MISC Course List
GDHC1153 History of Popular Culture, 1900-2000
民俗文化史，1900-2000
This course centres on the major trends and problems in twentieth century popular culture around the world. It discusses the evolution of mass culture and in particular the role played by mass media. It analyses the relationship between economic forces, culture and society, and the roles played by corporations and key individuals in the arts and media.
Check DetailsGDHC1263 History of Traditional Southeast Asia
东南亚古代史
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the diversity of the development of Southeast Asian civilization before the rise of modernizing indigenous states and Western imperialism from earliest times to 1500. Crossing both national and regional perspectives, this course introduces key elements of Southeast Asian history, geography, language, popular beliefs, artistic achievement, maritime and overland trade, state formation, gender and social relations. Throughout the course students are guided to identify and recognize Southeast Asian region’s interactions with the outside world, such as India and China, and enhance their comparative analytical and critical thinking skills by examining the ways in which Southeast Asians adapted new external ideas and technologies that shape the lives of mass populations and the civilization of each nation in the modern day Southeast Asia.
Check DetailsGDHC1233 History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century
20 世纪中东史
This course gives a thematic overview of the major achievements and problems in the Middle East in the twentieth century, with emphasis on culture. It analyses the relationship between economic development, social ideas and cultural expressions. It introduces the main themes of political discourse, and discusses the tension between traditional religious views and rapid secularization. It explores Middle Eastern society through both major social movements and daily life, in rural and urban settings.
Check DetailsGDST1093 How to Build a Green City? Challenges and Solutions
如何建设绿色城市？—— 挑战与解决方案
Sustainable Development means "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." ["Our Common Future", 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development] As admitted by the Chinese Government at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, China’s economic growth has come at too high an environmental cost. This course is designed to enable students to apprehend the intricate relationships between economic and financial growth, environmental and ecological problems, and social issues, and ultimately, their effects on human wellbeing. Upon finishing the course, students should be able to comprehend the importance of sustainable development and engage in innovative thinking on development projects in preparing them to face future environmental challenges.
Check DetailsGDHC1133 Indian Civilization and Society
印度的文明与社会
India, the inheritor of the Indus civilization is a dynamic sub-continent with diverse cultural, religious and ethnic background. This continent has a history of external occupation, cultural interaction and exchange over the millenniums by the Vedic Aryan, Greeks, Mongols, Persians, Arabs, Moguls and the Europeans. This course perceives India not as today’s territorial category governed by a particular geo-political reality but as a cultural entity extended all over South Asia and beyond. This course addresses the historical root of Indian civilization and social heritages including religion and politics; medicine and health; social and economic formation; ecology, food and dietetics; and issues from present-day India such as; gender, sex and social hierarchy; and economic globalisation.
Check DetailsEBIS3103 Introduction to Business Data Analytics
初级商业数据分析
The explosion of social media and the computerization of every aspect of social and economic activity have resulted in creation of large volumes of mostly unstructured data. Today, we have the ability to reliably and cheaply store huge volumes of data, efficiently analyse them, and extract business and socially relevant information. Therefore, local and global businesses are investing heavily in using data analytics to drive substantial enhancement in business models, business processes, and customer values. This course provides students with a solid understanding of the principles, methods, and technologies for business analytics to drive business innovations. It places special emphasis on working through applications and examples of analytics in the real world, while offering an accessible overview on some of the fundamental techniques in business analytics.
Check DetailsGDBM1013 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation
企业与创新导论
The aims and objectives of this course are to train up students with the required multiple skills to solve complex problems in their work place or in making business decisions through understanding of essential entrepreneurial business principles, being aware of and responding to the challenges and rewards from starting new ventures, comprehending the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in society, and grasping how entrepreneurship and innovation are important in today’s world – a world in which unemployment is becoming an issue and the role of small and medium sized enterprises are driving economies. As this course introduces students to an array of principles and new perspectives that will encourage critical thinking to contest their pre-existing ideas and beliefs, students will gain multiple skills and understanding that will help them throughout their careers, either as an employee or as an entrepreneur.
Check DetailsGDST1053 Introduction to Mathematical Logic
数理逻辑介绍
The course is intended to be accessible to better meet the needs of today's undergraduate students from all kinds of disciplines. It is intended for students who has not studied logic previously, but who has some experience in mathematical reasoning. It includes mathematical proofs, and the way of how proofs can be justified. The course contains a systematic discussion of these results and investigations will be centred around first-order logic which shows that the consequence relation coincides with formal provability
Check DetailsGDST1043 Introductory Mathematical Models in Business
商业中的数学模型介绍
This is an introductory course for students interested in applications of mathematics in Business. Topics to be covered include basic calculus, linear algebra and differential equations. With these fundamental mathematics, students can then pursue applications of diverse mathematical perspectives from finance, management, economics and business.
Check DetailsGDFL1043 Japanese I
日语 I
This foundation course is designed for beginners who have never studied Japanese before. The Japanese phonetic system, writing system, basic greetings, sentence structures and practical vocabulary that are suitable for beginners will be introduced in this course. It also provides opportunities for students to understand Japanese culture, and to develop the ability to communicate in basic Japanese such as introducing oneself, daily expressions, telling the time and the date and talking about one’s daily life. Students’ active participation in classroom activities is expected.
Check DetailsGDFL1023 Korean I
韩语 I
This course is designed for the students who do not have any prior knowledge of Korean language. Students are supposed to develop basic skills of language learning. Students will learn Hangeul; Korean alphabet and basic sentence structures of Korean language. And students will learn practical vocabularies and grammars. Besides, students will learn the oral and written use of the language along with proper consideration of contexts and cultures.
Check DetailsGDHS1003 Language, Media and Culture
语言、媒体与文化
This course aims to: (1) explore the social and cultural aspects of language as it is used in the world today; (2) develop an understanding of the socio-cultural context within which media operate; and (3) foster critical perspectives on the role of language and media in society today.
Check DetailsGDHS1023 Language, Media and Technology in the 21st Century
二十一世纪的语言、媒体与科技
This course aims to: 1. introduce students to the concept of digital literacy; 2. raise students’ awareness of how various media shape our communication, social identities and social practices; 3. develop the critical skills to analyse the effects of media and technology on language, meaning; and communication; and 4. enhance students’ digital literacy skills through critically engaging with the interaction between language, media and technology.
Check DetailsGDHC1203 Life and the Soul: Existentialism and The Psychology of War in Twentieth-Century Europe
生命与灵魂：20 世纪欧洲存在主义和心理学的战争
In this course students will learn about key events, ideas, and historical figures that influenced European intellectual history in the 20th Century. Students will be introduced to some of the major figures in 20th Century Europe, and will explore fundamental ideas and psychology of events, that constitute contemporary European culture and civilisation.
Check DetailsGDST1103 Lifestyle and Health
生活方式与健康
How to improve health and longevity? The current challenges facing these issues are diverse and interrelated. This course aims to overview the major lifestyle and behavioural risks to which the public are exposed. A brief concept of health risks including improper diet, smoking, excessive alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle and food poisoning; the prevention of disease development as well as modification of behaviours on tackling these health issues will be discussed. As such, this course attempts to encourage students to consider how people can be motivated to choose a healthier lifestyle.
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