Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

168FINE2034.Hong Kong art workshop (6 credits)This course will introduce Hong Kong art and related aspects of Hong Kong visual culture. It will betaught in a workshop format, and will provide the opportunity for students to develop skills in artcriticism as well as an understanding of Hong Kong art history.Assessment: 100% coursework.Prerequisite: At least one Fine Arts course.FINE2035.Photography and the nineteenth century (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course studies the history of photography in the nineteenth century: its invention and technologicalevolution, its various early practices, and its interactions with other cultural practices. In discussingthese topics it also investigates the social, cultural and ideological problems to which the medium gaverise especially in the Western world and the era of modernity. Some introductory practical lessons andfield trips are included so that students can have a better understanding of the actual photographicprocess.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2036.Photography in the twentieth century (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course investigates the history of photography in the twentieth century. It charts how earlierphotographic practices evolved and were transformed in the new era, and traces the workings of newpractices such as photojournalism and fashion photography. As modernism and avant-gardism havepervaded twentieth century culture and arts, this course also focuses on how photography responded tothese tendencies in different countries. Finally, it considers the medium's role in the age of globalculture and digital imaging.Prerequisite: FINE2035.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2037.Chinese material culture studies (6 credits)This course will be a chronological survey of Chinese material culture from the Neolithic period to theQing dynasty. The history and wealth of Chinese material culture, continuing to the present day,suggests a long tradition of art producing. Through the study of bronze and carvings in jade, stone,wood, lacquer as well as bamboo, students will explore the social, historical and philosophicalcircumstances surrounding art production. This will show how art was important largely because of itslong history and acceptance as a traditional means of expression. Ceramics, taught as an individualsubject, will not be included in this course.Assessment: 100% coursework.FINE2038.Special studies in the history of art II (6 credits)This rubric covers courses that may be offered from time to time. The details of the course when offeredwill be published in the Department brochure and other media.Assessment: 100% coursework.