Undergraduate Course Offering for Spring 2025

Under a policy approved by the Senate, exceptions to the general University policy stating that English is the medium of instruction will be permitted when the courses are related to the area of Chinese studies and are approved by the School of Humanities and Social Science. Courses approved to be taught in Chinese carry a [PU] or [CA] notation in the course description, which indicates the spoken language used in teaching: [PU] stands for Putonghua; and [CA] for Cantonese.

Courses marked with a [C] in the course description are not taught in Chinese but may require students to read materials in Chinese. Students who have difficulty reading materials in Chinese should consult the instructor concerned prior to enrolling in these courses. Alternative English reading materials may be provided.

course syllabus

 

School-Sponsored Course
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1000A Cultures and Values: Language, Communication and Society Cathy Pan

HUMA1000B Cultures and Values: Righteousness, Destiny and Well-being Sai-lok Nam

 

Multidisciplinary Course
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA2400*# Approaches to Humanities in China Studies [C] Quentin Qin, Xiaolu Ma, Zhuyun Lin

 

Linguistics
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1030 Structure of the Chinese Language [C] Pui Yiu Szeto 

HUMA2031 The Cantonese Language [C] Pui Yiu Szeto 
HUMA2032 Language Power and Identity Pip Freestone

HUMA2050^  Classical Chinese [C] [PU] Dechao LI
HUMA3030# Language, Communication and Culture  Cathy Pan

 

Literature, Film, and Media Studies
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1301 World Literature and Film Xiaolu Ma
HUMA2202 The Modern Japanese Novel Baryon Posadas

HUMA2330 Anime Daisy Du  
HUMA3204* Chinese Creative Writing: Reading Literary Classics and Writing [C] [PU] Yi-chin Lo

HUMA3210 Traditional Chinese Poetry: Tang and Song Poetry [C] [PU] Siya Li

 

History and Anthropology
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1430 History of P. R. China’s Diplomacy, 1949-1989 [C] [PU] David Chang
HUMA1639 Marriage, Family and Kinship in Cross-cultural Perspective    Jianxiong Ma
HUMA1675 Global History of Explorations Marco Caboara
HUMA2590# The Making of the Modern World: Renaissance to the Present Marco Caboara
HUMA2634 Global history new anthropological perspectives Giulio Ongaro
HUMA2670 Understanding Western Painting Anna Kwong
HUMA3680 Contemporary Architecture: The Pritzker Prize Winners Anna Kwong
HUMA4610* Heritage in Cross-cultural Perspective Siu-woo Cheung

 

Philosophy and Religion
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1921 Philosophy of Science Yafeng Shan
HUMA1922 Introduction to Analytic Philosophy Fons Dewulf
HUMA1930 Introduction to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Linus Huang
HUMA2840 Buddhism and the Chinese Intellectual Tradition [C] [PU] Simon Wong
HUMA2911 Buddhism: Origin and Growth Eric Nelson
HUMA4700* Confucianism in a Global Context Dennis Prooi

 

Music
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1102 Enjoyment of Classical Music Ilari Kaila
HUMA1107 Music and Film Mercedes Dujunco  
HUMA1108 Expressive Sounds Mercedes Dujunco  
HUMA2101 Enjoyment of Western Opera Isaac Droscha
HUMA2104 Music Theory I: Introduction to Tonal Music Ilari Kaila
HUMA2105 Music, Drama and Theatre Isaac Droscha & Mandy Petty
HUMA2107 Introduction to Electronic Music Composition Timothy Page
HUMA2108 Music of China Mercedes Dujunco
HUMA3102* Making Chamber Music A Amy Sze
HUMA3107* Electronic Music Composition II Timothy Page

 

Creative Arts
Course Code Course Title Instructor  
HUMA1154 Photography Birdy Chu
HUMA1155 Video Art Birdy Chu

 

* non-common core course

^ Chinese communication course

# GCS course

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