ESCE 510 Environmental Management [3-0-0:3]
Environmental economics and financing. Environmental law. Social aspects of environment. Sustainable development. Environmental impact assessment.
ESCE 520 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology [3-0-0:3]
The environment as a chemical reactor. Basic concepts related to the chemical phenomena causing changes in the environment and environmental treatment proc- esses. Microbioloaical mechanisms and microbial processes in natural or artificial biological treatmes systems.
ESCE 530 Measurement of Pollutants [2-0-3331
Sampling, measurement and characteristics of air pollutants. High volume samplers, gasanalysers, impactors, optical particle counters, electrical mobility analyser, bulk and individual particle characterisation, COD and BOD analyses, determination of heavy metals, organics, halocarbons, ion analysis and capillary electrophoresis.
ESCE 552 Advanced Seminars i n Environmental Biology [0-3-0:3]
Small-arou~ tutorials: ~resentations and discussions on special subjects of environ- mentaiscience such as biomonitoring and bioremediation.. ~xclusion: BlOL 301
ESCE 558 Biotechnology Seminar [O-4-0:4]
Presentation of research by students, faculty, and visiting scientists. Exclusion: BlCH 366 Prerequisite: BlCH 363
ESCE 559 Advanced Topics i n Biotechnology [3-0-0:3]
Advanced course covering different aspects of biotechnology with special reference to environmental issues. Exclusion: BlCH 363 Prerequisite: BlCH 21 1
ESCE 561 Waste Management [3-0-0:3]
Waste reduction at source, and resource conservation. Waste minimisation and management strategies. Product life cycle analysis. Responsible care. Exclusion:
CENG 573
ESCE 566 Clean Technology [3-0-0:3]
Cleaner production technologies. Alternative products. Alternative process routes.
Emerging technologies with less environmental impact. Economics of alternatives.
ESCE 567 Energy and the Environment [3-0-0:3]
Energy as a criterion for assessing environmental impact. Thermodynamic considera- tions, energy analysis and pinch technology. Integrated energy systems.
ESCE 600 Seminars [0-1-0:1]
Students are required to attend seminars of participating departments and the Institute for Environmental Studies according to their research interests and fields of study.
ESCE 698 MSc Project [3 or 6 credits]
The project could either be of 3 or 6 credits depending on the interests and ability of the student. Participation of external organisations in these projects will be particularly encouraged. The responsibility, control, administration and assessment of the projects rest with the University.
Post~raduate Course Descriotions
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
FlNA 512 Corporate Finance [3-0-0:3]
Introduction to financial management. Valuation of cash flows, capital budgeting, risk and return of assets, capital structure and dividend policy, and mergers and acqusitions.
(MBA core course) Background Introductory courses in financial accounting, microeconomics and business statistics.
FlNA 520 Cases i n Corporate Finance [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 6121 Application-oriented course build in^ on FlNA 512.
Cases in working capital, capital budgeting analysis and planning, corpo;ate valuations, mergers and financial strategies. Prerequisite: FlNA 512
FlNA 521 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 6211 Analysis of management of common stocks and fixed income securities, modern portfolio theory and asset pricing models, and an introduction to derivative securities. Prerequisite: FlNA 512
FlNA 531 Financial System and Markets [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 6311 Organisation and functions of money and capital markets. Interest rates, financial innovation, market microstructure and effect's of government regulation on financial markets. Prerequisites: ECON 51 1 and FlNA 512
FlNA 532 Financial Institutions [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 6321 Management issues for financial institutions, with emphasis on commercial banks. Capital adequacy, liquidity and interest rate risk management; market structure; regulatory issues of financial intermediaries. Prereq- uisite: FlNA 51 2
FlNA 541 International Finance [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 64
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International money and capital markets. Currency options, futures and swaps as means for currency risk management. Financing and investment decisions of multinational corporations. Prerequisites: ECON 51 1 , ECON 512 and FlNA 512FlNA 551 Options and Futures Markets [4-0-0:4]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 6511 Organisation and functions of options and futures markets. Pricing and analvsis of futures and o~tions contracts, s ~ o t and futures rice relationships, speculation; arbitrage and hedging strategies,'financial engine&ing.
