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General Education

c) analyse and critique a problem from multiple perspectives;
d) develop ethical sensitivity; and
e) synthesize ideas/ concepts from different disciplines.

Courses Offered
The GE courses selected to be offered in academic year 2018-19 are as follows:

Area 1: Chinese Culture in the 21st Century
Code Course Title Medium Credits Restriction(s)
GEA 101 Food and Nutrition in Chinese Culture English 3 Nil
GEA 102 Philosophical Kitchen Cantonese 3 Nil
GEA 103 The Origins and Transformation of East Cantonese 3 Nil
Asian Food Culture (EAFC)
GEA 104 Knowing Hong Kong through Historical Sites Cantonese 3 Nil
GEA 105 The Making of Hong Kong Chinese Culture Cantonese 3 Not for BSoSc (SOC)
major and students who
have taken SOC 208
Hong Kong Society and
Culture
GEA 107 Ying Yang Wu Xing and Creativity in Cantonese 3 Nil
Contemporary Life
GEA 108 The Way of GO Cantonese 3 Nil
GEA 109 The Temporal-Spatial Theme of Feng Shui Cantonese 3 Nil
and Chinese Culture
GEA 201 Chinese Medicine: Health Promotion and English 3 Nil
Disease Prevention
GEA 202 Urban Modernity in Chinese Cities: Hong Cantonese 3 Nil
Kong, Taipei and Shanghai
GEA 203 The Wisdom of Ancient Chinese Architecture English 3 Nil
GEA 204 Hong Kong Kung-fu Novels, Films and English 3 Nil
Chinese Culture

Area 2: Communication and Literacy
Code Course Title Medium Credits Restriction(s)
GEB 101 Digitalization of Communication and English 3 Nil
Technology in Daily Life
GEB 102 Media and Society English 3 Nil
GEB 103 Language of the Mass and Social Media English 3 Not for BA (ENG) major
GEB 104 Reasoning in the Cyber Age English 3 Not for BSoSc (SOC)
major and students who
have taken SOC 150
Critical Thinking
GEB 105 Communication and Storytelling English 3 Nil
GEB 106 Exploring Talents with Media Psychology English 3 Students shall not take
PSY 215 Cyberpsy-
chology after enrolling
this course

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