genre. In AoS2, Popular Music Practice and Recording students will MUS2153 PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC EDUCATION appreciate various greatest hits by playing and recording during the (3 units) lesson. Ultimately students will realize the differentiation of the Pre-requisite(s): None characteristics of the multiple styles of music and understand how Course Description: This course examines key issues in the technological innovations relate to popular music. psychology of music, including cognition of musical structure, emotion and meaning in music, development psychology of music MUS2113 ESSENTIALS OF SONG-WRITING and psychological approaches to performance, with specific (3 units) reference to their application within the field of music education. Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR Important theorists and their studies will be discussed. TRAINING I Course Description: This course aims to develop the students’ MUS2183 KEYBOARD PERFORMANCE STUDIES I creative skills focusing on lyrics writing, rhythmic cohesion, (3 units) melodic and harmonic originality, song forms, and making a Pre-requisite(s): None recording. After an introduction to musical terms and concepts, Course Description: The course is designed for students who have students will apply specifics aspects of songwriting in various learned the piano for a number of years, who wish to advance their musical styles. The course concludes with students writing a knowledge of the keyboard repertoire and develop musical and full-length song based on the skills and knowledge learned during technical skills. Focused on keyboard music of the 17th-18th the semester. centuries, the course will help students gain a comprehensive overview of the development of the keyboard and consolidate their MUS2123 MUSIC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT knowledge of important works in the keyboard repertoire. Students (3 units) will learn to distinguish the styles of Baroque and Classical music Pre-requisite(s): None and performance practices of those periods. Through practising and Course Description: The course will illustrate different key areas performing works by major composers such as J.S. Bach, Haydn of music business such as music & arts management, music and Mozart, students will acquire essential knowledge on piano production and merchandizing, publishing and distribution. The playing, such as tackling counterpoint, terrace dynamics smooth structure and mechanism of music industry in different country will scales and arpeggio work, balance and phrasing. also be introduced by studying different business cases and data. It will help students to think critically and managerially about the

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MUS2193 KEYBOARD PERFORMANCE STUDIES II MUS2223 HISTORY OF WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC: (3 units) THE AMERICAN MUSICAL Pre-requisite(s): MUS2183 KEYBOARD PERFORMANCE (3 units) STUDIES I Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course builds on the foundation laid in Course Description: The course aims to explore the evolution of Keyboard Performance Studies I and traces the progress of the musical theatre in the twentieth century. Genres explored include development of piano music as a genre and different schools of operetta, burlesque, vaudeville, tin pan alley, the minstrel show, piano playing and technique through to the 20th Century. It will revue, and musical comedy. Major figures discussed will include guide the students to explore the richness and diversity of styles of lyricists (including librettists/book-writers), composers and master Romantic and 20th Century piano literature and examine landmark pieces. The history and cultural influence will be explored within a recordings by distinguished pia-nists. Compositions by Franz social-historical context. Students will be expected to utilize Schubert (1797-1828), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Robert knowledge of musical terminology and to create a musical Schu-mann (1810-1856) , Franz Liszt (1811-1886) , Johannes performance in the class. Brahms (1833-1897), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), George MUS3003 MUSIC SINCE 1945 Gershwin (1898-1937) and Béla Bartók (1881-1945) from the (3 units) Romantic and 20th Century period will be taught. Core works Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY including character pieces, nocturnes, impromptus, ballades, scherzi, Course Description: This course explores western art music of the preludes and other important works studied and performed by the 20th and 21st century. Various compositional techniques will be students. examined and aesthetic approaches within their historical and cultural contexts will be discussed. This course broadly covers two MUS2203 ENSEMBLE STUDIES Areas of Study. AoS1 Musical Modernism will focus on music in (3 units) the first half of the 20th century and will involve analysis of Pre-requisite(s): None modernist techniques in the works of composers such as Claude Course Description: This course explores the repertoire and Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg and Bela Bartok. In essential ensemble skills in instrumental/vocal technique, addition, various analytical techniques, including set theory, will be expression and performance. Students will be required to form a applied. AoS2 Postwar art music will examine various aesthetic group (maximum 6 players for instrumental group; maximum 16 trends and draw on postmodernist theory to examine the music of singers for vocal ensemble) and attend regular weekly training. the Darmstadt School, the minimalist composers and other aesthetic Each group has to focus on the stylistic and interpretative approaches. characteristics of assigned repertoire as well as performance planning, individual preparation, practice, and rehearsals. These MUS3013 CREATIVE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY groups are required to perform in a concert in the end of semester. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY MUS2213 TECHNOLOGY OF MUSIC AND SOUND FOR Course Description: This course introduces fundamental principles SCREEN and knowledge relating to the creative use of new music technology. (3 units) This course mainly covers the Fundamentals of Music Technology Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY and includes topics such as the key principles of sound recording Course Description: This course introduces fundamental and and production, sequencing, microphone techniques, compression concepts of creating music and design sound for screen in different and limiting EQ reverb, delay and other effects, sound synthesis, styles. Two Areas of Study will be covered: This course covers two mixing and mastering. Each week a new topic will be introduced Areas of Study. AoS1 Fundamental Concept of Film music and and students will explore new ideas in a series of short tasks. sound will introduce aesthetics, terminology, procedures, and Working in small groups, students will complete two projects with technical aspects of film music. Concepts and applications of using various techniques they have acquired throughout the course. leitmotifs, functions of film scoring and sound design is also Projects will be submitted at the midterm examination period and at introduced. In AoS2 Music and Sound for Videos, students will the culmination of the course. explore the creative possibilities of combining music with short video by using various digital audio workstation (such as Pro tools, MUS3023 TONAL COUNTERPOINT Garage band) and music notation software (Sibelius). Various (3 units) techniques and knowledge of music production such as instrument Pre-requisite(s): MUS1093 MUSIC THEORY and sound recording and production, MIDI sequencing, audio and Course Description: This course builds on key concepts acquired video synchronization, audio editing will be introduced and put into in Music Theory and examines fundamental techniques in the tonal practice. Each week a new topic will be introduced and students counterpoint of the 18th century, with particular emphasis given to will explore new ideas in a series of short tasks. Working in small the works of J. S. Bach. This course broadly covers two Areas of groups, students will complete two projects with using various Study. AoS1 Tonal Counterpoint Analysis will develop the techniques they have acquired throughout the course. Projects will students’ ability to identify various contrapuntal techniques in given be submitted at the midterm examination period and at the works. In addition, students will be expected to be able to identify culmination of the course. the parts of a fugue. For AoS2 Tonal Counterpoint in Practice students will use an expanded ‘Species’ approach to learning

- 545 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ contrapuntal technique in the form of short written exercises written great variety of musical forms developed by the composers: Song is historically accurate 18th style. cycles, Caprices, Ballades, Impromptus, Etudes, or Waltzes. As well as the Romantic revision of Classical forms: Sonata, Fantasia and MUS3033 FORM AND STYLE I Variations or the creation of Programme Music. Various analytical (3 units) techniques will be utilized, including harmonic and formal analysis, Pre-requisite(s): MUS2133 MUSIC HARMONY AND analysis of the orchestration and where appropriate, Schenkerian ANALYSIS II Analysis. The aim is to enhance students' musical skills by Course Description: This course builds on key concepts acquired in developing an analytical listening and appreciation of diverse forms, MUS2043 Music Harmony and Analysis I and MUS2113 Music genres, and instrumentations as well as a clear understanding of the Harmony and Analysis II and introduces various conceptions of use of tonality, altered chords, modulation and chromatism in the musical form. Various topics will be examined, including phrase Romantic repertoire. form, binary and ternary forms, theme and variations, fugal form and sonata form. Particular focus will be given to suites and fugues by J. MUS3073 ENSEMBLE A: I S. Bach as well as the piano sonatas and string quartets by Haydn, (1 unit) Mozart and Beethoven. This course is designed to complement the Pre-requisite(s): None concurrent course History and Repertoire of Baroque and Classical Course Description: Through weekly rehearsals, students develop Music. essential ensemble and musicianship skills. Students must join one of the Music Programme ensembles currently available: Orchestra, MUS3043 FORM AND STYLE II Choir, Chamber Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Chinese Music (3 units) Ensemble. It is anticipated that additional ensembles will be opened Pre-requisite(s): MUS3033 FORM AND STYLE I in the future. Each semester, there will be a minimum of one public Course Description: This course builds on key concepts acquired in concert arranged for all players in each ensemble. In addition to the MUS3033 Form and Style I and introduces new Romantic practical rehearsals, students will be given reading, writing and approaches to Classical forms: Sonata, Fantasia and Variations as listening assignments to broaden their knowledge of related well as new forms like Song cycles, Caprices, Ballades, Impromptus, repertoire. Please note that enrollment for each ensemble is or Waltzes. Various topics will be examined, including the dependent on an audition to be conducted at the beginning of the development of new harmonic means, altered chords, chromatic semester. Moreover, students who are admitted to a particular harmony, modulation techniques and extended tonality. Particular ensemble for Ensemble A: I must remain in the same ensemble for focus will be given to key works by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Wagner Ensemble A: II. and Tchaikovsky. This course is designed to complement the concurrent course of History and Repertoire of Romantic Music MUS3083 ENSEMBLE A: II (1800-1900). (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): MUS3073 ENSEMBLE A: I MUS3053 HISTORY AND REPERTOIRE OF BAROQUE Course Description: Through weekly rehearsals, students develop AND CLASSICAL MUSIC essential ensemble and musicianship skills. For this course, each (3 units) student must continue in the same ensemble s/he selected for Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR Ensemble A: I. The ensembles currently available are Orchestra, TRAINING I Choir, Chamber Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Chinese Course Description: This course aims to explore the history, Music Ensemble. Each semester, there will be a minimum of one composers and masterpieces of Western classical music from the public concert arranged for all players in each ensemble. In addition Baroque to the Classical period. The course will deepen on the great to the practical rehearsals, students will be given reading, writing diversity of compositional aesthetics and styles during these two and listening assignments to broaden their knowledge of related hundred years: from the first generation of Baroque composers like repertoire. Monteverdi or Schütz to the most experimental pieces of Franz von Biber, the unusual orchestrations of Vivaldi, or the highest peaks in MUS3093 ENSEMBLE B: I polyphonic complexity in Bach’s Passions or Haendel’s Messiah. (1 unit) From the first Classical string quartets by Haydn to the latest Pre-requisite(s): MUS3083 ENSEMBLE A: II monumental symphonies by Beethoven. Course Description: Through weekly rehearsals, students develop essential ensemble and musicianship skills. For Ensemble B, MUS3063 HISTORY AND REPERTOIRE OF ROMANTIC students must join a different Music Programme ensemble from the MUSIC ensemble they selected for Ensemble A. The ensembles currently (3 units) available are: Orchestra, Choir, Chamber Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR and Chinese Music Ensemble. In addition, Performance Stream TRAINING I piano students may also study accompanying techniques’ and Course Description: This course aims to explore the history and Composition Stream students may gain experience of conducting. repertoire of masterpieces of the Romantic period. The course will Each semester, there will be a minimum of one public concert deepen on the great diversity of forms, compositional aesthetics and arranged for all players in each ensemble. In addition to the personal styles developed by the main composers: Berlioz, Chopin, practical rehearsals, students will be given reading, writing and Liszt, Verdi, Brahms, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. It will show the listening assignments to broaden their knowledge of related

- 546 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ repertoire. Please note that enrollment for each ensemble is course will deal with the concepts of jazz harmony with the study of dependent on an audition to be conducted at the beginning of the the harmony of standard jazz repertoire. Students will learn to semester. Moreover, students who are admitted to a particular understand notation and realization of harmony in jazz music, chord ensemble for Ensemble B: I must remain in the same ensemble for progressions, lead sheet symbols and use basic harmonic rules and Ensemble B: II. the typical harmonic devices, diatonic progression and chord patterns with a view to generating a creative sense of jazz harmony. MUS3103 ENSEMBLE B: II (1 unit) MUS3143 COMPOSING AND ARRANGING MUSIC FOR Pre-requisite(s): MUS3093 ENSEMBLE B: I EDUCATION Course Description: Through weekly rehearsals, students develop (3 units) essential ensemble and musicianship skills. For this course, each Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR student must continue in the same ensemble or option s/he selected TRAINING I for Ensemble B:I. The ensembles currently available are Orchestra, Course Description: This course is designed to demonstrate Choir, Chamber Music Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble Chinese Music essential skills to compose and arrange music for different groups Ensemble as well as the option to study accompanying techniques (i.e. school choir with piano accompaniment, school music and conducting. Each semester, there will be a minimum of one assemblies), type and level for educational purposes. On purpose of public concert arranged for all players in each ensemble. In addition developing pupils’ musical skill, various educational principles are to the practical rehearsals, students will be given reading, writing also applied into music. Students will exercise imagination and skill and listening assignments to broaden their knowledge of related to compose and arrange music appropriate to various technical repertoire. levels. Opportunities will be given to students to gain experience of teaching both through observation and through practice. MUS3113 PRINCIPAL STUDY I: PERFORMANCE (2 units) MUS4003 HISTORY AND REPERTOIRE FROM 1900 AND Pre-requisite(s): MUS2063 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE BEYOND SKILLS II (3 units) Course Description: In this course students will develop high level Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR technical skills in their chosen Principal study instrument. All TRAINING I students are required to take this course. This is the first of three Course Description: This course explores western art music of the courses (Principal Study II: Performance and Principal Study III: 20th and 21st century. Various compositional techniques and Performance) designed to prepare students for the Final Year aesthetic approaches will be discussed within their historical and Project public full recital. In addition to technical exercises selected cultural contexts. It begins by briefly examining the by the instructor to address any remaining weaknesses in technique, Post-Romanticism movement, as well as Impressionism and the the student will expand their performance repertoire. The student dissolution of tonality at the turn of the 20th century. After that, a will perform 3 musical works at the end of the semester before a great number of aesthetics and cultural movements are discussed as jury and must play at least one work in a public concert (typically in part of Modernism in the first half of the century including the Lunchtime Concert Series). A research topic, selected in Symbolism, Cubism, Abstract Art, Futurism and Dadaism, consultation with the instructor and based on an area relating to the Atonalism, Twelve-tone Music and Neoclassicism. The post-war violin and its repertoire, will be undertaken culminating in the period splits the century in two halves. The course then focuses on submission of a short essay 800-1200 words long. the Darmstadt School and subsequent explorations into chance and mobile form. Thereafter, developments through the 1970s and MUS3123 PRINCIPAL STUDY II: PERFORMANCE 1980s will be examined, in particular Minimalism, Spectralism and (2 units) a return to tonality. Throughout, developments in technology Pre-requisite(s): MUS3113 PRINCIPAL STUDY I: affecting recording, manipulation and distribution of music will be PERFORMANCE considered and parallel developments in popular music will be Course Description: In this course students will develop high level examined. technical skills in their chosen Principal study instrument. All students are required to take this course. This is the second of three MUS4013 PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC EDUCATION courses (Principal Study I: Performance, Principal Study II: (3 units) Performance and Principal Study III: Performance) designed to Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR prepare students for the Final Year Project public full recital. TRAINING I Course Description: This course is designed to provide students MUS3133 JAZZ HARMONY with an introduction to the field of music education. Included are (3 units) topics related to learning theories, curriculum development, an Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR overview of music teaching and learning, historical and TRAINING I philosophical foundations of music education, resources for Course Description: This course designed to introduce the teaching, twentieth-century and twenty-first century developments language of jazz through practical application of jazz harmony via in music education as well as a consideration of music from diverse in-depth analysis, practical application of jazz techniques, simple places around the world. Opportunities will be given to students to transcription exercises and in-class listening. Participants of this

