Office of Education Development and Gateway Education

GE Courses in Distributional Areas



Students admitted to the existing 3-year bachelor degree programmes are required to take 3 credit units of GE courses to satisfy the Out-of-Discipline (OOD) requirement. On the other hand, students admitted to the programmes adopting early introduction of the 4-year curriculum in 2010/11 and 2011/12 have to take 21 or 12 credit units of GE courses, where at least 3 credit units should be chosen from each Distributional Area in addition to the GE core courses on GE English and Chinese Civilisation – History and Philosophy.

The following table shows a suite of GE courses in three Distributional Areas viz. Arts and Humanities, Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations, and Science and Technology.

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: Courses Offered in Semester B 2011/12
Course
Code		 GE Course Title Host
Academic
Unit		 Area 1 Arts and Humanities Area 2 Study of Societies,
Social and
Business Organisations 		Area 3 Science and Technology
GE1101 Chinese Cultural Heritage in Modern Perspective CCIV ✓
✓ GE1102 Cinema: East and West SCM ✓
GE1103 Citizens and Justice SLW ✓
GE1104 Chinese Cultural Canons and their Modern Application CCIV ✓
GE1105 Chinese Music Appreciation CCIV ✓
GE1106 Chinese Art Appreciation CCIV ✓
✓ GE1107 The City in Chinese History and Culture CCIV ✓
✓ GE1108 The Silk Road: A Pathway of Interactive Culture from the Ancient to the Modern World CCIV ✓
GE1109 Values and Justice in the Contemporary World SA ✓
✓ GE1110 Exploring Contemporary Art SCM ✓
GE2101 Rational Thinking and Creative Ideas SA ✓
GE2102 Encountering World Religions SS ✓
✓ GE2103 Appreciating Masterpieces of Western Culture CTL ✓
GE2104 Search for Modern Chinese Self - How to Be "Modern" and "Chinese"? CTL ✓
GE2105 Popular Culture EN ✓
GE2106 Philosophy and Life: A Dialogue SA ✓
GE2107 Ideology and Creativity: Unwrapping "Japanese Culture" CTL ✓
GE2108 Literature in Our Lives EN ✓
✓ GE2109 Love, Sex, and Relationships: Psychological Perspectives SS ✓
✓ GE2110 Experiencing our Built Environment: Appreciation of Contemporary Architecture BST ✓
GE4101 Madness and Literature CTL ✓
✓ GE1201 Information Management and its Social Impact IS ✓
GE1202 Managing Your Personal Finance EF ✓
GE1203 Managing Fitness in the 21st Century IS ✓
GE1209 Identity and Citizenship in a Globalized World AIS ✓
✓ GE2202 Globalization and Business MS ✓
✓ GE2203 Psychology for Young Professionals SS ✓
✓ GE2204 Business Ethics and Society MGT ✓
✓ GE2205 Lifestyle Diversity and Choices AIS ✓
✓ GE2206 Sustainable Cities for the 21st Century AIS ✓
GE2207 The Asian Century: Exploring the Rise of Asia as a Global Powerhouse AIS ✓
✓ GE2208 China in the Global Economy EF ✓
✓ GE2209 Market Developments in China MKT ✓
GE2210 China: A Socio-Political Transformation SA ✓
✓ GE2211 Sexuality, Culture and Diversity SS ✓
✓ GE2212 Contemporary Business Communication MGT ✓
✓ GE2213 Understanding Uncertainty and Statistical Reasoning MS ✓
GE2214 Gender, Culture and Society AIS ✓
GE2215 Tourism, Culture and Development AIS ✓
GE2216 New Literacies in the Information Age EN ✓
✓ GE2218 Career Excellence in the 21st Century SS ✓
GE2219 Islam and the Contemporary World SS ✓
GE2220 Sustainable Business: Doing Good Business While Doing Good MKT ✓
✓ GE2233 Public Policy in Action SA ✓
GE2234 Social Networks for Media, Business and Technological Applications COM ✓
✓ GE3201 China in the Eyes of World Media COM ✓
✓ GE1301 Climate Change and Extreme Weather SEE ✓
✓ GE1303 Urban Life and Development BST ✓
✓ GE2301 Science and Technology: From Past to Future MBE ✓
GE2302 Forensics and Modern Society BCH ✓
✓ GE2303 Save the Earth: Sustainable Development CA ✓
✓ GE2304 Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Young Professionals SEEM ✓
✓ GE2305 Astronomy - The Sky And Us AP ✓
✓ GE2306 Energy and Technology AP ✓
✓ GE2307 Science, Fiction and the Supernatural BCH ✓
GE2308 IT and Ethics CS ✓
✓ GE1111 Diseases, Culture and History: Hong Kong, China and the World CCIV ✓
