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

176Level 300 coursesCurriculum OptionUrban China EnvironmentGEOG3009 Honours dissertation (12 credits, available to C C CGeography majors only)GEOG3027 Directed project C C CGEOG3028 Overseas field trip R R RGEOG3029 World urbanization: trends and policies C C ELevel 200 CoursesGEOG2001.Economic geography # (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)An introductory course about the basic concepts and models in economic geography. Emphasis isplaced on the process of globalization and its impacts on industrial location, trade, land use, spatialinteraction, and regional development. The purpose is to understand why economic activities arelocated where they are. Both topical and regional issues of economic geography are discussed andeconomic development at the global, national, and local scales are examined.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the second semester.GEOG2002.China: development issues * (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)A course about the evolving economic landscape of China. Emphasis is placed on developmenttrategies, agriculture, industry, transport, trade, and urban and regional development since 1949.Economic and spatial changes taking place in the post-reform era will be assessed. The purpose is toassist students to better understand the process of economic restructuring and spatial transformation inthe context of a socialist developing country. Students wishing to take this course must take or havetaken the co-requisite/pre-requisite course GEOG2062. China: the land and the people.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the second semester.GEOG2003.Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia # (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is designed to provide an overview of contemporary geographical issues in the majorsub-regions of the newly emerging 'Pacific-Asian' region: Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia from thehistorical, geographical, social, economic, and environmental perspectives. Principal topics ofdiscussion include population growth, economic development, and problems associated with rapidindustrialization and urbanization such as environmental degradation and regional disparities.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the first semester.# = Course to be offered in biennial odd year, i.e. in 2003-04, 2005-06 and so on.* = Course to be offered in biennial even year, i.e. in 2002-03, 2004-05 and so on.