- 547 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ gain experience of teaching both through observation and through problems. It addresses both the basic as well as advanced topics in practice. linear programming and integer programming. Several software packages will be also introduced. MUS4023 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (MUS) (3 units) OR3023 SIMULATION Pre-requisite(s): MUS1163 MUSIC THEORY AND EAR (3 units) TRAINING I Pre-requisite(s): STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS, or Course Description: The Final Year Project (FYP) is the STAT2023 ADVANCED PROBABILITY culmination of the Music programme in which each student must Course Description: To introduce the basic computer simulation in direct a public project independently. Students will prepare for, various discrete systems. The aim is to model and simulate various promote and manage a public recital or public presentation of practical systems in financial, transportation, and commercial recordings of their performance activities. Throughout Year 4, the applications. This course covers the basic concepts, models and student will meet with his/her supervisor on a regular basis. computer software in simulating practical discrete systems. Seminars will be held at intervals during the semester to facilitate discussions and interactions among fellow students. OR3033 OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND TECHNIQUES (3 units) MUS4043 PRINCIPAL STUDY III: PERFORMANCE Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and (3 units) MATH1073 CALCULUS I Pre-requisite(s): MUS3123 PRINCIPAL STUDY II: Course Description: To introduce fundamental theory, techniques, PERFORMANCE algorithms, computer software, and applications of unconstrained Course Description: In this course students will develop high level and constrained optimization. technical skills in their chosen Principal study instrument. This is the third of three courses (Principal Study I: Performance, Principal OR4003 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING INVENTORY Study II: Performance and Principal Study III: Performance) CONTROL designed to prepare students for the Final Year Project public full (3 units) recital. In this course students will develop professional level Pre-requisite(s): OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND technical skills in their instrument and will begin to learn works INTEGER PROGRAMMING which will be performed in the Final Year Project recital. In Course Description: This is a continuation of OR3013 Linear addition to technical exercises selected by the instructor to address Programming and Integer Programming. The course will introduce any remaining weaknesses in technique, the student will expand the basic and useful techniques in dynamic programming and their performance repertoire. inventory control. The course will be taught in a problem solving approach. OR2003 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING (3 units) OR4013 ADVANCED TOPICS IN OPERATIONS Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I RESEARCH Course Description: This course introduces dynamic programming (3 units) ideas, including calculus of variations, variable-endpoint problems, Pre-requisite(s): OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND maximum principle in control theory, and dynamic optimization. INTEGER PROGRAMMING Students would learn the theory of dynamic programming, as well Course Description: This is a continuation of OR3013 Linear as its rich applications in science and economics. After studying this Programming and Integer Programming, and OR4003 Dynamic course students will have a better mastery of techniques in dynamic Programming and Inventory Control. Some advanced topics will be programming. introduced to those students who are interested in mathematical models arising from industrial and commercial applications. OR3003 LOGISTICS (3 units) OR4023 OPTIMIZATION Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: To provide an understanding of major areas in Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and Logistics as well as to illustrate how to apply various skills and MATH1073 CALCULUS I techniques in Logistics to solve and analyse various real problems. Course Description: This course introduces the fundamental theory The emphasis will be on learning various models and techniques in and techniques for both unconstrained and constrained optimization. Logistics. Many practical application models will be discussed and There will be an overview of the existing numerical software analysed. packages. Finally some interdisciplinary techniques and applications related to optimization will be discussed. OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND INTEGER PROGRAMMING OR4033 NETWORK AND TRANSPORTATION MODELS (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I Pre-requisite(s): OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND Course Description: To introduce fundamental theory, techniques INTEGER PROGRAMMING and algorithms for linear programming and integer programming Course Description: This is a continuation of OR3013 Linear

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Programming and Integer Programming. Some basic topics related political development of Europe, America, Asia and other regions to networks will be introduced in this course. This course will be with the help of particular perspectives and research methods. taught in a practical-oriented approach. POLS2073 COOPERATION AND PROGRESS IN THE OR4043 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND STOCHASTIC GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAU PROGRAMMING GREATER BAY AREA (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): OR3013 LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND Pre-requisite(s): None INTEGER PROGRAMMING Course Description: This timely course aims at familiarizing Course Description: This course introduces basic principles, students with the latest governance trends concerning the classical models, and various applications of dynamic programming development of the Pearl River Delta Greater Bay Area. Students and stochastic programming. will be provided analytical tools necessary to make sense of the integrated advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region, OR4053 INTERIOR POINT METHODS FOR CONVEX its underlying cooperation mechanisms, its development prospects, OPTIMIZATION as well as its potential to represent an important driver of (3 units) cooperation both nationally and internationally. Pre-requisite(s): MATH1053 LINEAR ALGEBRA I, and MATH1073 CALCULUS I POLS3093 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Course Description: To introduce fundamental topics in the (3 units) interior point based methods for convex optimization. Theory, Pre-requisite(s): None techniques and solution schemes of the discrete and continuous Course Description: Increasingly over the last 130 years, versions of the interior point methods will be included. nation-states have agreed to found, fund, and join international organisations whose task is to oversee and organise the myriad PHYS2003 PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS global interactions which have increasingly become a part of daily (3 units) life. As the actions of people and governments in one place Pre-requisite(s): None increasingly affect the lives of people and the prerogatives and Course Description: This course teaches the basic principles of responsibilities of government in others, nation-states have ceded physics to explain the properties of heat, light, electricity, portions of their day to day sovereignty to international agencies magnetism, and quantum mechanics of atoms and then apply the and actors. Today, international organisations exercise principles to study the functions of electronics, analytical globe-girdling responsibilities in areas that affect the daily life of instruments, environmental monitoring instruments, solar panel, etc. nearly everyone. From transport to environmental pollution, from In addition, the impacts of important physical phenomena such as drug smuggling to AIDS, international organisations play a vital air movement, light scattering by particulate matter, global warming, part in protecting life and imparting order to international solar radiation, radioactivity, etc. on the formation of environmental intercourse. This course examines these international organisations risks and pollutions will be analysed. The basic principles of and regimes which play such a vital role in today’s world. physics taught in this course can be applied not only to Environmental Science, but also to other sciences and everyday life. POLS3163 CONTEMPORARY EUROPE-ASIA INTERACTIONS POLS1013 FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course aims at assessing the Course Description: This course intends to familiarize Year 1 GIR contemporary relations between Asia and Europe. It analyses the students with basic concepts of world geography - and in particular regions’ internal and external dynamics, including European human geography - which are essential for them to better make colonial rule and its legacy, the evolution of interregional relations sense of the transnational socio-political and economic dynamics “as equals”, and the current intense politico-economic assessed in Year 2-Year 4 major courses. The course will introduce interdependence. students to contemporary geography with particular focus on population, migration, linguistic and religious identities, nations, POLS3203 INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE states, socio-economic development. DEVELOPMENT (3 units) POLS2033 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: The course aims at familiarising students with Pre-requisite(s): None key principles of sustainable development governance. The Course Description: This course is designed to enhance students’ adoption of the “Sustainable Development Goals” (hereinafter, ability to perceive, evaluate and understand political and social SDGs) by the UN in September 2015 has officially highlighted the phenomena through a systematic introduction to a wide range of urgent need for a paradigmatic shift towards holistic development approaches, methods and theories of political science. Basic governance that may deliver comprehensive solutions to the research procedures and academic writing are the other foci of the increasingly interconnected challenges of socio-economic progress. course. Students are encouraged to analyse and explain the current The course, therefore, intends to provoke students’ analyses of both

- 549 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ existing issues and available solutions, in the key realms of poverty POLS3283 SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT AND reduction, equitable resource distribution, social inclusion, DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA environmental preservation. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None POLS3253 GLOBAL ROUTES OF TRADE AND Course Description: In the wake of the new millennium, Africa is INVESTMENT increasingly dubbed as a land of hope and opportunities: its vibrant (3 units) young population, unique wealth of natural resources, deepening Pre-requisite(s): None international ties with emerging superpowers – i.e. China, above all Course Description: This course investigates the most relevant - are finally making it conceivable for the continent to overcome trade and investment routes of our time, across both established and “traditional” problems such as deep poverty and conflict. The emerging contexts, such as “BRICS” countries, Central and South course’s main aims are familiarising students with Africa’s human Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa. Course material shall cover managing and physical geography, as well as stressing the close institutions - from national governments to global and regional interdependence of social, environmental and economic factors. The development banks - as well as infrastructure, key drivers and course shall focus in particular on the analysis of a selection of impact along the way. Particular attention will be dedicated to Sub-Saharan development patterns that will encompass success China’s increasing share of global investment, its prominent role as stories, persisting challenges and market opportunities of both agent of change in world politico-economic governance, and its regional and global relevance. They will include East Africa’s fast groundbreaking strategies such as the “One Belt, One Road”. evolving Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania; Nigeria, the oil-rich powerhouse; resource-rich but income-poor and restive POLS3263 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE Democratic Republic of Congo; the dynamic island economies of (3 units) Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course aims at familiarising students POLS3293 INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION with issues relating to climate change and natural resource (3 units) governance in a post-COP21 (2015 Paris Conference) world. Pre-requisite(s): None Students shall not only analyse the most relevant environmental Course Description: This course analyses relevant issues related to challenges at national, regional and global levels, but will also contemporary international migration. First of all, it investigates assess latest policies outputs and outcomes, as well as related underlying “push and pull factors” of socio-economic nature in both market opportunities, thus analysing both public and private sector places of origin and of destination, assessing the broad range of responses to the steep challenge of optimising human activities – bonds and frictions between migrants and host societies, as well as such as energy consumption, waste disposal and food production - the persisting interactions with their native homelands. The course on a finite planet. also explores the status of “refugee”, examining the core dynamics and implications of a selection of refugee crises occurred over the POLS3273 GROWTH, INNOVATION AND years in different regions of the world. DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDIES (3 units) POLS3303 GOVERNANCE AND SOCIETY IN Pre-requisite(s): None NORTHEAST ASIA Course Description: As economic growth remains crucial to (3 units) socio-economic progress, both national and international institutions Pre-requisite(s): None are expected to devise, support and implement conducive Course Description: The course aims at familiarizing students with capacity-building policies that, in an ever-changing age of the distinctive traits of public governance as well as with the most knowledge economy, may not only prove to be “quantitatively” significant social and economic trends characterizing modern Japan, successful, but also mindful of the quality and sustainability of the North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and South very progress they deliver. The course will explore a selection of Korea (Republic of Korea). case studies from across the globe to highlight the connection between governments’ politico-economic strategies, economic POLS3313 GOVERNANCE AND SOCIETY IN NORTH growth and innovative entrepreneurship as crucial ingredients for AMERICA lasting progress. Particular attention will be reserved to Chinese (3 units) cases, so as to reflect the country’s ongoing transition towards a Pre-requisite(s): None more sustainable, high-value, knowledge-based development model; Course Description: The course aims at familiarizing students with the course content will also include the study of “Research, the most distinctive traits of public governance and the most Development, Demonstration and Deployment” (RDDD) patterns relevant socio-economic trends in USA and Canada, with additional and policies, and the analysis of “innovation ecosystems” in both reference to their closely tied southern neighbour, Mexico. Asia and the Americas. POLS3323 GOVERNANCE AND SOCIETY IN LATIN AMERICA (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The course is designed for the discussion of a

