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Common Core Courses for Students Admitted in 2010-11 and 2011-12
Arts and Humanities Common Core Courses (Effective in 2012-13)
  The list of common core courses may change from year to year. Only common core courses taken in the academic year in which they are so listed can be used to fulfill the common core requirements.

The following are Arts and Humanities (A&H) Common Core Courses listed for the 2012-13 academic year. Students should select courses from this list to satisfy the A&H common core requirement. Their status as A&H Common Core Courses in previous academic years (i.e. 2010-11 and 2011-12) are indicated by a "✓".

To facilitate students in selecting courses according to their own interests, these courses are grouped by subject categories. Students are free to select courses from any categories.

Categories:
  • School-Sponsored Courses (H-SSCs)
  • Anthropology
  • Arts - Fine Art
  • Arts - Music
  • Arts - Studio Arts
  • Chinese History
  • Chinese Linguistics
  • Chinese Literature
  • Chinese Philosophy
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  • Economic & Political Development
  • Global History
  • Global Literature
  • Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Science, Technology & Society
  • Western History
  • Western Literature
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    Arts and Humanities Common Core Courses

    Course Code

    		 Course Title Credits Effective also in Cross-listed in other common core area(s) (Note 1)
    4-digit 3-digit 2011-12 2010-11

    Unless specified otherwise, the following A&H common core courses are all listed under the Special Course List in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13
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    + School-Sponsored Courses (H-SSCs)
    HUMA 1000 -- Cultures and Values 3 (wef Spring) X  
    HUMA 1001 -- Foundational Texts in the Humanities 3 X  
    SHSS 3001 -- Large Datasets, New Facts, Huge Comparisons: A New History for
    a New China, 1700-2000    		 3 (wef Spring) X SA
    + Anthropology
    HUMA 1620 HUMA 062 Human Culture and Society 3
    		SA
    HUMA 1621 HUMA 100O Anthropology of Hong Kong 3  
    HUMA 1630 HUMA 256 Popular Religion in South China 3  
    HUMA 1631 HUMA 160 Exploring Chinese Culture in Fieldwork 3  
    HUMA 1639 HUMA 161 Marriage, Family and Kinship in Cross-cultural Perspectives 3  
    HUMA 2620 HUMA 162 Culture and Tourism 3  
    HUMA 2621 HUMA 101D Culture and Environment 3  
    HUMA 2622 HUMA 261A Heritage and Culture 3  
    HUMA 2630 HUMA 163 Anthropology of Food 3  
    HUMA 2632 HUMA 262 Chinese Culture and Society in Anthropological Perspectives 3  
    HUMA 2633 HUMA 101A Before Mao: Traditional Chinese Society from 1800 to 1949 3  
    HUMA 2635 HUMA 200E Cultural Diversity in China 3  
    HUMA 2638 HUMA 200D Peoples and Cultures in Mainland Southeast Asia 3  
    HUMA 3620 HUMA 362 Visual Anthropology 3  
    HUMA 3630 -- Community and Cultural Identity 3 X  
    + Arts - Fine Art
    HUMA 1200 HUMA 012 Film Art and Cinema Culture 3  
    HUMA 1650 HUMA 165 Appreciation of Western Art 3  
    HUMA 1660 HUMA 066 Introduction to Chinese Art 3  
    HUMA 1680 HUMA 100P Western Architectural Forms: A Brief History 3  
    HUMA 2660 HUMA 166 Introduction to Chinese Painting 3  
    HUMA 2661 HUMA 100A Chinese Oil Painting 3  
