Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in China Studies—Economics Concentration
China is now the second largest economy in the world. Impressive growth has been achieved since the launch of economic reform in 1979. Alongside the rapid economic growth are social, environmental and technological issues that pose challenges to the sustainability of development in China. China’s integration to the world economy and changing role in the international arena have aroused much academic and business interests. Its importance to Hong Kong can never be over-emphasised.
The Economics Concentration of the BSocSc (Hons) in China Studies aims to meet a growing need for a programme oriented towards the Chinese economy. Apart from solid knowledge about Chinese economy, students will be equipped with economic theories and analytical tools useful for formulating business strategies and assessing government policies.
Specifically, it aims
- to provide a coherent academic programme on the Chinese economy, building on a solid foundation of economic theories and analytical tools;
- to equip students with immediately employable knowledge and with potential for future career development in occupations related to the Chinese economy; and
- to develop students’ analytical ability, critical thinking capacity for career enhancement in teaching, research and postgraduate studies.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Social Sciences Common Core | 4 units |
| II) | China Studies Courses | 40 units |
| III) | Main Concentration Courses | 30 units |
| IV) | Honours Project | 6 units |
| V) | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| VI) | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| VII) | Free Electives# | 18 units |
| 129 units |
# Students may take additional Healthy Lifestyle courses and/or General Education (Level 1 or 2) courses in any categories, subject to a maximum of 6 units, to fulfil the Free Electives requirement.
Requirements
| I. | Social Sciences Common Core | 4 units |
| Core Course (1 unit) | ||
| SOSC1006 Invitation to Social Sciences | 1 unit | |
| Experiential Learning in Action (3 units) + | ||
| Either | ||
| SOSC3005 Community and Civic Engagement | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| SOSC3006 Global Outreach | 3 units | |
| I. | China Studies Courses | 40 units |
| Programme Requirements (7 units) | ||
| CHST1005 Introduction to China Studies | 1 unit | |
| CHST3005 Summer Sojourn*+ | 3 units | |
| LANG1005 Elementary Putonghua | 3 units | |
| * In terms of the Putonghua requirement, LANG1005 Elementary Putonghua (or its equivalence as defined by the University) is the prerequisite for the Summer Sojourn, and we require all China Studies majors to pass LANG1005 Elementary Putonghua in the second semester of the third year before the Summer Sojourn. In addition, China Studies majors are required to get at least a B grade in the Putonghua Course taken during the Summer Sojourn. Students who fail to meet this requirement have to pass LANG1006 Intermediate Putonghua or its equivalence as defined by the University. | ||
| Social Sciences Foundation Required Courses (12 units) | ||
| CHSE1005 Essentials of Economics | 3 units | |
| CHSG1005 Geography and the Contemporary World | 3 units | |
| CHSH1105 China in the Imperial Age | 3 units | |
| CHSS1005 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology | 3 units | |
| China Studies Foundation Required and Elective Courses (12 units) | ||
| CHSE2005 Foundations of Chinese Economy | 3 units | |
| Three of the following courses: | ||
| CHSG2025 Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: A Survey | 3 units | |
| CHSG3006 Regional Geography of China | 3 units | |
| CHSH2105 Introduction to Modern Chinese History | 3 units | |
| CHSP1005 Foundations of Political Science | 3 units | |
| CHSP3017 Government and Politics of China | 3 units | |
| CHSP3205 Chinese Legal System | 3 units | |
| CHSP3216 Ideology and Socialism in China | 3 units | |
| CHSS2016 Modern Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| Advanced China Studies Elective Courses (9 units) | ||
| Three of the following courses, two of them must be taken from the Economics Concentration: | ||
| CHSE3035 Industrial Management and Development in China | 3 units | |
| CHSE3047 Rural Economic Development in China | 3 units | |
| CHSE3055 Urban and Regional Economic Development in China | 3 units | |
| CHSE4005 China's Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | 3 units | |
| CHSE4007 Money and Finance in China | 3 units | |
| CHSE4017 Innovation and Entrepreneurial Economy: China and Global Development | 3 units | |
| CHSG4016 Sustainable Energy and Technological Innovation in China | 3 units | |
| CHSG4047 Resource and Environmental Management in China | 3 units | |
| CHSG4055 Rural and Agricultural Development in China | 3 units | |
| CHSG4056 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Human Geography) | 3 units | |
| CHSG4057 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical and Environmental Geography) | 3 units | |
| CHSG4085 Urban Development in China | 3 units | |
| CHSH3105 Contemporary China | 3 units | |
| CHSH3115 Engendering Imperial Chinese History | 3 units | |
| CHSH3305 China and Asia since 1900 | 3 units | |
| CHSH3325 History of Chinese Food Culture in Global Perspective | 3 units | |
| CHSH3406 Information Technologies and Quantitative Methods for Historical Studies | 3 units | |
| CHSH4105 History of Chinese Women since 1912 | 3 units | |
| CHSH4116 Intellectual Trends in Modern China | 3 units | |
| CHSH4117 Missionaries in Modern China | 3 units | |
| CHSH4125 Revolution and Nationalism in Republican China (1912-1949) | 3 units | |
| CHSH4126 Selected Themes in the History of Chinese Women | 3 units | |
| CHSH4127 Social and Economic Development of Modern China | 3 units | |
| CHSH4135 Topic Studies in Chinese History | 3 units | |
| CHSH4136 Childhood in Imperial China | 3 units | |
| CHSH4137 Legal History of Traditional China | 3 units | |
| CHSH4145 Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| CHSH4305 Sino-American Relations | 3 units | |
| CHSH4306 Sino-Russian Relations | 3 units | |
| CHSH4315 Introduction to Museum Studies | 3 units | |
| CHSH4327 Topic Studies in Comparative History | 3 units | |
| CHSH4405 Oral History and Its Local Applications | 3 units | |
| CHSH4407 Topic Studies in Social History | 3 units | |
| CHSP4206 China and the World | 3 units | |
| CHSS3045 China and Tourism | 3 units | |
| CHSS3046 Chinese Capitalisms | 3 units | |
| CHSS3047 Consumption in China | 3 units | |
| CHSS3055 Population and Social Developments in China | 3 units | |
| CHSS4006 Chinese Family and Kinship | 3 units | |
| CHSS4035 Selected Topics in the Sociology of China I | 3 units | |
| CHSS4036 Selected Topics in the Sociology of China II | 3 units | |
| CHSS4046 Social Networks and Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| CHSS4047 Sociological Issues in Urban and Rural Development | 3 units | |
| CHSS4055 Gender in Contemporary China | 3 units | |
| CHSS4056 States and Power: Europe and China | 3 units | |
| CHSS4057 China's Social Classes under Economic Reform | 3 units | |
| CHSS4065 Chinese Entrepreneurship and Overseas Chinese in the Global Context | 3 units | |
| CHSS4066 Chinese Nationalism and Identity Politics | 3 units | |
| II. | Main Concentration Courses | 30 units |
| Main Concentration Required Courses (15 units) | ||
| BUSI3007 Business Research Methods | 3 units | |
| ECON2015 Economies of Hong Kong and the Pan-Pearl River Delta | 3 units | |
| ECON3006 Asia-Pacific Economies | 3 units | |
| ECON3037 Microeconomics | 3 units | |
| ECON3045 Macroeconomics | 3 units | |
| Main Concentration Elective Courses (15 units) | ||
| Five of the following courses: | ||
| ECON2026 Comparative Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON2027 Transition and Emerging Economies | 3 units | |
| ECON3005 Applied Econometrics | 3 units | |
| ECON3007 Industrial Organization and Business Decision | 3 units | |
| ECON3015 Public Finance | 3 units | |
| ECON3016 International Trade | 3 units | |
| ECON3017 International Financial Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON3025 Money and Banking | 3 units | |
| ECON3027 Mathematical Analysis for Economics | 3 units | |
| ECON3036 Economics of Human Resources | 3 units | |
| ECON3046 Economic Development | 3 units | |
| ECON3066 Business Economics Internship | 3 units | |
| ECON3085 Economics of Entrepreneurship | 3 units | |
| ECON3086 Programming for Economic and Business Analysis | 3 units | |
| ECON3087 Understanding the Digital Economy | 3 units | |
| ECON4006 Economic and Business Forecasting | 3 units | |
| ECON4015 Big Data Analytics | 3 units | |
| III. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| CHSE4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| CHSE4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| IV. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| V. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| VI. | Free Electives+ | 18 units |
| + Students taking CHST3005 Summer Sojourn will fulfil the course requirement of Experiential Learning in Action under “Social Sciences Common Core”. Students have to fulfil the 3 units derived from Experiential Learning in Action by taking Free Elective course(s). Hence, students are required to take a total of 21 units of Free Elective courses. | ||
| 129 units | ||