- 550 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ range of contemporary issues in the governance and society of literature, and various other types of print publications. Students modern Latin America, including the studies on cultural, social, and will use various pagination software for computers so that they economic development for the countries in the region. Beginning in learn as they produce their publications. 1492, its conquest by the Spanish and Portuguese created a totally new social order based on domination, hierarchy, and the PRA2053 CASES STUDIES IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND intermingling of European, African, and indigenous elements. After ADVERTISING World War II, more analysts worked on describing Latin American (3 units) economic growth and cultural traditions originated from their Pre-requisite(s): None Spanish and Portuguese heritage. This course is designed Course Description: This practical course asks students to examine deliberately to accommodate to the discretion and expertise of the the history and practice of public relations and advertising by instructor concerned, which would lead students to think and reading, interpreting, and analysing significant public relations and understand Latin American governance and society in a advertising cases. The course readings, lectures, and assessments broad-gauge approach. train students to understand the decisions made by public relations and advertising professionals in order to meet the needs of their PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS organisation, corporation, community, or government. After (3 units) introducing the basics structure of cases and the relevance of case Pre-requisite(s): None studies to ongoing professional development, students work in small Course Description: The primary aim of this course is to introduce groups to analyse individual case studies. These analyses will students to the field of public relations with shared emphasis on require the students to break cases apart into discrete sections and theoretical foundations and practicum. Students achieve the evaluate the efficacy of the research, objectives, strategies, and understandings of basic PR skills and the relevant knowledge that tactics used to solve the specific communication goals of each case. are available to the PR professions in different industry and business settings by various practitioners’ roles, professional PRA3003 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR orientation, and for contemporary topics of publics. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING Course Description: This course studies the role consumer (3 units) behaviour plays in the development and implementation of Pre-requisite(s): None advertising programs. The course will provide students with an Course Description: This course provides an introduction to in-depth understanding of the roles and functions of consumers in advertising from an integrated marketing communication the market place. It examines the consumer decision-making perspective and presents the subject in an interesting manner so that process and how it varies for different types of purchases, the students can understand and apply it in real life settings. The role of various psychological processes, including consumer learning advertising and its importance in society and its relevance to process, and external factors, such as culture, social class, group promotion are taught to students. influences, and situational determinants leading to satisfaction/dissatisfaction with a product/service. PRA2033 COMPUTER VISUAL DESIGN (3 units) PRA3013 PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING Co-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to provide an overview of Pre-requisite(s): None the tools, techniques and theories that are used to convey and Course Description: This course provides instruction and writing manipulate messages to transmit meaning and values in visual practice designed to develop professional-level writing skills for communication. Students will investigate the use of shape, colour, public relations practitioners. It emphasises the different approaches hierarchy, scale, rhythm, balance, word/image relationships, and required for particular audiences and types of media. typography as communicative tools. They will explore the role and function of Graphic Design as a visual language through a series of PRA3023 ADVERTISING COPYWRITING lectures, workshops and portfolio creation enabling an introduction (3 units) to the field and its applications to industry. Pre-requisite(s): PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING Course Description: This course deals with the concepts and PRA2043 PUBLICATION DESIGN techniques of by studying the importance of copywriting in the (3 units) advertising process; setting standards for persuasive advertising Pre-requisite(s): None copy, outlining the creative process involved and analysing the Course Description: Publication Design is a study of basic dynamic but delicate relationship between the copywriter and principles of graphic design, typography, and the uses of visual colleagues in other departments of an advertising agency. images and colour for public relations students. The course focuses Throughout the course students will be exposed to practical on applying principles of design, the practice of layout skills for exercises and case studies that use Chinese and English languages. graphic communication, and the use of computers in the planning, production and publication of printed materials. Students will design various public relations publications, such as brochures, newsletters, annual reports, flyers, collateral materials, promotional

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PRA3033 RESEARCH IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND strength, evaluating brand extensions and building brands through ADVERTISING non-traditional media. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): COMM3003 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH PRA3083 CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND RISK Course Description: This course introduces students to research COMMUNICATION methods used in the fields of advertising and public relations. (3 units) Students will be given a practical orientation of the activities Pre-requisite(s): PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC involved in conceptualising, planning, organising, executing, and RELATIONS reporting research. Students will learn how to apply research to Course Description: This course investigates the contexts, theories, advertising and public relations strategies and goals. and strategies of crisis management and risk communication. The course will study common issues in corporate crisis management PRA3043 GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION and examine risk communication from the perspective of an (3 units) organisation in crisis. The course aims to teach students not only Pre-requisite(s): PRA2033 COMPUTER VISUAL DESIGN, or what an organisation can, and should, do during a crisis, but also PRA2043 PUBLICATION DESIGN what strategic public relations can do to prevent a crisis from Course Description: This course begins by laying a foundation in happening. These objectives will be met through the study of visual literacy with particular attention to differences between relevant theories and concepts, the study of classic cases, and various media. Students learn the language of visual communication, through practical application of the material in projects and graphic design, and symbolic communication. The course projects presentations. The activities and assessments will emphasise the require students to apply basic principles of visual literacy and relationship between public relations and an organisation’s design theory to the use of computer to demonstrate learning. successful handling of crises. Students will develop some working knowledge of at least one major graphic design software program. Students leave the course PRA3093 MEDIA AND EVENT PLANNING with a portfolio of completed artistic and professional designs (3 units) appropriate to their work in advertising or public relations. Pre-requisite(s): PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING, or PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PRA3053 ADVANCED DESIGN AND VISUALISATION RELATIONS (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the principles and Pre-requisite(s): PRA2033 COMPUTER VISUAL DESIGN practices of advertising media planning introducing the process of Course Description: This course focuses on the creative and visual evaluating and selecting advertising media to meet specific strategic aspects of advertising design. Students are required to generate marketing goals, and also focuses on public relations’ event creative ideas and visualise their concepts aided by computer. planning that introduce event types and strategic planning for Learning will be emphasised through the hands-on practice of certain public relations event in communication, group work and assignments and projects. reflection through experiential learning activities. The course will equip the student with understanding of the concepts, roles and PRA3063 DIGITAL MEDIA tasks of a media and event planner and developing effective (3 units) strategies and techniques required to develop effective advertising Pre-requisite(s): None and public relations plans, negotiation, media buying, and sales Course Description: This course examines new media technology delivery of integrated brand marketing communications and of the and the ways which it influences and converges with traditional strategic usage and strengths of various media and event forms. media in advertising and public relations. In-depth examination of the uses and effects of various new media, such as internet, PRA3103 ADVERTISING PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT multimedia and other technological trends in communication will be (3 units) emphasised. This course is aimed to develop and equip students Pre-requisite(s): None with ability to plan, execute and evaluate new media in advertising Course Description: The course aims to train students in producing and public relations. a portfolio of creative works. Students will work with teammates to produce creative advertising materials, and develop strategic PRA3073 BRANDING IN ADVERTISING thinking and insight-building skills. Students will be prepared for (3 units) professional excellence through research, planning, and Pre-requisite(s): PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING implementation activities. Course Description: This course aims to orient advertising students to the significance of brand personality within the advertising environment. The course uses cases to expose students to the challenges commonly faced by brand managers. Students will study existing brands, historically and creatively. After understanding some basics of brand history, students will be asked to examine the role of brands in consumer loyalty, corporate expansion and new markets. Topics include assessing brand meaning, brand positioning, evaluating profitability, assessing brand

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PRA3113 PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY IN marketing programs. ADVERTISING (3 units) PRA4043 ADVERTISING REGULATION AND ETHICS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course aims to equip students with Pre-requisite(s): None foundational advertising photography and video production theory Other Condition(s): Year 3 or Year 4 and skills, to better prepare them for the professional field of Course Description: The field of advertising law and regulation is advertising and public relations. By successful completion of this one of the broadest and most complex areas of study in all of mass course, students are expected to be able to 1) Critically analyse communication. Commercial speech is considered quite different works of advertising on multimedia platforms; 2) Produce and from journalistic protections and ensuring the free flow of honest integrate the production to the central strategy of a campaign. information is a concern of every government worldwide. The ethics of advertising consider internal pressures that practitioners PRA4003 ADVERTISING AND SOCIETY face in trying to maximise their success. When ethics lapse into (3 units) deception and dishonesty, then the government must initiate legal Pre-requisite(s): None procedures to protect its citizenry. All of these processes are Course Description: The course provides an in-depth examination complicated in that society and technology change constantly and of advertising as a form of social communication in contemporary new ethical and regulatory dilemmas arise even as old ones are society. Stressed are the meanings and functions of advertising in decided. modern culture and advertising’s psychological, ideological, and sociological implications. Relevant ethical dimension and PRA4053 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING responsibilities are considered. INTERNSHIP (3 units) PRA4013 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND Pre-requisite(s): None ADVERTISING Other Condition(s): Year 3 summer, and approval by Programme (3 units) Director Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: Public Relations and Advertising students are Course Description: This course aims to provide students with encouraged to undertake an internship. The internship is normally detailed study of special topics of importance in public relations and of at least two months full-time employment or professional advertising. Students will study the topic of public relations for practice during the summer between the second and third years but non-profits in China and abroad. it can be a minimum of 160 hours of work. Students are required to conform to all reasonable requirements of their internship employer. PRA4023 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (PRA) Both the employer and the student file reports with the PRA (3 units) programme office after the internship. Pre-requisite(s): None Other Condition(s): Year 4 PRA4063 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING Course Description: The project allows students to develop an STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS independent, integrated marketing communication plan for an actual (3 units) client. Under the guidance of a chief adviser, each student generates Pre-requisite(s): PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC a client, researches the competitive situation, identifies the target RELATIONS, or market, and construct a specific part of an integrated marketing PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING communication campaign such as creative, media, public relations, Course Description: This course introduces students to the internet marketing, multi-media presentation, or other promotional practices associated with planning a campaign. Students working in activities. Students can also choose to conduct an original study, small groups will prepare a campaign for a real brand or product, case analysis, or design project on a specific topic in either public service or organisation. The groups will do actual client interview, relations or advertising. and write a situation analysis, create detailed references, conduct original research, define and develop targets, develop PRA4033 INTEGRATED MARKETING communication objectives and strategies in advertising and public COMMUNICATION relations based upon consumer and product research. Deliverables (3 units) will be created and designed to express the campaign goals and Pre-requisite(s): PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC connect and communicate their intentions. Students apply the skills RELATIONS, or they have acquired in previous advertising and public relations PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING courses to prepare the campaign project. The campaign project, Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an consisting of a written plans book, and original designs and creates introduction to integrated marketing communications where will be presented to the class or event clients, and turned in at the students will apply many concepts and theories in order to gain a end of the semester. better understanding of how integrated marketing communications works by analysing campaigns and case studies. Concept and theories will help students to understand the actions and decisions influencing the marketing communication mix and its effects on the

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PRA4073 BIG DATA AND ADVERTISING course will enable the student to become competent in exploring, (3 units) evaluating, and applying research findings to the wide range of Pre-requisite(s): PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC problems in Psychology. It is also designed to help students become RELATIONS, or more sophisticated consumers of the increasing flood of scientific PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING news, to help them discriminate between junk and serious science. Course Description: This course is concerned with understanding It will also provide a solid methodological foundation for students the fundamentals of big data and its applications in advertising. to undertake their final year projects. At the end of the course, each Students will have an overview of concepts, theories, research, student should decide on a topic for his/her final year project and development, and analytics of big data that influences and creates develop a preliminary research project proposal. This proposal innovative strategies for advertising. Students should be aware of would form part of the course assessment. the growing significance of the influence of big data and critically evaluate the dynamic shifts in advertising in a digital era. Data PSY2023 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY analysis workshops will be conducted for the course. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY PRA4663 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING Course Description: At the completion of the course the student STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS (FOR MINOR should have a critical understanding of influence of social PROGRAMME ONLY) –psychological phenomena which occur in our daily lives. The (3 units) student will develop an awareness of the fact that we sometimes Pre-requisite(s): PRA2013 PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING, or spend entire days in interacting in a variety of different situations PRA2003 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC which lend themselves to the theories and principles of Social RELATIONS Psychology. The student will be aware of the contributions of social Course Description: This course introduces students to the psychologists in the fields of business, medicine law and related practices associated with planning a campaign. Students working in areas. Social psychology is now represented as an element in other small groups will prepare a campaign for a real brand or product, areas of psychology: clinical, forensic, industrial and organisational. service or organisation. The groups will do actual client interview, Contributions to these fields flow in from the field of social and write a situation analysis, create detailed references, conduct psychology. Social psychology will give the student an interest and original research, define and develop targets, develop appreciation for cultural diversity and national interest, these areas communication objectives and strategies in advertising and public represent extensive interest in research and experimentation in relations based upon consumer and product research. Deliverables attempt to determine which are universal and which are cultural will be created and designed to express the campaign goals and bound. Finally, emphasis will be placed on understanding the connect and communicate their intentions. Students apply the skills traditional topics such as aggression, violence, altruism, humanism they have acquired in previous advertising and public relations and other social forces. courses to prepare the campaign project. The campaign project, consisting of a written plans book, and original designs and creates PSY2033 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY will be presented to the class or event clients, and turned in at the (3 units) end of the semester. Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Course Description: Developmental psychology is designed to PSY2003 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY provide the student with the fundamental knowledge and (3 units) appreciation of the concepts of human development. The student Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY will begin with the introduction of scientific methods and research Course Description: The study of biological psychology has its models in the area of human development. This will prepare the roots in two disciplines: biology and psychology. The course student to read and understand the evolution and technological attempts to link the two and provides an understanding of the advances in the discipline of psychology and particularly, methods by which biology is able to clarify and assist the student in developmental psychology. The student will be introduced to the understanding human behaviours and processes in our mental lives. “bio-psycho-social” model as it applies to human development; this Biological psychology will provide immediate, causal explanations will include relevant cultural and social issues related to the fact that for the role of the human brain in guiding and directing behaviour; human development is not driven or determined by isolated this, taken in a greater context considers the role of the nervous biological force but expressed as a dynamic between the elements system, hormones and immediate environment. of heredity and environment which shape the human organism.

