Calendar 2002–03

DepartmentProfiles •Arts 151 Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies Tel.: 2609 7911 Fax.:2603 7755 E-mail: ils@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ils The department offers programmes in linguistics and intercultural studies at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At the undergraduate level there are major and minor programmes in linguistics and intercultural studies, European stud ies, French stu dies, an d German stu dies. Co ur ses listed un der these programmes may also betaken by non-major students as electives. The department also offers languag e courses in French, German, Spanish , and Italian, from beginners’ to advanced levels.Thecurriculum adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language and culture, as well as the interface between them as discussed and resear ched upo n in vario us d isciplines. It aims to heighten multilingual and multicultural awareness among Hong Ko ng students and to cultivate an understanding of contemporary European and Asia-Pacific issues. Department of Music Tel.:2609 6510 Fax.:2603 5273 E-mail: music@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mus/dept.html The departmen t provides professional and academic training in both Chinese and Western music. It boasts a teaching team of international standard, and one of the largest libraries in Asia of audio-visual materials, scores, periodicals and boo ks on music. I t has its own chamber or chestra, a choir, an ear ly mu sic (Renaissance) ensemble,a Gamelan ensemble, and a Cantonese operatic singing group. Major research areas in the mu sic of China include Cantonese opera, Taoist ritual music, silk-and-bamboo music of Jiangnan, and court music of the Qing dynasty. With respect to Western music,sixteenth- and seventeenth-century liturgical mu sic, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera, twen tieth-century musical analysis an d per forman ce pr actice rep resent the principal f ields of research. Teachers also engage actively in composition and performance. Department of Philosophy Tel.:2609 7136 Fax.: 2603 5323 E-mail: philosophy@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~phidept The depar tment’s undergrad uate p rogramme pro vides rigor ous tr aining in philosophy in both the Easter n and Western traditions to prepare students for futur e careers in either academic or non-academic f ields. Th e academic and research interests of itsstaff members are far-ranging,including Chinese/Eastern philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Taoism, Moism, and Buddhism;