Postgraduate Courses
a) Under a policy approved by the Senate, exceptions to the general University policy stating that English is the medium of instruction will be permitted when the courses are related to the area of Chinese studies and are approved by the School of Humanities and Social Science. Courses approved to be taught in Chinese carry a [PU] or [CA] notation in the course description, which indicates the spoken language used in teaching: [PU] stands for Putonghua; and [CA] for Cantonese.
b) Courses marked with a [C] in the course description are not taught in Chinese but may require students to read materials in Chinese. Students who have difficulty reading materials in Chinese should consult the instructor concerned prior to enrolling in these courses.
- HUMA 5060Topics in Chinese Phonetics[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6000G, HUMA 600GMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThe course introduces Chinese phonetic terminology and discusses a wide range of topics in Chinese phonetics and Chinese dialectology, especially those not found in general phonetics or English phonetics, e.g. high pitch with stiff voice, falsetto as a form of diminutives, murmur and creak used for distinctive features.
- HUMA 5160Chinese Historical Phonology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 516Exclusion(s)HMMA 5002Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course is an introduction to the phonological characteristics of the Putonghua sounds and their origins in earlier Mandarin and ancient Chinese, and to the methods and materials used in the historical reconstruction of the earlier stages of the Chinese language. A main focus of the course will be the application of computer-assisted procedures to problems in the reconstruction of the history of Chinese phonology. Other topics will include: the typology and evolution of tone and the subgrouping of Chinese dialects.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Apply various methods to the study of historical phonology.
- 2.Assess materials used in reconstructing the history of Chinese.
- 3.Identify the rules governing phonological evolution.
- HUMA 5170Chinese Historical Lexicology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 517Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to Chinese historical lexicology, dealing with various issues of Chinese words including word formation, semantic structures and sense relations of words, x-bar analysis of Chinese words, lexicalization, cultural component of words, and lexical variation among dialects of Chinese.
- HUMA 5180Chinese Historical Morphology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 518Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course aims to provide a rigorous and critical introduction to Chinese historical morphology, dealing with various issues including affixing, reduplication, derivation by ablaut and tone change, formation of etymological words, interaction between morphological and phonological components. For comparative purposes, this course will also deal with the relevant morphological issues in modern dialects.
- HUMA 5230Languages of China: Anthropological and Cognitive Dimensions[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 523, HUMA 600DMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA cross-disciplinary discussion of issues pertaining to social, historical, cultural, and cognitive aspects of languages and dialects of China, approached from perspectives of areal linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and cognitive linguistics.
- HUMA 5240Chinese Dialectology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 524Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course will provide an introductory survey of the phonology of Chinese dialects, including Mandarin, Wu, Xiang, Gan, Hakka, Yue and Min.
- HUMA 5270Cantonese Linguistics[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 527Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course deals with various issues of Cantonese, including sounds and tones, word formation, syntax and pragmatics. It will review the history of the language by studying texts from the early 19th century to the present; and examine the current linguistic changes that have redefined Hong Kong speech as a special variety of Cantonese.
- HUMA 5280Cantonese Grammar in Contemporary Linguistic Theories[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 528, HUMA 600FMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA survey of contemporary linguistic theories with special emphasis on the application of these theories to the study of Cantonese grammar.
- HUMA 5300Chinese Literary History[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 530Exclusion(s)HMMA 5003Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course aims at familiarizing students with the history of Chinese literature from literary, historical and theoretical perspectives. Emphasis is on the recent scholarship of major genres in Chinese literary history and their interactions in the context of cultural tradition.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify, explain and use cultural concepts and literary theories.
- 2.Analyze significant literary phenomena and texts.
- 3.Analyze Chinese literature and culture in a global and cross-cultural comparative perspective based on the knowledge and skills of the Humanities.
- 4.Conduct original cultural research using an enhanced knowledge of Chinese literature gained from the course.
- HUMA 5330Traditional Chinese Literary Theory and Criticism[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 533Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionAims to familiarize 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 5340Modern Chinese Literary Criticism[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 534Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionExamines 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 5360History and Theory of Comparative Literature[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 536, HUMA 601JReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course offers a critical assessment of the development and methodology of the comparative study of literature as an academic discipline with special emphasis on Chinese-Western comparative studies.