PSY2013 RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: To cultivate critical thinking, and how it can Course Description: This is an introductory level course designed be applied to a wide range of research topics in Psychology. This to provide an understanding of the basic scientific principles course will take a practical, skill-building approach to examining supporting the discipline of psychology. The course begins with the the nature of psychological research, the formulation of research historic roots of psychology and the fundamentals of empirical questions, research design and methods, and the analysis, research which will provide the basis of the bio-psycho-social interpretation, and presentation of research data and results. The model used throughout the course. The course will cover a wide

- 554 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ range of topics beginning with the study of human development PSY3023 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY which will lead to further discussion of cognition, personality, (3 units) learning perception, psychopathology and principles of socialisation, Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY etc. Course Description: This course will introduce students to the branch of psychology which deals with a diverse range of PSY2053 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND maladaptive human behaviours. Topics will include historical and CLASSROOM PRACTICE theoretical perspectives on abnormal behaviour, and related (3 units) methods of assessment, research, and intervention which are Pre-requisite(s): None prominent in this area of psychology. Course Description: This course aims to develop understanding of This course will also include a detailed coverage of anxiety, stress, key concepts and theories in educational psychology and their mood, thought, substance, personality, sexual, somatoform, and application to the classroom teaching and learning; use key eating disorders, as well as disorders related to childhood and aging. psychological constructs such as learning, motivation, cognitive Psychosocial dimension of these disorders will be considered, along processes and social construction as the basis for explaining current with strategies for intervention which represent a variety of educational practice; identify and suggest efficient teaching theoretical perspectives on treatment. methods, and evaluate the effectiveness of current educational practice. PSY3033 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) PSY3003 THEORIES OF HUMAN PERSONALITY Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) Course Description: The course in Forensic Psychology is directed Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY at applying social science research methods and principles of Course Description: This 3-unit hour course is an examination of psychological knowledge and theories to the contemporary issues of the major personality theories, including those proposed by Freud the criminal justice system. The course will introduce the student to and his followers, learning theorists, trait theorists, social-learning a wide range of topics related to legal methods found in court, theorists and humanists. Current research into personality, using corrections and police work. The student will be introduced to the modern methods, also is reviewed. We will describe and interpret translation of psychological language into legal language found in the major theories of human personality, introducing the student to courts and other legal institutions. The fact that a forensic the main ideas and concepts of each theorist and theory, to attempt psychologist is not a therapist and does not approach the issues and to understand the role of theory in the study, understanding and problems found in clinical psychology will be understood by the explaining of human behaviour. And we will also aim to draw from student. Emphasis on facts and objective assessment will be a key the related research, pertinent information and analyses of the concept, the forensic psychologist must be acutely aware of his/her respective theories and how theories and research can be practically role at the behest of the judge or attorney representing the defendant. interpreted and applied; to encourage active participation in the The student will be exposed to the myriad of situations and curriculum; to enhance skills in critical thinking regarding circumstances in the relationship between crime and mental illness. assessment of subjective areas of human psychology; to overview Thus the student of Forensic Psychology will understand the the major controversies in contributors to Psychology. concepts of insanity, recidivism, risk assessment, police psychology and expert testimony. PSY3013 THEORIES OF LEARNING (3 units) PSY3043 CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) Course Description: The course in Theories of Learning attempts Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY to integrate the cognitive, emotional and environmental experiences Course Description: The field of consumer psychology refers to which form the basis of knowledge, skills and values that determine the study of how the population accesses the goods and services in the individual’s view of the world. Theories of learning attempt to their daily lives. This area of psychology draws heavily from the explain how these learning events occur and what is happening fields of advertising and marketing in the scope of business but it when people learn. This is what differentiates humans from animals, incorporates and complements these disciplines with anthropology, we know it!! A fundamental question surrounding this fact is how cognitive psychology and social psychology. Consumer Psychology do we know? This is answered by exploring the bases of learning. has been recognised as a separate area of study within the discipline The course will also provide an introduction to some of the most of psychology since World War II. informative and influential psychological thinking of the twentieth Consumer psychology attempts to answer the questions of how, century which explored the nature of learning. why, when and where do people buy or, not buy products. The course is designed to expose the student to important empirical Consumer psychology studies individuals and group characteristics and practical applications of learning. We will study the variables regarding how they satisfy their wants and needs. This involves related to learning with the goal of understanding the principles of examining demography, economic and social status and the effects human development, educational achievements and therapeutic of the environment and how it influences buyer decisions. changes. Consumer psychology examines factors related to how a customer determines value; it attempts to measure the effects of advertising and marketing with the ultimate goal of influencing or predicting a customer’s decision.

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PSY3053 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY knowledge, understanding, and practices of students who will be (3 units) involve in constructing tests, and understanding the meaning and Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY value of test scores. This course introduces students to the Course Description: The course in educational psychology is psychological tests used in clinical, organisational, forensic, and developed to study how humans learn in educational settings. The educational settings. Through the address of topics such as test course explores and examines the effectiveness of educational design, neuropsychological assessment, vocational interests, and intervention and the psychology of teaching. The focus of projective techniques, students will gain insight to how testing data educational psychology is upon how students learn and how they are used by professional psychologists when working with clients. develop, this often takes place within the context of subgroups such as “gifted children” or children with “learning and educational PSY3103 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY disabilities”. Educational psychology locates itself within a wide (3 units) range of specialties within the areas of educational studies. A course Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY objective is to expose the student to a variety of these areas such as: Course Description: This course will focus on the major empirical instructional design, educational technology, curriculum findings and theories within the major areas of Positive Psychology. development, special education and classroom management. The It is designed to explore the concepts, research behind the concepts, broad, overall objective of educational psychology is to introduce techniques, and exercises that enhance well-being. Through this the relevant psychological principles, theories and methodologies to course students should be able to promote both the original goals of problems and issues found in areas of learning and education a psychology of well-being (getting rid of negatives and dealing with ordinary challenges), while emphasizing Positive Psychology's PSY3063 PSYCHOLOGY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY focus on growth and excellence. Students will be provided the (3 units) knowledge to rationalize negative states such as anxiety, depression, Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY low self-esteem, anger, and self-defeating behaviour and taught to Course Description: This course is designed to provide students deal effectively with the normal demands of everyday life, like with a positive perception of cultural diversity. The most important having good relationships with others, coping with stress, elements of cultural diversity, understanding and awareness, will be organizing the self, and accomplishing goals, etc. The students will addressed. The aim of the course is to examine how “the mind increase the ability to improve the self beyond mere normality. shapes culture” and how “culture shapes the mind”. We will begin by discussing immigration and cultural diversity from the point of PSY4003 HUMAN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY view of those who change cultural environment and those who find (3 units) themselves in environment where they are minorities. Psychology Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY of Cultural Diversity employs a blend of experiential learning Course Description: The main objective of the course is to provide theory to engage the learner in a unique and participative set of the student with the understanding and appreciation of the scientific learning experiences. Increased awareness of cultural diversity can methods and how it applies to the principles of cognitive translate into more tolerance, respect, and appreciation for the psychology. Principles and theories of attention, memory, problem uniqueness of all people and culture. solving, comprehension and reasoning provide the core of human cognition and provide a context for other studies related to learning, PSY3073 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY intelligence and other areas of human behaviour. The student will (3 units) experience the many avenues of empirical research found in studies Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY of cognition and learn to appreciate the traditional research models Course Description: The major objective is to provide the student of cognitive psychology ( e.g. Reaction times) and how they can be with hands on experience and practice related to experimental used to interpret mental events. The student will understand the methods in psychology. This process includes planning, designing failure of cognition (e.g. Trauma, dementia) and use this and conducting a piece of experimental research and information and knowledge to further understand normal cognition. communicating the results to fellow students. Students will be The student will hopefully appreciate the value of cognitive introduced to the basics of scientific methods, principles of psychology in the context of contemporary issues confronting the observation and reporting. Developing computer skills as a discipline of psychology. foundation for data analysis will be emphasised. The laboratory part of the course will provide the research PSY4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (PSY) experience, develop the research project and demonstrate the skills (3 units) of scientific communication in both written and oral forms. The Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY course will also introduce the important topics of research ethics Course Description: The main aim of this course is to guide and and guidelines established for the protection of animal and human empower final year psychology students to initiate, explore, analyse, subjects. and complete their research project. The objectives of this course are to provide opportunities for students: (1) to develop their PSY3093 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND individual critical thinking and research design skills, as well as TESTING analytical and intellectual abilities; (2) to apply the formal (3 units) knowledge and skills gained on the degree programmed, to real, Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY practical psychology research; and (3) to integrate their Course Description: The aim of this course is to improve the competencies, so as to better prepare themselves for the transition

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Students will examine the role of interpersonal relations, who have academically performed very well in year 2 and year 3, and individual differences in modifying and changing organisations, and in Final Year Project I. Enrolment in this course requires the they will also gain insights to the decision making, group dynamics, approval of the Programme Director. Students are required to leadership, employment law, job satisfaction, work motivation, independently carry out a scientific literature review, to critically organisational development and change processes within and appraise certain theories, concepts or beliefs, and to prepare between organisations. students for a higher degree study. PSY4053 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY PSY4013 COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Course Description: Students will view health and illness through Course Description: This course intends to provide an overview of a bio-psycho-social lens, i.e. understand that physical well-being is the counselling profession. Research in efficacy and assessment will the result of complex biological, social, and psychological factors. be included in the course to emphasise the scientist-practitioner Students should develop the research skills and confidence model. Students will also be informed of the various settings where necessary to critically examine advice about health they are given. counselling psychologists can contribute their professional Students will learn about behavioural interventions they could apply knowledge. in their own life, either with others or themselves; modifying health behaviours, coping with stress or pain, or dealing with illnesses. PSY4023 INTERPERSONAL AND GROUP DYNAMICS (3 units) PSY4063 PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3 units) Course Description: The course in Group Dynamics introduces the Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY student to the stages and processes of groups including the Course Description: Although the Chinese people constitute more principles of group interaction which will address techniques, than a quarter of the world’s population, the purpose of this course leadership and roles. These concepts will be applied as part of an is to summarise and integrate the wealth of data available on their experiential learning process with the student as participants in psychological functioning. The purpose of this course is to various group exercises. The object is learning while participating. introduce fundamental concepts from psychology in the different The student will understand group dynamics within the processes of cultural context of Chinese people psychological functioning, to group development: this includes an assessment or group building apply such concepts in understanding themselves and behaviours of phase, the initial phase of group development, the working and others. transition phases, the final or closure phase. Again, this is a course that incorporates both theoretical and experiential phases of group PSY4073 FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT dynamics. The course does not have an orientation to counselling or AND EDUCATION industrial/personnel management, the course content and material is (3 units) developed to provide the student with an understanding of group Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY processes, goals, norms and roles, communication, leadership and Course Description ： This course will provide students the cooperation. opportunity to construct an overall perspective on development —especially physical, cognitive, social, and personality PSY4033 SPECIAL TOPIC IN PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN development—across the lifespan, with a particular focus on the FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS influences of the environment, including education, on these four (3 units) facets of human development. Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Course Description: The content of this course depends on the PSY4083 INTERPRETATION OF EDUCATIONAL interests and expertise of the lecturers involved in teaching it, and RESEARCH the needs and interests of the students. It provides an opportunity to (3 units) explore topics of current relevance and importance. Pre-requisite(s): PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Course Description： The purpose of this course is to provide students with the essential knowledge and skill to be both discerning consumers and producers of scientific research in child development and education. This course will give students some

- 557 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ training about how to assess research findings critically and their STAT3003 SURVEY SAMPLING educational values as well as how to conduct a research project (3 units) yourself. This course will be also useful for those who are interested Pre-requisite(s): GCNU1003 SPEAKING OF STATISTICS, or in writing a Research Qualification Paper (QRP) in preparation to GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO be enrolled in a doctoral program. PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS, or GCNU1053 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS SCIENCE, or (3 units) GCNU1063 BUSINESS STATISTICS Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I Course Description: Sample survey is a popular means for gauging Course Description: This course introduces the basic probability opinions and views of a target population. It is widely used in many theory and theoretical statistics (probability distributions, estimation areas including behavioural sciences, biomedical sciences, social and hypothesis test criteria, etc.) so that the students can understand research, marketing research, financial and business services, public the foundations of general statistical practices and are also well opinions on government policies, etc. However, improperly prepared for the advanced subjects like regression analysis, conducted surveys or inappropriate analyses of the results could multivariate analysis, and time series forecasting. lead to seriously wrong conclusions. This course equips students with a sound understanding of survey operations, sampling methods, STAT2013 REGRESSION ANALYSIS questionnaire design and analysis of results. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, or STAT3013 LIFE CONTINGENCIES MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the theory of Pre-requisite(s): MATH4043 ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS regression analysis and techniques in data analysis. It will Course Description: This course is a continuation of “Introduction emphasise on recent developments in the regression analysis such as to Actuarial Mathematics”. Mathematics of life contingencies as statistical diagnostics and nonlinear regression; and to motivate applied to insurance models including expenses, non-forfeiture students to analyse multivariate data with the help of statistical benefits, dividends, and valuation theory for pension plans will be packages such as MATLAB, R or SPSS. discussed.

