Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Global and China Studies (FM)
The structure of the First Major (FM) is as follows:
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 24 units |
| II. | First Major Elective Courses | 21 units |
| III. | Honours Project | 3 units |
| 48 units |
Requirements
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 24 units |
| GCST1005 Approaches in Global Studies | 3 units | |
| GSIS2005 Statistics for the Social Sciences | 3 units | |
| GCST2006 A Political Economy of Global China | 3 units | |
| GCST2016 Sustainable China: Environment and Development Issues | 3 units | |
| GCST2017 Summer Sojourn I | 3 units | |
| GCST3007 Research and Professional Writing | 3 units | |
| GCST4005 Alternative Globalisations | 3 units | |
| Qualitative Social Science Methods (choose one from the following courses) | ||
| Either | ||
| GEOG3036 Writing Spatial Stories through Qualitative Research | 3 units | |
| or | ||
| HIST3405 Historical Theory and Practice | 3 units | |
| or | ||
| SOCI2005 Qualitative Methods of Social Research | 3 units | |
| II. | First Major Elective Courses | 21 units |
| To fulfill the required 21-unit higher-level courses in the FM, students are required to take 12 units of level 3 or above GCS major courses. | ||
| ECON1007 Basic Economic Principles | 3 units | |
| ECON2015 Hong Kong Economy | 3 units | |
| ECON3006 Asia-Pacific Economies | 3 units | |
| ECON3017 International Trade and Finance | 3 units | |
| ECON3025 Money and Banking | 3 units | |
| ECON3026 Chinese Economic Developments | 3 units | |
| ECON3046 Economic Development | 3 units | |
| ECON3087 Understanding the Digital Economy | 3 units | |
| ECON3095 Urban and Regional Economic Development in China | 3 units | |
| ECON4005 China's Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | 3 units | |
| ECON4007 Money and Finance in China | 3 units | |
| ECON4017 Innovation and Entrepreneurial Economy: China and Global Development | 3 units | |
| ECON4026 Smart Cities: China and Global Development | 3 units | |
| ECON4027 Financial Markets and Corporate Governance in China | 3 units | |
| ECON4035 Economics of Digital Currencies | 3 units | |
| EURO2007 The Political Economy of the European Union | 3 units | |
| EURO4005 Current Issues of European Integration | 3 units | |
| GCST2005 China and the Contemporary Global Order | 3 units | |
| GCST2007 China’s Foreign Relations in a Global Context: Key Concepts and Major Issue | 3 units | |
| GCST2015 Cultural Heritage and Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| GCST2025 Global China Work Placement | 3 units | |
| GCST3005 Summer Sojourn II | 3 units | |
| GCST3006 Undergraduate Research Fellowship | 3 units | |
| GEOG2005 Cultures, Peoples and Landscapes | 3 units | |
| GCST2015 Cultural Heritage and Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| GCST2025 Global China Work Placement | 3 units | |
| GCST3005 Summer Sojourn II | 3 units | |
| GCST3006 Undergraduate Research Fellowship | 3 units | |
| GEOG2005 Cultures, Peoples and Landscapes | 3 units | |
| GEOG2017 Globalization of Economic Activities | 3 units | |
| GEOG2025 Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: A Survey | 3 units | |
| GEOG3006 Regional Geography of China | 3 units | |
| GEOG3007 Energy Problems and the Environment | 3 units | |
| GEOG3015 Geography of Health and the Environment | 3 units | |
| GEOG3016 Geography of Pacific Asia | 3 units | |
| GEOG3017 Global Environmental Issues and Sustainability | 3 units | |
| GEOG3025 Population Geography | 3 units | |
| GEOG3027 Urban Geography | 3 units | |
| GEOG3037 Environmental Health and Policy | 3 units | |
| GEOG4016 Sustainable Energy and Technological Innovation in China | 3 units | |
| GEOG4026 Geography of Economic Development | 3 units | |
| GEOG4035 Geography of Transportation | 3 units | |
| GEOG4036 Political Geography | 3 units | |
| GEOG4047 Resource and Environmental Management in China | 3 units | |
| GEOG4055 Rural and Agricultural Development in China | 3 units | |
| GEOG4056 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Human Geography) | 3 units | |
| GEOG4057 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical and Environmental Geography) | 3 units | |
| GEOG4065 Energy Policy and Analysis | 3 units | |
| GEOG4076 Urban Cultural Landscape | 3 units | |
| GEOG4085 Urban Development in China | 3 units | |
| GEOG4086 Urban and Environmental Planning | 3 units | |
| GEOG4087 Natural Resources Evaluation and Policy Approaches | 3 units | |
