THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Common Core Courses 2013-2014 (First Semester) Timetable for Lectures

Course Code

Course Title

Course Co-ordinator

Time

Venue

Scientific & Technological Literacy CCST9002 Quantitative Literacy in Science, Technology and Dr. I.A.C. Mok Society CCST9003 Everyday Computing and the Internet Professor R.Y.K. Kwok CCST9005 CCST9009 CCST9011 CCST9014 CCST9017 Science and Health: The Ever-changing Challenges and Solutions Living with Stem Cells Biotechnology Science and Impacts Science and Music Hidden Order in Daily Life: A Mathematical Perspective (Section A) Hidden Order in Daily Life: A Mathematical Perspective (Section B) Understanding Climate Change Genetics and Human Nature Dr. V.H.F. Lee Dr. M.H. Sham Professor F.C.C. Leung Professor H.F. Chau Dr. T.W. Ng

Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

12:30 - 14:20 10:30 - 12:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20

MWT1 CBA CYPP4 MB217 CYPP2 CYPP2 CYPP3 CYPP3 CYPP4 KB726 CYPP2 MWT4 CYCP1 CBA MWT1 MWT2 CBA MWT4 CYCP1 CBA MB201 LE1

CCST9019 CCST9025 CCST9026 CCST9027* CCST9028 CCST9029 CCST9030* CCST9032 CCST9033 CCST9035 CCST9038 CCST9042 CCST9046 CCST9047 Humanities CCHU9003 CCHU9005

Dr. Z.H. Liu Professor P.C. Sham

Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

Scientific Revolutions and their Impact on Modern Professor K.S. Cheng Societies The Science of Irrational Thinking (Section A) Dr. J.A. Saunders Science and Technology: Facts and Fallacies Cyberspace Crime: Technology and Ethics Forensic Science: Unmasking Evidence, Mysteries and Crimes (Section A) "Intelligent" Architecture and Sustainability Left Brain, Right Brain: Science and Myth Making Sense of Science-related Social Issues Science and Science Fiction The World of Waves Professor A.B. Djurisic Dr. K.P. Chow Professor D.L. Phillips Mr. R.J.C. Garcia Dr. J.H.W. Hsiao Dr. A.S.L. Wong Professor A.B. Djurisic Professor K.W. Chow

The Science of the Mind-body-health Relationship Dr. H.S. El-Nezami The Age of Big Data Dr. R.C.K. Cheng

Making History: Engaging with the Powerful Past Dr. D.M. Pomfret Food and Values (Section A) Food and Values (Section B) Dr. J.Y.F. Lau

Wed Wed Wed

12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 17:00 - 18:50 11:00 - 12:50 14:30 - 16:20

LE4 CPD-3.28 CPD-3.28 KB726 KB223 MWT5

CCHU9007

CCHU9009

Sexuality and Gender: Diversity and Society (Section A) Sexuality and Gender: Diversity and Society (Section B) Moral Controversies in Contemporary Society

Professor S.J. Andrews

Wed Sat

Dr. J. Gledhill

Wed

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Course Title

Course Co-ordinator Dr. S.S.K. Tse Dr. K.E. Kuah-Pearce Dr. T.S.K. Kong Dr. A.M. Lee Dr. R.L. Hammers Dr. J.E. Wolff Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Dr. P.W.C. Wong Ms. V.W.S. Mak Professor C.L.W. Chan Dr. U. Ansaldo Professor E.Y.L. Ho Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

Time

Venue

CCHU9011 CCHU9013 CCHU9015 CCHU9017 CCHU9018 CCHU9021*

Social Divisions in Contemporary Societies Cultural Heritages in the Contemporary World Sex and Intimacy in Modern Times Stages of Life: Scientific Fact or Social Fiction? Art and Ideas: East and West Critical Thinking in Contemporary Society (Section A) Critical Thinking in Contemporary Society (Section B) Journey into Madness: Conceptions of Mental Health and Mental Illness Shaping the Landscape: A Quest for Harmony between Nature and the City The Last Dance: Understanding Death and Dying Cultures of War: Making Sense of the Human Fighting Instinct Happy Endings: How a Text Ends

