Postgraduate Courses
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Language
- LANG 5000Foundation in Listening & Speaking for Postgraduate Students[0-3-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)LANG 500DescriptionFor students whose level of spoken English is lower than ELPA Level 4 (Speaking) when they enter the University. The course addresses the immediate linguistic needs of research postgraduate students for oral communication on campus using English. To complete the course, students are required to attain at least ELPA Level 4 (Speaking). Graded P or F.
- LANG 5001Postgraduate English for Engineering Research Studies[0-3-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)LANG 501Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis course aims to help research students in engineering communicate their research effectively. It highlights the characteristics of academic discourse, and provides training in the production of research-type documents, including abstracts, journal papers and theses. The course also gives extensive practice in the presentation and seminar skills necessary for academic study. Students who fail to fulfill the spoken English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2009/10 and onwards). Graded P or F.
- LANG 5002Postgraduate English for Business and Social Science Studies[0-3-0:1]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis course is intended to provide RPG students of SBM and SOSC with essential training in academic writing, speaking and critical reading relevant to the study of a research postgraduate degree. Students who fail to fulfill the Spoken English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2009/10 and onwards). Graded P or F.
- LANG 5010Postgraduate English for Science Studies[0-3-0:1]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis course is intended to provide RPG students of SSCI with essential training in academic writing, with a focus on the language used in a number of science contexts. The course is compulsory for all RPG students of SSCI (for students admitted in 2012/13 and onwards). Students who fail to fulfill the English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2009/10 and onwards). Graded P or F.
- LANG 5030English Communication for Postgraduate Engineering Studies[0-3-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)LANG 504DescriptionThis is an English for Academic Purposes course specially designed to assist postgraduate students in addressing linguistic challenges while pursuing a MSc in Engineering. It aims to enhance students’ academic presentation, discussion and writing skills. Students will also learn how to make use of existing electronic resources and various English dictionaries for effective and life-long learning. Graded P or F.
- LANG 5031English Communication Skills for Job-Seeking[0-3-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)LANG 509DescriptionThis course aims to help MSc students in Engineering to develop language and communication skills needed for successful job applications. Through a series of interactive activities, students will enhance their ability to perform credibly during the various stages of a job-seeking process, including the preparation of application letters and resumes and participation in job interviews. Graded P or F.
- LANG 5032Communication for Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship[0-3-0:3]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis course is designed for students in the Technology Leadership & Entrepreneurship program for the purpose of developing specific entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial communication skills. Students will learn to adjust their message to a variety of corporate stakeholders, namely, to technically savvy audiences, investors, and the general public. Students who fail to fulfill the spoken English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Conduct audience analysis and practice message targeting for presentations.
- 2.Use general informative and technical Informative presentation skills.
- 3.Make appropriate use of supporting visual material in oral presentations.
- 4.Exhibit skills in referring to empirical data in oral presentations.
- 5.Apply persuasive speaking in communication.
- 6.Develop awareness of cultural differences.
- LANG 5070Advanced Critical Writing for Academic Purposes[0-3-0:3]Exclusion(s)LANG 5070H (prior to 2017-18)DescriptionFor students of the MSc in Global China Studies. The course aims to develop students' ability to produce written texts of a range of genres, appropriate to the academic context, and demonstrating adequate control of syntax, lexis and style.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Write a range of academic texts demonstrating appropriate control of syntaz.
- 2.Recognize and produce the essential features of different written genres, including critical reviews, summaries and abstracts.
- 3.Distinguish clearly between facts and opinions and extract salient points in written texts.
- 4.Develop written arguments with reference to different sources.
- 5.Demonstrate critical awareness of accuracy in written English, including texts written by peers.
- LANG 5071Postgraduate English for the Humanities[0-3-0:1]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis course explores rhetorical, academic and stylistic conventions common in humanities disciplines, so that RPG humanities students can effectively communicate their research to academic audiences in spoken and written formats. The course is compulsory for all RPG students of HUMA. Students who fail to fulfill the English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2013/14 and onwards). Graded P or F.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Understand rhetorical, academic and stylistic conventions of spoken and written humanities texts.
- 2.Understand how persuasive argument is the core feature and organizing principle of humanities research texts.
- 3.Communicate their own research persuasively to academic audiences by applying this learning.
- LANG 5072English Academic Writing on Chinese Culture[0-3-0:3]DescriptionThe course is intended to provide students with essential training in academic writing, with a focus on the language used in the context of Chinese culture. This is a compulsory foundation course for all students in the MA program in Chinese Culture.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify the common genres of academic writing, including abstract, literature review, argument essay and research article.
- 2.Identify the common referencing format and referencing skills, including quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing.
- 3.Describe how academic texts are structured and how various devices are used for improving the coherence and cohesion of academic writing.
- 4.Recognize how hedging and qualifying language strengthens and weakens arguments and common fallacies in academic writing.
- 5.Explain the importance of identifying purposes and audience before writing, which affects the writing style and tone.
- 6.Distinguish specific language and vocabulary for academic writing.
- LANG 5080English Seminar and Presentation Skills[0-3-0:3]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis one-term course aims at enhancing the spoken English of research postgraduate students in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. The course focuses on developing appropriate English skills for participation in academic seminars and giving effective presentations of the students' own research. Students who fail to fulfill the spoken English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2009/10 and onward).
- LANG 5081Research Writing Skills[0-3-0:3]Corequisite(s)LANG 5000DescriptionThis one-semester course aims at enhancing the research writing skills of the research postgraduates in Environmental Science, Policy and Management to help them meet the specific demands of their academic work. It particularly focuses on developing students' abilities in writing a wide spectrum of research genres, including proposal abstracts, papers and theses. Students who fail to fulfill the spoken English language requirement of the University are advised to take LANG 5000 before enrolling for this course (for students admitted in 2009/10 and onward).
- LANG 5101Basic Chinese for International Management[0-6-0:3]DescriptionThis is a course restricted to students in the MSc in International Management program with no previous knowledge of Chinese. It aims to offer them a foundation in language so that they can communicate effectively and appropriately in spoken Putonghua and written Chinese in undemanding contexts. Basic mastery of the Chinese phonological and syntactic systems by students is also expected.
- LANG 5330Basic Spanish for International Management[0-6-0:3]DescriptionThis is a course restricted to students in the MSc in International Management program with no previous knowledge of Spanish. It aims to offer them a foundation in the language so that they can communicate appropriately in Spanish on a variety of relevant topics, and integrate more comfortably into a study environment in which knowledge of a European language other than English is assumed.