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UGEB2132A Earth as Seen From Space
#UGEB Nature Science and Technology
Climate change, sea level rise, deforestation, forest fire, severe typhoon, glacier melt, agricultural loss, overpopulation, etc. are terms that you might have heard of. And they are also real and hot crises affecting the sustainability of human beings. How do we know these are all happening? In fact, our earth is being overseen from space […]
UGED2622 Political Violence and Human Rights
#UGED Self and Humanity
(UGED2622 is double-coded with ANTH2530.) This course examines the pervasiveness of violence from an anthropological and comparative perspective. We consider a wide range of phenomena that can be called violence within diverse historical and cultural contexts. Violence is always political – whether it is manifest in the spectacular practices of torture, terrorism, or genocide, or […]
UGEC1835 Culture of Hong Kong
#UGEC Society and Culture
(UGEC1835 is double-coded with ANTH1410.) This course introduces students to characteristic aspects of Hong Kong culture. It will cover a wide range of cultural changes that have taken place since WWII. The course starts with an introduction to anthropological research in Hong Kong, and looks at topics including village culture and urbanization, food culture, marriage, […]
UGEC1209 Thinking Gender: An Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
#UGEC Society and Culture
(UGEC1209 is double-coded with GDRS1001.) This course aims to develop students’ ability to analyze the everyday life through the lens of gender. Drawing on the interdisciplinary nature of Women’s and Gender Studies, the course will guide students to examine how gender works as one of the primary social organizing principles in the movies we watch, […]
UGEB1307 Energy and Green Society
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This course is designed to help students to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the global energy crisis and environmental issues our society is currently facing. The history of energy consumption shows how important energy is to the quality of life for the human beings. With the further development and the increase of the world population, […]
UGED2933 Reflections on Everyday Life
#UGED Self and Humanity
This course provides an opportunity for students to reflect on the formation of “self” in society and how the society affects our understanding of love, consumption, education, work, and meaning of life. Selected references in sociology, psychology, religion and literature will be introduced to provide a board intellectual perspective to understand the complex relationships between […]
UGEC2253 Governance and Management Innovation for Sustainable Development
#UGEC Society and Culture
The course will teach students basic concepts and current topical issues related to achieving sustainability, and sustainable development goals (SDGs), from multi-disciplinary perspectives including (but not limited to) political economy, business and management, policy studies, sociology, social welfare services, financing, engineering, bio-science, public health, environmental resource management and urban planning. The students are expected to […]
UGEC3228 Public Policy and Social Minorities in Hong Kong
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(UGEC3228 is double-coded with GDRS3008.) This course examines the social construction of minorities and the history of Hong Kong public policy towards them, including legal changes, social institutions, immigration policy, and political mobilization. Current debates in public policies such as anti-discrimination legislation, education policies of ethnic minorities, disciplining of youth and anti-poverty scheme will also […]
UGEC2243 Living in the Anthropocene: Nature, Culture and Power
#UGEC Society and Culture
(UGEC2243 is double-coded with CURE2018.) Human have altered the environment in ways that have no precedence in human history. Ecological crisis, environmental degradation, and extreme weathers have become the watchwords of contemporary politics. The conventional boundaries between “nature” and “culture” are now being questioned. How do nature, culture and power intersect in our everyday life? […]
UGEC2883 Economic Reform and Social Impacts in China
#UGEC Society and Culture
(UGEC2883 is double-coded with SOCI2106.) This course is to examine the economic reforms and its social consequences in China from different theoretical perspectives and to probe into the problems, difficulties and constraints facing China’s economy and society. After taking this course, students should be able to understand social impacts of economic reforms from a wide […]
UGEC2942 Museum and Heritage
#UGEC Society and Culture
This course reviews the historical development of concepts and theories related to museums and cultural heritage. It introduces diversified definitions of museums and heritage in the contemporary. Through selected case studies and field trips, it demonstrates the operations of museums and heritage sites; and analyses their social roles in modern society. It aligns with the […]
UGEC2703 Youth Problem in Modern Society
#UGEC Society and Culture
This course explores some of the major issues concerning the role of the youth and the problems confronting them in modern society. The nature of the conventional wisdom of the “youth problem” is critically examined, with the help of concepts and theories in sociology and related fields. By the end of the course, students are […]