- HUMA 5380Modern Literary Theory[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 538DescriptionHistorical and critical survey of major literary theories of the twentieth century: American formalism, archetypal criticism, Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Russian formalism, structuralism, semiotics, phenomenology, hermeneutics, reader-response, feminism, the Frankfurt School, deconstruction, and new historicism.
- HUMA 5440Contemporary Chinese Fiction[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 544Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA critical study of development, trends, characteristics of the Chinese fiction of the People's Republic from the early 1980s to the present.
- HUMA 5450Taiwan and Hong Kong Fiction[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 545Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA critical study of development, trends, characteristics of narrative literature in Taiwan and Hong Kong from the late 1960 to the present from cultural, historical, and gender perspectives.
- HUMA 5460Historical Imagination: Literature, Film, and Culture[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 546, HUMA 601KReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThe course studies major fictional, filmic, and urban texts with important scholarly approaches to explore the issues of historical representation and imagination in both Western and Chinese contexts. Intended for students interested in literature, visual studies, and city culture, it seeks to examine the power of literary and visual representations in shaping our understanding of cultural experience and social-historical reality.
- HUMA 5470China in Foreigners' Eyes[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6001SExclusion(s)HMMA 5470DescriptionGiven the growing "China fever" nowadays and the rising global attention on China as the next superpower, this course aims to explore China "in and through foreigners' eyes" by undergoing an in-depth examination of the variety of writings and observations by foreign individuals across different fields and disciplines from early 20th century to now.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Analyze China in the 20th century from an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective.
- 2.Strengthen oral and written communication skills on discussing modern and contemporary China.
- 3.Apply coursework learning to independent research on contemporary issues in Greater China.
- HUMA 5480Lyricism in Literature and the Arts[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6001Q, HUMA 601QDescriptionThis course aims to explore the meanings and applications of the aesthetic concept of “lyricism” in the literary mode and in other art forms.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Use different theoretical approaches to lyric to discuss the meanings of literary texts and other art forms.
- 2.Critically analyze the lyrical components in literary texts and other art forms.
- 3.Formulate a well-informed thesis related to issues of lyricism in writing.
- HUMA 5510Pre-Modern Chinese History[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 551Exclusion(s)HMMA 5004Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionExploration of major and substantive issues in pre-modern Chinese history. Approaches to the subject can be political, social, cultural, intellectual, or comparative.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Develop a comprehension of traditional Chinese culture and history from a comparative perspective.
- 2.Identify and describe the mainstream in the research, especially the latest development in the frontier.
- 3.Develop a critical view of sources and an independent perspective to approach the issue in discussion.
- 4.Improve writing skills.
- HUMA 5515Readings in Song and Ming History[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 602EMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course aims to introduce to graduate students recent developments in the study of Song and Ming history. It focuses on major theoretical issues and diversified approaches exploited in the current scholarship through reading of both primary and secondary sources. Topics include: change and continuity in pre-industrial Chinese history, the state formation with regard to warfare and finance, the relationships between the state and society, diversified aspects (famine, religion and education) of local society, gender and woman.
- HUMA 5520Modern Chinese History[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 552Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionExploration of major and substantive issues in modern Chinese history. Approaches to the subject can be political, social, cultural, intellectual, or comparative.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Analyze critically the post-modernist discourse of historical narrative.
- 2.Deconstruct the different historiographical traditions in official Chinese history in late-imperial and modern period.
- 3.Explain how political persuasions are implanted into official/semi-official narratives of modern historical events and characters through in-depth analysis of those late-Qing and Republican-time episodes and personalities presented in Chinese history textbooks and movies.
- 4.Learn and apply the skills of presenting one’s arguments in academic seminars and the techniques of writing a history paper appropriately.
- HUMA 5560Methods in the Study of Source Materials[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 556Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionTrains graduate students to master various Chinese cannons, archives and documents. Introduces different research tools and analysis skills and to acquaint them with important works for the study of Chinese history, culture and society.
- HUMA 5580Theories and Methods in East Asian History[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 558Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionExamination of the nature of history as a discipline. Introduction to the major theories and methods in historical studies today.
- HUMA 5590Southwest China and Southeast Asia[3-0-0:3]Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course explores new ways of understanding the history of Southwest China and mainland Southeast Asia (SEA), 8th–19th centuries. In the past, Southwest China, particularly Yunnan, has been conceptualised as an area both remote from the Chinese political centre and isolated from the outside world, but an analysis of historical data concerning the formation of kingdoms and polities, trade routes, and the movement of people offers a different interpretation. It demonstrates that far from being isolated, the two areas overlap, and in reality are bonded by political, cultural and ethnic ties. Analysis of historical data provides a vibrant perspective for understanding Southwest China, not as an area at the margins of Chinese and SEA history, but as a vital link in a chain that connects SEA with the worlds of China and Tibet. Emphasis on interconnection highlights a fundamental relationship between both regions, and offers students a framework for understanding the increased presence of China in mainland SEA in recent years.
- HUMA 5620Chinese Painting: Meanings and Uses[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 562Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course will examine Chinese painting from the Song through the Qing dynasties by categories based on function and meaning, trying to understand how, within each category, the forms of the painting carry a variety of private or public meanings and enable it to perform its symbolic, discursive, social or political functions.
- HUMA 5625Painting and Modernity in China: Qing and After[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6002FMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course examines the manifestations and expressions of modernity, both as artistic subjectivity and socioeconomic condition, in Chinese painting. Issues such as tradition and innovation, artistic autonomy and commercialization, reform and western influence, etc., will be discussed by looking at painters and their artistic productions from the late Qing to the post-Mao era.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe the development of Chinese painting in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 2.Identify major issues in Chinese painting’s search for modernity.
- 3.Identify and use methodologies adopted in researches on Chinese painting.
- 4.Critique and discuss readings from secondary and primary sources.
- 5.Conduct independent research and write a research paper.
- HUMA 5650Narratives on Law in China from AD1000[3-0-0:3]Exclusion(s)MGCS 5005Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course explores the prospect of the rule of law in Chinese cultural context by critically examining various narratives on Chinese legal tradition of the last millennium and its modern transformation from the beginning of the last century. Main themes may include jurisprudential ideas and values, constitutional order, legal institutions, criminal justice system, civil and commercial laws, legal profession and education, customary law and mediation, and the interplay among politics, society and economy in the legal context. Discussions will involve not only deep reading of legal documents, textual analysis and historical analysis but also legal theories and categories. This course is a reflective theoretical discourse rather than a factual and descriptive account of Chinese legal history.
- HUMA 5655Contracts and Order in Chinese Local Society, 600-1911 AD[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6002RReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course explores the role played by contracts and agreements in maintaining order in local society in pre-modern China, with an emphasis on demonstrating their value as sources for historical analysis. Main themes include use of contracts in daily life, categorization of contracts, functions of oral agreements and written contracts, settlement of disputes by customary law and civil litigation, power of local elites and the hierarchical background supporting contractual relations. Contracts and documents concern multi-ethnic areas in Southwest China, and students must possess the ability to read them in the original. Discussions will include not only deep reading of contracts, textual and historical analysis, but also their role as instruments of social control. This course is designed to guide students in creatively using contracts as sources for social history and is not a mere factual and descriptive account of Chinese contracts.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Analyze contractual relations in pre-modern China.
- 2.Recognize the complexity of factors behind the maintenance of social order in Pre-Modern Chinese local society.
- 3.Apply written contracts and agreements to the study of pre-modern Chinese social history.
- 4.Create arguments based on contracts and social agreements.
- 5.Evaluate research concerning contracts and local society in pre-modern China.
- HUMA 5660City and Urban Life in Late-Imperial and Modern China[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 566Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThe complexity of urban realities in the Chinese city will be revealed through examining the general perceptions and attitudes toward it, and studying its certain features of everyday existence.
- HUMA 5685Peasants and the Chinese Communist Party[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6002PReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course examines the historical origins and evolution of the complex relations between Chinese peasants and the Chinese Communist Party in the 20th century. It explores some of the most important events, persistent issues, and recurring themes through the Communist revolution and post-revolution. It also introduces students to major competing interpretations by Chinese and western scholars.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Analyze the origin and process of the Chinese Communist revolution and the complex relations between peasants and the CCP.