14:30 - 16:20

LE1

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.09 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 LE5 LE4 MWT2 RHT RHT CPD-3.28 KB419 KB419

CCHU9022 CCHU9023 CCHU9024 CCHU9026 CCHU9028 CCHU9033 CCHU9034 CCHU9037 CCHU9039 CCHU9042 CCHU9043 CCHU9044 CCHU9045*

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.09 14:30 - 16:20 MB167

Countries of the Mind: Texts that Shape the Dr. P. Smethurst Environment Metropolitan Visions: Modernity, Architecture and Ms. E.M.F. Seng the City Street Sense: The City and its Environment Ms. T.Y.C. Kee Sexuality and Culture Human Language: Nature or Nurture? "Thinking" Women: Their Oppression and Resistance Creative Arts as a Way of Knowing Vision: The Science and Art of Perception (Section A) Professor S.J. Andrews Dr. O.S.C. Lam Dr. S.J. Aiston Dr. R.T.H. Ho Professor D.S.H. Wong

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.10 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:00 - 13:50 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 LE5 LE2 KB726 MB167 MB217

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.08 16:30 - 18:20 CYPP4

Global Issues CCGL9001* Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens Dr. A. Magnan-Park (Section A) CCGL9002* Hong Kong Culture in the Context of Globalization Dr. M.M. Szeto (Section A) CCGL9003 Contagions: Global Histories of Disease Dr. R.S. Peckham CCGL9004 CCGL9005 CCGL9008 CCGL9009 CCGL9011* CCGL9014 CCGL9015 CCGL9016 CCGL9020 Governance and Democracy in the Age of Globalization Poverty, Development, and the Next Generation: Challenges for a Global World Cybersocieties: Understanding Technology as Global Change Local Cultures and Global Markets Media in the Age of Globalization (Section A) Thinking about Global Ethics Globalization and Migration Feeding the World Environment, Globalization, and the Law Dr. C.R. Vogt Dr. C.R. Lykins Dr. M.C. Adorjan Professor T.L. Lui Professor Y.Y. Chan Dr. U.B. Steinhoff Dr. A.S.C. Sim Professor H. Corke Professor B.F.C. Hsu

Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed

14:30 - 16:20 10:30 - 12:20

KB223 CPD-3.28

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.08 12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.08 12:30 - 14:20 LE1

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.18 14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.18 14:30 - 16:20 CYPP3

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.07 12:30 - 14:20 10:30 - 12:20 12:30 - 14:20 CPD-3.04 LE5 KB223

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Course Co-ordinator Professor R.Y.C. Wong Professor B.S. Tang Dr. V.E.L. Teo Dr. M.K.S. Tse Mr. B.Y.T. Tai Dr. K.H. Lemke Dr. L.L.S. Lim Professor D.P.Y. Lung Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

Time

Venue

CCGL9025 CCGL9026 CCGL9027 CCGL9030 CCGL9032* CCGL9033* CCGL9038 CCGL9039

The Political Economy of Growth and Poverty in the World Think Global, Act Local: You, Hong Kong, and the World Criminal Organizations, Clandestine Globalization and the Illicit World Political Economy Understanding the Financial Crisis Rule of Law in a Globalizing World (Section A) Weapons of Mass Destruction: Science, Proliferation and Terrorism (Section A) English as a Global Language in Asian Contexts World Heritage and Us

08:30 - 10:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20

KKLG109 KB419 MWT7 KKLG109 CPD-3.04 KKLG109

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.07 14:30 - 16:20 MWT6

China: Culture, State & Society CCCH9001 Chinese House and Garden: Architecture, Landscape, and Material Culture CCCH9003 Modernity and Traditional Chinese Thought CCCH9004 CCCH9006 CCCH9007* CCCH9008 CCCH9011 CCCH9015 CCCH9017 CCCH9024 CCCH9027 CCCH9028 CCCH9029 CCCH9030 CCCH9031 CCCH9033 CCCH9039 CCCH9041 Ideas and Images of the West in Late Imperial China China's Modernization in the East Asian Context China in the Global Economy (Section A) Hong Kong's Environment: Issues and Policies China's Rise and Asia's Future Population, Society and Sustainable Development in Hong Kong People, Propaganda and Profit: Understanding Media in China Following the Dao: Ways of Life in Chinese Thought Chinas Ethnic Groups: Cultural Assimilation or Cultural Pluralism? Hong Kong and Chinas Economic Development Ideas and Practices of Healing in Traditional China Modernization and Constitutionalism in China

