Foundation
Courses
GE1301 Psychology
and Personal Growths
This Course is designed
to provide students with general knowledge
of psychology such as theories of personalities and in depth
knowledge of personal growth and adjustment. Topics of personal
growth include personal identity, gender roles, interpersonal
attraction and love, human sexuality and stress, Through
studying problems and challenges in different periods of life,
as well
as learning the influence of society and family on individual,
it is hoped that students will have a better self-understanding.
Among different stages of life, adolescence and adulthood
will be the main focus of discussion in class.
GE1302 Media,
Culture and Society#
This Course is designed
to foster students' awareness of how the media work, how they
are changing and
how they
affect our
daily ivies. It will be organised around a series of case
studies that focus on different media forms, including
books, magazines,
newspapers, motion pictures, radio, television, recorded
music and advertising. Examples will be drawn from both
western as
well as Hong Kong contexts and students will learn to identify
how influential the media are in shaping of our culture
and our lives. The topics of media ethics and freedom of press
will also
be discussed.
GET401 Art of Thinking
This
Course is designed to give students a fundamental training
in thinking so that they can accustom themselves
to rational
discourse. The elementary ideas, principles and methods
of reasoning will be introduced through critical examinations
of common fallacies.
Emphasis is placed upon practical application of theories,
and students will be guided to criticise authentic
texts and perform
group discussion. The Course enables students to develop
the skill of logico-linguistic analysis. It is expected
that
students
will be able to apply theories to real life situation.
GE1402
Knowledge, Methodology and Logic
Human beings have
different types of knowledge. Do we understand the way in which
knowledge
is established?
How can knowledge
be possible? On what method do we base when we
acquire knowledge? Before we try to understand the different
levels of problems
faced by human beings, we should first have a good
grasp
of the scope of our knowledge, and recognise the
criteria for
judging
knowledge and truth. With reference to the nature
of knowledge, different levels of methodology, and logical
reasoning,
this Course aims to help students develop independent
and critical
thinking in order to understand our life.
GE1501
Values and Life
The objectives of
this Course are to initiate students' contemplation on value
issues of life from different
aspects and to encourage
their reflection on them. Besides lecturing
on the value theories, the instructor may, according
to
his/her own
wish, add a film
show or a group discussion into the teaching
of each topic, The film show aims at supplementing
the abstract
theories
with a
substantial story for students' understanding,
while in the group discussion section, students
are given
the opportunity
to express
their own ideas and share with each other.
It is hoped that
through this Course, students can establish
their own viewpoints on values
and life, develop and consolidate their self-image,
and get ready to face the problems of life
with a positive attitude.
GET502 Applied Ethics
This
Course examines a range of moral issues in today's society,
such as euthanasia, abortion,
death penalty,
cloning, animal
rights/ environmental ethics and sexual
morality. Through discussing the major arguments, engaging
in debates
of each issue and
studying particular cases (include sources
from newspaper, magazine and
films etc), students will learn to reflect
on the
issues at a deeper level, to evaluate different
views critically
and
to be
able to construct their own response to
these moral problems. Through such survey, students
will also
study several
major ethical theories, namely, egoism,
relativism and consequentialism,
as
well as certain major ethical concepts.
Examples will be drawn from both Chinese and Western
contexts.
GE1601 Popular Culture
and Modern Society#
This Course introduces
basic ideas in cultural studies and popular culture. Popular
culture is so wide-spread
that its
power in
affecting peoples is very strong. Studying
popular culture is to study human being
and modern society,
and understanding
popular
culture is to understand human being.
This Course will introduce students with elementary
theories
to appreciate
popular culture
and equip them with necessary tools
for
thinking with popular culture critically.
Throughout
the Course, different aspects
of popular culture will be investigated
and visual culture (e.g. film culture)
will be
a main focus
as
it is the
most influential
medium in the modern world.
GET602 Traditional
Culture and Modern China
This Course, with
an emphasis on modern interpretation, introduces to students
the deep structure
of traditional Chinese culture.
It aims at reflecting the values
of Hong Kong Chinese. With an interdisciplinary
approach, the Course
demonstrates the
characteristics
of traditional Chinese culture
with
reference
to such aspects as spirit of culture,
cosmology, political
system, social
and economic structures, philosophy
and history. It
is hoped that
students will learn to understand
the difficulties of modernization, and
the way-out of Chinese
culture in
the post-modern context.
GE1603
Religion and Modern Society
This Course covers
an introduction to the phenomenon of religion
in the rapidly
changing
modern
society, including its significant
developments in the historical,
cultural, ethical and social
arena. Furthermore, this course
will examine particularly the
relations between religion
and society, their
effects on each
other, and their mutual adjustments
as well as response.
Specialisation
Courses
Generic
Courses
# Elective Course