STAT2023 ADVANCED PROBABILITY STAT3023 QUALITY CONTROL – SIX SIGMA (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, and Pre-requisite(s): None MATH1083 CALCULUS II Course Description: In this information age much data are Course Description: The course introduces basic concepts and collected, but less often analysed. This course covers methods for techniques of measuring theoretic probability, familiarise students gleaning useful information for large data sets. These methods may with random variable and various probability distributions from the be used to help improve product marketing, increase operational perspective of measuring theoretic probability theory, and introduce efficiency and discover new knowledge. some basic stochastic processes, martingales and their applications. STAT3033 BAYESIAN STATISTICS STAT2043 STRUCTURE PROGRAMMING (FOR STAT (3 units) STUDENTS) Pre-requisite(s): STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS (3 units) Course Description: This course will present the relevant theory, Pre-requisite(s): GCIT1003 IT FOR SUCCESS IN EVERYDAY methodology and computational techniques of modern Bayesian LIFE AND WORK, or inference and modelling. The main emphasis of the course will be GCIT1013 FOUNDATIONS OF C on how to use the Bayesian thinking, modelling and computation to PROGRAMMING, or analyse data with complex structure. GCIT1023 PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR BEGINNERS STAT3043 DATA ANALYSIS USING R Course Description: This course introduces a methodical approach (3 units) to programme development, starting from problem formulation and Pre-requisite(s): GCNU1003 SPEAKING OF STATISTICS, or specification, through design of the solution, implementation, and GCNU1043 INTRODUCTION TO documentation, to evaluation of the solution. The subject matter is PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS, or taught through a high-level structured programming language. At GCNU1053 STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL present, C and MATLAB are used. SCIENCE, or GCNU1063 BUSINESS STATISTICS Course Description: The course covers computer programming and data analysis in R. The emphasis of the course will be on statistics analysis based on R language. This involves: (1) exploratory data analysis; (2) specification of models to explain the data; (3) estimation and evaluation of models; (4) forecasting from the model.

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STAT4003 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN STAT4033 STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): STAT2013 REGRESSION ANALYSIS Pre-requisite(s): STAT4013 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS Course Description: This course stresses the theory and Course Description: This course describes the logic underlying applications of experimental designs. Various kinds of experimental structural equation modelling (SEM) approach, also known as designs such as factorial design, uniform design and design of covariance structure analysis, and how SEM approaches relate to computer experiments will be introduced. Statistical analysis and techniques like regression, path analysis, and factor analysis. We model identification are taught by using a number of real-life will analyse the strengths and shortcomings of SEM as compared to examples. alternative methodologies, and explore the various methodologies for analysing structural equation data. STAT4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (STAT) (3 units) STAT4043 CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Statistics Programme Pre-requisite(s): STAT2013 REGRESSION ANALYSIS Course Description: Students will undertake an individual project Course Description: To equip students with statistical methods for under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical analysing categorical data arisen from qualitative response variables experience of applying statistics and mathematics principles and which cannot be handled by methods dealing with quantitative techniques acquired from the course to the solution of real-life response, such as regression and ANOVA. Some computing problems. The project demands careful planning and creative software, such as SAS, S-PLUS, R or MATLAB, will be used to application of underlying theories and enabling technologies. A implement the methods. The learning outcome will be the ability to thesis and an oral presentation are required upon successful formulate suitable statistical models for qualitative response completion of the project. This course is open to Statistics majors variables and to analyse such data with computer software. only. STAT4053 SURVIVAL ANALYSIS STAT4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (STAT) (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS, and Pre-requisite(s): None STAT2013 REGRESSION ANALYSIS Other Condition(s): Year 4 standing in Statistics Programme Course Description: This course first presents parameterisations of Course Description: Students will undertake an individual project survival distributions, in terms of hazard intensities, which lend under the supervision of a faculty member and gain the practical themselves to the formulation of parametric models, including experience of applying statistics and mathematics principles and regression-type models which relate failure-time distributions to techniques acquired from the course to the solution of real-life auxiliary biomedical predictors. The special features of truncation problems. The project demands careful planning and creative or censoring present unique challenges in the formulation of application of underlying theories and enabling technologies. A likelihoods and efficient estimation and testing in settings. thesis and an oral presentation are required upon successful completion of the project. This course is open to Statistics majors STAT4063 TIME SERIES ANALYSIS only. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): STAT2013 REGRESSION ANALYSIS STAT4013 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS Course Description: This course provides students with (3 units) sophisticated statistical techniques and models for analysing time Pre-requisite(s): MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II, or series data. Using statistical packages, such as R and MATLAB, as MATH1003 LINEAR ALGEBRA computational aid, students will learn to use the models for analysis Course Description: This course provides an understanding of and forecasting where the distributions of arrival-times and classical multivariate analysis and modern techniques in data withdrawal-times are unknown and not parametrically modelled. mining which are useful for analysing both designed experiments This statistical topic has achieved great prominence in the and observational studies. Real data in social, life, and natural theoretical statistical literature because it is a particularly good sciences are analysed using statistical packages such as R or arena for the introduction of techniques of estimating and testing MATLAB. finite-dimensional parameter values – such as a treatment-effectiveness parameter in clinical studies – in the STAT4023 LOSS MODELS presence of infinite-dimensional unknown parameters. Such (3 units) problems are referred to as semi-parametric. Pre-requisite(s): STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS Course Description: This course covers basic probability, STAT4073 DATA MINING generating functions, theory of recurrent events, Markov chains and (3 units) Markov processes. It develops and analyses models for fixed time Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and intervals; covers models for claim severities, models for claim MATH1063 LINEAR ALGEBRA II frequencies, aggregate claims models and ruin theory. This course is Course Description: In this information age much data are of interest to advance actuarial science students and statistics collected, but less often analysed. This course covers methods for students. gleaning useful information for large data sets. These methods may

- 559 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ be used to help improve product marketing, increase operational SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS efficiency and discover new knowledge. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None STAT4093 APPLIED STOCHASTIC PROCESS Course Description: This course facilitates students’ (3 units) self-understanding and awareness of their own behaviour and Pre-requisite(s): MATH1083 CALCULUS II, and attitude related to the role of a social worker, as well as students’ STAT2003 ADVANCED STATISTICS reflection of values and to identify value conflict, if any, in the Course Description: This course reviews basic probability theory application of the international Social Work Code of Ethics to and deals with major stochastic processes including Poisson practice. The main part of the course concentrates on students’ processes, renewal theory, Markov Chains and continuous-time acquisition of basic knowledge and micro skills of social practices Markov Chains. Applications to inventory problems, equipment with individuals, groups, and community. replacement policy and queuing theory are also dealt with through some examples. SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION AND PROCESSES STAT4103 INTRODUCTION TO DEEP LEARNING WITH (3 units) PYTHON Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course is an introduction to the Pre-requisite(s): MATH1073 CALCULUS I, and integrative model as a conceptual framework for the study of social STAT2043 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING work theory and practice. Student will learn the practice content that (FOR STAT STUDENTS) encompasses the generic knowledge and skills common to social Course Description: This course will expose students in upper work practice at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. This content undergraduate level to deep learning, a key discipline in artificial includes the activities of intervention and processes of engaging intelligence, with its core models and algorithms. Tools and clients in an appropriate working relationship, identifying issues, applications using these algorithms are introduced to give the problems, needs, resources and assets; collecting and assessing students an idea and experience of how they are implemented in information; and planning for service delivery. Exercises based on Python, the most popular computer language widely used in case, group, and community studies will be used to help students data-mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence develop their practical and analytical skills. This course runs communities. The aim of the course is to reinforce students the concurrently with SWSA2003 Social Work Skills. basic concepts and intuition behind modern machine learning methodologies as well as a bit more formal understanding of how, SWSA2023 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT why, and when they can be enabled in applications related to pattern (3 units) recognition and decision making. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course focuses on the study of human SWSA1003 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE adjustments and coping behaviours with references to the various (3 units) features and characteristics of human development from prenatal Pre-requisite(s): None stage to death. Students will examine the developmental problems, Course Description: This course a) introduces students to the adjustment difficulties, and changes in human behaviour as a result scientific field of social welfare by providing elementary insights on of interaction of biological, psychological, socio-cultural factors as well as elementary theoretical understanding of social welfare across lifespan, and their implications for social work practice. and all its key related issues; b) examines the functioning, structures, problems of social welfare systems, as well as the changes SWSA2033 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK occurring within those systems; c) provides students with a compact, (INDIVIDUAL) comprehensive and integrated understanding of social welfare (3 units) systems in a comparative perspective. Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION SWSA1013 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND PROCESSES (3 units) Course Description: This course devotes to the study, application, Pre-requisite(s): None and evaluation of the major theoretical models/approaches in social Course Description: This course orients students to the Social work with individuals and their families. It enables students to grasp Work profession. It provides students with an overview of the and apply the knowledge and skills of the major theories and philosophical foundations and basic elements of social work practice of counselling and psychotherapy covering humanistic, covering such aspects as its purposes, values, sanction, knowledge, cognitive-behavioural, and family therapies. References to the new and skills. Students will examine the approaches/methods of direct developments of counselling theories and approaches to the practice and indirect social work practice; the various fields of social work of counselling will also be made. Students will develop their skills practice and the types of clientele served as well as the roles and through participation in a variety of simulation exercises and case functions of social workers. Field trips and visits to social service studies. agencies may be organised to enable them to gain a better idea of the different agency settings and their services.

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SWSA2043 SOCIAL PROBLEMS social welfare issues in the context of national development – (3 units) including political and administrative development, as well as Pre-requisite(s): None economic, social and cultural development. The course will focus Course Description: This course focuses on the macro-study of on a number of key countries and the welfare systems in Asia, such major social problems and issues of the contemporary societies with as: China, India, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore. references to the local context such as social deviations, ageism, domestic/family violence, inequality, unemployment, poverty, and SWSA3023 SOCIAL WORK AND LAW certain other emerging issues from a sociological perspective. (3 units) Students will examine the major theoretical explanations (such as Pre-requisite(s): None social disorganisation; labelling theory etc.) to the causative factors, Course Description: This course orients students to the course of and the strategies or approaches by which society seeks to cope with law in welfare-related areas, and its importance for the welfare state them. Policies on treatment and prevention of the social problems system in particular and the general society at large. It will discuss under study will also be discussed. the basic foundation of law in the field of social work and social welfare. It will examine social welfare legislations concerning the SWSA2053 SOCIOLOGY AND CHINESE SOCIETY protection of women and children; the physical and mentally (3 units) disabled; family; labour; and those laws related to social work, Pre-requisite(s): None social security and social welfare, health and education. Course Description: This course provides an introduction of the scientific field of sociology. It aims to develop a basic SWSA3033 SOCIAL POLICY understanding of major sociological theories such as social system (3 units) theory and apply these theories to professional and practical Pre-requisite(s): None contexts. Course Description: This course develops students’ understanding of social policy and the relationship between social policy, social SWSA2063 SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SOCIAL welfare and social work in a changing world. It focuses on modern ENTERPRISES social policy analysis, taking into account the full scope of social (3 units) policies available today, and shows how they interact with each Pre-requisite(s): None other – providing both a strong theoretical and practical point of Course Description: This course aims to provide students with an view in the study of social policy. The course will also discuss and overview of the knowledge and current trends in social innovation analyse the history and development of the welfare state in and social enterprises; to enable students to examine the basic international perspective. principles in designing and operating social enterprises for social innovation; to investigate how entrepreneurial skills are developed SWSA3043 SOCIAL WORK WITH OLDER PEOPLE in social enterprises particularly in relation to balancing meeting (3 units) social needs and business effectiveness and efficiency; and to Pre-requisite(s): None critically review current approaches and models of social Course Description: This course develops and deepens the entrepreneurship and social enterprise in local and international students’ understanding of the processes of human aging through an contexts. exploration of relevant social sciences concepts and theories. Students will understand and examine the philosophy and rationale SWSA3003 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK behind different provisions for older people, as well as acquire and (GROUP) develop practical techniques and skills in working with older people (3 units) at different levels and settings. Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION SWSA3063 SOCIAL WELFARE IN CHINESE SOCIETIES AND PROCESSES (3 units) Course Description: This course outlines the purpose and rationale Pre-requisite(s): None behind social work with groups. Students will examine and evaluate Course Description: This course aims at helping students to the major theoretical models and practical approaches of social acquire an overview of the social development of contemporary group work. Problems and issues in the application of group work Chinese societies, to develop an understanding of the institutional will be analysed. Skills necessary for setting up and running a group structure of modern China, to explore the current welfare issues and in particular the handling of group dynamics will be examined. challenges, and to examine the actual welfare operation and training Students will participate in a variety of simulations exercises to of welfare workers. develop their skills. SWSA3073 HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL SWSA3013 SOCIAL WELFARE IN ASIA ENVIRONMENT (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course introduces the issue of social Course Description: This course provides students with the welfare in Asia from a wholesome (integrative societal) and knowledge on the reciprocal relationships between human comparative perspective. Students will learn the importance of behaviour and social environments. It introduces empirically based

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This (3 units) includes the examination of theories and knowledge of biological, Pre-requisite(s): None sociological, cultural, psychological development across the life Course Description: This course aims to: (1) Appreciate how span; the range of social systems in which people live; and the ways human beings, in different religions, cultures, and communities social systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving throughout the ages, have responded to grief, illness, bereavement, health and well-being. death, and dying; (2) Address issues related to coping with the subject of dying and bereavement, and caring for the dying; (3) SWSA3083 SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH Comprehend the complexities of current legal and ethical issues on (3 units) death and dying (e.g. advanced directives, euthanasia, suicide, Pre-requisite(s): None HIV/AIDS, etc.); (4) Provide an opportunity to assess one’s Course Description: This course helps students understand the personal beliefs, attitudes, values, and fears toward death and dying. basic principles and limits of scientific inquiry and their relation to the practice of social work and social administration. Students will SWSA3123 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR I examine the methods of qualitative and quantitative research design; (2 units) data analysis and interpretation; as well as the use of statistical Pre-requisite(s): None procedures and knowledge in social investigations. Students will be Co-requisite(s): SWSA3103 FIELD PRACTICE I oriented to the use of computer/statistical software such as SPSS for Course Description: Integrative Seminar I aims at providing data entry and analysis. It will also help students to acquire the students with a comprehensive orientation to fieldwork and practical skills of research through planning and undertaking a community settings. Students are psychologically and small-scale research project that is relevant to social work and professionally prepared to tune into the field situations and embark social administration practice such as evaluative research, action on direct services. Conducted in the form of workshop, group research, and policy research. discussions, simulation exercises and others, this course provides students with the opportunities to discuss, reflect, and integrate what SWSA3093 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK they have learned in both classroom and field settings to direct (COMMUNITY) practice. Students are helped to acquire the academic and (3 units) professional competence and confidence in their work with Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and clients/community people in the field. SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION AND PROCESSES SWSA3133 MIGRANT WORKERS IN CHINA Course Description: This course identifies community problems (3 units) with the active participation of the community people and the Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and priorities of problem solutions using the community participatory SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION approach. It will examine the goals and development of community AND PROCESSES work as a social work method and theoretical models of community Course Description: This course aims to: review contemporary work. The course will identify and analyse issues and problems theories and perspectives for understanding migrant workers with specific to the practice of community work at the local, Asian particular reference to the socio-economic context of China; context. critically examine the discourses on living conditions of migrant workers; describe the service delivery system for migrant workers, SWSA3103 FIELD PRACTICE I its resources and gaps and articulate ways to strengthen services and (4 units) reduce service gaps. Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION SWSA3143 SOCIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESSES (3 units) Co-requisite(s): SWSA3123 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR I Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This is a supervised field practice. It enables Course Description: This course aims to: 1) introduce students to students to gain understanding of the placement agency’s the scientific field of Social Planning and Development, providing philosophy, function, policy, service delivery, and the social elementary insights on-as well as elementary theoretical problems in its purview. It also attempts to help students apply understanding of – social planning and social development; (2) social work principles and internalise social work values through introduce basic methods in social planning and social development direct practice. Students, through direct field-practice, are expected analysis; (3) provide students with the basic concept and policy to develop self-awareness and the ability to integrate knowledge solutions proposed by developmental social policy, with regard to with practice with different target groups and a range of problems; social planning and social development studies. and to sharpen assessment and intervention skills as applied to a broad range of social work roles in working with individuals, families, groups and communities.

