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

187GEOG2057.Leisure and recreation in modern society (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is an overview of the broad field of recreation and leisure, emphasizing the understandingof various leisure phenomena. As such, it provides the students with an introductory understanding ofthe nature and scope of leisure, leisure behaviour and affiliated recreation activity. It also reviewsrelationships between leisure and space, place, time, play, work, family, education, ethnicity, gender,and environment.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the first semester.GEOG2059.Geography of information technology (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is about the spatial implications of 'convergent information technology' (IT), broadlydefined as computers and telecommunications. It begins by exploring the historical roots andgeographical spread of IT throughout the world since the introduction of the Internet in the 1970s. Thecourse proceeds to examine IT as spatial systems. The geographical concept of 'innovation milieu' isintroduced as the theoretical framework for analyzing the experiences of the Silicon Valley and Japan'stechnopolis programme. Students are also exposed to the important concepts of the 'information cities','electronic highways' and 'wired cities'. The ways in which all these theories and concepts can beapplied in the future IT development of Hong Kong are examined.Assessment: 100% coursework.This course will be offered in the second semester.GEOG2060.An introduction to archaeology (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)How do you know where you are going until you know where you have been? This course willintroduce students to the role archaeology has played in the construction of humanity's history andprehistory. It is intended to be a broad survey of the discipline, its discoveries, scientific and analyticaltools and applications. The course will assist students in recognising new cultural dimension within thelandscape around them and provide a sound basis for further study here or abroad.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the first semester.GEOG2061.Cultural heritage management and tourism (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)Understanding the relationship between cultural heritage management and tourism is important forplanning and managing tangible cultural heritage in a sustainable manner. The course examines theunderlying principles, goals and concepts that drive current cultural heritage management and tourismactivity around the world. It will provide students with a framework for analysing the complementaryand competing demands made by conservation and tourism of tangible cultural heritage. How suchdemands arise during the planning and development of a heritage attraction will be discussedthroughout the course using examples from five continents.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.This course will be offered in the second semester.