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

SOCI0064. Globalization and the information society: myths, facts and emerging patterns (6credits)This course will draw upon the most recent social research and undertake a critical examination of theideas of globalization and information society. Three main areas will be covered: the nature of theknowledge-based informational economy, the ideas of risk, trust, and other economic-sociologicalaspects of e-business, and the transformations of work and non-work relationships as well as ourexperiences of time and space in the information age.Assessment: 100% coursework.327SOCI0065.Understanding media studies (6 credits)This course provides an analysis of the nature, development and impact of communication media insociety. It introduces students to the approaches for understanding the role of mass media in society. Italso examines a number of substantive issues concerning the actual functioning of moderncommunication media. Topics covered will include: changing technologies of communication, theideology, ownership and control of modern media, ideals and practices of journalism, the uniqueness ofdifferent media forms like television, cinema, print and the internet, the political impact of media, thesocial impact of new communication technologies, the regulation of and access to broadcasting, and theglobalization of communication media.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.SOCI0066.The Asian economic miracles and beyond (6 credits)This course will examine the Asian economic miracles from the economic, social, and political angles.First, it will analyze the making of the economic miracles by exploring the roles of government policies,family and related social institutions, as well as the global political-economic forces. The relationshipsbetween these factors and the 1997 financial crisis will also be examined. Second, the course will lookat the impacts of economic development on alleviating income and other forms of social-culturalinequality. Finally, it will address the complex interactions between economic development andpolitical democratization. The course will focus on Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan,but it will bring in the experiences of the Mainland China, Japan and other Southeast Asian countrieswhere appropriate.Assessment: 40% coursework, 60% examination.STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCEThe Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science offers four basic courses for students who have notstudied Statistics before. One, STAT1003, is for students with a good mathematics background. Theothers, STAT1001, STAT1009 and STAT0113, are designed for students without a mathematicsbackground. All four courses are concerned with the basic ideas, methods and applications of statisticalanalysis.Students wishing to acquire a deeper knowledge of Statistics may take other courses subject to the limitsimposed by Regulation A11(c) of the Arts Faculty.The final grading in all courses will be assessed by a combination of examination and coursework. Theproportion is 75:25, except when another ratio is specifically mentioned in the course description.