Cross-Offering Courses

AP7050    Filmmaking as Artistic Research 

This course invites MA and PhD students to develop their research as an open-ended investigation on emerging issues using cinematic forms as a mode of investigation and knowledge production. To research and practice in filmmaking means to collect and record, to perform and act, to narrate and understand the makings of images in this world. This course fosters research methods and practice through filmmaking with a focus on topics of environment, climate change and image-making. Consisting of a series of lectures, film viewings, and practice-based exercises, and writings this course explores the different methods of artistic research in filmmaking. Students are required to review a set of readings, which must be mastered as the foundation for understanding the major underlying principles of the subject and discussion in class. Your understanding of these basic readings will be put to the test through writing, and during lectures and group discussions. The final project will demonstrate your ability of using filmmaking for artistic research and practice to open the possibility for further investigations.

AP7055    Art in the Age of Creative Machine 

This graduate-level course introduces you to the most recent research and critical machine learning theories in creative fields such as media art, music, performance, and literature. You will review and analyse how machine learning has transformed art and culture by examining and comparing human-based and machine-based art practices and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to enhance creativity and production. The course explores the future of creativity, the artist's role, and how machine learning will transform our understanding of what it means to be creative. You will explore cultural, historical, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of creativity and develop unique concepts and artistic prototypes utilising AI's uniquely visual, narrative, and performative potential. This course develops a foundation for students interested in exploring the creative possibilities of AI technologies and how they can assist artists with their creative process for new forms of storytelling, visual arts, and performance.

AP7057    Seminar in Design & Colors

In this seminar you will analyse and discuss the historical development of two-dimensional design and colour through the lens of Western and Chinese ink paintings. You will study works from the 15th to early 20th century, a period that marks the most significant development of art concepts and technical progress of both Western and Chinese ink painting. Through this comparative analysis you will examine the parallel developments of color theory, space structures and design concepts. This course will deepen your awareness and comprehension of art and design development across these two cultural areas.

In-depth study of selected modern/contemporary authors. Selected topics such as the following may be examined: Comparative Literary Criticism on selected works; Critical Textual Analysis; Transition and Transformation from Modern to Contemporary; Impact of the Cultural Revolution; Modernity and Post-Modernity.

HC7015         East Asian Cultural Interaction: Text & Image Studies

This course introduces the contemporary scholar’s theoretical approaches of the study of text & image in the context of East Asia, such as the relationships between poems and paintings, intertextuality and comparison of the content of the texts and images. Students are required to find the interested and meaningful texts and images in the context of East Asia as the example to analyze the idea of those approaches of study of text and image which is covered in the course.

HH7888        Directed Reading in History

HH7113        Advanced Directed Reading in History

This course is designed to provide a student with a more individualized course of reading that goes beyond the existing graduate courses. In this course, students are expected to read widely in their chosen field under the guidance of their supervisor/instructor. HH9016 is intended to provide students with a more advanced reading course than HH7888. Students whose research speaks to multiple audiences within and beyond history may also explore another sub-field or a differing approach to history than they examined in HH7888. The content and requirements of each directed reading course are determined by the student in consultation with his/her supervisor/instructor. The reading list, written work, and meeting times will be negotiated between the supervisor/instructor and the student. The final detailed syllabus will be subject to the approval of the Head of Division, prior to the commencement of the course.​

HL7101         Graduate Seminar in the History of Literary Theory

HL7101 is an introduction to the main trends of critical literary theory, with an emphasis on major schools of thought in twentieth- and twenty-first century literary criticism and theory, ranging from Russian formalism to recent developments in disability studies and ecocriticism. We consider developments and interconnections between various schools of thought, including Marxism and new historicism, poststructuralism and narrative theory, feminism and queer theory, aesthetic and cognitive approaches, and so on. In this course, we specifically consider critical literary theory as a toolbox of methods and approaches that allow us to enrich our reading and interpretation of literary texts in a range of mediums and genres.​

HL7103         Graduate Seminar in Drama

This module will likely cover new ground each time it is taught, providing in-depth analysis of either individual dramatists, historical periods, sub-genres, or theoretical/ theatrical problems in drama. As such, it will focus as much on secondary materials as primary sources, specifically seeking to understand how contemporary aesthetic trends and epistemological commitments are uniquely expressed in the theatre.

HL7118         Graduate Seminar in Literature and Religion

This course explores religious themes and forms in western literature and culture from the early 20th century to the present day. Topics addressed include the sacred, ritual, mortality, religion and race, religion in the public square, and eschatology (beliefs about the end of the world). We will read religious criticism alongside fiction, poetry, drama, and film. Students will learn how to identify religious rhetoric and ideas in apparently secular texts and cultural phenomena.

HL7888         Directed Study in Literature

HY7011          Directed Reading in Philosophy

This course is designed to provide students with an individualized course of reading that goes beyond the existing graduate courses. Specific contents of the course may vary depending on student needs and instructors. In this course, students are expected to read assigned material thoroughly under the guidance of their supervisor and to develop research projects.

HY7012          Independent Study for Thesis Preparation

This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in independent research related to their proposed thesis. The content and requirements of each Independent Study module are determined by the appointed supervisor and the student, depending on their area of interests. In this course, students are expected to develop a reading list under the guidance of their supervisor, to read widely both primary and secondary material, and to write a thesis outline as preparation for the thesis.

HY7013          Independent Study on Special Topics

This course allows students to engage in in-depth study of a philosophical subject chosen by the teaching faculty member. Assessment of this course include reading reports, face-to-face discussion, and research papers.

HY7021          Directed Reading in Philosophy II

HA7301    Democratic Theory

This course will provide students with a theoretical interrogation of the concept of democracy, particularly as it relates to the issue of social division. Throughout the history of political thought, theorists from Plato to John Rawls have recognized that division is the essence of the sphere of politics: divisions continually emerge between different parts of the political community, between those who claim different titles to govern, those with differing desires and needs, those with opposing visions of the common good, and so on. With few exceptions, however, the tradition’s canonical thinkers have seen this plurality as a condition that needs to be overcome, not as one to be affirmed. In this course we will study a variety of twentieth-century political theorists who have not only recognized the fact of human difference, but who argue that the realization of democracy depends upon precisely the affirmation of this difference.  Democracy is thus essentially related to the effort to give an expression to the multiplicity of social forms of doing, being, and thinking that internally differentiate all political societies. Students will be encouraged to contrast this understanding of democracy with those contemporary ones that emphasize the values of social harmony and consensus, providing them with a ground to critically probe actually existing political institutions and orders.  

HE7003    Econometrics II

This course provides a detailed treatment of models for analyzing both cross-sectional and time series data. The course emphasizes application rather than theory; hence, the models introduced are illustrated with examples using real-life data. In general, theoretical developments are often carried to the extent that they enhance understanding of the model.

HE7105    Seminar in International Economics

CI7104         Network Analysis: Theory & Methods

This course introduces the core concepts of network theory and methods and discusses theoretical and analytic issues associated with network analysis. It consists of three major parts: the theoretical foundations of network analysis, the review of seminal and recent works on social and communication networks, and applications of network theory to real-world problems. The course focuses on (but not limited to) the following topics: homophily and community structure, tie strength and structural holes, diffusion and network effects, small-world phenomena, random graph model, large-scale empirical networks, and computational approaches to network analysis. Students will learn and use programming languages for data collection and analysis. All the programming skills necessary for the course will be taught in a step-by-step manner. Prior knowledge of linear algebra and calculus will be helpful, but is not required.