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

195HIST1010.An introduction to European history and civilisation (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course introduces students to the development of European civilization from its earliest beginningsin the Fertile Crescent through the classical age of Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire, to theMiddle 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% coursework.HIST1011.Foundations of the modern world: Qing China (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course will be offered in the second semester and is normally taken by all students who intend tomajor in History, but it will also be of interest to other students who wish to include History in theirfirst-year programme. Its general aims are identical to the first-semester course HIST1006.Foundations of the modern world: The West in the nineteenth century. After an introduction toearly and mid Qing history, the course will focus on themes and issues in the history ofnineteenth-century China.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST1012.From imperial to colonial: nineteenth century Hong Kong (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course starts with looking at Hong Kong under Qing rule. It then goes on to examine the impact ofBritish colonialism on this tiny outlying Chinese territory. Attention will be given to the colonialadministration, the social scene, and the economic development of the new British colony until the endof the nineteenth century.Assessment: 100% coursework.Second and Third YearsAll candidates for the degree of B.A. or from the Faculty of Social Sciences who have successfullycompleted the First Year Examination in any department may enrol in the second- or third-year coursesoffered by the Department.Second and third year courses in the Department are divided into Survey Courses and Seminar Courses.Survey Courses are intended to introduce the history of a geographic area in a specific period. Thesecourses will normally involve two lectures per week.Seminar Courses involve more advanced study of special topics in history and a higher level of trainingin the use of primary documents or historiography. These courses will normally offer no more than onelecture per week.