Zhejiang University students attending HKU Summer Programme
July 11 – August 8, 2009
I. Courses to be undertaken
July 13 – 24, 2009
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
English Enhancement through Fine Art Appreciation
ECEN 1002(3 credits)
OBJECTIVESAND COURSE STRUCTURE
The Course will help students enhance their written and spoken English, Fine Arts appreciation and their university studying skills in a creative, visually-rich and unique way. This will be done by reacting to, describing, interpreting and analyzing Fine Arts imagery. Students will be given the opportunity to present their favourite artists/ imagery to the class. A visit to an art gallery in Hong Kong will be arranged, and a participating artist will be invited as a guest speaker. Course material will be based on authentic audio, visual, and online resources.
* Please note that this course is subject to approval by the Faculty of Arts
ASSESSMENT
Continuous Assessment (To be confirmed)
July 13 – 24, 2009
Monday – Friday, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Option 1
Hong Kong Culture: Representations of Identity in Literature and Film
CLIT 2065 (6 credits)
OBJECTIVESAND COURSE STRUCTURE
This course aims primarily to examine the transformation of identity in HongKong through the analysis of the tropes of crisis, home, and “border-crossing” in contemporary Hong Kong literary and filmic texts. Weshall explore how various crucial moments of transition in Hong Kong historyhave produced identity crises in the people of Hong Kong. Some of theseintriguing moments include the communist takeover in 1949, the 1997 handover,as well as more recently the SARS outbreak and the urban redevelopmentsdebates. We will discuss critically the relation between nation and home, selfand other, the individual and the collective, memory and forgetting to critiquethe cultural problems bound up in a space of flows called “Hong Kong.”
ASSESSMENT
Continuous Assessment100%
(Short written responses, individual and group presentations, participation, and a term essay included)
Option 2
Creative industries in East Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan)
JAPN 2050 (6 credits)
OBJECTIVESAND COURSE STRUCTURE
Previous media or cultural studies research have paid much attention to the consumption of cultural and media texts. This course, however, calls for returning to production, focusing on the creative industries in East Asia includingHong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The theoretical rationale for this course is that while it is important to examine the inter-relation between production, circulation, consumption, regulation and representation when we study the meaning of a cultural text, production remains a primary and vital moment in creating the meaning of a cultural text. Another major rationale for this course is that while there are studies on the creative industries outside East Asia, we can only find a few researches on the production of media and cultural texts within the region. Given the fact that the media and cultural texts in East Asia such as Japanese comics, animation and pornography, Korean and Hong Kong movies, and Taiwanese performing arts have spread the given tremendous impact globally, students should equip themselves with the knowledge on the production of all these texts.
ASSESSMENT
Coursework100%
July 27 – August 7, 2009
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
English for Mainland Exchange Students
ECEN 1001 (3 credits)
OBJECTIVESAND COURSE STRUCTURE
This course aims to develop students' business communication skills. Areas covered include telephoning skills and writing business correspondence such as email, business letters and reports. Communication skills in the areas of business meetings and cross cultural communication will also be developed.
ASSESSMENT
Coursework100%
II. Visits and Events
Please refer to the attached Excel table (filename: Course&event Calendar_TENTATIVE) for proposed visits and events. Visits and events will be organised on weekday afternoons and/or evenings and on Saturdays. No visits are organised in the first two weeks because the study load of 6-credit course is heavy and students are expected to work on their assignments which are essential for their successful completion of the course. Updated schedule of visits and events will be provided nearer the time.
III. Costs
The package cost specially provided to ZhejiangUniversity students is HK$17,780 per person (on the understanding of a minimum of 50 students participating).
Breakdown of costs is as follows:
Item / Details / Fee/CostTuition fee / HK$1,420 per credit x 9 credits
(for three 3-credit courses) / HK$12,780
Accommodation in HKU hall of residence / HK$100 per night per person x 28 nights
(2 persons in one room)
*special rate for ZJU students (original rate is HK$120 per night per person) / HK$2,800
Visits, events and miscellaneous / Include local transportation for events/visits (and meal for some visits); visa application and otheradministrative support etc.
(Please refer to ‘calendar’ for proposed events/visits. Will provide an updated schedule of event/visit with details by June 2009) / HK$2,200
TOTAL / HK$17,780
Updated on April 1, 2009