Prerequisite: Fl NA 51 2 Background Fl NA 521
FlNA 561 Real Estate Investments [4-0-0:4]
Real estate economics and investment strategies; elements of real estate appraisal, development, finance, and law; pricing of mortgage-backed securities. Prerequisite:
FlNA 512
FlNA 571 Financial Management of Insurance Companies [4-0-0:4]
Functions and operations of insurance industry. Design and pricing of insurance contracts. Optional management of insurance company portfolios. Prerequisite: FlNA 51 2
FlNA 588 Field Study I [2-0-0:2]
Supervised study of an organisation, including identification of strategic questions, design of studies, collection and analysis of data, development and reporting recom- mendation. (MBA core course)
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
FlNA 589 Field Study ll
Continuation of FlNA 588. (MBA core course)
FlNA 690 Special Topics [2-4 credits]
Current developments in finance. Topics selected by the instructor.
FlNA 697 Independent Study [2-4 credits]
Study of selected financial issues under the supervision of a faculty member. (Special permission from the Associate Dean is required for MBA students to take this course.)
FlNA 698 MBA Research Project [3 credits]
An independent research project on a business topic carried out under the supervision of a faculty member.
FlNA 699 MPhil Thesis Research
Master's thesis research supervised by a faculty member. A successful defence of the thesis leads to the grade Pass or Pass with Distinction. No course credit is assigned.
FlNA 790 Doctoral Seminars [2-4 credits]
[Previous Course Code: FlNA 799 in 91/92] Current research topics in corporate finance, investments, financial markets and institutions, derivative securities, and empirical research in financial economics.
FlNA 799 Doctoral Thesis Research
Original and independent doctoral thesis research. A successful defence of the thesis leads to the grade Pass or Pass with Distinction. No course credit is assigned.
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DIVISION OF HUMANITIESHUMA 502 Contemporary Chinese Poetry [3-0-0:3]
Critical investiaation of modern Chinese poetry in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong
~ o n ~ f r o m the k t e 1970sto the present, with ekphasison literaly and historical contexts and comparative studies of poetics and artistic expressions.
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HUMA 506 Theories of Discourse [3-0-0:3]
Modern and contemporary theories of language, culture and textuality as embodied in such disciplines as hermeneutics, archaeologylgenealogy of knowledge and deconstructionism.
HUMA 510 Relativism and Dialogue i n Cross-cultural Interpretation [3-0-0:3]
Focuses on the problem of understanding between groups with divergent world-views.
Theories discussed range from arguments for the total incommensurability of different cultures, to programmes for genuine intercultural dialogue.
HUMA 51 1 Comparative Philosophy of Religion [3-0-0:3]
Examines Eastern and Western works of philosophy of religion, and discusses conflict- ing claims about religious experience, myth, ritual and ethics.
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HUMA 512 Hindu and Buddhist Philosophical Debates [3-0-0:3]
Studies classic works on epistemology and metaphysics created in debates between South Asian Buddhists and Hindus, and interprets the relevance they still have on contemporary thought.
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
HUMA 513 Religious Theories of Language [3-0-0:3]
Discusses theories of language of Eastern and Western religious thinkers, including such topics as the natures and relations of ordinary, scriptural and philosophical language.
HUMA 514 Studies i n Chinese-American Literature 13-0-0:3]
Seminar focusing on a close study of one or more major Chinese-American writers, with consideration of critical, cultural and historical contexts.
HUMA 515 Traditional Chinese Literary Theory and Criticism 13-0-0:3]
Aims to familiarise students with the traditional Chinese theories and criticism of literature; advantages and limitations of the various modes of discourses such as prefaces to books, poetry-talks, poems on poetry, literary anthologies, stray remarks and commentaries.
HUMA 516 Women and Religion 13-0-0:3]
Explores the various roles and activities of women in religious traditions around the world, including Hindu, Buddhist (in India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and North America), Judaic, and Christian.
HUMA 517 Modern Chlnese Literary Criticism 13-0-0:3]
Examines the transformation of Western literary theories in the Chinese context.
Focuses on practices of individual Chinese literary theorists and the relationship between literary criticism and socio-cultural criticism from historical and comparative perspectives.
HUMA 518 Women and Literature [3-0-0:3]
Examination of the roles, identity, and social construction of women in literature and feminist theories.