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SWSA4003 SOCIAL WORK WITH YOUTH of residential care; and the effects of residential care on both the (3 units) residents and staff. The roles and functions of social workers in Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and residential settings will be discussed this course will devote to the SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION study of the process and tasks of residential care. The concepts of AND PROCESSES therapeutic community and community care versus long-term Course Description: This course reviews contemporary theories residential care will be analysed. and perspectives for understanding youth with particular reference to the socio-economic and political context of Asia, as well as the SWSA4053 SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES discourses on specific dimensions of youth in Asia. This course will (3 units) further examine and evaluate selected youth services and Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2033 THEORY AND PRACTICE IN approaches to youth work with a view to promoting positive SOCIAL WORK (INDIVIDUAL) changes. Course Description: Building on the foundation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills as acquired from the earlier micro SWSA4013 SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS IN ASIA social work practice subjects, students will examine the application (3 units) of the theories and practise in working with families. This course Pre-requisite(s): None devotes also to the study of the structures, functions, and the Course Description: This course will introduce students to the developmental stages of families and problems they may encounter. study of different types and constellations of social security systems, The role of social workers in family services will be examined, and as applied throughout all of Asia. The students will realise the the family policies and services will be analysed with particular strengths and weaknesses, and current predicaments of social reference to the local context. security systems in Asia. Students will be able to provide improvements and alternative solutions for current social security SWSA4063 TOPICS IN SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL problems (e.g. aging of society, impact of economic globalisation, ADMINISTRATION new gender roles, and low birth rates) in different institutional (3 units) settings. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is designed to be flexible to allow SWSA4023 OLD-AGE SECURITY IN AGING SOCIETIES analyses and discussions on a range of selected contemporary issues (3 units) in Social Policy and Social Administration, which are Pre-requisite(s): None complementary to those ordinarily offered as an integral part of the Course Description: This course introduces in particular the issue stream. Normally, no more than one such course will be offered in of old-age security in aging societies and the issue of low fertility any given semester. rates in the context of financial stability of social security systems. It examines and analyses complexities of multi-pillar old-age SWSA4073 REHABILITATION SERVICE AND SOCIAL security systems in times of rapid aging and rapid and lasting WORK fertility decline, particularly in Western, but also Asian societies. (3 units) The course introduces old and new concepts and theories of Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and providing old-age security and in devising social policies for the SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION elderly. AND PROCESSES Course Description: This course provides students with an SWSA4033 HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE IN AGING understanding of the theories, scope, and causes of physical and SOCIETIES mental disorders. The different aspects of needs, problems, and (3 units) adjustment of both groups of handicapped persons will be examined. Pre-requisite(s): None Students will understand the methods of assessment, intervention, Course Description: This course introduces in particular the issue and prevention of mental and/or physical disability. The roles of the of health and long-term care in aging societies and the issue of social worker and approaches in working with both clients and their longevity and the rise of modern mass diseases. It will examine and families will also be examined. analyse issues of health care markets. The course introduces old and new concepts and theories of providing health and long-term care SWSA4083 HUMAN SERVICE MANAGEMENT services, and devising health and long-term care policies for the (3 units) elderly. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course provides a basic understanding of SWSA4043 RESIDENTIAL CARE AND SERVICES social welfare management and administration. It discusses the (3 units) problems, roles and tasks of social workers in human service Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and management particularly those related to the social work settings. SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION The course comprises both macro-management practices (e.g. the AND PROCESSES shaping of organisational structure and processes of social welfare Course Description: This course provides students with a agencies) and micro-management practice (entrepreneurship, comprehensive knowledge of the services and practice of residential strategic planning, human resource and financial management, care. Students will examine the basic principles and characteristics social marketing, fundraising, quality control, etc.).

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SWSA4093 FINAL YEAR PROJECT (SWSA) students with a comprehensive orientation to fieldwork and (3 units) community settings. Students are psychologically and Pre-requisite(s): SWSA3083 SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH professionally prepared to tune into the field situations and embark Course Description: The Final Year Project enables students to on direct services. Conducted in the form of workshop, group appreciate and utilise relevant literature and research within their discussions, simulation exercises and others, this course provides discipline to engage in a study of an issue or problem according to students with the opportunities to discuss, reflect, and integrate what his/her interest. Under faculty member’s supervision, individual they have learned in both classroom and field settings to direct student is helped to apply and integrate knowledge and fieldwork practice. Students are helped to acquire the academic and experiences in his/her study. Students are encouraged to prepare the professional competence and confidence in their work with project at the start of their final year of study. clients/community people, and practise social work independently in the field. SWSA4103 FIELD PRACTICE II (5 units) SWSA4143 MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK Pre-requisite(s): SWSA3103 FIELD PRACTICE I (3 units) Co-requisite(s): SWSA4133 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR II Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: The field practice provides students with Course Description: This course aims (1) to gain an overview of hand-on experience. It enables them to understand the agency’s mental disorders and mental health practice; and (2) have working philosophy, function, policy, service delivery, and the social knowledge of practice models that have been identified as essential problems in its purview; to sharpen assessment and intervention for effective interventions with people having mental health skills as applied to a broad range of social work roles in working problems; (3) To instil service delivery ethics, recognition of ethical with individuals, families, groups and communalities; to develop issues and dilemmas, and ethical decision-making in mental health the ability in applying and integrating classroom learning and field practice. practice with different target groups and a range of problems; and to apply social work principles and internalise social work values SWSA4153 OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORK through direct practice. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and SWSA4113 DISASTERS AND SOCIAL WORK SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION (3 units) AND PROCESSES Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and Course Description: Occupational Social Work, formerly known SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION as Industrial Social Work, which offers social work services in AND PROCESSES occupational settings, serves both developmental and social security Course Description: As natural and urban disasters have occurred purposes. The aims of this course are: (1) to enhance students’ increasingly frequently in the past decades, greater attention has understanding of the social and psychological situations of general been devoted to the lack of preparation among social workers to workers, particularly migrant workers from other provinces; (2) to intervene effectively and offer help to survivors of these disasters. enable students to develop a thorough understanding of the theories The aims of this course are to increase knowledge of different types of Organisational Behaviour, Functional community work, Crisis of disasters ranging from personal disasters and to enhance Intervention, and Positive Psychology; (3) to become familiar with understanding of the social and psychological impact, and also social work practice competencies that have been identified as students will obtain knowledge of selected intervention essential interventions in different occupational settings; and models/approaches for effective assessment and intervention with sharpen students’ intervention skills in selecting contact points, individuals and their families affected by disasters. establishing service locales, employing major social work methods, conducting social and psychological assessments, developing SWSA4123 DRUG ABUSE AND SOCIAL WORK referral protocols and conducting service evaluations in industry. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and SWSA4163 SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION (3 units) AND PROCESSES Pre-requisite(s): SWSA2003 SOCIAL WORK SKILLS, and Course Description: This course aims to: (1) obtain knowledge of SWSA2013 SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION the definition, types and prevalence of drug abuse; (2) increase AND PROCESSES knowledge of various drug abuse treatment intervention models and Course Description: The aims of this course are: (1) to increase techniques for individuals, groups, and families; (3) develop skills knowledge of the mental, emotional and social dimensions that appropriate for work with individuals and their families including contribute to, and interplay with, physical health and illness those of various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. experiences; (2) to enhance students’ understanding of current policies that influence the delivery of healthcare and the barriers SWSA4133 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR II that confront individuals and families affected by illness and (1 unit) disability; (3) To explore selected theoretical approaches that are Pre-requisite(s): SWSA3123 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR I known to be effective in healthcare practice with individuals and Co-requisite(s): SWSA4103 FIELD PRACTICE II families; (4) to acquire practice skills and techniques appropriate for Course Description: Integrative Seminar II aims at providing effective assessment and intervention with individuals and their

- 564 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ families in a variety of healthcare settings. with the basic knowledge and skills learned in the course fundamentals of acting, in this successive course will further the TAP1003 CLASSIC DRAMATIC LITERATURE bodily investigation on the art of acting. The training systems (3 units) include advanced Stanislavski method, Suzuki method, Meyerhold Pre-requisite(s): None bio mechanic etudes, Grotowskian method, Michael Chekov Course Description: This is one of the foundational course for method, Viewpoints, Stage Combat, virtual acting and Rasa box. students who want to acquire the basic and systematic knowledge Among these training regimes, this course will take Michael about theatre literature. It is also one of the foundational courses for Chekov method as the supportive framework so the students gain liberal arts. Students are expected to learn the basic history of drama the high standard acting techniques that demonstrate excellent taste, literature in an approach of detailed text analysing. By studying this skills, inspiration, creativity, professional work ethic, and most course, students will gain an in-depth understanding of the basic importantly, aesthetic authenticity. The course also covers certain classic drama texts, as well as the related history of drama art, social content required by other disciplines demanding acting skills other history, and material condition. These texts come from literary than theatre, for example, TV/Film/internet/VR, via the special giants such as ancient Greek drama, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, blocks dealing with these issues. At the latter stage of the course, Eugene O'Neill, Beckett, etc. students are required to temp up and making relatively complex (yet Classic drama texts as literature occupies an important position in less complex than final projects) theatre productions of the cannons of various civilizations. It is the cornerstones and conventional mainstream theatre to practice what have been learned ladders to understand basic codes of human civilizations, such as in both fundamentals of acting and this course. literature, history, philosophy. Also it plays a very important role to understand social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, TAP3013 DIRECTING AND PRODUCING: ADVANCE economics, politics, etc. Classic dramatic texts, from ancient Greece THEATRE MAKING to Shakespeare, from Peony Pavilion to Ibsen, from Cao Yu to (3 units) Beckett, reflect, depict, and even shape human society in all eras Pre-requisite(s): None and regions in a unique and direct way. It shapes our individual Course Description: This course explores the process of directing mind as well as the mysterious aspect of collective will. This course and producing plays for the stage. For directing, studio exercises intends to let the students understand the basic history of dramatic develop skills in key areas: interpretation of form and artistic intent; literature through detailed text reading and analysing. The perception and sensibility in rehearsal; effective communication introduction of the social and historical background of drama texts with actors; and balancing the interplay between action and text. enables learners to understand the charm of these texts while Students stage scenes from distinct categories: plays in verse, understanding the mechanism of how they shape and influence the realistic plays, and non-realistic or less literal modern and human mind, human nature, and social reality, and how they affect contemporary plays. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the popular culture, including film, TV and games, thus accordingly dramaturgical understanding in the creation of meaningful stage affect our times and life. action. These practice on the essential tools of directing will be conducted with an emphasis on pre-rehearsal process, rehearsal TAP2003 SURVEY TO THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE techniques and presentation. Points covered will include, but not be (3 units) limited to: building the director’s vocabulary, the germination point, Pre-requisite(s): None pre-production homework, design, text prep, unifying theme, Course Description: This is an introductory course designed to creating a safe space, and the many roles of a director. Since acting give student an overview of the theatre and performance. This and directing are inextricably related disciplines, directing course is overview will include the nature and purpose of theatre, and the scheduled at the same time with certain acting courses in order to practice of theatre. The course provides a general background in provide mutually beneficial training opportunities for both acting theatre history and criticism. The course will look intensively into and directing students. At times the directing and acting classes will theatre histories and sample plays, production styles, and be held separately, but frequently they will be brought together to personalities from ancient Greece to contemporary theatre from experiment with mutually challenging director/actor, collaborative different cultural traditions. Units of study include Greco-Roman exercises. Simultaneous scheduling provides both the acting and drama, medieval drama, Renaissance theatre, neoclassic, and directing students of both courses with a highly practical, Romantic styles, etc. The course also facilitates appreciation of experientially based, learning laboratory. Structured in a workshop various period styles in theatre so it acquaints students with the format, the intent of directing is to study the principles, procedures, contributions of period playwrights and theatre personalities. It also and practices of stage direction. Beginning with a non-verbal acquaints students with the past and present contexts and approach to composition and movement study, and progressing to significances of these styles. more formal text work, the various exercises culminate in the direction of a ten-minute play for public performance. Meanwhile, TAP3003 ADVANCED ACTING TRAINING producing knowledge of budget and management, will be practiced (3 units) during the course production in teams. Pre-requisite(s): CTV3063 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING Course Description: This course gives the extensive and advanced TAP302 PLAYWRIGHTING AND DRAMATURGY training on acting skills so the students acquire the ability to work in (3 units) the most professional contexts demanding representational Pre-requisite(s): None performance techniques in different styles and genres. Equipped Course Description: The goal of the course is to write an original