    HUMA 2670 HUMA 167 Understanding Western Painting 3  
    HUMA 2680 HUMA 168 Understanding Western Architecture 3  
    HUMA 3660 HUMA 266 Tradition & Modernity: Chinese Ink Painting in 20th Century 3  
    HUMA 3680 HUMA 200W Contemporary Architecture: The Pritzker Prize Winners 3  
    + Arts - Music
    HUMA 1100 HUMA 110 Music of the World 3  
    HUMA 1101 HUMA 111 Enjoyment of Western Music 3  
    HUMA 1102 HUMA 115 Enjoyment of Classical Music 3  
    HUMA 1103 HUMA 101M Understanding Music 3  
    HUMA 1104 -- Music and Film 3 X X  
    HUMA 1105 -- Enjoyment of Jazz 3 X X  
    HUMA 1106 -- Music and Dance 3 X X  
    HUMA 2104 HUMA 117 Introduction to Music Theory 3  
    HUMA 2105 HUMA 210 Music, Drama and Theatre 3  
    HUMA 3101 HUMA 211 Western Opera and Literature 3  
    + Arts - Studio Arts
    HART 1001 GNED 161 Arts and Creativity 2 X  
    HART 1011 -- Introduction to Cantonese Opera 1 X  
    HART 1012 -- Introduction to Photography 1 X  
    HART 1013 -- Fundamental Technique of Chinese Painting 1 (wef Spring) X  
    HART 1014 -- Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy 1 (wef Spring) X  
    HART 1015 -- Introduction to Single-channel Video Art 1 (wef Spring)
    		 X  
    HART 1016 -- Introduction to Installation Art 1 (wef Spring) X  
    HART 1017 -- Introduction to Contemporary Dance 1 (wef Spring) X  
    HART 1018 -- Introduction and Appreciation of Chinese Dance 1 (wef Spring) X  
    HART 1019 -- Introduction to Multi-channel Video Art 1 (wef Summer) X  
    HART 1020 -- Introduction to Experimental Drawing 1 X X  
    HART 1021 -- A Contemporary Approach to Painting 1 X X  
    HART 1022 -- Introduction to Acting (Effective from Spring 2012-13) 1 X X  
    HART 1023 -- Introduction to Experimental Animation (Effective from Spring 2012-13) 1 X X  
    + Chinese History
    HUMA 1410 HUMA 041 General Chinese History: Pre-modern 3  
    HUMA 1430 HUMA 043 History of P. R. China’s Diplomacy 1949-1989 3  
    HUMA 1440 HUMA 144 Modern China 3  
    HUMA 1450 -- The History of the People's Republic of China 3 X X  
    HUMA 2400 HUMA 240 Methods of Reading China-related Materials in Humanities 3  
    HUMA 2420 HUMA 142 Late Imperial China 3  
    HUMA 2421 HUMA 100V Pre-Modern China: The Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960-1368 3  
    HUMA 2430 HUMA 143 China in the 20th Century 3  
    HUMA 2470 HUMA 247 City and Village: Life and Culture in Modern China 3  
    HUMA 2480 HUMA 148 Daily Life in Imperial China 3  
    HUMA 2481 HUMA 249 Common Beliefs in Pre-modern China 3  
    HUMA 2640 HUMA 164 Unofficial China: Social History 1800s-1930s 3  
    HUMA 3421 HUMA 241B Chinese Military History before 1800 3  
    HUMA 3430 HUMA 243 Reading Modern Chinese History Historically 3  
    HUMA 3440 HUMA 244 Issues in Chinese History from Han to Tang 3  
    + Chinese Linguistics
    HUMA 1020 HUMA 002 Chinese Writing and Culture 3  
    HUMA 1030 HUMA 103 Structure of the Chinese Language 3  
    HUMA 1060 HUMA 106 Introduction to Mandarin Chinese Grammar 3  
    HUMA 2012 HUMA 202 Chinese Language, Logic, and Science 3  
    HUMA 2031 HUMA 206 The Cantonese Language 3  
    HUMA 2050 HUMA 105 Classical Chinese 3  
    HUMA 3040 HUMA 204 Study of the Modern Chinese Writing System 3  
    + Chinese Literature
    HUMA 1220 HUMA 022 Chinese Literature in Translation 3  
    HUMA 2220 HUMA 114 China in Film: Modern Chinese Culture and Identities 3  
    HUMA 2230 HUMA 123 Literature and the Self in China 3  
    HUMA 2240 HUMA 124 Masterpieces of Chinese Literature 3  
    HUMA 2250 HUMA 125 Modern Chinese Fiction (1917-1949) 3  
    HUMA 2260 HUMA 126 Contemporary Chinese Fiction (1949-present) 3  
    HUMA 2300 HUMA 130 Traditional Chinese Poetry: Early Chinese Poetry 3  
    HUMA 2310 HUMA 131 Traditional Chinese Fiction 3  
    HUMA 3210 HUMA 221 Traditional Chinese Poetry: Tang and Song Poetry 3  
    HUMA 3220 HUMA 222 Modern Chinese Poetry 3  
    + Chinese Philosophy
    HUMA 1710 HUMA 071 The Art of Thinking in the Hong Kong Context 3  
    HUMA 1810 HUMA 081 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy 3  
    HUMA 1811 HUMA 181 History of Chinese Philosophy 3  
    HUMA 2811 HUMA 200Z Logical Thinking in Ancient China 3  
    HUMA 2820 HUMA 182 Chinese Culture and Its Philosophies 3  
    HUMA 2830 HUMA 283 The Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Implications 3  
    HUMA 2840 HUMA 282 Buddhism and the Chinese Intellectual Tradition 3  
    HUMA 3800 HUMA 382 Guided Studies in Chinese Philosophical Classics 3  
    HUMA 3810 HUMA 281 Taoism and the Chinese Tradition 3  
    HUMA 3821 HUMA 385 Classical Chinese Philosophy (in English) 3  
    + Economic & Political Development
    SOSC 2280 SOSC 228 International Relations of East Asia 3 (wef Spring) X SA
    + Global History
    HUMA 1520 HUMA 052 Modern East Asia 3  
    HUMA 1550 -- Europe and the World in the 20th Century 3 X X  
    HUMA 2570 HUMA 157 East Asia and the West: Cultures in Contact 3  
    + Global Literature
    HUMA 1250 HUMA 215 Themes in Literature: Love and Death 3  
    HUMA 2270 HUMA 213 Women's Literature 3  
    HUMA 3200 -- Ideas and Forms in Literature 3 X  
    + Linguistics
    HUMA 1010 HUMA 001 Introduction to Language 3  
    HUMA 1012 HUMA 102 The World's Writing Systems 3  
    HUMA 2010 HUMA 201 Metaphors in English and Chinese 3  
    HUMA 2021 HUMA 101C Structure of Words 3  
    HUMA 3030 HUMA 203 Language, Communication and Culture 3  
    + Philosophy
    HUMA 1720 HUMA 072 Logic 3  
    HUMA 1920 HUMA 192 Introduction to Moral Philosophy 3  
    HUMA 2921 HUMA 296 Ethical Theories and Contemporary Issues 3  
    HUMA 3900 HUMA 290 Philosophical Inquiry into the Modern World 3  
    + Religion
    HUMA 1910 HUMA 101G World Religions 3  
    HUMA 2911 HUMA 284 Buddhism: Origin and Growth 3  
    + Science, Technology & Society
    SOSC 2010 SOSC 301G Environment and Society 3 (wef Spring) X SA
    + Western History
    HUMA 2589 HUMA 300R Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler: Dictators and their Regimes 3  
    HUMA 2590 HUMA 159 The Making of the Modern World: Renaissance to the Present 3  
    HUMA 3550 HUMA 255 Social Change and Social Thought in Europe, 1750-1914 3  
    + Western Literature
    HUMA 1300 HUMA 113 Introduction to Western Literature 3  
    HUMA 2200 HUMA 112 Masterpieces of World Literature 3  
    HUMA 2210 HUMA 231 Western Short Stories 3  
    HUMA 3240 HUMA 214 The Gothic Imagination in Literature and Film 3  
    Note:
     (1) If a course is cross-listed in other common core area(s), it can be used to fulfill the requirement of the cross-listed area(s), subject to the common core course rule that a common core course is allowed to fulfill the requirement of one common core area only.

    A&H Common Core Courses Not Listed in 2012-13

    The following courses are NOT listed in 2012-13. They can still be used to satisfy the A&H common core requirement if they were taken in the year(s) when they were listed as A&H courses.

    Previous Arts and Humanities Common Core Courses not listed in the 2012-13 academic year
    Course Code Course Title Credits Effective in
    4-digit 3-digit 2011-12 2010-11
    HUMA 2001K HUMA 101K Body, Communications and Performance in Hong Kong 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001L HUMA 101L Garbage as Art in Hong Kong 3

    (Fall only)
    + Special Course List for the Arts and Humanities Common Core Area:
    HUMA 1009A HUMA 099A Introduction to Chinese Literature 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009B HUMA 099B China into Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009C HUMA 099C Logic and Scientific Method 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009D HUMA 099D Gender and Sexuality in the Media 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009G HUMA 099G Film and the City 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009H HUMA 099H Essentials of Chinese Writing 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009I HUMA 099I Screen Memories: Hong Kong Nostalgic Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1009J HUMA 099J World Heritage and Ancient Civilization 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 1230 HUMA 023 Historical Survey of Chinese Literature 3
    HUMA 2000B HUMA 100B Contemporary Culture in Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000C HUMA 100C Ethnicity and Women: Conquest Dynasties in China 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000D HUMA 100D Western Civilization: To the French Revolution 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000E HUMA 100E Introduction to Sociolinguistics 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000F HUMA 100F Cantonese Pronunciations and Correspondence with Mandarin 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000G HUMA 100G Women's Movement in China: Causes and Effects 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000H HUMA 100H Gender Issues in Chinese Literature and Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000L HUMA 100L Science and Philosophy 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000N HUMA 100N Philosophy of Science 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000R HUMA 100R Palace Women and Court Politics in Imperial China 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000T HUMA 100T History of Chinese Women 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000W HUMA 100W Understanding Culture in the Modern World 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000X HUMA 100X Science Fiction: Literature and Film 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000Y HUMA 100Y Ecology, Culture and Literature 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2000Z HUMA 100Z Modern Chinese Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001B HUMA 101B Introduction to Communication Studies 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001E HUMA 101E Modern Western Civilization: From Napoleon to the 1980s 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001F HUMA 101F Body Politics: Configurations of the Hero 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001H HUMA 101H Fashioning Identities: Fashion and Culture Industries 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2001I HUMA 101I Comparative Chinese Western Philosophy 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 2320 HUMA 132 Chinese Drama 3
    HUMA 2330 HUMA 133 Hong Kong Literature 3
    HUMA 2580 HUMA 158 China and Southeast Asia 3
    HUMA 3000A HUMA 200A Technoscience Culture in Literature and Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000B HUMA 200B Urban Culture Of Hong Kong: 1950s-1970s 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000C HUMA 200C Hong Kong Cinema 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000F HUMA 200F Foodscapes: Cultural Studies of Food 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000L HUMA 200L Imperial Expansion in the 16th-18th Centuries 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000M HUMA 200M Selected Readings in Chinese Classics 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000N HUMA 200N Ethics: Theory and Practice 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000O HUMA 200O The City in Modern Literature and Culture 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000P HUMA 200P Kinship and Gender in China 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000S HUMA 200S Popular Literature and Print Culture in Republican China 3
    HUMA 3000T HUMA 200T Classical Chinese Drama: Text and Performance 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000V HUMA 200V Cantonese and Mandarin: A Contrastive Study 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000X HUMA 200X Intercultural Communication 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3000Y HUMA 200Y Readings in Buddhist Texts 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 3420 HUMA 242 Chinese Social and Economic History 3
    HUMA 3530 HUMA 253 History of the Overseas Chinese 3
    HUMA 4000E HUMA 300E Hong Kong Martial Arts Films 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000G HUMA 300G Ancient Chinese 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000H HUMA 300H Taiwan Fiction 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000L HUMA 300L Western Painting: From Renaissance To Impressionism 3
    HUMA 4000M HUMA 300M Heritage, Memory, and Culture 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000N HUMA 300N Globalization, Literature and Modern Culture 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000O HUMA 300O Theories of Buddha-nature 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4000Q HUMA 300Q Cultural Heritage: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3

    (Fall only)
    HUMA 4010 HUMA 301 Topics in Chinese Grammar 3
    HUMA 4100 HUMA 310 Literary Classics in Visual Culture 3
    HUMA 4130 HUMA 313 Masterpieces of Modern Literature 3
    HUMA 4210 HUMA 321 Seminar on Chinese Poets 3
    HUMA 4230 HUMA 323 Seminar on Modern Chinese Short Stories 3
    HUMA 4460 HUMA 346 Chinese Institutional History 3
    HUMA 4470 HUMA 347 Chinese Business History 3
    HUMA 4520 HUMA 352 History of US-China Relations 3
    HUMA 4840 HUMA 384 Selected Readings of Religious Taoism 3
    -- HUMA 230 Vernacular Chinese Short Stories 3 X
    -- HUMA 322 Seminar on Chinese Prose 3 X
    -- HUMA 383 Exploring the Confucian Classics 3 X