- 2.Identify underlying dynamics, enduring patterns, and persistent issues of this relations.
- 3.Critically evaluate competing historical interpretations.
- 4.Apply analytical skills in writing.
- 5.Demonstrate oral presentation skills .
- HUMA 5690Major Issues in the History of U.S.-China Relations[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 602HReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course examines the historical origins and evolution of the complex relations between China and the United States from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. It explores some of the most important events and persistent issues in political, military, economic, and cultural relations between the two countries. It also introduces students to major competing interpretations by American and Chinese scholars.
- HUMA 5695Fascism[3-0-0:3]Exclusion(s)HUMA 602NDescriptionThis course aims to provide students with an introduction to the comparative study of twentieth-century dictatorships. Course readings will focus on Italian Fascism and National Socialism, but the overarching theoretical perspectives will be relevant to students of non-European dictatorships as well.
- HUMA 5696The Culture of Capitalism[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 6002I, HUMA 602IDescriptionThis course surveys classic works of European social thought on the nature of capitalism and its relationship with culture, where culture is understood in both aesthetic and anthropological senses. What is capitalism? What kind of culture – attitudes, human relationships, and values – does it promote or presuppose? What impact has it made on cultural artifacts such as literature, art, philosophy, and social thought? These are some of the primary questions we shall consider. No previous background in European history or social thought is required.
- HUMA 5700Anthropological Studies of China[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 5540, HUMA 554Exclusion(s)HMMA 5006, MGCS 5031Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionAnthropological consideration of Chinese culture and society. Special topics in Chinese anthropological studies, such as kinship, ethnicity, religion, and regional system.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify basic terms, concepts and theories in cultural anthropology about Chinese cultures and societies in ethnographic writings.
- 2.Write critical essays on the development of particular topics in anthropological studies of Chinese societies.
- 3.Develop appreciation and respect of fieldwork research, cultural diversity and identify the importance of cultural awareness for social interaction in contemporary daily life.
- HUMA 5750Family and Lineage in South China[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 575Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionStudies 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 5755Ethnicity in Chinese Context[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 602GDescriptionThis course explores the issue of ethnicity in China in the context of a nation-state. Issues of nationalism, ethnic identities, and ethnic diversity will be examined from anthropological perspectives.
- HUMA 5770Field Research: Theory and Practice[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 5550, HUMA 555Exclusion(s)MGCS 5031DescriptionTheories, methods, and techniques in ethnographic field research are explored. Students conduct individual and group research projects.
- HUMA 5780Critical Approaches to Theories of Cultural Anthropology[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 578DescriptionWe will explore various approaches in the recent literature on the relationship between anthropological knowledge and the politico-economic circumstances in which it has been produced since the late nineteenth century.
- HUMA 5800Fundamentals of Chinese Philosophy[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 580Exclusion(s)HMMA 5007Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course is designed to guide students to in-depth researches into important issues in Chinese philosophy. The subject matter of the course may vary from one year to another depending on the particular interests of the instructors.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Analyze Chinese philosophy, discovering how Chinese philosophers make sense of the universe in which they live, how they position themselves both as individuals and as members of the society, and what ideals are they committed to, on both personal and societal levels.
- 2.Investigate into both the primary and secondary sources fundamental to the study of Chinese philosophy.
- 3.Present their points of view and comment on those of others in front of an audience.
- 4.Think critically when conducting their research on the subjects they choose and write professionally when delivering their findings.
- 5.Evaluate and apply the philosophies they have learnt to reflect upon their own lives and behavior.
- HUMA 5810Confucianism: Classical Period[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 581Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionPhilosophies of Confucius, Mencius and Hsiin Tzu. The major Confucian concepts that have significant impact on the formation of the Chinese minds.
- HUMA 5820Confucianism: Song and Ming Periods[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 582Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA course on the Song and Ming Neo-Confucianism as a revivalist movement. Close reading and exploration of a selected number of texts.
- HUMA 5830Confucianism: Contemporary Period[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 583Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionA critical study of Contemporary Neo-Confucianism. Topics such as 'intellectual intuition', 'transcendent immanence', 'ineffability', and 'the new kingliness without' will be explored.