HUMA 519 Buddhist Scriptures and Chinese Classics 13-0-0:3]
Critical reading of a selected number of canonised texts in Buddhism. Confucianism and Taoism. special emphasis placed on the transplantation of Indian Buddhism to China as an alternative mode of thought and its encounters with Confucianism and Taoism as a hermeneutical experience in intercultural interpellation.
HUMA 521 Chinese Popular Religion [3-0-0:3]
Chinese popular religion considered from a cultural anthropology perspective. Interplay between popular religion and the social, economic, political, and folk-medical systems.
HUMA 522 Field Research: Theory and Practice [3-0-0:3]
Theories, methods, and techniques in ethnographic field research are explored.
Students conduct individual and group research projects.
HUMA 523 Hermeneutics [3-0-0:3]
Study of the later works of Martin Heidegger and the writings of Hans Georg Gadamer as well as the interpretation and application of hermeneutics in a variety of disciplines.
HUMA 524 Philosophy of Technology [3-0-0:3]
Looks at the various philosophies of technology ranging from the early works of Ellul, Mumford and the Frankfurt School to contemporary thinkers such as Durbin, Jonas and Borgman.
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
HUMA 525 Modern Literary Theory l [3QO:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5031 Historical and critical survey of major literary theories of the twentieth centuw: American formalism, archetypal criticism, Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, kussian formalism, structuralih, semiotics, phenom- enology, hermeneutics, reader-response, feminism, the Frankfurt School, deconstruction, and new historicism.
HUMA 526 Modern Literary Theory ll [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Hl Continuation of HUMA 525.
HUMA 527 Modernity and Postmodernity I [3QO:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5091 Beginning with the Enlightenment and the development of positivism and working through various critics such as the Frankfurt School, Heidegger, Gadamer and the post-structuralists, examines the range of meanings and ises of "modernity" and "postmodernity" within a number of disciplines, including: philosophy, literary theory, political theory, religious studies, aesthetics, and sociology.
HUMA 528 Modernity and Postmodernity II Continuation of HUMA 527.
HUMA 529 State and Society i n Republican China [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Jl Topical analysis of the Republican era (1 91 1
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1949) in Chinese history, examining the crises and choices the nation faced following the fall of the imperial system and events leading to the Communist victory.
HUMA 530 History and Theory of Comparative Literature [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600M] Critical assessment of the development and methodology of the comparative study of literature as an academic discipline with particular emphasis on Chinese-Western comparative studies.
HUMA 531 Poetics [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600N] Historical and critical survey of major theorists of traditional Western poetics from Aristotle to Croce. Emphasis on the relationship between humanist tradition and deconstructionist criticism.
HUMA 532 Study of Archival and Folk Documents [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600L] Various writing styles of different public and private archives. Emphasis on the use of these archives to the understanding of Chinese society and its political economy.
HUMA 533 Words and Images [3-0-0:3]
Seminar on the interrelationship between the worlds of literature (especially poetry) and painting, focusing on paintings of the Southern Song but with broader consideration of the relevant issues.
HUMA 534 Religion and Literature i n Modern South Asia [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600K] Analysis of problematic patterns of religious culture (such as the tensions between malelfemale, sacred/secular, colonial-elites1 subalterns, traditionlmodernity, HinduIBuddhist, HindulChristian) as these have been explored in 20th century literature (fiction and autobiography) by South Asian (Narayan Rao, Murthy, Naipaul, etc.) and Western (Hesse, Woolf, Updike, etc.) writers.
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
HUMA 535 The Chinese City i n Cultural Context: City and Urban [3-0-0:3]
Life i n Republican China
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Pl The complexity of urban realities in the Chinese city will be revealed through examining the general perceptions and attitudes towards it, and studying its certain features of everyday existence.
HUMA 536 State and Economy in the Song Dynasty [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Sl Examines relationship between Chinese state and economy as seen in the government monopolies of salt, tea, and wine in the Song, in the context of the fiscal imperatives of a premodern bureaucratic state.
HUMA 537 The Early Ch'ing State to 1800: Seminar [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Tl This seminar aims to train students in the reading and analysis of primary sources such as the Veritable Records and Collected Statutes as well as local gazetteers, stele inscriptions and archival documents. While selections are mainly in Chinese, materials in Manchu and Mongolian will be introduced where necessary. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of the Manchu state and the evolution of the Ch'ing autocracy.
HUMA 600 Special Topics [3-0-0:3]
Coherent collection of topics selected from the humanities. The course may be repeated for credit if the topics studied are different.
HUMA 610 Independent Study [3 credits]
[Previous Course Codes: HUMA 010, HUMA 5101 lndependent study on a particular subject under the supervision of a faculty member; requires readings, tutorial discus- sions, and submission of one or more research papers.
HUMA 631 Seminar on Comparative Literature 13-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Codes: HUMA 001, HUMA 5011 Directed research in literary topics that relate textsfrom at least two cultural traditions; to establish certain methods through which literature is read affirmatively with critical sophistication.
HUMA 632 Seminar: History of the Pearl River Delta [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Codes: HUMA 004, HUMA 5041 Discussions of those institutions and civilisational achievements which fostered political, cultural, and economic unity in the area.
HUMA 633 Topics i n Ming-Qing Social and Economic History [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5051 Examine contemporary scholarship on topics such as "the sprout of Chinese capitalism", "technology and agricultural development", "land tenancy", "commerce and urbanisation", and especially the factors which contributed to Ming-Qing socio-economic developments.
HUMA 634 Seminar on Early Modern Chinese Thought I [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5071 With HUMA 635, a two-semester course on Neo- Confucianism as a revivalist movement, both intrasystemically as a dynamic mode of thought and intersystemically in terms of its interactions with Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity.
HUMA 635 Seminar on Early Modern Chinese Thought II [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5081 Continuation of HUMA 634.
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
HUMA 636 Seminar o n Family and Lineage i n South China [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600Fj Studies the basic social structure of South China in its cultural context, focusing on the creation of descent groups and their interaction with local societies and the state. Field research is required.
HUMA 637 Seminar on Lineage and Business i n Modern China [3-0-0:3]
Studies modern Chinese merchant houses by employing both archival and field resources. Emphasis is on the interaction between business and descent institutions through the course of time.
HUMA 638 Seminar on Justice [3-0-0:3]
Examines the concept of justice as it has developed in different cultures, from the Greeks to analogues in Chinese, etc. Ties justice to a cluster of concepts such as community, reason, and the self.
HUMA 639 Seminar on Chinese Urban History [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 5201 Developmental trends and characteristics of Chinesecities, urban planning and its ideas, firefightingand law enforcement, merchant organisations and the market system, tutelary deities and the temple of the city god, and city dwellers and their culture.
HUMA 640 Seminar o n Film Studies [3-0-0:3]
Focuses on film theories that are historically significant (e.g., Eisenstein and Bazin) and film genres that are of current critical interest (e.g., film noir and family melodrama).
HUMA 641 Seminar o n Hong Kong Literature [3QO:3]
Critical and historical survey of 'representative" texts and trends of Chinese literature from Hong Kong.
HUMA 642 Seminar on Chinese Anthropology [3-0-0:3]
Anthropological consideration of Chinese culture and society. Special topics in Chinese anthropological studies, such as kinship, ethnicity, religion, and regional system.
HUMA 643 Seminar i n Comparative Ethics [3-0-0:3]
Examination of different religious and philosophical traditions of ethics and the manner in which they would approach a variety of ethical issues.
HUMA 644 Seminar on Critical Theory 13-0-0:3]
Examine the emergence of the Frankfurt school of social research focusing upon the works of Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin and Habermas.
HUMA 645 Seminar on the Thought of Michel Foucault [3-0-0:3]
Writings of Michel Foucault and their application in areas such as history, sociology and philosophy.
HUMA 646 Topics i n Social History [3QO:3]
Key current issues and theoretical ideas in social history. Aims to help students acquire analytical skills to undertake research on significant problems in history and society.
HUMA 647 Topics i n Cultural Anthropology [3-0-0:3]
A special sub-field or topic in cultural anthropology is explored. Fundamental concepts and issues will be examined with a focus on current research and theory.
Postgraduate Course Descrzptions
HUMA 648 Topics i n Chinese Poetry and Poetics [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600U] A special topic of current critical interest in Chinese poetry andlor poetics will be explored.