Professor W.J. Wang Dr. S.F. Tang Dr. G. Song Dr. V.E.L. Teo Dr. Y.F. Luk Dr. F.Y.S. Lee Dr. I.J. Sohn Professor P.S.F. Yip Dr. L.Y. Tang Dr. D.P. Robins Professor G.A. Postiglione Dr. Y.F. Luk Professor Z.J. Zhang Mr. B.Y.T. Tai

Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed

16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20

LE4 LE2 CPD-3.04 MWT7 KKLG109

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.07 14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.10 16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.18 16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.09 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 10:30 - 12:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20 MB201 MWT5 MB201 MWT6 CPD-3.04 MB217 MWT4

Property Rights, Built Heritage and Sustainable Professor L.W.C. Lai Development in Hong Kong Sustainable Urban Development and Hong Kong Dr. R.C.K. Chan Curing the Chinese: Medicine and Society in Modern China The Rule of Law in Contemporary China Dr. X. Tian Professor B.F.C. Hsu

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.10 16:30 - 18:20 KB223

* Will be offered in the first and second semesters Building codes: CB = Chow Yei Ching Building KK = K.K. Leung Building CPD = Central Podium Levels (Centennial Campus) LE = Library Extension Building CYC = Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building (P: Lecture Theatre) MB = Main Building CYP = Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building (P: Lecture Theatre) MW = Meng Wah Complex (T: Lecture Theatre) KB = Knowles Building RHT= Rayson Huang Theatre

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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Common Core Courses 2013-2014 (Second Semester) Timetable for Lectures

Course Code

Course Title

Course Co-ordinator

Time

Venue

Scientific & Technological Literacy CCST9001 Life 2.0: Synthetic Biology and the Future Dr. J.A. Tanner Bioeconomy CCST9004 Appropriate Technology for the Developing World Professor L.G. Tham CCST9006 CCST9008 CCST9010 CCST9012 CCST9013 CCST9015 CCST9016 CCST9018 CCST9020 CCST9021 CCST9022 CCST9023 CCST9024 CCST9027* CCST9030* CCST9034 CCST9036 CCST9037 CCST9039 CCST9040 CCST9043 CCST9044 CCST9045 Humanities CCHU9001 CCHU9004 CCHU9006 Biomedical Breakthroughs in a Pluralistic World Infectious Disease in a Changing World The Science of Crime Investigation Our Place in the Universe Our Living Environment Electronic Technologies in Everyday Life Dr. S.Y.W. Shiu Dr. S.S.Y. Wong Dr. S.L. Beh Professor S. Kwok Dr. S.C. Chang Professor R.Y.K. Kwok

Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

14:30 - 16:20 10:30 - 12:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 10:30 - 12:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20

MB201 LE4 MWT6 MWT5 MWT1 CYPP4 CYPP4 LE4 LE5 CYCP1 KB726 MB167 CYCP1 CYPP4 MB217 RHT MWT2 CPD-3.28 CYPP3 MWT2 CYPP2

Energy: Its Evolution and Environmental Impacts Dr. T.S.P. Feng Origin and Evolution of Life Sustainable Development of the Built Environment Hong Kong: Our Marine Heritage How the Mass Media Depicts Science, Technology and the Natural World The Oceans: Science and Society Blood, Beliefs, Biology The Science of Irrational Thinking (Section B) Forensic Science: Unmasking Evidence, Mysteries and Crimes (Section B) Living in a Hazardous World Material World: Past, Present, and Future Mathematics: A Cultural Heritage Statistics and Our Society Dr. K.H. Lemke Dr. W. Pan Professor K.M.Y. Leung Professor H.F. Chau Dr. S.C. Chang Professor L.C. Chan Dr. J.A. Saunders Professor D.L. Phillips Dr. M.R. Peart Professor W.K. Chan Dr. N.K. Tsing Dr. K.C. Cheung

The Science of Evidence: Is Medicine Scientific? Dr. J.M. Johnston Time's Arrow Radiation: A Blessing and a Curse? The Science and Lore of Culinary Culture Dr. Y.L. Li Dr. T.K. Goto Professor G.H. Chen

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.10 16:30 - 18:20 Class cancelled MWT4

Wed

12:30 - 14:20

CYPP3

Designs on the Future : Sustainability of the Built Mr. M.R. Pryor Wed Environment Catastrophes, Cultures, and the Angry Earth Professor J.C. Schencking Wed Girl Power in a Man's World Professor N. Rao Wed

12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20

KB419 CPD-3.04 KB223

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Course Co-ordinator Dr. S.K.M. Tsang Professor K.A. Laidler Wed Wed Wed Dr. D.A. Palmer Dr. J.C. Kuehn Dr. J.Y. Chen Dr. T.E. O'Leary Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Dr. K.K.H. Pun Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat

Time

Venue

CCHU9010 CCHU9012

Being Different: Understanding People with Disabilities Body, Beauty and Fashion (Section A) Body, Beauty and Fashion (Section B)

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.10 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 KB223 KB223

CCHU9014 CCHU9016 CCHU9019 CCHU9021*

Spirituality, Religion and Social Change The British Empire in Text and Image From Health to Well-being Critical Thinking in Contemporary Society (Section C) Critical Thinking in Contemporary Society (Section D) Creativity, Technology and Law

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.08 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 12:30 - 14:20 10:30 - 12:20 LE5 LE2 RHT RHT CBA KB419 LE2 KB726 LE4 CYPP2 CYPP2 MB167 KKLG109

CCHU9025 CCHU9030 CCHU9031 CCHU9035 CCHU9036 CCHU9038 CCHU9045* CCHU9046 CCHU9047

Image, Architecture and Society: Finding Meaning Mr. J.F. Carlow in Architectural Representation Language Play as Social Communication in Dr. J.C.M. Luk Multilingual Settings Politics of Space Mr. T. Zhu Reflecting on Human Experience through Literature Music and the Human Body Vision: The Science and Art of Perception (Section B) Critical Readings of Popular Culture The Press, the Public and the Public Sphere Dr. G.J. Harfitt Dr. G. Biancorosso Professor D.S.H. Wong Dr. A.M.Y. Lin Mr. T. Abraham

Global Issues CCGL9001* Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens (Section B) CCGL9002* Hong Kong Culture in the Context of Globalization (Section B) CCGL9006 Asian Regional Governance in an Age of Globalization CCGL9007 Youth in a Global World CCGL9010 CCGL9011* Sports Culture under Global Capitalism Media in the Age of Globalization (Section B) Media in the Age of Globalization (Section C) CCGL9012 CCGL9017 CCGL9018 CCGL9019 CCGL9021 CCGL9022 CCGL9023 CCGL9024 Media, Politics and the Environment Food: Technology, Trade and Culture Corporate Social Responsibility Economic Globalization: Issues and Challenges Globalization and Tourism

Dr. E.C.M. Yau Dr. M.M. Szeto Dr. I.J. Sohn Dr. E.W.H. Chui Professor T.L. Lui Professor Y.Y. Chan

Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

14:30 - 16:20

LE1

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.07 12:30 - 14:20 MB201

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.09 12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.18 12:30 - 14:20 16:30 - 18:20 MWT1 CYCP1

Dr. M. Sukosd Professor H. Corke Professor R.Y.C. Wong Dr. Y.F. Luk Dr. T.C.H. Tao Sat Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

Class cancelled 10:30 - 12:20 08:30 - 10:20 12:30 - 14:20 LE2 KKLG109 MWT4

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.10 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 MWT5 MWT7

Globalization in Question: Human and Economic Professor G.A. Postiglione Consequences Internet, Media and Society Ms. D. Weisenhaus The Life and Death of Languages: Diversity, Identity and Globalization Dr. U. Ansaldo

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.09

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Course Co-ordinator Dr. Y. Zheng Mr. B.Y.T. Tai Dr. K.H. Lemke Mr. H.K. Wee Professor I.M. Holliday Professor D.Y.C. Leung Ms. M.A. Cate Christ Dr. S.S. Cherny Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed

Time

Venue

CCGL9031 CCGL9032* CCGL9033* CCGL9034 CCGL9036 CCGL9040 CCGL9041 CCGL9042

Entrepreneurship: Global and Social Development Rule of Law in a Globalizing World (Section B) Weapons of Mass Destruction: Science, Proliferation and Terrorism (Section B) Globalization and Architecture Dilemmas of Humanitarian Intervention Energy Futures, Globalization and Sustainability You, Food and the City: Local and Global Food Networks The Evolution of Civilization

12:30 - 14:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 16:30 - 18:20

KKLG109 CPD-3.28 MWT6 MB201

14:30 - 16:20 CPD-LG.18 14:30 - 16:20 12:30 - 14:20 12:30 - 14:20 CBA KB726 MWT6

China: Culture, State & Society CCCH9002 Chinese Cities in the 21st Century CCCH9005 CCCH9007* CCCH9009 CCCH9010 CCCH9012 CCCH9013 CCCH9014 CCCH9016 CCCH9018 CCCH9020 CCCH9021 CCCH9023 CCCH9025 CCCH9032 CCCH9035 CCCH9036 CCCH9038 CCCH9040 The Chinese Cultural Revolution China in the Global Economy (Section B) Protests, Rebellions and Revolutions in Modern China: From 1840 until Today Understanding China's Governance: Challenges and Prospects China and World Order Love, Marriage and Sex in Modern China Social Development Challenges in China Hong Kong: Becoming a Chinese Global City Buddhism and Chinese Culture Science and Technology: Lessons from China

Professor A.G.O. Yeh Dr. A. Wang Dr. Y.F. Luk Dr. X.J. Yan Dr. P.T.Y. Cheung Dr. R.W. Hu Dr. P.S.Y. Ho Dr. L.P. Jordan Dr. D.T.S. Tang Ven. Dr. X. Guang Professor L.S. Chan

Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Wed Sat Wed Wed

14:30 - 16:20 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20

LE4 KKLG109 KKLG109 KB419

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.08 14:30 - 16:20 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 10:30 - 12:20 MWT4 CPD-3.04 MWT5 CPD-3.04

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.18 16:30 - 18:20 14:30 - 16:20 MWT1 MB217

Chinese Business Practice and Society: Past and Dr. G.Y.Y. Wong Present Family and Development in Modern China Dr. M.S. Ran Humanity and Nature in Chinese Thought Sports and Chinese Society Music Along the Silk Road Environmental Pollution in China Chinese Social Values: Authority and Anarchy Representing Contemporary China through Film Dr. C.J. Fraser Professor G. Xu Dr. Y. Yang Dr. T. Zhang Dr. C.J. Fraser Dr. G. Song

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.07 12:30 - 14:20 CPD-3.28

12:30 - 14:20 CPD-LG.09 12:30 - 14:20 10:30 - 12:20 CPD-3.04 CBA

16:30 - 18:20 CPD-LG.07 16:30 - 18:20 MB217

* Offered in the first and second semesters Building codes: CB = Chow Yei Ching Building KK = K.K. Leung Building CPD = Central Podium Levels (Centennial Campus) LE = Library Extension Building CYC = Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building (P: Lecture Theatre) MB = Main Building CYP = Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building (P: Lecture Theatre) MW = Meng Wah Complex (T: Lecture Theatre) KB = Knowles Building RHT= Rayson Huang Theatre January 15, 2014 Page 3 of 3