Minor Programme in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programmes, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Course | 3 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| 15 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Course | 3 units |
| One of the following courses: | ||
| RELI1005 Quest for Truth and Meaning | 3 units | |
| RELI2006 Introduction to Christianity an Civilizations | 3 units | |
| RELI2007 Problems of Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI2015 Approaches to the Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2027 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2035 Introduction to Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI2036 Social Scientific Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 12 units |
| Students are required to take four of the following courses. At least one course has to be chosen from each of the three groups from Groups 2 to 5. The fourth course can be chosen from Groups 1 to 5. At least one of the courses must be at the upper level (Level 3 or 4). | ||
| Group 1: Foundational Course | ||
| RELI1005 Quest for Truth and Meaning | 3 units | |
| RELI2006 Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations | 3 units | |
| RELI2007 Problems of Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI2015 Approaches to the Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2027 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2035 Introduction to Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI2036 Social Scientific Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| Group 2: Philosophical Studies | ||
| RELI3006 Major Streams in Chinese Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3007 Philosophy, Meaning and Knowledge | 3 units | |
| RELI3027 Existentialism and Nihilism | 3 units | |
| RELI3056 Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness, and Personal Identity | 3 units | |
| RELI3065 History of Modern Western Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3087 Metaphysics: Quest for Reality | 3 units | |
| RELI3095 Logic and Philosophy of Logic | 3 units | |
| RELI3096 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI4005 Philosophy of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI4016 Selected Topics/Readings in Philosophical Studies | 3 units | |
| RELI4047 Mind in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI4076 Great Plays and Philosophy | 3 units | |
| Group 3: Christian Studies and Comparative Religion | ||
| RELI3005 Daoist Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3017 A Survey of Jewish and Christian Scriptures | 3 units | |
| RELI3026 Christianity, Humanism and the Contemporary World | 3 units | |
| RELI3037 Christian Spirituality | 3 units | |
| RELI3047 Islam | 3 units | |
| RELI3127 History of Christian Thought | 3 units | |
| RELI3135 Buddhism | 3 units | |
| RELI3136 Religious Rituals and Practices in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| RELI3137 Confucianism | 3 units | |
| RELI4025 Christianity and Chinese Culture | 3 units | |
| RELI4027 Selected Topics/Readings in Christian Studies or Comparative Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI4035 Comparative Religious Themes | 3 units | |
| Group 4: Interdisciplinary Study of Religion | ||
| RELI3075 Religion and Animal | 3 units | |
| RELI3077 Religion and Social Movements | 3 units | |
| RELI3086 Religion, Violence and Peace | 3 units | |
| RELI3097 Psychology and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3105 Anthropology and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3106 Religion and Modern Chinese Societies | 3 units | |
| RELI4015 Mysticism and Religious Experience | 3 units | |
| RELI4036 Religion and Ideology | 3 units | |
| RELI4037 Sociology of Religion and Modern Society | 3 units | |
| RELI4046 Selected Topics/Readings in Religious Studies | 3 units | |
| RELI4065 Dialogue between Religion and Modern Science | 3 units | |
| Group 5: Ethics and Society | ||
| RELI3016 Philosophy, Morality and Society | 3 units | |
| RELI3045 Contemporary Ethical Problems: Hong Kong and Beyond | 3 units | |
| RELI3107 Chinese Moral and Political Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3115 Theological Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI3116 Islamic Values and Contemporary Society | 3 units | |
| RELI3117 Service Leadership and Meaning of Life and Death | 3 units | |
| RELI3125 Social Justice, Liberalisam and Economic Equality | 3 units | |
| RELI3126 Theology, Liberalism and Sex in Chinese Societies | 3 units | |
| RELI4066 Ethics of Human Rights: Theories and Controversies | 3 units | |
| RELI4067 Environmental Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI4075 Selected Topics/Readings in Ethics | 3 units | |
| 15 units | ||