HUMA 649 Seminar in Contemporary Chinese Literature [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: HUMA 600V] A critical study of development, trends, charac- teristics of narrative literature in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China from the late 1960 to the present from cultural, historical, and gender perspectives.
HUMA 699 MPhil Thesis Research
Master's thesis research supervised by a faculty member. A successful defence of the thesis leads to the grade Pass or Pass with Distinction. No course credit is assigned.
HUMA 799 Doctoral Thesis Research
Original and independent doctoral thesis research. A successful defence of the thesis leads to the grade Pass or Pass with Distinction. No course credit is assigned.
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
IEEM 501 Design of Human-Machine Systems [2-0-3:3]
Design of the tasWoperatorlprocedureslrnachinelenvironment. Introduction to anthropometry, biomechanics, physiology, psychophysics, and experimental psychol- ogy. Descriptive and normative models of human behaviour. Background: IEEM 365
IEEM 51 1 Information System Design [2-0-3:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 51
11
Systems engineering methodology applied to the design of information systems for the management of all types of organisations. Data base management systems. Different phases of system design and implementation.IEEM 513 Manufacturing System Design [2-0-3:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5131 Application of contemporary systems engineering tools and methodolgy to design relevant manufacturing systems from enterprise level to integrate with various modules such as shop floor, warehouse, logistics and others.
IEEM 515 Concurrent Engineering 13-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5151 Design team concept for the product and process development, virtual teaming, CADICAM tools for concurrent design such as computer- aided assembly process planning, manufacturing tolerance analysis and process characterisation.
IEEM 517 Advanced Production Systems 13-0-1 :3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE5171 Operation mission and modern production planning and control systems. MRP, JIT, and OPT methods. Integrated processes and systems design. Software packages will be introduced through a simulated company environ- ment. Exclusion: ISMT 561
IEEM 521 Research Methodology [3-0-1:3]
Scientific research methodology covering hypothesis formation, independent and dependent variables, validity, psychophysics and scaling, questionnaire design, link analysis, computerized data collection methods. Background: MATH 343
Postgraduate Course Descriptions
IEEM 523 Deterministic Models i n Operations Research [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5231 This course focuses on the theory and the use of deterministic optimization models for real life decision making problems. It covers linear, intergeter, combinatorial and nonlinear programming. Exclusion: ISMT 572 IEEM 525 Stochastic Models i n Operations Research [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5251 Poisson processes, renewal processes, Markov processes. Fundamental concepts and applications of these stochastic processes demonstrated through examples in queueing, inventory and reliability models.
IEEM 526 Design & Analysis of Engineering Experiments [3-0-0:3]
Fundamental principles of planning, designing, and analyzing statistical experiments.
Probability distributions, tests of hypotheses, analysis of variance, and the applications using randomized block, factorial, and fractional factorial experimental designs. Back- ground: MATH 244
IEEM 527 System Modelling and Simulation [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: lNDE527] System analysis leading to the selection of decision variables and other key parameters for model building. Design of continuous and discrete simulation models. Input and output analysis. Statistical foundations and methodology.
IEEM 531 Total Quality Management [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5311 Strategic importance and economic impacts of quality, managerial issues in planning and designing quality assurance systems, control of quality systems, employee involvement, statistical concepts in design for quality, inspection, process control, and IS0 9000.
IEEM 532 Industrial Ergonomics [3-0-1:3]
Application of ergonomic principles to the industrial environment. lntroduction to work, workstation, tool and equipment design. Background: IEEM 21 3
IEEM 533 Technology Management [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: INDE 5331 Business applications of research, practice, and theory in the management of technology and innovation. Technology development process; development cycle compression; marketability of new technology; technology acquisition and transfer.
IEEM 534 Business Process Engineering [3-0-0:3]
[Previous Course Code: lNDE5341 This course applies engineering design approaches io develop and implement effective business processes in order to reduce management layers. Computer based modelling techniques and qualitative assessmentsfor BPR are
[Previous Course Code: lNDE5341 This course applies engineering design approaches io develop and implement effective business processes in order to reduce management layers. Computer based modelling techniques and qualitative assessmentsfor BPR are