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| ATTRIBUTES | Common Core: Foundations (HMW) |
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| DESCRIPTION | This course will help students adapt to university life through advising, sharing and discussion, and applying the science of well-being to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. It also aims to foster their self-understanding and confidence as young adults who can fully enjoy their university education and career thereafter. The course has 3 components: Lectures/Seminars, Self-Directed Experience, and Advising/Community Meetings. Lectures and Seminars will orientate students to their respective f personal enrichment. In Advising and Community Meetings, students will bring knowledge and skills together through reflection and discussion with peers and Hub/Thrust advisors. Topics such as learning and time management skills, purpose of university personal enrichment. In Advising and Community Meetings, students will bring knowledge and skills together through reflection and discussion with peers and Hub/Thrust advisors. Topics such as learning and time management skills, purpose of university education, and planning for personal and professional development will be covered. Graded P, F or PP. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
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| L05 (6716) | 23-JAN-2026 - 31-JAN-2026 Mo 04:30PM - 05:50PM | TBA | FANG, Bo LYU, Dongye | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 | The class is delivered in Lecture Hall A in Week 1. |
| 01-FEB-2026 - 11-MAY-2026 Mo 04:30PM - 05:50PM | Rm 102, E4 | FANG, Bo LYU, Dongye |
| ATTRIBUTES | Common Core: Broadening (Humanities) |
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| DESCRIPTION | Intercultural communication is an applied interdisciplinary course that covers a wide range of subjects including anthropology, sociology, linguistics, psychology, culture and folklore. Contents include the significance of intercultural communication in today’s world of globalization, the basic gateways to effective intercultural communication, how cultures differ, the complexities of cross culture communication, how culture influences communication, how different media are contributing to intercultural communication, the challenges in communicating in intercultural relationships and how to cope with intercultural interpersonal relationships, different intercultural conflicts and how to cope with and manage cultural conflicts, the problems in intercultural communication brought by ethnocentrism, the correlation of cultural consciousness and identity, different forms and means of nonverbal communication, effective ways to resolve barriers in intercultural communication and cultural conflicts, and intercultural communication skills in multi-cultural environments. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
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| L01 (6504) | Tu 06:00PM - 08:50PM | Rm 223, W1 | BRENNAN, SHANE LYU, Dongye | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| ATTRIBUTES | Comon Core: Broadening (Social Analysis) |
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| DESCRIPTION | An introductory course blending case studies, practice, and theory to engage students in exploring modern sports through a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials, and enrichment activities. The course “Sports and society” is part of the core fundamentals of the Pillar of General Education at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). The main goal with this course is to teach the students the sport from a sociological perspective, to understand the complex, interconnected relationship between sports and society. Gender, race, social class, health, media, politics and economy will be the primary topics from which to understand sport as a social institution. |
| Section | Date & Time | Room | Instructor | Quota | Enrol | Avail | Wait | Remarks |
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| L01 (6543) | We 09:00AM - 10:50AM | Rm 202, W4 | LYU, Dongye | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| T01 (6544) | We 11:00AM - 11:50AM | Rm 202, W4 | LYU, Dongye | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |