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JOUR4123 Reporting Laboratory IV

报道实验室 IV

Students learn to produce an experimental newspaper under supervision.

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PSY2013 Research Methods in Psychology

心理学研究方法

To cultivate critical thinking, and how it can be applied to a wide range of research topics in Psychology. This course will take a practical, skill-building approach to examining the nature of psychological research, the formulation of research questions, research design and methods, and the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of research data and results. The course will enable the student to become competent in exploring, evaluating, and applying research findings to the wide range of problems in Psychology. It is also designed to help students become more sophisticated consumers of the increasing flood of scientific news, to help them discriminate between junk and serious science. It will also provide a solid methodological foundation for students to undertake their final year projects. At the end of the course, each student should decide on a topic for his/her final year project and develop a preliminary research project proposal. This proposal would form part of the course assessment.

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ENV3003 Resources and the Environment

资源与环境

This course is designed to help students relate scientific principles to the management of natural resources. Topics include management of natural resources in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. It introduces the nature of each natural resource and the scientific and ecological basis for their management, and cultivates positive attitudes relative to natural resource perception, use, management and protection.

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FINM3033 Risk Management in Finance

金融风险管理

The aims of the course is to deal with the ways in which financial institutions quantify and manage different risks such as market risk, credit risk, and operational risk, to help students pay special attention to the credit derivatives market and understand current financial crisis by covering various smaller case studies.

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CTV2023 Scriptwriting

剧本写作

This course introduces the creative processes of screenwriting. Through practical exercises and assignments students will learn about the art, craft, and business of film and television writing, with a primary focus on writing for short films and writing for television.

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OR3023 Simulation

随机模拟

To introduce the basic computer simulation in various discrete systems. The aim is to model and simulate various practical systems in financial, transportation, and commercial applications. This course covers the basic concepts, models and computer software in simulating practical discrete systems.

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SWSA3143 Social Planning and Development

社会规划与发展

This course aims to: 1) introduce students to the scientific field of Social Planning and Development, providing elementary insights on-as well as elementary theoretical understanding of – social planning and social development; (2) introduce basic methods in social planning and social development analysis; (3) provide students with the basic concept and policy solutions proposed by developmental social policy, with regard to social planning and social development studies.

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SWSA3033 Social Policy

社会政策

This course develops students’ understanding of social policy and the relationship between social policy, social welfare and social work in a changing world. It focuses on modern social policy analysis, taking into account the full scope of social policies available today, and shows how they interact with each other – providing both a strong theoretical and practical point of view in the study of social policy. The course will also discuss and analyse the history and development of the welfare state in international perspective.

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PSY2023 Social Psychology

社会心理学

At the completion of the course the student should have a critical understanding of influence of social –psychological phenomena which occur in our daily lives. The student will develop an awareness of the fact that we sometimes spend entire days in interacting in a variety of different situations which lend themselves to the theories and principles of Social Psychology. The student will be aware of the contributions of social psychologists in the fields of business, medicine law and related areas. Social psychology is now represented as an element in other areas of psychology: clinical, forensic, industrial and organisational. Contributions to these fields flow in from the field of social psychology. Social psychology will give the student an interest and appreciation for cultural diversity and national interest, these areas represent extensive interest in research and experimentation in attempt to determine which are universal and which are cultural bound. Finally, emphasis will be placed on understanding the traditional topics such as aggression, violence, altruism, humanism and other social forces.

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SWSA2013 Social Work Intervention and Processes

社会工作介入与过程

This course is an introduction to the integrative model as a conceptual framework for the study of social work theory and practice. Student will learn the practice content that encompasses the generic knowledge and skills common to social work practice at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. This content includes the activities of intervention and processes of engaging clients in an appropriate working relationship, identifying issues, problems, needs, resources and assets; collecting and assessing information; and planning for service delivery. Exercises based on case, group, and community studies will be used to help students develop their practical and analytical skills. This course runs concurrently with SWSA2003 Social Work Skills.

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SWSA3083 Social Work Research

社会工作研究

This course helps students understand the basic principles and limits of scientific inquiry and their relation to the practice of social work and social administration. Students will examine the methods of qualitative and quantitative research design; data analysis and interpretation; as well as the use of statistical procedures and knowledge in social investigations. Students will be oriented to the use of computer/statistical software such as SPSS for data entry and analysis. It will also help students to acquire the practical skills of research through planning and undertaking a small-scale research project that is relevant to social work and social administration practice such as evaluative research, action research, and policy research.

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SWSA2003 Social Work Skills

社会工作技巧

This course facilitates students’ self-understanding and awareness of their own behaviour and attitude related to the role of a social worker, as well as students’ reflection of values and to identify value conflict, if any, in the application of the international Social Work Code of Ethics to practice. The main part of the course concentrates on students’ acquisition of basic knowledge and micro skills of social practices with individuals, groups, and community.

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SWSA3023 Social Work and Law

社会工作与法律

This course orients students to the course of law in welfare-related areas, and its importance for the welfare state system in particular and the general society at large. It will discuss the basic foundation of law in the field of social work and social welfare. It will examine social welfare legislations concerning the protection of women and children; the physical and mentally disabled; family; labour; and those laws related to social work, social security and social welfare, health and education.

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COMP2023 Software Development Workshop I

软件开发工作坊 I

This workshop introduces the basic concepts in network and server administration. Practical, hands-on experience of server administration will be emphasised.

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COMP3043 Software Development Workshop II

软件开发工作坊 II

This workshop introduces the latest multimedia software tools, and advanced network administration. Practical, hands-on experience of multimedia software tools and network administration will be emphasised.

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