| HIST2105 Introduction to Modern Chinese History | 3 units | |
| HIST2305 China and the West since 1500 | 3 units | |
| HIST3105 Contemporary China | 3 units | |
| HIST3116 Foreign Relations of Modern China | 3 units | |
| HIST3127 Historical Interactions of China and the World | 3 units | |
| HIST3135 The Socialist and Communist Traditions | 3 units | |
| HIST3205 Themes in Modern European History | 3 units | |
| HIST3206 History of Southeast Asia | 3 units | |
| HIST3207 History of the United States since 1877 | 3 units | |
| HIST3216 History of Japan Since 1912 | 3 units | |
| HIST3225 Europe since the First World War | 3 units | |
| HIST3226 History of Korea | 3 units | |
| HIST3227 Modern History of Singapore | 3 units | |
| HIST3305 China and Asia since 1900 | 3 units | |
| HIST3306 International Relations after 1945 | 3 units | |
| HIST3307 International Relations to 1945 | 3 units | |
| HIST3315 Modern Japan and the West | 3 units | |
| HIST3316 Colonialism and Modern Asia | 3 units | |
| HIST3317 The Chinese Diaspora | 3 units | |
| HIST3325 History of Chinese Food Culture in Global Perspective | 3 units | |
| HIST4105 History of Chinese Women since 1912 | 3 units | |
| HIST4106 Contemporary Chinese Political Thought | 3 units | |
| HIST4107 History of Taiwan | 3 units | |
| HIST4116 Intellectual Trends in Modern China | 3 units | |
| HIST4125 Revolution and Nationalism in Republican China (1912-1949) | 3 units | |
| HIST4127 Social and Economic Development of Modern China | 3 units | |
| HIST4145 Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| HIST4216 The US in the World in the Twentieth Century | 3 units | |
| HIST4217 Western Intellectual Thought | 3 units | |
| HIST4305 Sino-American Relations | 3 units | |
| HIST4306 Sino-Russian Relations | 3 units | |
| HIST4315 Introduction to Museum Studies | 3 units | |
| HIST4316 Global History of the Seas, 1400-1950 | 3 units | |
| HIST4317 Global History of Tourism | 3 units | |
| HIST4325 History of Africa since Independence | 3 units | |
| POLS2015 Government and Politics of Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| POLS2017 Foundations of International Relations | 3 units | |
| POLS3017 Government and Politics of China | 3 units | |
| POLS3237 Social and Political Developments in Contemporary China | 3 units | |
| POLS3245 China and the World | 3 units | |
| POLS4245 Topics in Comparative and Global Politics | 3 units | |
| POLS4246 Topics in European Politics | 3 units | |
| POLS4255 Comparative Regionalism and Regionalization | 3 units | |
| POLS4257 International and Global Justice | 3 units | |
| SOCI2016 Modern Chinese Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI2017 Popular Culture and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI2025 Population and Social Issues | 3 units | |
| SOCI2027 Social Problems | 3 units | |
| SOCI2035 Social Inequalities | 3 units | |
| SOCI2036 Sociology of Marriage and the Family | 3 units | |
| SOCI2037 Unity and Diversity: The Making of Chinese Culture and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI2045 Urban Sociology | 3 units | |
| SOCI2047 Hong Kong Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3007 Global Social Transformations | 3 units | |
| SOCI3016 Political Sociology | 3 units | |
| SOCI3017 Health and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3025 The Internet and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3026 Work and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3027 Careers and Life Courses | 3 units | |
| SOCI3035 Sex, Gender and Society | 3 units | |
| SOCI3037 Children, Youth and Aging | 3 units | |
| SOCI3045 China and Tourism | 3 units | |
| SOCI3046 Global Capitalisms | 3 units | |
| SOCI3047 Sociology of Consumption | 3 units | |
| SOCI3055 Population and Social Developments in Asia | 3 units | |
| SOCI3056 Community Engagement for Social Sustainability | 3 units | |
| SOCI4006 Chinese Family and Kinship | 3 units | |
| SOCI4015 East Asia: Economic Miracles and Social Change | 3 units | |
| SOCI4046 Social Networks | 3 units | |
| SOCI4055 Gender in Contemporary China | 3 units | |
| SOCI4057 Social Classes under Modern Economic Reform | 3 units | |
| SOCI4065 Chinese Entrepreneurship and Overseas Chinese in the Global Context | 3 units | |
| SOCI4066 Nationalism and Identity Politics | 3 units | |
| SOSC3005 Community and Civic Engagement | 3 units | |
| III. | Honours Project | 3 units |
| GCST4898 Honours Project | 3 units |