✓ GE1112 Chán Culture and Contemporary Society CCIV ✓
✓ GE1113 Visual Literacy and Cultural Thinking SCM ✓
✓ GE1114 Women's Lives in Chinese History CCIV ✓
GE1115 Christianity and Chinese Culture CCIV ✓
GE1116 Confucianism and Liberalism: Comparative Perspectives of Civic Life SA ✓
✓ GE1117 Music and Human Values: Philosophical Investigations SA ✓
✓ GE1118 Philosophy Goes to the Movies SA ✓
GE1119 Ethics for Professionals: an interaction between ethics and professional knowledge SA ✓
✓ GE1120 Thinking Philosophically: Bridging the Gap between Arts and Sciences SA ✓
✓ GE1204 Living with the Unexpected and Unknown in Modern Society AC ✓
GE1205 Green Economics EF ✓
GE1206 Accelerating Professional Growth on the Web IS ✓
✓ GE1207 Organizational and Personal Image Management MKT ✓
GE1208 Communication and Teamwork SEEM ✓
GE1210 Celebrities and Scandals: Contemporary Issues in Hong Kong Popular Culture COM ✓
GE1211 Online Privacy and Virtual Identity: Communication Management on the Internet COM ✓
GE1212 Personal and Firm Profiling in the Digital Society IS ✓
GE1213 Environmental crises: Identifying causes and searching for solutions SA ✓
GE1302 The Science of Art BCH ✓
GE1304 Visual Expression and Communication BST ✓
✓ GE1305 Everyday Physics: Its Impact on You and Society AP ✓
✓ GE1306 Introduction to Urban Development CA ✓
✓ GE1307 Appreciation of Built Heritage BST ✓
✓ GE1308 Energy: Today and Tomorrow SEE ✓
✓ GE1309 Science in Chinese Kung Fu AP ✓
GE1310 The Biochemistry of Attraction BCH ✓
GE1311 Death: A Discovery Approach BCH ✓
GE1312 Infrastructure & People BST ✓
GE1313 Earthquakes CA ✓
GE1314 Ironman: The Art and Science of Robots in Our Society EE ✓
GE1315 How do you turn sand on a beach into a trillion dollars? EE ✓
GE1316 Digital Media for the 21st Century EE ✓
GE1317 The History and Technology of the Internet EE ✓
✓ GE2111 Image of the City CLASS ✓
✓ GE2112 Vampires, Monsters and Teen Demons: Representations of the Dark Side of the Mind in Literature and Popular Culture CTL ✓
GE2113 Reading Colonialism and The Modern Experience CTL ✓
GE2114 World Archaeology and Heritage CTL ✓
GE2115 Reading and Writing America: Peoples and Cultures of the United States EN ✓
GE2116 Chinese Written Characters and East Asian Modernity CTL ✓
GE2117 Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Cultural Identity of Koreans CTL ✓
GE2217 Power and Politics SA ✓
✓ GE2221 Violence and Crime SS ✓
✓ GE2222 Sports, Culture and Society EN ✓
✓ GE2223 Interpersonal Skills and Positive Personal Development SS ✓
✓ GE2224 World Economic History: Europe and China EF ✓
GE2225 Media and Consumption: Food and Fashion in Everyday Life COM ✓
✓ GE2226 Ageing Society: Hong Kong and Beyond SS ✓
GE2227 Preservation and Revitalization of Buildings with Heritage Value inside City Environments BST ✓
GE2228 Value Creation in Various Industries EF ✓
GE2229 Uncovering the Global Economy through News EF ✓
GE2230 Revolutionary Shifts in Global Business Practices MGT ✓
GE2231 Business, Media and Society MGT ✓
GE2232 Knowing Ourselves Better in Work and Life MGT ✓
✓ GE2309 NANO - The Interdisciplinary Science ("The next big thing is really smal") AP ✓
✓ GE2310 Introduction to Kanyu for the Built Environment CA ✓
✓ GE2311 Technology and Society BST ✓
GE2312 Future SCIFI Technologies AP ✓
GE2313 Global IT Case Studies CS ✓
GE2314 Construction as one of the Founding Stones of Modern Hong Kong BST ✓
✓ GE2315 Security and Privacy in the Information Age CS ✓
GE2316 Computing Snapshot, Today and Tomorrow EE ✓
✓ GE2317 Integrating Green Energy into Society EE ✓
✓ GE2318 From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Science EE ✓
✓ GE2319 Industrial Engineering and Management of Modern Enterprises SEEM ✓
GE3101 Poetry and Science CTL ✓
GE3102 Cultural Flows in East Asia CTL ✓
GE3103 Cultural Encounters in East Asian Cinema and Visual Media CTL ✓
✓ GE3202 Citizen Journalism and Civil Society COM ✓
✓ GE3203 Sustainable Development of Hong Kong SA ✓
✓ GE4102 Video Game: History, Industry, Society, and Creativity SCM ✓