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

316First-year CoursesSOCI1001.Introduction to sociology (6 credits)This course introduces students to the nature of sociological enquiry and the basic concepts used insociological analysis. After some reference to the influence of inheritance and environment on humansocial behaviour, the course will focus on key concepts used in the analysis of cultures, social structures,social processes and social change. The relationship between research, concepts and contemporarytheory will be explored at an introductory level.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.SOCI1002.Discovering society (6 credits)This course introduces students to the sociological way of thinking through reference mainly to Chinesesocieties such as Hong Kong, Mainland China, and overseas Chinese communities.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.SOCI1003.Introduction to anthropology (6 credits)This course will explore, through cross-cultural comparison, key social and cultural issues, such asmarriage and the family, caste and class, ethnicity and identity, language and culture, state formation,economic values, gender and religion. The course will draw on studies of the peoples and cultures ofAsia.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.Second- or Third-year CoursesSOCI0001.A history of social theory (6 credits)This course introduces students to the development of sociological thought in the nineteenth andtwentieth centuries.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.SOCI0002.Class, wealth and poverty: inequality and injustice in Hong Kong (6 credits)This course deals with the phenomenon of social inequality. It will cover topics such as theoreticalexplanations of this phenomenon; the methodological problems involved; different types of socialstratification including caste, class, gender and ethnicity; the consequences of stratification on lifechances and life styles; and social mobility. A comparative approach will be adopted.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.