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Course Descriptions (Abbreviated), 2019-2020 Term 1

General Education Foundation: In Dialogue with Humanity (GFH)

Course code GFH1000 Course title In Dialogue with Humanity与人文对话 Description (English)

This course aims to introduce students to classic texts concerning humanity and, more importantly, to inspire intellectual reflection on one’s own life experience. Chosen texts include Plato’s Symposium, the Analects, Zhuangzi, the Heart of Understanding, the Bible, the Qur’an, Waiting for the Dawn, the Social Contract, the Wealth of Nations, Economic and the Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and two other texts. Each week students will meet two times, one lecture and one interactive seminar. Emphasis will be placed on students’ capacity to respond critically to the selected texts in oral and written presentations, in the form of class discussions, short write-ups, and term papers.

Description (Chinese)

本课程旨在介绍人文领域的经典篇目，鼓励学生结合自身生活经验进行反思。所选篇目包括《会饮篇》、《论语》、《庄子》、《般若之心》、《圣经》、《古兰经》、《明夷待访录》、《社会契约论》、《国富论》、《1844 年经济学哲学手稿》等。每周设置一节大课和一节研讨课。课程的重点在于学生对所选篇目以口头和书面形式提出自己的批判性思考，具体形式包括课堂讨论、反思日志、期末论文等。

Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Presentation 15 Class Engagement 5 Quizzes 26 Reflective Journals 24 Term Paper 30

Reading All required readings are collected in the textbook, In Dialogue with Humanity (与人文对

话 ), 3rd ed. or 4th ed., (Hong Kong: Office of University General Education, CUHK).

General Education Foundation: In Dialogue with Nature (GFN)

Course code GFN1000 Course title In Dialogue with Nature 与自然对话 Description (English)

Humans have long been curious about Nature. In the West, ancient Greek philosophers took the lead in exploring the physical world and the world of life with reason and hence laid the foundations of modern science. Scientists discovered physical laws, the laws governing life and even ways of controlling life. Implications of these discoveries force the humankind to re-assess their understanding of human understanding. On the oriental side of the globe, Chinese philosophers developed a different view of Nature. The comparison between Western and Chinese views will contribute to our understanding of both. This course invites students to explore how the humankind investigated, understood and changed Nature, to study and compare the development of science in Western and Chinese cultures, and to reflect on the humans’ place in Nature. Students will be required to read, discuss and write about a wide range of texts in philosophy, science and its history. Reading materials will be selected from influential literatures. Emphasis will be placed on students’ capacity to respond critically to these texts in written as well as oral presentations.


自远古开始，人类就对大自然充满好奇。古希腊哲人开展了以理性探索物理世界和生

命世界的传统，为现代科学奠定了基础。科学家发现了物理定律、生命法则，甚至控

制生命的方法。这些发现，促使我们重新审视人类如何理解自己的理解。在地球的这

一边，中国哲人却发展了一套与西方不同的世界观。比较中西世界观，将会加深我们

对两者的认识。

本科让同学认识并比较中西科学发展，了解人类如何探索、认识，以至改变大自然，

认识及比较科学在西方和中国的发展，并反思人在大自然中的地位。老师将从多部影

响深远的典籍中，选辑一系列篇章，供学员阅读和分析。这些篇章涉及哲学、科学及

其历史等不同范畴。本科著重提升同学读原典、论原典的能力。同学须发挥批判思

维，就指定篇章进行深入讨论，并提交论文，表述个人反思和分析的结果。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Quizzes (4 of 5 quizzes) 25% 1 reflective journal (English: 600-800 words; Chinese: 900-1200 words)

15%

1 term paper (English: 1300-1500 words; Chinese: 1900-2300 words) 30% Participation in discussion (in-class: 24%; online: 6%) 30%

Reading In Dialogue with Nature

General Education Area A (GEA): Chinese Cultural Heritage

Course code GEA2000 Course title Modern Chinese History and Culture 中国近现代历史与文化 Description (English)

Understanding China has become an important world-wide subject matter in the 21th century, and the most crucial part lies in the understanding of modern Chinese history, for its dramatic change not only re-determined the bilateral relationship between China and the West, but also shaped contemporary China. This course sheds light on the process of China’s modernization. Through the investigation of the long journey from Opium War to the Period of Reform and Opening, students will construct a comparative and comprehensive framework of China’s past and present. They are expected to gain critical and multidimensional understanding of China’s historical experiences, social practice, culture, and political structure, and develop necessary skills to analyze China’s future development through reading original works, academic studies and attending fieldtrips.


21 世纪，“理解中国”已成为世界性的重要课题，而理解中国的近现代史尤为重要，

因为这一激变的历史时段不仅重塑了中国在世界上的角色，还深刻影响和决定了中

国的国家形态、社会结构以及文化构成，型塑了当代中国最基本样貌。本课程将立

足中国的现代化转变历程，以“从帝制国家向现代国家的转变”作为核心内容，通过勾

勒鸦片战争到改革开放的历史进程，介绍中国通往现代路途上的种种成就、考验和

尝试。本课程要求学生阅读原典、研究著作，参与实地考察，帮助他们全面、辩证

地理解现代中国文化和政治制度，建立关于中国过去与现在的比较视野，体认其复

杂性与独特性，并以此为基础培养学生分析、反思中国发展的能力。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Participation 10 Presentation 15 Quiz 20 Report (Midterm) 20 Term Paper (Final) 35

Reading 1. Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China. 2. 莫里斯·梅斯纳（Maurice Meisner）《毛泽东的中国及其后：中华人民共和国史》。 3. 傅高义 (Ezra Feivel Vogel) ，《邓小平时代》。 4. 沈艾娣（Henrietta Harrison），《梦醒子：一位华北乡居者的人生》。 5. 王汎森，《傅斯年：中国近代历史与政治中的个体生命》。 6. 裴宜理（Elizabeth Perry），《上海罢工：中国工人政治研究》。 7. 杨奎松，《中华人民共和国建国史研究 I》。

8. 费正清（ John King Fairbank）编，《剑桥中国晚清史》。

General Education Area B (GEB): Nature, Science and Technology Course code GEB 2001 Course title Exploration of The Quantum World 探秘量子世界 Description (English)

This course is designed to broaden students’ perspectives on the frontier science and technology in physics. It introduces students to fundamental concepts, principles, and discoveries in quantum mechanics without emphasizing on complicated mathematics. Students will learn concepts of quantization, wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, quantum entanglement, quantum teleportation, and the applications of quantum mechanics in the real-world life. This course covers more on the historical developments of quantum mechanics and the impacts on daily life and world view. So the topics such as Manhattan project, multi-world theory and observer effect, will be discussed on tutorials.


本课程旨在开阔学生在前沿物理科学与技术方面的视野。通过运用生动的实例取代复

杂的数学语言，介绍量子理论中的基本概念，原理，实验发现及方法，使学生理解有

关量子化，光的波粒二象性，不确定性原理，量子纠缠和隐态传输等概念，了解量子

理论在现实生活中的应用。本课的教学重点将是量子力学的发展历史及其对我们日常

生活和世界观的影响。因此课上将会讨论诸如曼哈顿计划，多世界理论及观察者效

应等话题。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Class Participation and discussion engagement 10% Online Forum discussions 10% Group Project 30% Quizzes 20% Final Exam 30%

Reading 1. Quantum physics, E.H. Wichmann, Berkeley Physics Course,-Volume 4, The McGraw -Hill Asia Holdings (Singapore) PTE.LTD and China Machine Press, 2014 2. Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction, John Polkinghorne,Oxford University

Press Inc., New York, 2002 3. Quantum: Einstein Bohr Great Debate About The Nature of Reality, Manjit Kumar, Thriplow [England] : Icon Books, 2008 4. The Dancing Wu Li Masters: an overview of the New Physics, Gary Zukav,

HarperCollins, 2001 5. 量子理论：爱因斯坦与玻尔关于世界本质的伟大论战, Manjit Kumar 著包新周伍

义生余瑾译重庆出版 2012 6. Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, Bruce Rosenblum, Fred

Kuttner, Oxford University Press; 2 edition (August 1, 2011). 7. Exploring Quantum Physics through Hands-on Projects, David Prutchi & Shanni R.

Prutchi, John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2011 8. The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science

That Made Our World, James Kakalios, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2010 9. 上帝掷骰子吗？量子物理史话，曹天元北京联合出版社, 2014

Course code GEB 2312

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Course title A Bite of Chemistry: from Food to Drug 舌尖上的化学 Description (English)

The development of chemistry has deepened our understanding of nature and also greatly improved our life, including eating habits and medical conditions. Meanwhile, the consequent problems of food safety and overtreatment, the lack of related background knowledge, as well as the one-sided or misleading accounts from the media all make the public misunderstand, dislike, or even fear chemistry. As consumers, understanding the basic principles and functions of the products (food and drug), their development history, and related policies make us choose and use more correctly. The introduction of chemistry knowledge about daily flavorings, drinks, and common medicines will be covered in this course. The associated discovery process and corresponding social influence will be presented as well, which tries to make the students realize the features and limitations of scientific discoveries, therefore to treat the influence of chemistry to our daily life more comprehensively and objectively. Besides, as a discipline based on experiments, students are required to try some simple preparation and titration projects.


化学学科的发展加深了我们对自然的理解，并极大地改善了我们的生活方式，包括饮

食习惯和医疗水平。与此同时，随之而来的食品安全与过度医疗等问题，以及由于缺

乏相关基本化学知识，和媒体的片面报道甚至误导，使人们误解，反感甚至害怕化

学。作为消费者，了解产品(食品和药品)的基本原理和功能，发展历史以及相关政

策，可以帮助我们更好地选择并正确使用产品。本课程将通过对日常饮食基本调味料，几款基础饮品以及常见用药的介绍，简略说明

常见食品和药品中的化学知识。并且通过对不同产品研究过程和社会效应的介绍，使

同学们意识到科学发展的特点和局限性，能够更加全面和客观地看待化学发展对我们

日常生活的影响。与此同时，作为一门实验学科，同学们在学习的过程中将要尝试动

手进行简单地制备和测定操作。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance 10% 2 Quizzes 30% 3 Lab Reports 30% Final Exam 30%

Reading 1. Tom Coultate. Food: The Chemistry of its Components: Edition 6. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.

2. James P. Collman. Naturally Dangerous: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment. University Science Books, 2001.

3. Tamas Bartfai, Graham V. Lees. Drug Discovery: From Bedside to Wall Street. Academic Press, 2006.

4. 高宣亮《药物史话》化学工业出版社, 2009. Course code GEB 2401 Course title Information Management in the 21st Century 21 世纪信息管理 Description (English)

Information is an integral part of our life. Without information we cannot acquire new knowledge to broaden our horizon. Companies will find it difficult to make accurate decisions about future changes in their business and markets. The medical industry would not be able to cure diseases. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing would not exist and social media would not proliferate. These are just some examples of the importance of information in our world today. Hence, in this course students will learn primarily how to manage information using current technologies, which may include wireless communications, cloud computing, and Internet of Things, among others. In addition, students will learn to make sense of big data using high level data analytics and visualisation tools. This course is programming- and Maths-free, and

would serve as an excellent introduction to the intriguing world of data science and information systems..


Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Assignments 30% Tutorial participation and submissions 20% Final Exam 50%

Reading There is no required reading for this course. Course notes and reference materials will be provided in the course as it progresses.

Course code GEB 2503 Course title Smart city fundamentals 智慧城市初探 Description (English)

According to a report of United Nations, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. In response to the enormous challenges of urbanization such as traffic congestion and environmental pollution, many cities embrace the Smart City concept to optimize city operations. This course aims to find out "What made Smart City smart" by exploring the key building blocks of Smart City, which are sensors, networks, and data analysis/presentation technologies. By taking this course, students are expected to understand what actually lies behind smart cities they are residing in.


根据联合国一份报告的预测，到 2050年世界上超过三分之二的人口将居住在城市。

为应对城市化带来的诸如交通拥挤和环境污染的巨大挑战，许多城市采用智慧城市的

概念和相关技术来优化城市运营。本课程旨在通过研究构建智慧城市的关键模块，即

传感器，网络和数据分析和呈现技术，找出到底是什么让智慧城市变得智能。通过本

课程的学习，学生将能够理解他们所居住的智慧城市是如何运作的。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance 10% Sensor lab – Report 1 10% Network lab - Report 2 10% Mid-term exam 20% Data lab - Report 3 10% Final quiz 15% Final project 25%

Reading None. Course code GEB 2504 Course title Science, Technology, and Society科技与社会 Description (English)

This course introduces students to science and technology studies (STS), an increasingly influential field that draws on sociological, anthropological, historical, and philosophical methods to analyze the relations and interactions between science, technology, and society. This course is structured into two sections. The first section reviews mainstream theories and critiques of STS. The second section explores the specificity of science as a social institution.


本课程是关于科学技术学的介绍课程。科学技术学是一门影响力日渐增长的新兴学

科。通过应用社会学、人类学、历史学与哲学等跨学科方法，科学社会学着眼于分析

科技与社会之间的相互关系与互动。本课主要分为两个部分：前半部分回顾科学技术

学的理论渊源，后半部分探讨作为社会制度的科学技术的特性。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Participation and Attendance 15 Reading Assignments 20

Mid-term Exam 20 Group Project 20 Final Paper 25

Reading Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 3rded. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1996 (or newer).

Course code GEB 2602 Course title Stuff Matters-Amazing Material World 迷人的材料世界 Description (English)

According to the division of human technological prehistory (the stone age, the bronze age and the iron age), we can perceive the importance of materials to our civilization. Each new era of human history is accelerated by a new material. Materials are closely related with our daily life. As an interdisciplinary field, materials science is the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids. Materials science emphasizes understanding how the history of a material (its processing) influences its structure, and thus the material's properties and performance. This course aims to introduce a series of materials that have great influence in our daily life, the knowledge of material characterization methods and the dimension of materials, in order to help students understand the beauty of materials.


从我们对早期人类技术时代的划分（石器时代、青铜时代和铁器时代）就可以窥见材

料对于人类文明的重要性。人类历史的每一个新纪元都是由一种新材料加速的。材料

与我们的日常生活密切相关。

作为一门交叉学科，材料科学指设计和发现新材料，尤其是固体材料。材料科学强调

材料的历史和工艺是如何影响其结构，从而影响其性质和性能。本课程旨在介绍对人

类日常生活有重要影响的一系列材料以及材料表征和维度的知识，从而帮助大家一览

材料之美。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance 10% Group project and Oral Presentation 30% Quizzes 30% Final Examination 30%

Reading 1. Askeland, et al. The Science And Engineering Of Materials. 清华大学出版社, 2005.

2. GonzálezViñas, Wenceslao, Mancini, Héctor L, and C. L. Cahill . An Introduction to Materials Science. Princeton University Press, 2005.

Course code GEB 3115 Course title History and Philosophy of Biology西方生物学史与哲学 Description (English)

This course examines the ideas, thoughts and theories in biology (particularly evolutionary biology), traces them to Western traditions of natural history, metaphysics and epistemology, and deals with the intersection between life science and philosophy. The course content includes both historical documents concerning zoology, palaeontology, geology, comparative anatomy, physiology, psychology and brain science as well as philosophical writings on what we now consider as biological questions. We will investigate how the conceptual frameworks and methods of inquiry in biological study derive from the traditions of Western philosophy, how major philosophers, like Aristotle, Descartes and Hume, consider or redefine the roles of man and animals in their systems of knowledge, and how biological sciences interact with sociology and political theory at epistemological, methodological and ethical levels. In class discussion, the combination of historical and philosophical approaches will shed light on the interdisciplinarity of life science in its

historical development and unfold the reconceptualization of mankind and human society in biological study.


本课程旨在研析生物学（尤其是演化生物学）中的概念、思想与理论，追溯其与西方

传统中自然史、形上学与知识论的关联，并探论生命科学与哲学的交会。课程内容囊

括动物学、古生物学、地质学、比较解剖学、生理学、心理学、脑科学等生物学相关

领域的科学史文献，亦包含涉及后世所谓“生物学”议题的哲学著作。我们将探讨西

方哲学传统如何影响生物学的“概念框架”与“探索方法”，亦析论西方哲学家如亚

里斯多德、迪卡尔与休谟如何在其知识体系中思考与重新定义“人”与“动物”。

此外，我们还关注生物学门如何在知识论、方法论与伦理学层次上与社会学以及政治

理论交互影响。本课程结合科学史与科学哲学方法，将呈现生命科学在其发展史中的

“跨学科性”，亦揭示“人类”与“人类社会”的概念如何被生物学重塑。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Participation 15 Quizzes 10 Mid-Term Exam 20 Final Exam 20 Term Paper 35

Reading 1. Aristotle: Physics, Parts of Animals and Movement of Animals. 2. Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy, Principles of Philosophy, etc. 3. Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and A Treatise of Human

Nature. 4. Darwin: The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. 5. Huxley: Man’s Place in Nature, “Animal Automata,” and Evolution and Ethics. 6. Spencer: “Progress: Its Law and Cause” and The Study of Sociology.

Course code GEB 3201 Course title Global Environmental Challenges 全球环境挑战 Description (English)

This course covers the basic concepts, processes and principles of major environmental problems in the contemporary world. After a general introduction to environmental problems and sustainability, the course adopts a multidisciplinary approach to examine a variety of global environmental challenges including environmental pollution, climate change and natural hazards. Study of the interaction between human society and natural environment will help students better understand the man-environment relationship and the importance of sustainable development. The importance of geographical regions in understanding environmental issues is highlighted throughout the course.


本课程主要涵盖了当今世界主要环境问题的基本概念、过程和原理。本课程首先对环

境问题和可持续性作一般性介绍，然后采用多学科的方法来探讨各种全球性环境挑

战，包括环境污染、气候变化和自然灾害。通过对人类社会和自然环境之间相互影响

的研究，可以帮助学生更好地理解人地关系以及可持续发展的重要性。整个课程强调

地理区域对理解环境问题的重要性。

General Education Area C (GEC): Culture and Society

Course code GEC 2102 Course title China Sport: a Modern and Contemporary History近现代中国体育历史 Description (English)

According to Pierre Bourdieu, “the particular difficulties encountered by the sociology of sport: it is disdained by sociologist, and despised by sportspeople”.

Nonetheless, sports sociology can help to depict the particularity of one society, culture and history. This course, based on the specific case of China, wants to show how Sports play a political and symbolic role in the construction of Chinese national identity from beginning of the 20th century until now. In the first part, we will discuss how the “sports” imported from western nation and contributed to the nation building in China. The second part will be dedicated to sport education in totalitarian China (1949-1979). The third part will be dedicated to Elite sport at the age of opening and reforms area (1979-to now). Through this course, students will understand how State and politic are shaping a cultural phenomenon like sport, which is less universal than it seems to be.


布迪厄说过，体育社会学的困难在于它既被社会学家所鄙视，又被运动人士所鄙视。尽管如此，体育社会学可以帮助描述特定的社会、文化以及历史。本课以中国的具体案例为基础，展示了自 20 世纪初期至今，体育如何在建构中国国民

身份认同方面扮演着一个政治性的、具有象征意味的角色。在第一部分，我们将讨论体育如何从西方国家传入中国、并贡献于中国的国家建设。

第二部分，将主要讲述中国极权统治时期（1949-1979）的体育教育。第三部分将关注

改革开放时期（1979-至今）中国的竞技体育情况。通过学习这门课程，学生可以了解到国家和政策正怎样塑造像体育这样的文化现象，

这种文化现象实际上不如它表面上显得的那么有普遍性。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Tutorial (Group perf: 70% Individual perf: 30%) 25 Quizzes 20 (2*10%) Reflective journal 20 Term Paper 25 Engagement 10%

Reading Norbert Elias & Eric Dunning, Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process, Blackwell: Oxford UK & Cambridge USA, 1986, 313p. (Introduction) Andrew D.Morris, “‘How Could Anyone Respect Us?’: A Century of Olympic Consciousness and National Anxiety in China.” The Brown Journal of World Affairs XIV.II (Spring/Summer 2008): 25-39 Xu Guoqi, Olympic Dreams: China and sport 1895-2008, Harvard University Press, 2008, 392p. (chapters 4&5)

Course code GEC 2201 Course title World Religions 世界宗教 Description (English)

This course provides an introduction to some major religious traditions in the world from a phenomenological and historical point of view. Topics include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and local religions, etc. Through the study of religion in different cultures, this course seeks to broaden students’ horizons and widen their academic experience..


本课从现象学及历史学的角度向学生介绍世界范围内的一些主要宗教，包括基督教，

犹太教，伊斯兰教，印度教，儒教，道教以及部分地方宗教。通过学习本课，了解不

同宗教内容，学生可拓展文化视野。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Two Exams (K,S,V) 40 Group Presentation (K,S,V) 10 Site Visit Presentation (K,S,V) 10 Site Visit Essay (K,S,V) 30

Participation (K,S,V) 10

Reading 1. James Feiser and John Powers, Scriptures of the World’s Religions, 4th Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011).

2. Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions: A Brief Introduction (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2012). 3. Willard G. Oxtoby, et al., A Concise Introduction to World Religions, 3rd Edition (Oxford, UK: Oxford

University Press, 2015). 4. Stephen Prothero, God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Rule the World (New York: Harper

One, 2011). Course code GEC 3102 Course title The History of Consumer Culture 消费文化史 Description (English)

From shopping on Taobao to sipping coffee at Starbucks, consumer goods increasingly shape everyday life in China. How have new consumer practices and products impacted your identity, values, and culture? This course explores everyday objects and consumer culture from a historical perspective, beginning with the emergence of a bourgeois consumer society in 19th century Europe and then tracing the global expansion of mass consumption. We’ll explore topics such as fashion, cars, shopping, pop music, tourism, and advertising, using them as entry points to discuss broader social and cultural issues related to class, gender, race, and national identity. This course is also designed to teach the essential skills of historical scholarship. It instructs students on how to assess different types of primary and secondary sources, evaluate scholarly arguments, integrate historical materials into writing, and conduct basic historical research..


无论是在手机上浏览淘宝，还是在星巴克喝咖啡，消费品日益塑造着我们的日常生

活。这些新消费习惯和产品如何影响我们的认同感、价值观和文化？本课程将从历史

角度带你探讨日常用品和消费文化：从 19 世纪欧洲资产阶级消费社会的出现开始，追

溯到大众消费的全球扩张时代。课程将把时尚、汽车、购物、流行音乐、旅游和广告

等主题作为切入点，讨论与阶级、性别、种族和国家认同感相关的更广泛的社会和文

化问题。本课程还旨在教授历史学术研究的基本技能。将指导学生如何评估不同类型的一手和

二手来源，评估学术论点，将历史材料整合到写作中，并进行基本的历史研究。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Participation Attendance + online discussion posts

20%

Object Analysis Proposal (800 words) 15% 2 Quizzes 20% (10% each) Object Oral Presentation 10% Object Analysis Paper (1500 words) 35%

Reading Rosalind Williams, “Intro,” and “The Closed World of Courtly Consumption,” in Dream Worlds: Mass Consumption in Late 19th-Century France (University of California Press: Berkeley, 1986), 1-15, 19-37. (Look over 1-15 quickly, spend more time reading 19-37). Niel McGregor, “Early Victorian Tea Set,” in A History of the World in 100 Objects (New York: Viking, 2010) Selections from Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management (London: S.O. Beeton Publishing, 1861) Ron Becker, “Ideology,” in The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice, edited by Michael Kackman, Mary Celeste Kearney (New York: Routlege, 2018), 11-22. “Billy Porter on Why He Wore a Gown, Not a Tuxedo, to the Oscars,” Vogue, February 24, 2019

Primary Sources: 19th century advertisements dealing with race and gender The Modern Girl Research Group, “Cosmetics Advertising and the Politics of Race and Style,” in The Modern Girl Around the Word, edited by Alys Eve Weinbaum, Lynn Thomas et al. (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2008), 25-54. Primary Source: Cosmetics and Fashion Advertisements (early 20th century) Ina Merkal, “Consumer Culture and the GDR, or How the Struggle for Antimodernity Was Lost on the Battleground of Consumer Culture,” in Getting and Spending: European and American Consumer Societies in the Twentieth-Century, edited by Susan Strasser, Charles McGovern, and Matthias Judt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 281 – 299. Antonia Finnane, “Breaking with the Past” in Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), 257-290.

Course code GEC 3103 Course title A cultural history of 20th Century America through Music 从音乐看 20 世纪美国文化史 Description (English)

This course is a historical survey of twentieth-century America through music. While demonstrating the roles that music has played in advancing and circulating identities, the course will examine representative musical works by Americans from both cultivated and vernacular traditions as well as place these works into their original historical contexts. These contexts include the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement, deindustrialization, and globalization. Accomplished primarily through lectures, the overall goal of the course is thus not only to appreciate historically significant musical works, from early “roots music,” including blues, gospel music, and folk songs, to “popular music,” like rock and roll, rap, and dance music. The overall aim of the class is also to demonstrate to students that this music was as much a product of as having produced history. Also designed to teach the essential skills of historical scholarship, “A cultural history of 20th Century America through Music” instructs students on how to assess different types of primary sources and arguments, write effective summaries of these sources, integrate various historical materials, and conduct basic historical research.


本课程将通过音乐带你领略二十世纪美国的历史。在展示音乐在推进和传播身份认同

方面所起的作用的同时，该课程还将研究美国人在外来和本土传统中的代表性音乐作

品，并将这些作品还原至其原始的历史背景中。这些背景包括大萧条、第二次世界大

战、民权运动、去工业化和全球化。本课主要通过讲座形式进行，因此课程的总体目

标不仅是欣赏具有历史意义的音乐作品，从早期的“根音乐”，包括布鲁斯、福音音

乐和民歌，再到“流行音乐”，如摇滚乐、说唱和舞蹈音乐。课程的总体目标还包括

向学生证明音乐既是历史的产物，也产生历史。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Class Participation 30% Quizzes 40% Final Research Paper 30%

Reading Additional Weekly readings to be distributed to students. Course code GEC 3104 Course title Tradition and Modernity: Cities in Chinese History (from 16th Century)

传统与现代：明清以来的中国城市史 Description (English)

This course will introduce the basic knowledge of city development in China, 16-20th century. We will explore the development in culture, administration, politics, and economy, to understanding the transformation from traditional China to modern China.


本课程介绍明清以来中国城市发展的基本脉络，带领同学从文化、行政、政治、经济

等层面理解十六到二十世纪中国城市的发展，从而更好地理解传统中国到现代中国的

转变过程。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight 课堂参与 10% 期中报告（史料分析，1500 字） 20% 导修参与 30% 期末论文（3000 字） 40%

Reading 1. 施坚雅编，叶光庭译：《中华帝国晚期的城市》，北京：中华书局，2000 年。 2. 樊树志，《江南市镇：传统的变革》，上海：复旦大学出版社，2005。 3. 赵冈，《中国城市发展史论集》，台北：联经出版公司，1995。 4. 科大卫编，《香港社会史读本》，香港：牛津大学出版社，2003。 5. 侯仁之及邓辉，《北京城的起源与变迁》，北京：北京燕山出版社，1997。 6. 卢汉超：《霓虹灯外: 20 世纪初日常生活中的上海》，上海：上海古籍出版社，2004。 7. 顾德曼：《家乡、城市和国家：上海的地缘网络与认同，1853-1937》，上海：上海古籍出版

社，2004。 8. 韩起澜：《苏北人在上海，1850-1980》，上海：上海古籍出版社，2004。

Course code GEC 3403 Course title Human Culture in the Contemporary World 当代人类文化 Description (English)

How to be human, and study humanity, in a world where worlds collide? This course introduces students to socio-cultural anthropology, the branch of anthropology that analyses and explains the diversity of peoples’ cultures and behaviors around the world. We will survey a broad range of topics of contemporary interest, such as gender, markets, media, tourism and globalization. Through these topics students will acquire an understanding of the commitments and sensibilities that inform contemporary socio-cultural anthropology. The underlying perspective the course adopts, and which the myriad materials point to, is the dynamic relation between cultural diversity and human nature. Accordingly, the course will give significant attention to fundamental philosophical and ethical questions in the human sciences. Is there an underlying human nature shared by all, e.g., are human beings primarily driven by self-interest and self-maximisation? Is there a singular and over-arching trajectory to human history? How does one account for cultural diversity? How do different cultures pose and resolve these sorts of questions? Students will be challenged to develop and adopt a position on these debates. Accordingly, significant attention will be given to each students’ trajectory throughout the course. The course stresses that our goal is not just to seek answers to our questions but, also, to ask better questions for ourselves. Likewise, our goal is not just to see how other cultures answer our questions, but how they pose and answer their own questions.