- 565 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ play and explore fundamental tools of playwriting for theatre, film virtual communities. Theoretical approaches draw on scholarship in and TV series. Students will also be trained to work as a dramaturge performance studies, media studies, ethnomusicology, working for theatre or in contemporary arts. Every week students human-computer interaction studies, gender studies, and critical will bring in found texts such as a newspaper clipping or Internet race theory. Equal attention will be given to production, circulation, article that holds the potential for a future play, character, theme, or and reception practices, and consider their contemporary play location. Final play readings will occur on the last two sessions convergence. The course requires critical engagement with a diverse of the course. Delving into two – three plays from the classical range of media, genres, and cultural contexts, encouraging students canon, the course will begin with basic analysis of the text—action, to examine and develop their own media practices. character, structure, theme, motif—and then investigate historical, socio-political, and theoretical contexts. Focus will be given to TAP4013 COMPOSITION PRACTICUM AND FINAL applying analysis and research to performance. Class periods will PROJECTS involve active class discussion, small group discussion, creative (3 units) in-class projects, and written assignments. Preparation time outside Pre-requisite(s): None of class will be required and will include reading and research. The Course Description: This course brings all the skill sets, technique, primary goal of the course is to encourage students to write quickly, aesthetic sensibilities, theoretical and embodied knowledge acquired fluidly, and fearlessly. Students will write one 10 minutes play in other previous courses. The goal of the composition practicum is (approximately 10 pages) each week, or a 10 pages scene which to develop student’s practical abilities to stage vivid, moving, will be outlined in an assignment. The course will introduce the meaningful works of theatre. The course will try to conduct the traditional approach to theatre which is rooted in character and whole procedure similar to real situation as much as possible so the narrative structure, with emphasis on a play's arc through its students could gain capacity to survive the first few years in beginning, turning point, and ending. In class exercises are designed industries as theatre/performance/film professionals. Through to circumvent students' first lines of defence, to silence the negative structured exercises, scene work, guest artist workshops, and critical editor voice, to experience trusting first instincts, and to encourage analysis of productions with real production and real audience, the students to write both visually and concretely. Each week's practicum seeks to engage the students individually and as a college assignment will introduce another element of craft, including high of directors in an intensive and practical investigation of the art of and low context dialogue, revealing action, the power of the acting, directing, producing or generally speaking, theatre and unspoken word, disrupted ritual, etc. Then the course will deal with performance making. Whether students see themselves primarily as the matter that how to transmit these skills of play writing to other a director/interpreter of text, or as an originating author in any other disciplines such as film script, experimental script, on site sense, i.e. as a primary source of new works for the theatre, the dramaturgy etc. course asks students work out collaborative projects that finalising the procedure of undergraduate investigations. Composition here TAP4003 POST-DRAMATIC THEATRE AND DIGITAL conveys the double sense that both as an editing technique of a PERFORMANCE MAKING performing art and as a final touch to demonstrate the students have (3 units) mastered the art of defining an artistic problem and designing the Pre-requisite(s): None practical tasks to move them and their collaborators towards the Course Description: This course explores the concept and most creative, engaging theatrical solution possible. vocabulary of postdramatic theatre from a pedagogical perspective. Every year the work in Composition Practicum revolves around a This course also provides the opportunity to experiment, to explore, select number of themes or issues with emphasis on the dynamic to be different and to be innovative. Students will be exposed to the use of theatrical space to convey information about character, most heated debates in academic and practical world. conflict, and theme. The course will invite directors to Practicum The course will adopt Practice as Research as primary pedagogical for discussions and other guests from the field as well for special method that try to balance the practical technique, the aesthetic workshops. The primary purpose of these conversations will be to necessity, the critical thinking and the theoretical reflection. Given develop the students’ ability to read a production in relation to their the exhaustive purview of new theatre/performance around the understanding of the director’s artistic aims, and in relation to their globe, the course identifies some of the major anxieties and understanding of the material itself. For the director receiving paradoxes generated by teaching postdramatic theatre through feedback from their peers and teachers, the purpose is to help them practice, with reference to the aesthetic, cultural and institutional develop the ability to constructively process critical response to the pressures that shape teaching practices. It also presents a series of works. case studies that identify the pedagogical fault lines that expose the power-relations inherent in teaching (with a focus on the higher TEM2003 INTRODUCTION TO HOSPITALITY AND education sector as opposed to actor training institutions). It uses TOURISM auto-ethnography, performance analysis and critical theory to assist (3 units) students involved in directing theatre productions to deepen their Pre-requisite(s): None understanding of the concept of postdramatic theatre. Then the Course Description: This course is intended to provide students second part of the course investigates digital media practices at the with comprehensive overview of hospitality industry. At the intersection of virtual and embodied experience, exploring completion of this course, student will understand the major overlapping genres of play, performance, pedagogy, and concepts and issues on hospitality industry; will grasp the key participatory culture. Topics include digital games, viral videos, components of each sector of the hospitality industry and how they popular music circulation, online music and dance lessons, interrelate; will access various career options in the hospitality surveillance, interface theory, and the performative aspects of

- 566 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ industry; will apply the contents of the course to an actual on-going TEM4013 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM hospitality setting. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None TEM3003 LEISURE AND SOCIETY Course Description: This course is intended to provide students (3 units) with comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism. At the Pre-requisite(s): None completion of this course, students will understand the major Course Description: This course aims to provide students with a concepts and issues in sustainability; will grasp the key components broad understanding of the evolution of leisure values, behaviours, of each aspect of sustainability in tourism and how they interrelate; and services as well as contemporary issues and trends of leisure will access various career options in the tourism and hospitality service. Students will learn about the theories and practices of industry; will apply the contents of the course to an actual on-going recreation and leisure in an international context, and the role of hospitality setting. organized leisure in Chinese communities, changing social, economic, political and environmental contexts of leisure and its TESL2003 FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ties to the fields of hospitality. ACQUISITION (3 units) TEM3013 INTRODUCTION TO ENTERTAINMENT Pre-requisite(s): None BUSINESS Course Description: This course aims to introduce students to (3 units) central issues in language acquisition; help them to understand the Pre-requisite(s): None processes of language acquisition and foster their ability to conduct Course Description: This course is to introduce students to the a meaningful project which relates to language acquisition. concepts, analyses, and activities that comprise global entertainment business, and to provide practice in assessing and solving related TESL2013 APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE business problems in entertainment industry. This course provides TEACHING students with unique learning opportunities to gain insight into (3 units) various issues within the entertainment industry. As such, the course Pre-requisite(s): None provides a balanced approach to business and entertainment, Course Description: This course aims to: (1) help students providing a value-added, “real world” education in the management understand the principles of teaching a second language; (2) help of entertainment products with a considerable focus on customer or them learn about the history and application of various language user experience. teaching approaches, methods, techniques and strategies; (3) relate the learned knowledge and expertise to the language teaching TEM3023 CLUB MANAGEMENT situation in China; (4) explore the ways of applying these (3 units) approaches and strategies to language classrooms. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course is designed to be a basic TESL3003 BILINGUALISM AND BILINGUAL introduction to the club segment of the hospitality industry. It aims EDUCATION to provide comprehensive compilation of concepts and practical (3 units) subject matters for club management emphasizing effective and Pre-requisite(s): None efficient operations, which contribute to membership satisfaction. Course Description: This course aims to explore the co-existence Specific areas of emphasis will include how and why this industry of languages in society; study the relation of bilingualism to segment exists, the importance of providing member benefits and cognitive development and cognitive style; deal with the maintaining the club assets, and club recreational activities and social-psychological implications of bilingualism; understand the amenities. Students are able to evaluate how changes in the issues of medium of instruction, code-mixing and code-switching. economy, demographics, and societal norms impact club operations and how these changes affect club operation. TESL3013 LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION (3 units) TEM3033 RESORT MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This subject aims to: explore the interplay Pre-requisite(s): None between language and education; understand the role of language in Course Description: This course provides an overview of resort education from both linguistic perspectives and sociolinguistic management and operations. The scope of these industries will be perspectives. discussed along with the principles of successful marketing, management, and development of a resort. This course will TESL3033 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND introduce students to the operations of modern day resorts, MATERIALS DESIGN expansion of resorts worldwide, and their operations and (3 units) characteristics. Students will gain exposure to the wide range and Pre-requisite(s): None high level of services and activities expected by resort guests and Course Description: This course aims to (1) help students offered by today’s resorts. understand the concepts of development, process, change and evaluation in curriculum and materials design, with particular reference to ELT; (2) help them explore the factors affecting

- 567 - ※ Handbook 2020-2021※ curriculum development and their impact on materials design; and TESL4013 ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (3) help them explore the role of the teacher in curriculum (3 units) development. Pre-requisite(s): None Other Condition(s): Year 3 or Year 4 standing of TESOL TESL3043 ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION Concentration (3 units) Course Description: This course introduces the principles, Pre-requisite(s): None considerations and practices. It aims to help students understand the Other Condition(s): TESOL Concentration characteristics and variations of language use in professional Course Description: This course aims to help students understand settings; help them master the skills of identifying the learners’ the general principles of language assessment and evaluation; help special needs; familiarise them with the use of computer them understand different types of language tests and a variety of concordances in language analysis and materials development for test questions; help them understand recent developments in ESP. language testing techniques and scoring systems; help them learn some basic skills of preparing language assessment. TESL4043 COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING TESL3063 LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Other Condition(s): Year 3 or Year 4 standing of TESOL Course Description: This course aims to develop: students’ Concentration practical skills and techniques of teaching foreign languages; Course Description: This course aims to: (1) explore the role of students’ ability to design and or select content and materials, and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in language evaluate student and teacher performance. teaching and learning; (2) equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to integrate the CALL component into the TESL3073 GENRE AND MULTILITERACIES curriculum. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None TESL4053 LANGUAGE-TEACHING PRACTICUM I Other Condition(s): Year 3 or Year 4 standing of TESOL (3 units) Concentration Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course aims to: (1) introduce a functional Course Description: This course provides students with practical linguistics approach to the analysis of a range of written and experience in teaching English in a school setting (primary or multimodal texts; (2) develop the knowledge and ability to construct secondary), under the guidance of an academic supervisor and a effective academic texts; (3) explore the principles and practice of mentor teacher at the host school. the genre-based approach to writing instruction; and (4) develop purposeful scaffolding techniques using a range of linguistic and TESL4063 LANGUAGE-TEACHING PRACTICUM II multimodal resources. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): TESL4053 LANGUAGE-TEACHING TESL3083 CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION FOR PRACTICUM I LANGUAGE TEACHERS Course Description: This course provides students with additional (3 units) practical experience in teaching English in a school setting (primary Pre-requisite(s): None or secondary), under the guidance of an academic supervisor and a Course Description: This course aims to prepare students to mentor teacher at the host school. undertake language-teaching practicum in a school setting; develop their communication skills as a teacher in an English language TESL4083 RESEARCH SKILLS IN LANGUAGE STUDIES classroom; and enhance their awareness of the patterns of classroom AND TESOL interaction and communication of the teacher and the learners. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None TESL3093 ERROR ANALYSIS AND FEEDBACK ON Course Description: This course aims to (1) prepare students to STUDENT WRITING undertake research in a language classroom or to more formally (3 units) study some language-teaching/language-learning practices; (2) Pre-requisite(s): None develop the basic research skills in data-gathering and data analysis; Other Condition(s): TESOL Concentration and (3) develop students’ ability to read applied linguistic research Course Description: This course aims to develop: an critically. understanding of the types of errors and level of errors that Chinese EFL learners produce; an awareness of some common TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF lexico-grammatical errors produced by Chinese EFL learners; and TRANSLATION the skills for identifying and correcting common lexico-grammatical (3 units) errors produced by Chinese EFL learners. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This is a foundational course with the objectives of both training students in the basic approaches to

- 568 - ※ Appendix II: Course Description ※ translation while also engaging students in the challenges common TRA2053 TRANSLATION AS ADAPTATION to the practice of translation. Various translation skills and methods (3 units) will be analysed and compared. Special emphasis will be placed on Pre-requisite(s): None the development of the students’ knowledge of cultural Course Description: This course trains students to reconstruct backgrounds and difference. translation of the same source text in different forms of cultural production. The intricate relationship of translation and adaptation TRA2003 GENERAL TRANSLATION I will be analysed to construct and critique the text and its contexts. (3 units) The course will illustrate “trandaption” (translation-adaptation) with Pre-requisite(s): None several well-known examples, such as “梁祝” and Shakespearean Course Description: This course aims at providing a foundation in drama. the theory and the practice of translation and applying that knowledge to communicate effectively in diverse cultural and TRA3003 INTRODUCTORY INTERPRETING linguistic contexts. Particular emphasis is placed on translation in (3 units) accordance with different professional text types. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This is an introductory course providing a TRA2013 GENERAL TRANSLATION II foundation in the theory and practice of English-Chinese and (3 units) Chinese-English interpreting. Students are trained with a strong skill Pre-requisite(s): TRA2003 GENERAL TRANSLATION I base in listening comprehension as well as in bilingual oral Course Description: This course is a continuation of TRA2003 presentation. The focus will be on the development of students’ General Translation I. TRA2013 General Translation II builds on competence in sight interpreting and consecutive interpreting of students’ knowledge base in theory and practice in order to translate source texts on general and specialised topics. Students will access effectively different text types in various professional and cultural innovative on-line technology as a vehicle for the enhancement of contexts. Students will synthesise diverse strategies in order to interpreting and self-evaluation skills. The medium of instruction practise translation successfully in a rapidly changing professional will be in English while teaching materials will both be in field. Putonghua/Chinese and English for C-E and E-C interpreting.

