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UGEC2210 Food and Hunger
#UGEC Society and Culture
Food is essential for life by providing energy and nutrition and achieving zero hunger is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ironically, world hunger is increasing and FAO’s most recent estimates put the number of hungry people at 822 million in 2018-19, an increase of more […]
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
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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 […]
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
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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 […]
UGEC1051 History of Chinese Families
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This course examines the development and changes of Chinese family system since the Ming Dynasty, with emphasis on its relations with society. The course also discusses the ways in which Western cultures and values affected the traditional concept of Chinese family and its system in the 20th century. This course covers several SDGs themes. Gender […]
UGEB2381 Chemistry for a Sustainable Future
#UGEB Nature Science and Technology
Chemical pollution has a substantial impact on human health and well-being. At the same time, the global demand for energy and natural resources is growing, leading to more pollution or even climate changes. In order to integrate environmental sustainability with economic growth, it is important to develop clean energy research technology, environmentally sound industrial processes […]
UGEB2296 Experiencing and Rethinking Science and Technology in Agriculture
#UGEB Nature Science and Technology
Throughout human history, we have developed different ways to strive for living in nature. Among which, agriculture is the foundation of all sedentary civilizations as it systematically provides food and other products to sustain human lives. It is an art that integrates knowledge of nature with human needs and values, evolving side by side with […]
UGED3206 Women’s Narratives and Hong Kong History
#UGED Self and Humanity
(UGED3206 is double-coded with GDRS3011.) In 21st century post-colonial Hong Kong, the preservation of ‘collective memory’ of this fast-changing city has become an everyday discourse. From award-winning movies, heart-warming testimonies, tabloid stories to Facebook groups and social campaigns, we have been consuming, constructing, and circulating narratives of ‘the past’. This act of remembering and exploring […]
UGED2859 Nature in Philosophy and Arts
#UGED Self and Humanity
Environmental issues are most often approached through the STEM disciplines and social sciences. However, the humanities have the potential to help us understand and transform how we view and relate to the natural world. This course explores environmental issues from an interdisciplinary perspective integrating philosophy and the arts. The first part of the course addresses […]