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

197HIST2004.Twentieth-century China, Part II: from revolution to modernization, 1949 topresent (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course examines the consolidation of Communist power, the dynamics and constraints ofrevolutionary ideology, and the PRC's quest for modernization and great-power status. Attention willbe drawn to the Chinese Communists' methods of thought and work, and to the historical forces ofcontinuity and change.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2005.History of Hong Kong, Part I (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)Beginning with the pre-British situation, the course proceeds to examine the establishment of colonialrule, the development of Chinese social institutions such as the Tung Wah Hospital, the emergence ofChinese revolutionaries led by Sun Yat-sen, the anti-colonial boycotts culminating in the general strikeof 1925-26, and the events leading up to World War II. Throughout, emphasis is placed on thematic andinterpretive concerns.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2006.History of Hong Kong, Part II (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course examines the extraordinary development of Hong Kong after World War II. Hong Kong'srelations with China, rapid industrialization in the 1950's and post-industrialization in the 1980's, theinterdependence of real estate and financial development, immigration and cultural identity, socialproblems and riotous disorders, contrasts between modernization and westernization are major thematicconcerns. Emphasis will be placed on developing interpretive understanding of historical events.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2008.Meiji Japan, 1868-1912 (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)The Meiji leadership centralized Japan after centuries of decentralization. This course attempts toassess the quality of the leadership, identify the problems of centralization, analyze the effectiveness ofthe solutions, and appraise Japan's achievement at the end of the period especially in terms of itsinternational standing.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2009.Modern Japan since 1912 (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is a general survey of the domestic political, economic, and social history of Japan since1912. Some of the developments covered will be industrialization, changing systems of internationalrelations (including World War II and the subsequent Allied Occupation), and rapid political change andeconomic growth in the postwar era.Assessment: 100% coursework.