TRA2023 CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES: TRA3013 ENGLISH FOR TRANSLATORS ENGLISH AND CHINESE (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course builds on the English skills Course Description: This course trains students to categorise the developed in foundation course in order to enhance students’ linguistic components in Chinese and English languages. Students proficiency in translation from Chinese to English in professional will then identify the distinctive linguistic features for both contexts. Especial focus will be given to the training of students in languages, and integrate a contrastive analysis in order to develop making effective linguistic and communicative choices in diverse effective problem-solving strategies. professional and cultural contexts.

TRA2033 COMMUNICATION AND TRANSLATION TRA3023 TRANSLATION INTERNSHIP I (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course provides the students with the Course Description: This course provides students with practical knowledge and skills base to achieve a competency in translation working experience. The students will apply their skills in and bilingual communication. Fundamental theories of bilingual translation and communication in professional contexts and will be and bicultural communication will be summarised. Students will given the opportunity to experience different aspects of the apply the theoretical framework to perform translation and bilingual profession such as translating, interpreting, copywriting, communication in diverse professional and cultural contexts. proof-reading and document preparation. Students will work under the guidance of their academic supervisors and host supervisors TRA2043 READING CHINESE LITERATURE IN from the employment. TRANSLATION (3 units) TRA3033 CULTURE AND TRANSLATION Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course considers English translations of Pre-requisite(s): None Chinese literature. It trains students to reconstruct the world of Course Description: This course analyses the relationship between Chinese literature through linguistic, cultural and literary translation. culture and translation. It identifies the translator as cultural Literary analysis of the Chinese source-texts will be compared with mediator and applies the bicultural knowledge and sensitivities of the English translation to discover the shift of focus and the change students to the practice of translation. The significance of culture in of reader’s reception. translation will be measured and translation strategies will be provided in order to guide students in effectively engaging the cultural gaps between Chinese and non-Chinese cultures.

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TRA3043 TRANSLATION IN WORKPLACE access to innovative technological tools to improve on their skills in (3 units) interpreting and self-evaluation. Further, the students are provided Pre-requisite(s): None with feedback on their competence in sight interpreting and Course Description: This course builds on the students’ knowledge consecutive interpreting of increasingly complex source texts. The of translation theory and practice in providing students with the medium of instruction will be in English while teaching materials tools to apply that knowledge base to the practice of translation. will both be in Putonghua/Chinese and English for C-E and E-C Students will distinguish the most effective communication and interpreting. translation strategies in order to engage successfully translation problems typifying different professional contexts. Students will be TRA3093 TRANSLATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND trained in professional standards and ethics and will be given the TECHNOLOGICAL TEXTS requisite skills to evaluate their own and others’ performances as (3 units) translators. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course will focus on the practical TRA3053 RESEARCH METHODS FOR TRANSLATION application of a translation knowledge base to the translation of STUDIES scientific and technological documents. Special emphasis will be (3 units) given to translation in fields that are rapidly growing including the Pre-requisite(s): TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF computer, internet, Chinese medicine, aviation and automotive TRANSLATION industries. Students will become conversant in the appropriate Course Description: This course builds on students’ knowledge technical language and apply that jargon to the appropriate text type base in translation theory with the aim of guiding students to in translation. conduct successfully a research project. Students are taught best practices in research and writing and are given a further opportunity TRA3103 TRANSLATION OF LEGAL AND to enhance their knowledge of translation theory and practice. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT Emphasis is given to recent development of translation studies as (3 units) well as to innovations in research methodology. This course can Pre-requisite(s): None serve as a preparation for postgraduate studies. Course Description: This course trains students to practise translation in the field of law and for the government. Text-types TRA3063 MEDIA TRANSLATION arising in these two areas will be chosen for textual analysis and (3 units) translation critique. Students will apply the skills and knowledge for Pre-requisite(s): None future career as professional translators. Course Description: This course trains students to devise operational plans and translation strategies for the media. Media TRA3113 COMMERCIAL TRANSLATION translation includes bilingual publication, journalistic writings, and (3 units) TV and radio broadcasting. Students will be given relevant Pre-requisite(s): None translation knowledge and skills and will then apply that knowledge Course Description: This course will train students to apply their base to the practice of media translation. Special emphasis will be knowledge base to practise commercial translation. Commercial placed on the role of a media translator as a “gate-keeper” of translation includes, but is not limited to, the documents of banking, information transfer and ethics in journalism in the sense of a media finance, logistics, and business transaction. Students will synthesise translator will sometimes act as the manipulator as well as the the linguistic functions and stylistic analysis of commercial censor of the source information. documents, and determine for the most appropriate translation strategies. TRA3073 DRAMA TRANSLATION (3 units) TRA3123 COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSLATION Pre-requisite(s): None (3 units) Course Description: This course focuses on the “translatability” Pre-requisite(s): None and “performativity” of the source texts. Differences in translation Course Description: Course Description: This course aims to purposing to be read and to be played on stage will be compared provide students with basic training in computer-aided translation and critiqued. The students’ understanding of contemporary theory (CAT), helping them acquire knowledge in and understanding of will be enhanced through the analysis of playscripts and their CAT, machine translation (MT) and other translation technology corresponding translations. utilized by translators in the industry. Further, students are equipped with hand-on experience in the application of MT and CAT tools, TRA3083 GENERAL INTERPRETING including Trados and/ or Déjà vu: technology designed to increase (3 units) translation efficiency and enhance translation quality. Pre-requisite(s): TRA3003 INTRODUCTORY INTERPRETING Course Description: This course builds on Introductory Interpreting and aims at developing students’ intermediate-level interpreting skills in English to Chinese and Chinese to English. The focus is on the enhancement of students’ English listening comprehension and bilingual oral skills, and students are given

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TRA4003 APPRECIATION, CRITICISM AND TRA4023 GENDER AND TRANSLATION EVALUATION (3 units) (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): None Pre-requisite(s): TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF Course Description: This course analyses the relationship between TRANSLATION gender and translation studies. Students will employ and critique Course Description: This course builds on students’ foundation in different translation strategies for feminist and non-feminist the theory and principles of translation in order to provide training discourses. The theoretical concepts will be illustrated through an in the conduct of in-depth analysis and in the review of translation. analysis of diverse translations. Special emphasis will be given to Further, it focuses on diverse schools of translation criticism and the application of contemporary feminist theories. asks students both to apply those theoretic tools to analyse other translations while also performing rigorous self-examinations. TRA4033 TRANSLATION INTERNSHIP II (3 units) TRA4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ATS) Pre-requisite(s): TRA3023 TRANSLATION INTERNSHIP I (3 units) Course Description: This course provides students with further Pre-requisite(s): TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF practical work experience in applying their skills in translation and TRANSLATION communication in fields such as editing, translating, interpreting, Course Description: This course provides students with diverse copywriting, text drafting, information collection and extraction, strategies to perform an extended translation of a text from English proof-reading, vetting, and the preparation of PR publication. to Chinese or from Chinese to English. The students will be given a Students will continue to work under the guidance of their academic framework in contemporary theory and practice with an emphasis supervisors and host supervisors from the employment. on cultural context. The students will then apply that framework to develop rigorous commentaries. Further, students will be mentored TRA4043 LITERARY TRANSLATION on strategies to achieve a self-evaluation in accordance with (3 units) standards and practices typifying the practice of translation. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course focuses on the “practical” skills TRA4005 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II (ATS) of translating literary texts. Such skills can include the translation, (3 units) re-creation and re-presentation of an image and of imagery and Pre-requisite(s): TRA4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (ATS) imagination embedded in the source texts. The cultural richness and Course Description: The course is a continuation of Final Year its translatability will also be analysed. Literary works in Chinese Project I. It will further validate students’ competence in producing and English literatures will be considered both to indicate issues an accurate and efficient translation. The text to be translated will common to translation and to identify strategies that are typically be from English to Chinese or from Chinese to English between used by professional translators to address these issues. approximately 3,000 and 4,000 words/characters in the source language. Students will submit a commentary in addition to the TRA4053 SPECIAL TOPICS IN TRANSLATION translation. The commentary, written in English, supports the (3 units) rationale for choosing the source-text and critically considers the Pre-requisite(s): TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF special language features and cultural background of the source text, TRANSLATION as well as determines the most appropriate strategies for all Course Description: This course is an in-depth study of selected problems. Students need to critique the relevant translation theory themes, theorists and theoretical issues in translation and for the translation produced in Final Year Project II. interpreting studies. These may include such topics as “Nida on Translation”, “Cultural Turn in Translation”, “Translation and TRA4013 PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETING Globalisation”, and “Translation of Popular Culture”. (3 units) Pre-requisite(s): TRA3003 INTRODUCTORY INTERPRETING TRA4063 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING Course Description: This course is a continuation of Introductory (3 units) Interpreting and General Interpreting. Students will build on a Pre-requisite(s): TRA3003 INTRODUCTORY INTERPRETING theoretical and skills knowledge base in analysing problems and Course Description: Simultaneous Interpreting develops students’ solutions in professional interpreting. Students will be trained with skills in simultaneous interpreting. This course targets students who the appropriate skills-set to enhance their self-assessment capability are interested in becoming professional interpreters. It provides and thereby, to improve their performances. The course targets intensive and practice training in a professional context. Students students interested in the profession of interpreting, and the training will receive guidance from professionals on the practice of will be intensive and practical, allowing students hands-on simultaneous interpretation in the dynamic fields such as journalism, experience in a professional setting. Special emphasis will be given tourism, and economics. The medium of instruction will be in to consecutive interpreting from English to Chinese and Chinese to English while teaching materials will both be in Putonghua/Chinese English in dynamic fields such as news, tourism, and economy. The and English for C-E and E-C interpreting. medium of instruction will be in English while teaching materials will both be in Putonghua/Chinese and English for C-E and E-C interpreting.

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TRA4073 TRANSLATION THEORIES AND respects, solidarity and friendship, willpower and self-esteem. PHILOSOPHIES (3 units) WPEX2013 EXPERIENTIAL ARTS Pre-requisite(s): TRA1003 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF (1 unit) TRANSLATION Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course gives a strong foundation for Course Description: This module offers a variety of different art students who aspire to pursue postgraduate studies in translation. It and music workshops, which aim to provide students with a compares and contrasts influential theories and philosophies of “hands-on” aesthetic learning experience by having apprentice-style translation in China and the West. Further, the course provides interaction with talented artists, while working together with other students with the theoretical tools to analyse and to apply the students as a team. The final product or performance from each translation theories and philosophies in diverse fields of research. workshop will be presented at a final exhibition or show on campus.

TRA4083 ADVANCED ENGLISH FOR TRANSLATORS WPEX2023 VOLUNTARY SERVICE (3 units) (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): TRA3013 ENGLISH FOR TRANSLATORS Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This course builds on the English skills Course Description: This module aims to develop students into developed in English for Translators in order to further develop active and responsible citizens, by equipping them with the students’ proficiency in translation from Chinese to English in necessary social skills and values. Students participate in real-life professional contexts. Special focus will be given to the training of community services (e.g. caring for senior citizens and people with students in evaluating socially acceptable linguistic choices in disabilities, organising activities for children and youth, promoting specific communication communities. health and hygiene in the public). Through the process of serving others, students get to practise the skills they learn and build up the WPEX1003 EXPERIENTIAL DEVELOPMENT desired values, which are further consolidated through reflection (1 unit) assignments. Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This module aims to develop students’ WPEX2033 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS self-awareness and team consciousness, cultivating the spirits of (1 unit) inquiry and self-breakthrough. It comprises different options, such Pre-requisite(s): None as base course, water course and wilderness course, and is Course Description: This module aims to develop students’ complemented by extra-curricular activities. Through multiple understanding of global environmental problems, and to raise course options, students can cultivate many good characteristics like students’ environmental awareness and responsibility through trust, inclusion, dedication, innovation and team-work, improve environmental education and practices. After receiving proper organization, leadership and communication skills, and train their training, students will be guided to initiate, implement and abilities of facing difficulties bravely, taking challenges and participate fully in environmental projects. Eventually, students are adapting to society and the natural environment. able to apply what they have gained from their experience to long-lasting individual and social life. WPEX1013 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (1 unit) WPEX2043 ADVERSITY MANAGEMENT Pre-requisite(s): None (1 unit) Course Description: This module aims to improve students’ Pre-requisite(s): None awareness of their own unique emotional patterns, their Other Condition(s): Open to students who have completed the understanding of others’ emotions, as well as their abilities to minimum WPEX requirements empathise and act in responsible manners when working with others Course Description: This module develops students’ ability to in team settings. Students will be engaged in a series of interactive adapt to and function in uncertain and adverse situations. In a workshops, and learn wellness techniques such as Tai Chi and day-and-night outdoor camp students face a number of challenges traditional mindfulness meditation. Furthermore, a practical group which aim to enable them to overcome basic mental obstacle project will enable students to examine, reflect, and consolidate processes that tend to limit their potential and performance, as well their newly acquired emotional management competencies and team as enhance their ability to function and perform under stressful and skills. unfavourable conditions. It is hoped that students will transfer and transcend their awareness, knowledge and skills learned from this WPEX2003 SPORTS CULTURE module into their future life and career. (1 unit) Pre-requisite(s): None Course Description: This module aims to help students strengthen physique and wellness while they learn and practise one traditional sport, such as Chinese Archery (Shedao), Dragon and Lion Dance, Latin Dance, Golf, or other. It emphasises not only the basic knowledge, skills and techniques of each individual sport, but also the understanding of culture and values such as fair play, mutual

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