在互相碰撞的世界中我们将如何做人？如何研究人性？本课程将为学生介绍人类学的

分支——社会文化人类学，分析解释人类文化行为的多样性。我们将探讨当今众多热

点话题，例如性别、媒体、性倾向、全球化、旅游业、以及应用人类学。通过这些话

题，学生将了解到当代社会文化人类学所蕴含的承诺和情感。我们将鼓励学生就这些

问题建立自己的立场——即自己的论点。本课程强调我们的目标不仅仅为寻求答案，

也为了提出更好的问题。同样，我们的目标不仅仅是看其他文化如何解答我们的问

题，也是看他们如何提出和回答他们自己的问题。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Participation 5% In-Lecture Test, Week 5, Lecture 5 25%

Reflective Journal/Essay due Week 9 (probably Wednesday or Thursday) 30% Individual Tutorial Presentations (based on RJ/Essay) during final tutorial(s) 10% Final Exam, in-class during Tuesday lecture period, last week of lectures. 30%

Reading 1. Fadiman, A. (1997) “The Spirit Catches you and you fall down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures.” New York: The Noonday Press, pp 3-11. [7 pages]

2. Geary, D. (2008) “Destination enlightenment: Branding Buddhism and Spiritual Tourism in Bodhgaya, Bihar.” Anthropology Today 24(3): 11-14. [3 pages]

3. Gmelch, G. (2008) "Baseball Magic." In Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology, Special ed., Spradely and McCurdy. Allyn & Bacon, Chapter 8, pp 266-275. https://toleratedindividuality.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/conformity-and-conflict.pdf[9 pages]

4. Hall, E. “The Sounds of Silence,” http://www.studymode.com/subjects/the-sound-of-silence-edward-t-hall-page1.html[4 pages]

Course code GEC 3404 Course title Families and Modernities 家庭和现代性 Description (English)

Who is “family”? What is “modernity”? Ideas of family and modernity continue to inform how communities think about themselves and the world. Contrary to expectation, kinship did not disappear with the advent and advancement of modernity. Nations and citizens, corporations and employees, gamers and hackers and many others continue to conceive of social relations in the idiom of kinship at least at times – while the converse is also true, that is, the ideas of modernity have intertwined with those of the family, identity, locality and belonging. Putatively, kin-based organization is based on identification to and loyalty to specific persons and lineages, whereas bureaucratic organization is based on loyalty to abstract principles, notably the law and contractual obligations. Kinsmen may be obliged to help each other because of a “personal” connection, whereas bureaucrats have committed themselves to follow identical procedures and principles no matter who they are dealing with. Justice is blind – as is equality. And yet, even in the latter camp, we can find the language of kinship, e.g., constitutional “patriotism.” We will examine these issues through two lenses: (i) the relationship between “the individual” and “the collectivity” and (ii) the relationship between “tradition” and “modernity.”


“家庭”里有谁？什么是“现代性”？家庭和现代性的理念早已为社会如何思考自身和世

界提供了指导。与期望不同的是，随着现代性的出现和进步，亲属关系并没有消失。国家和公民，公

司和雇员，游戏玩家和黑客等身份至少有时继续用亲属关系来构想社会关系 - 而反过

来也是如此，即现代性的思想与家庭、身份、地点和归属感的思想也交织在一起。我们假设，基于亲属的架构是基于对特定人和谱系的识别和忠诚，而官僚架构是基于

对抽象原则的忠诚，特别是法律和合同义务。由于“个人”联系，亲属可能有义务互相

帮助，而官僚则无论他们与谁打交道，都遵循相同的程序和原则。正义是盲目的 - 正如平等一样。然而，即使在后一阵营中，我们也能找到亲属关系的语言，例如宪法的

“爱国主义”。我们将通过两个角度来研究这些问题：（i）“个人”与“集体”之间的关系，以及（ii）“传统”与“现代性”之间的关系。

Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Participation 5% In-class Test *The test will be in-class, during lecture period 6 25% Reflective Journal/Essay Will draw primarily on course materials, that is, will NOT be a “research paper.”

30%

Final Exam 40%

https://toleratedindividuality.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/conformity-and-conflict.pdf

http://www.studymode.com/subjects/the-sound-of-silence-edward-t-hall-page1.html

http://www.studymode.com/subjects/the-sound-of-silence-edward-t-hall-page1.html

Reading 1. Giddens, Anthony. 2013. “The Global Revolution in Family and Personal Life.” In Skolnick and Skolnick, eds., Family in Transition. Pearson. Edin and Kefalas. 2013.

2. “Unmarried with Children” In Skolnick and Skolnick, eds., Family in Transition. Pearson. 3. Kristoff, Nicholas. “Who needs love? In Japan Many Couples Don’t.”

https://prezi.com/wqrthrxgpzlp/who-needs-love-in-japan-many-couples-dont/ 4. Held, David. “Democracy, the Nation-State and the Global System.” 1991 in Held ed.

Political Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity Press. 5. Elliott, F. R. 1989. “The family: private arena or adjunct of the state?” Journal of Law

and Society. V16, no 4. Pp 443-63. 6. Eva Illouz & Shoshannah Finkelman, “An odd and inseparable couple: Emotion and

rationality in partner selection,” Theor Soc (2009) 38:401– 422. DOI 10.1007/s11186-009-90855

7. Stacey, “Queer Like Us.” 2013. In Skolnick and Skolnick, eds., Family in Transition. Pearson.

Course code GEC 3405 Course title To Eat, or Not to Eat? Sociology of Food 舌尖上的社会学 Description (English)

What is food? What is the agrifood system? Why should we care? How do we study the agrifood system? Food is ‘hot’ at the present, as few topics elicit such fascination, dialogue, activism, or tension as food and agriculture. This course will begin studying food and society through a Micro-sociological perspective, “Food and Identity”, “Food and Spectacle. ” And it moves to larger scale to examine and agrifood system which is dominant in the globe--- its design, function, dysfunction, and possibility. Then, it extends to topics related to China: the food system transaction and China’s food safety problem, to discuss food futures including AFNS, GMOS, and nano food in globalization. This course is designed to embed students in the historical origins of the agrifood system as well as to expose them to the major trends taking place, along with the primary concepts and theories used to explain agrifood structure and social change.


纪录片《舌尖上的中国》通过食物讲述了社会与个体之间解密相联的故事。本课程将

通过经典著作导读和专题纪录片的观看，探讨食品与食物体系的故事，以及食物如何

反映个人选择与社会结构的：具体内容包括网红店、 “车厘子自由”、超级食物背后

反映的认同与文化关系，茶、咖啡、牛油果等食物的消费与资本主义体系的关系，以

及中国食物体系如何随社会变迁而改变(消失的菜市场、妈妈团，以及全球化下食物发

展的未来如替代性食物网络、转基因食物、纳米食物等等 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Engagement Everyone is expected to be in attendance for each class. The attendance will constitute 10% of your total grade. Students who can’t attend classes for medical reasons should provide doctors’ notes. Active participation in discussions will constitute another 10% of your total grade. The classroom is a place where we can debate and exchange ideas. I will work to make the classroom as comfortable as possible, so that you will feel free to ask questions and engage in discussions. Your presence and active participation are essential for the learning experience of your classmates.

20%

Reflecting Journal The journal is a 3-page (12.0 size font, double-space, Times New Roman, 1.25-inch margins on four sides) review of an issue related to topics covered in this course.

25%

Group Presentation 25%

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Group will be built and assigned by topics by lucky draw. Group coordinators will be assigned, recording the attendance and participation of the group members. Each group will have 20 (+/-1min) minutes for presentation and will lead the following discussion. Final Paper Your final paper is an essay (About 3500 words in Chinese or 3000 words in English; ±200-word is acceptable), in which you should choose a topic we have covered in the class and provide a critical evaluation of the readings. You also need to use one (or more) example(s) from the media to illustrate your arguments. Your essays will be evaluated according to three criteria: (1) quality of the writing, (2) accurate presentation of the reading material, and (3) incorporation of case studies.

30%

Reading 1. Carolan, Michael. 2012. The Sociology of Food and Agriculture. London: Routledge

2. Jing, J. 2000. Feeding Chinas little emperors . Stanford University Press.

3. Farquhar, J. 2002. Appetites: food and sex in post-socialist China. Duke University Press

General Education Area D (GED): Self and Humanity

Course code GED 2102 Course title Existentialism 存在主义 Description (English)

How should you confront your own death? Is it possible to lead a meaningful life in the face of absurdity? How can an individual live in an authentic way? This course will address these questions, among others, through the reading of philosophical and literary texts that belong to the “existentialist” movement. Focusing on themes of the individual, freedom, authenticity, and self-other relations, this course will cover major philosophers in 19th and 20th century western Philosophy including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Buber, and de Beauvoir.


你应该怎样面对自己的死亡？在面对荒谬的言行的时候，你还可能拥有一个有意义的

人生吗？单独的个体如何以一个真实的方式生活？这个课程将要通过阅读有关存在主

义活动的相关哲学和文学作品来解答这些问题以及相关论题。专注于个体主题，自

由，本真性，人际关联性的研究，这个课程将涵盖 19 和 20 世纪西方哲学主要的哲学

家包含 Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Buber, 和 de Beauvoir. Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Participation 15% Presentation 15% Quizzes 20% Mid-Term Essay 20% Term Paper 30%

Reading 1. Gordon Marino (ed.), Basic Writings of Existentialism. Modern Library, 2004 (selections) 2. Martin Buber, I & Thou, Trans. By Ronald Gregor Smith. Continuum. 2004 (selections) 3. Albert Camus, The Outsider, trans. Sandra Smith. New York: Penguin, 2013.

Course code GED 2202 Course title Philosophy of Religion 宗教哲学 Description (English)

This course introduces philosophy of religion with a global perspective and a comparative approach. It will explore the reasons and rationalities embedded in a variety of religious traditions including Buddhism, Chinese religions (Confucianism and Daoism), Christianity,

Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. The main topics will fall into three areas: the human condition, ultimate realities, and religious truth.


本课程以全球视角和比较方法介绍宗教哲学，探讨佛教、中国宗教（儒教、道教）、基督教、印度教、伊斯兰教和犹太教等各种宗教传统的原因和合理性。课程主要议题分为三个方面：人类处境、终极实在和宗教真理。

Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Discussion-Leading Presentation 15% Interview Assignment 15% Future of Philosophy of Religion Paper 30% Two Exams (15% each) 30% Participation 10%

Reading 1. Clayton, John, Religions, Reasons, and Gods: Essays in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

2. Perkins, Franklin, Heaven and Earth are Not Humane: the Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013.

3. Schilbrack, Kevin, Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto. Wiley, 2014. 4. Smart, Ninian, Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World’s Beliefs. Berkeley: University of

California Press, 1998. Course code GED 2401 Course title A Century of Film Art 电影艺术百年史 Description (English)

This course is an introduction to the aesthetic history of film. It examines how types of films and their styles have changed in relation to how they are made, shown, and distributed. It traces the major developments in the medium across the 20th century in an international context, ranging from the silent era to the increasing globalization of media industries near the end of the century. The course introduces students to the elements of film style and basic analytical concepts to treat masterpieces of cinema in relation to their immediate historical context.


本课程为电影美学史入门课程，探讨了电影的类型与风格如何在其制作、放映和发行

方面发生变化。课程追溯了 20 世纪国际媒体行业的重大发展，涵盖从默片时代至媒

体业日益全球化的 20 世纪末。课程向学生介绍电影风格和基本分析概念，以根据其

直接历史背景来赏析电影名作。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance/Participation 10% Quizzes 20% Screening Reports 20% Shot Breakdown 20% Final Paper 30%

Reading Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell, Film History, 3rd. ed. Additional short readings on the week's film (tentative).

Course code GED 3001 Course title Good and Evil: Understanding Ethics 善与恶：伦理学初探 Description (English)

In this course we will study several different ethical theories in philosophy. Ethical theories are theories about right and wrong, moral and immoral, good and bad. They tell us what is good behavior and what is bad behavior, about how we should live as morally good people. For example, is it always wrong to lie? Is it okay if we kill people? Should the government take money from rich people and give it to poor people? Is it wrong to kill animals for food? Ethical theories try to give answers to these questions (yes/no), and more importantly, they

try to give arguments for their answers. They explain why it is okay to kill animals, or why it is not okay to kill them. After we study these different ethical theories, students will be required to apply them to interesting social and moral issues we have in today’s society, and have presentation and discussion on a variety of issues including Euthanasia, Abortion, Stem Cell Research, Animal Rights, Equality and Discrimination, the Death Penalty, Pornography, War, Torture, Environmental Ethics, Consumer Protection, Corporate Responsibility, Employers, Employees and Ethics, Accountancy and Ethical Norms etc.


