(BA) (4-year-programme) - The University of Hong Kong

116to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.Selected highlights from these topics will be treated in the lectures and seminars and courseworkassignments will seek to establish linkages between modern western civilization and its historicalfoundations. This course is valuable for history students, but should also appeal to others studyingliterature, art, music or philosophy. It will be especially useful for European Studies Majors. Allstudents are welcome.Assessment: 100% courseworkHIST1014.The early modern world (6 credits)This course offers a broad historical survey which aims at introducing students to the variousinteractions between the major civilizations of the world from the time of the European Renaissanceuntil the early phase of the Industrial Revolution. The geographical coverage of the course willinclude Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. The course will adopt a comparativeapproach where possible and will be particularly concerned with the theme of globalisation. Thiscourse does not aim to be a comprehensive survey of all aspects of the history of the early modernworld, but it does range widely in attempting to acquaint students with important developments in theareas of culture, religion, politics, society, and the world economy.Assessment: 100% courseworkHIST1016.The modern world (6 credits)This course offers a broad historical survey which aims at introducing students to the majordevelopments in world history, in a period from the late eighteenth century to the present duringwhich the world became increasingly interdependent. The course will adopt a comparative approachwhere possible and will be particularly concerned with the theme of globalization. This course doesnot aim to be a comprehensive survey of all aspects of the history of the modern world, but its rangeallows students to acquaint themselves with important developments in the areas of culture, religion,politics, society and the world economy.Assessment: 100% courseworkHIST1017.Modern Hong Kong (6 credits)This course explores the history of Hong Kong since the early 1800s from several angles: Britishimperial history, Chinese history, world history, and as a place with its own identity. Topics include:the opium wars, law and the administration of justice, gender and colonialism, Hong Kong andChinese nationalism, the Japanese occupation, the 1967 disturbances, Hong Kong identity, the fightagainst corruption, the Sino-British negotiations and the retrocession to Chinese sovereignty, anddevelopments since 1997. The goals of the course are to familiarize students with the history of HongKong, introduce the ways in which historians have approached this history, explore how Hong Kong'spast has shaped its present, and help students learn to read and write analytically. No previousknowledge of history or Hong Kong is required.Assessment: 100% courseworkHIST1018.Europe in the long nineteenth century, 1789-1914 (6 credits)This course introduces students to the development of European nation states from the FrenchRevolution to the outbreak of the First World War. It focuses on political, economic and socialstructures, on important historical events, and on various ideologies and national identities of theEuropean powers. It will also deal with the histories of smaller countries. The course will adopt a