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ENG3263 English Language Study Skills
大学英文应用技巧
This course is on further developing language skills for academic studies. It aims to help students use English to a high standard in an English medium learning environment and further develop their English language proficiency for effective communication. To achieve these objectives, the course will emphasize core competencies that are essential to the development of language skills (particularly speaking and writing) and to the effective English learning strategies, skills and language usage.
Check DetailsHUM1013 The Indo-European languages
印欧语系研究
This course describes the main structures of the Indo-European languages in their grammar and vocabulary, as well as their developments in space, in time and in society. In space, we will show the geographical spread of these languages from their original European homeland into the Middle East, South Asia up to the last colonial settlements in Africa, America and Oceania. In time, we will present materials drawn from some early Indo-European languages, such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit, which had a huge impact on the languages and cultures of modern Europe and Asia. Moreover, texts from different Indo-European languages will be presented, in order to illustrate the main topics typical of their social and cultural backgrounds.
Check DetailsGLD2003 The Global Economy
全球经济
The objective of this course is to serve as a basic introduction to the study of world economy and its governance. It will examine key institutions, their functions and interactions, as well as the drivers and impact of relevant contemporary economic strategies implemented both in the developed and in the developing world.
Check DetailsGLD2013 International Cooperation
国际合作
This course aims to investigate the various analytical frameworks in the field of international cooperation with a review of the dominant paradigms that affect the contemporary global order. The purpose of this course is to review a wide range of the literature concerning the study of cooperation and interdependence in the global society, and particularly the theoretical material concerning international relations, regional integration, and global institutions.
Check DetailsGLD2023 Regional Cooperation and Integration: the ASEAN
东盟区域合作与整合
This is the course designed to assess ASEAN as a major regional actor. No other region in the world can match the cultural, religious, linguistic, and ethnic diversity of Southeast Asia; however, if one were looking around the world for examples of successful regional cooperation, Southeast Asia would be at the top of the list. What makes ASEAN truly remarkable? This course will question what influences the regional dynamics and integration among Southeast Asian countries, including their social, cultural, and economic behaviour.
Check DetailsGLD3003 Public-Private Partnerships for Development
政府和社会资本合作发展模式
The major objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the key principles and components of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), the role of PPPs in the delivery of socio-economic development as well as the opportunities and challenges of procuring and maintaining public services in various fields through effective PPPs, particularly in emerging markets.
Check DetailsGLD3013 Regional Cooperation and Integration: The EU
欧盟区域合作与整合
The course examines the causes and historical evolution of European integration and then looks analytically at the institutions and the policies of the European Union, assessing their effectiveness and investigating their implications for the rest of the world. It provides a focused examination of the economy of European integration, and highlights the dynamic relationship between economic and social integration and the respective roles of the state, markets and EU institutions.
Check DetailsGLD3023 Globalisation: Trends, Issues and Opportunities
全球化：趋势、问题和机遇
As the world grows more integrated, as communication and business speed up the changes in our daily lives, the impact of events on our lifestyles deepens, and the necessity to understand and react intelligently to events and forces affecting us becomes more imperative. Lectures are used to inform and provoke students to apply concepts and data acquired in their time of study to current problems facing the global order, and thus, to themselves, their families, and their careers and regimes which play such a vital role in today’s world.
Check DetailsGLD4003 Final Year Project (GAD)
毕业论文
The Final Year Project consists of an independent research essay that applies academic and creative skills to a specific topic in the Programme. Under the guidance of a supervisor, the student will identify a suitable research or creative topic; find relevant research materials; narrow the topic; read, evaluate, and interpret materials; write, edit, and polish their final work.
Check DetailsGLD3033 Development in Post-Colonial British Commonwealth
后殖民时期的英联邦发展
This course intends to familiarise students with development trajectories and governance patterns across the former British colonies spanning from South Asia to Africa and the Americas.
Check DetailsGLD3043 Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
东欧与中亚发展
This course aims at providing students with introductory information on governance, society and socio-economic development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It identifies opportunities as well as challenges that countries in the region encounter. It seeks to establish a basis for independent study and research of specific regional issues.
Check DetailsGLD3053 Asia in the Age of Globalisation
亚洲全球化
This course is a study of Asian social and economic development. This course intends to examine the relationship between interdependence and integration within the international context, and trace patterns that help students to understand the complexities and variations in Asia’s paths to the present. This course will discuss intra- and inter-regional bilateral as well as multilateral cooperation patterns, drivers, and interaction platforms (e.g. APEC, WTO, EAS, RCEP, and other different configurations etc.).
Check DetailsGLD3063 Data Analysis for Social Sciences
社会科学数据分析
This course is an introduction to data analysis in the field of social sciences. The purpose of this course is to provide basic understanding and background essential to the learning of applied data science and statistics skills. The material will cover both descriptive and inferential techniques for analysing multivariate, categorical, and continuous data with the primary objective being two-fields: (1) relaying the underlying theories, appropriate applications, and limitations of various procedures; (2) using statistical software packages to properly analyse the interpret results.
Check DetailsGLD3073 Principles of Negotiation
谈判原理
Negotiations are a particular kind of social interactions that are explicitly designed to determine which parties get their interests and goals. Negotiations are necessary whenever you cannot attain your goals without the cooperation of others. This course is an introduction to the knowledge of the negotiation skills and techniques. This course will focus on the theoretical arguments of negotiation techniques, using rational choice theory, game theory, and decision-making models to analyse the critical components during negotiation. The purpose of this course is to look into the methodological underpinnings of such a negotiation approach, and to introduce the students to its applications in various fields in social science.
Check DetailsGLD3083 China’s Global Partnerships for Shared Prosperity
中国全球共荣伙伴关系
The course aims at familiarising students with China’s constructive economic engagement across the world, along the One Belt One Road, and beyond. Particular attention will be dedicated to China’s win-win cooperation mechanisms and outcomes, in relation to both established and emerging actors.
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