- HUMA 5840Chinese Buddhism[0-3-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 584Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course provides a critical survey of the basic problems and ideas of various schools of Chinese Buddhism based on an analytical study of their writings. It includes an exposition of the characteristics of Chinese Buddhism through a comparative study with Indian Buddhism.
- HUMA 5844Reading Chan Buddhism[3-0-0:3]Medium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course will closely read selection from four scriptures in the history of the Chan (also known as Zen) Buddhism. Through close analyses of the Bodhidharma Sutra, the Lankavatara Sutra, the Vajracchedika-prajna-paramita Sutra, and the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, students will be introduced to major issues in the philosophy of Chan Buddhism, and the interactions between Chan Buddhism and Taoism will also be examined. Textual readings will be paired with current scholarship on issues including the origins and Taoist influences, the meaning of Buddha-nature, the methods of Koan, and the practices of meditation.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Describe the historical development of Chan Buddhism.
- 2.Critically analyze the theories and debates about Chan Buddhism.
- 3.Present an extended analysis in essay form using appropriate literature on a chosen topic.
- HUMA 5850Taoism[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 585, HUMA 603CMedium of Instruction[PU] PutonghuaReading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course introduces the students to the Taoist tradition through guiding them to the major Taoist texts, their representative commentaries, and the important scholarly works in the field.
- HUMA 5900Fundamentals of Comparative Philosophy[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 590Reading Material[C] Require Chinese readingDescriptionThis course invites students to such comparative philosophical themes as Transcendent and Immanent, Fate and Free Will, Death and Rebirth, Faith and Reason, Spirituality and Morality, and Logic and Language.
- HUMA 5910Philosophy of Religion: East and West[3-0-0:3]DescriptionIn this course, we will explore classic questions in the philosophy of religion from a comparative and intercultural perspective. We will examine topics such as the scope and limits of religious experience and argumentation, the relationship between ethics and religion, the existence and nature of God and the soul, the problem of evil and suffering, and conceptions of salvation and existence of after death. This course will involve a comparative and intercultural approach to Eurasian traditions, drawing on atheistic, Buddhist, Christian, Confucian, Daoist, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish philosophical sources.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Critically, comparatively, and interculturally analyze the forms of religious experience, interpretation, and argumentation presented in the course readings.
- 2.Explain the role and significance of religion in human life from diverse perspectives.
- 3.Develop a well-informed account of questions in the philosophy of religion.
- HUMA 6000-6003Special Topics[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 600-603DescriptionCoherent collection of topics selected from the humanities. The course may be repeated for credit if the topics studied are different. (Some of the Special Topic courses may require students to read materials in Chinese. Students who have difficulty reading materials in Chinese should consult the instructor concerned prior to enrolling in these courses.)
- HUMA 6100Independent Study[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)HUMA 610DescriptionIndependent study on a particular subject under the supervision of a faculty member; requires readings, tutorial discussions, and submission of one or more research papers; may be repeated for credit if different topics are studied. Regular students are required to enroll in a 3-credit course. Enrollment in a course below 3 credits requires the Division's approval.
- HUMA 6200Research Project in Humanities[0-3-0:3]Corequisite(s)HUMA 6300DescriptionThis course provides a systematic skill-based training in the production of publishable research output and an independent research project on chosen topic conducted under the supervision of the student's academic supervisor. The student is required to produce a substantial research paper at the end of semester, make an oral presentation at the Division's PG Seminar, and submit it to a journal in due course. Mandatory for PhD students in Humanities.
- HUMA 6300Postgraduate Seminar[0-1-0:1]DescriptionStudents are required to register in HUMA 6300 Postgraduate Seminar for two regular terms. Students are expected to attend public lectures/seminars organized in each regular term and then present a research paper and serve as discussant in a one-day symposium to be held in the second term. Graded PP, P or F.
- HUMA 6990MPhil Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)HUMA 699DescriptionMaster's thesis research supervised by a faculty member. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned.
- HUMA 7990Doctoral Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)HUMA 799DescriptionOriginal and independent doctoral thesis research. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned.