Calendar 2005–06

280 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies Non Faculty-based Courses General Education General Education as a key part of the curriculum nurtures students as educated persons with the intellect and inclination to appreciate broad issues of concern to humanity and modern society. GE aims at broad intellectual perspective and understanding the values of different disciplines, sensitivity to the common concerns of humanity, development of judgment and values, awareness of the connections across fields of knowledge and the potentiality for integration, and life-long learning capacities. Code Course Title University Courses Area A. Our Own Heritage UGA 2100 Outline of Chinese Culture UGA 210F Introduction to Chinese Musical Culture UGA 2110 An Introduction to Chinese Culture UGA 2130 Aspects of Modern Chinese Culture UGA 2140 Chinese Culture and Its Modernization UGA 2150 Chinese Culture and Its Philosophies UGA 2160 Mainstream Chinese Philosophical Thought UGA 2170 Intellectual History of Modern China UGA 2180 Chinese Culture and Society UGA 2190 Chinese Society UGA 2200 Development of Chinese Social Thought UGA 2220 Tradition and Transformation in Chinese History UGA 2230 Introduction to Transformation in Chinese History UGA 2270 History of Traditional Chinese Thought UGA 2280 Aspects of Contemporary Chinese Thought UGA 2290 Chinese Culture and Literature UGA 2300 China from Tradition to Modernity UGA 2310 Artistic Traditions in China UGA 2320 Chinese Culture and Education UGA 2330 China’s Cultural Heritage Area B. Nature, Technology and the Environment UGB 2008 Mind, Brain and AI UGB 201Y Experiencing Architecture UGB 210N Surviving in the Internet Age UGB 213E Earth as Seen from Space UGB 215E China’s Mega-projects in the New Millennium UGB 216E Resource Issues in the Age of Globalization UGB 218E Environment Hong Kong: The X-Files UGB 222E Natural Hazards UGB 225P Linguistic Applications to Information Technology UGB 226M From Genes to Life UGB 226P Language, Cognition and Emotion UGB 234M Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Introduction