本科旨在为学生介绍基本的伦理理论。伦理理论是关于善与恶、道德与非道德的哲学

理论。在伦理学中，哲学家讨论什么是善的行为，什么是恶的行为，以及如何过上好

的人生。本科将向学生系统讲解伦理学中的核心理论包括亚里士多德的美德伦理学、

康德伦理学、功利论以及社会契约理论，同时还将讨论一些具体的历史伦理思想，包

括中国传统伦理思想以及佛家伦理。此外，学生须将所学的伦理理论应用到现实生

活，就广泛的应用话题展开研究及讨论，包括安乐死、流产、干细胞研究、动物权

利、平等与歧视、死刑、色情艺术、企业责任、战争、环境伦理、消费者权益、金融

伦理等等。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Participation 10 Presentation Project 20 Written Assessments 40 Final Examination 30

Reading 1. James Rachels, 2003, The Elements of Moral Philosophy. 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. 2. James Rachel & Stuart Rachels (ed.), 1989, The Right Thing to Do: Basic Readings in Moral

Philosophy, New York: Mcgraw-Hill College.

Course code GED 3002 Course title Global genealogies of Chinese social science 中国社会科学的全球系谱 Description (English)

During the May Fourth Movement, “Mr. Science” was advocated extensively. This slogan not only covered natural and applied science, but it also suggested social science. The historical development of social science was intricate in China. As it underwent institutionalization and professionalization in modern times, it confronted state-building and revolutionary ideology. It was infused with intellectual resources from different cultures and its impacts went beyond national borders. Putting it another way, looking closely at the history of Chinese social science is rethinking China’s fluid modernity. This course aims to trace and discuss the cross-boundary construction of Chinese social science in global history. In doing so, we try to understand the present from the past.


在五四运动时期，“赛先生”被广泛宣扬。此口号不仅涵盖自然与应用科学，而且也指

涉社会科学。在中国，社会科学的历史发展是错综复杂的。当制度化与专业化之时，

遇上近代的国家建构及革命意识形态。其融入来自不同文化的思想资源，且影响也跨

越国族疆界。换句话说，仔细观察中国社会科学的历史过程亦是反思中国的流动现代

性。这门课将追溯、讨论中国社会科学在全球史跨越疆界的建构过程。借此，我们试

图从过去理解当代。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Academic essay 30% Mid-term 35% Final 35% TOTAL 100% Participation Up to 10 bonus

Depending on how dedicated you are. By “dedicated”, I mean active discussion in classroom, strong curiosity to explore what you haven’t known, and constructive feedback/comments on my course.

points

Reading 1. J Zhang Dainian and Min Ze ed. Reading back over the Century: The Debates on Humanities and Society in 20th Century China (Huidu bainian: 20 shiji Zhongguo shehui renwen zhenglun). 10 volumes. Zhengzhou: Daxiang chubanshe, 2009, 1999.

2. 张岱年、敏泽编，《回读百年：20 世纪中国社会人文论争》（全 10 册），郑州：大象出版社，

2009、1999。 Course code GED 3114 Course title Paradoxes 悖论 Description (English)

A paradox is typically a set of statements which, when taken individually, are highly likely, but when taken together, seem highly unlikely to be true at the same time. The existence of paradoxes suggests that there is something deeply wrong about the way we reason. Through the analysis of some well-known paradoxes, this course introduces important concepts and arguments from various fields of philosophy. Through attempts to solve these paradoxes, this course aims at cultivating a habit of deep reflection on our own reasoning.


悖论通常表现成一组看似正确却互相矛盾的命题。悖论的存在显示我们的思考方式有

深层问题。通过分析一系列影响深远的悖论，本课程意在介绍哲学各领域的重要概念

和论争。通过尝试解决这些悖论，我们追求对自己思考方式的深刻反思。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight In-class quizzes 30 Descriptions of paradoxes 30 Essay 30 Participation 10

Reading Huemer, M. (2018). Paradox Lost. Palgrave Macmillan

Course code GED 3306 Course title Chinese Fiction and Traditional Culture 中国小说与传统文化 Description (English)

This course offers a critical survey of some of the masterpieces in Chinese fiction, including the historical development, narrative characteristics, ideological content, and cultural influence of different sub-genres of fiction. The texts of this course include short stories, such as Chuanqi of Tang dynasty, Huaben of Song, Yuan and Ming dynasty, and the famous "si da ming zhu" (the Four Great Classical Novels). Students will be encouraged to develop their ability to apply close reading and critical thinking to general issues of literary tradition. This course also aims to help students understand complex situations and intellectual currents related to Chinese fiction and enhance their appreciation of Chinese literature and traditional culture.


本科旨在指导学生研习中国小说经典，探讨不同小说类型之发展脉络、叙述特色、思

想内涵与文化意义。课程首先概述中国小说之源流、体制与影响，在对小说文体有整

体认识的基础上，引导学生重点阅读和分析部分经典作品。学生将运用文本细读与批

判思考的能力，讨论文学传统中的普遍议题，增强对中国小说及其相关时代背景、思

想潮流的了解，并加深对中国文学与传统文化的体认。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Class Participation 5% Quiz 10% Creative Writing 20% Presentation 25%

Term Paper 40% Reading 1.鲁迅：《中国小说史略》，北京：中华书局，2010 年。

2.夏志清：《中国古典小说》，胡益民等译，南京：江苏文艺出版社，2008 年。 3.浦安迪：《明代小说四大奇书》，沈亨寿译，北京：三联书店，2006 年。 4.陈平原：《中国散文小说史》，上海：上海人民出版社，2004 年。 5.张大春：《小说稗类》，桂林：广西师范大学出版社，2004 年。 6.徐岱：《故事的诗学》，杭州：浙江大学出版社，2014 年。

Course code GED 3401 Course title Audiovisual Criticism through Movie Making 从电影制作认识视听媒介批评 Description (English)

The course is equivalent in focus and goal to the original course “The Videographic Essay: Media Criticism through Sound and Image,” but the title has been changed. The new title carries a few advantages. First, the word “videographic” is rare in common English usage and still the exception in the specialized vocabulary of Media Studies, so it is not helpful to acculturate students to using it regularly for effective communication. It is also difficult to say and to adapt to sentences (for example, “videograph” is not used as a noun form). The term audiovisual is more common. Second, “audiovisual criticism” better reflects the focus of the course, which not only concerns how to use video as a form of expression, but how to consider it as an object of intellectual reflection. The course is not really concerned with traditional textual media, so “media criticism” is somewhat deceptive. The phrase “through movie making” is similarly more colloquial and better signals to students that the course will involve creative projects.


本课程是关于如何“用视频写”视听媒体的实践和理论研究。传统上，媒体批评和学术

研究默认采用书面形式，因此难以将其原始图像和声音翻译成文字。但随着用于在线

发布视频的数字平台的爆炸增长和日益便捷的拍摄设备，评论家们越来越能够直接展

示他们的见解——通过展示作品本身，而不是以描述来表达。该课程从两个方面审视视听媒体：作为批判性反思的主题和作为一种展示的模式。本

课会向学生介绍媒体批评的传统关注点，如解释、评价、形式分析和社会政治反思，

并将其置于当代媒体行业及其周边话语中。课程从口头和视听两方面探讨了用于传达

有关电影和媒体文本原创思想的修辞策略。与书面文章一样，视频这种形式也有带来

挑战，包括如何选择材料并将其与画外音、文本、音乐、视觉效果或其他视频技术相

结合。学生将学习和评估这种批评模式的例子，并从这些模型中学会构建他们自己对

电影、电视或其他媒体作品的分析和解释。 Lecture 课堂上将带我们层层深入媒体的各个方面，进而了解更复杂的批评手法，这

在期中 Essay 中也将涉及到。在导修课堂中，我们将学习视频制作的基本技能，包括

使用 Adobe Premiere Pro，学生将用它来完成几个简短、简单的视频作业。该课程期

末作业将由每个学生创建一个他们感兴趣的媒体相关主题的原创视听论文。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Final Project 40 Midterm Paper 30 Semi-weekly short video assignments 20 Participation in lecture and tutorials 10

Reading Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing about Film, 9th ed. (Boston: Pearson, 2014.)

HSS Course code HSS 1006 Course title Introduction to Sociology社会学导论 (Dr. Han Yuchen)

Description (English)

This course offers fundamental sociological knowledge and perspectives to Year 1 non-sociological students of the School of Humanities and Social Science. The course starts with a panoramic overview on Sociology and the concept of "Sociological Imagination". It then introduces students to the basic empirical data collection methods for proposing and conducting mini-sociological studies on their own. Practice of doing mini-sociological studies and the related discussion are to be conducted later in the course. The course then discusses with students how sociologists query our everyday life, by using six diversified and profound topics. Within the discussion on discursive everyday life, the key Sociological concepts and theories will be introduced and examined. Along with the topic-based lectures, the teacher will continuously conduct the sociological discussion with students on how we can live better with each other in this differentiated and ever-changing world, with reflexive field observation to communities in Shenzhen over the whole course.


本课程旨在为人文社科学院的大一非社会学专业的学生介绍社会学的基本知识与分析

视角。课程首先向同学介绍作为“学科”的社会学，以及何谓"社会学的想象力"。然

后，介绍社会学实证调查研究方法，让同学们掌握设计和开展小型社会调查的操作方

法；关于研究方法的训练亦将在后续课程中持续进行。接着，本课程对日常生活的六

个不同侧面，进行社会学的分析讨论，带出抽象概念探讨的方式，以及经典研究，循

序渐进地带领同学进入社会学的思维世界。与此同时，也将把“在这个多元又分化、

且瞬息万变的社会，我们应如何更好地共同生活”的问题讨论，以及与之相关的反身

性在地田野考察，贯穿课程始终。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Engagement in Lecture and Tutorial We will have in-class questions for attendance check. You are allowed one non-excused absence during the course. A second non-excused absence in either lecture or tutorial will attract a warning letter. Students will get two points off for each unapproved absence. Excused Absence: Either seek my prior approval (at least one day before the lecture/tutorial), or in the case of illness, bring in a medical certificate afterwards. If there are too many absences (excused or not), you would fail the course. Voluntary answers, questions and discussion are highly encouraged.

10%

Group Presentation Topics will be assigned in different tutorials. Topic selection and group making will be conducted by luck draw in the first tutorial. Group coordinators will be assigned, recording the attendance and participation of the group members. Absence from preparation will conduce to credit deduction (20%) of the individual. Group presentation for 30 (+/-3min) minutes.

20%

Closed-Book Quiz*2: Multiple choice questions + short essay questions

20%+20%

Book Review on Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School. (《特权：圣保罗中学精英教育的幕后》). About 3000 words in Chinese or 1800 words in English; ±200-word is acceptable. Late submission will be penalized 2 point deduction per day of delay.

30%

Reading Week 1 Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2013). Sociology. (6th Edition). Polity. Chapter 1. Peter Hessler (2015). Learning to Speak Lingerie.The New Yorker. Website: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/learning-to-speak-lingerie Week 2-3

Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2013). Sociology. (6th Edition). Polity. Chapter 2. Week 4 Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2013). Sociology. (6th Edition). Polity. Chapter 8 &15. Week 5 Khan, S.R. (2011) Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School. Chapter 2. Princeton University Press. 西莫斯·可汗（2015）《特权：圣保罗中学精英教育的幕后》. 上海：华东师范大学出

版社。 Week 6 Quiz 1 Week 7-8 Jenney Chan, et.al, (2013) The politics of global production: Apple, Foxconn and China’s new working class. New Technology, Work and Employment. 28(2):100-115. Week 9-10 Johnston, J. et al. (2016). Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life. Routledge. Chapter 5. Week 11 Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2013). Sociology. (6th Edition). Polity. Chapter 12&14. Week 12 Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2013). Sociology. (6th Edition). Polity. Chapter 22.

Course code HSS 1006 Course title Introduction to Sociology社会学导论 (Dr. Li Xueshi) Description (English)

This course offers fundamental Sociological knowledge and perspectives to Year 1 students of School of Humanities and Social Science. In order to cultivate the step-by-step inquiry manner, the course will be delivered in a bottom-up approach. After a panoramic overview on Sociology, it will demonstrate to students the approaches that sociologists take to conduct empirical studies and produce their arguments and theories, as a guideline for students’ preparation for the term-long assignment. It will then introduce how sociologists analyze and discuss our everyday life, by using six diversified and profound topics, making students to have more sensible and intellectual understanding of sociological researches and perspectives. By coding and abstracting the previous demonstrating discussion on discursive everyday life, the next part of the course will turn to introduce students to the key sociological concepts and theoretical waves. The course will end up with opening the sociological discussion on how we can live better with each other in this differentiated meanwhile multi-cultural and ever-changing world.


本课程经过概述社会学的视野，它将向学生介绍社会学家进行实证研究并提出论证的

方法和理论。也将通过使用六个多样化和深刻的主题来介绍社会学家如何分析日常生

活，从而帮助学生更加理解社会学的视角，启发学生的“社会学的想象力”。进一步

还将向学生介绍社会学的关键概念和理论浪潮，最终将开启社会学讨论，从而讨论我

们如何在不断变化多元文化中，能够相互理解更好地生活。 Assessment Method

Component/ method % weight Attendance and Participation 10 Group Presentation 20 Individual Assignments 15 Closed-Book Quiz 20 Final Assignment 35

Reading 1. Anthony Giddens & Philip W. Sutton (2009/2013). Sociology. (6/7th Edition). Polity. 2. [英] 安东尼 •吉登斯, [英] 菲利普 •萨顿著；赵旭东等译（2015）.《社会学（第 7

版）》北京大学出版社。

3. 费孝通著；戴可景译 (2010[1939]).《江村经济：中国农民的生活》，商务印书

馆。 4. Whyte WF (1981[1943]) Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Sl

um. Chicago: University Press of Chicago Press. 5. McMichael, Philip. (2009). A food regime genealogy. Journal of Peasant Studies. 36:

1, 139 — 169. 6. Lan, Pei-Chia. (2006). Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich

Employers in Taiwan. Durham: Duke University Press. 7. Xiang, Biao. (2007). Global "Body Shopping". Princeton University Press. 8. Jing, & Jun. (2000). Feeding China's little emperors :. Stanford University Press. 9. Sharon Zukin&Philip Kasinitz&Xiangming Chen. Global Cities, Local Streets:

Everyday Diversity. Routledge

https://book.douban.com/search/Sharon%20Zukin

https://book.douban.com/search/Philip%20Kasinitz

https://book.douban.com/search/Xiangming%20Chen

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