spoilt for choices.

unrestricted electives.

COMMUNICATION STUDIES.
COM415 NEWS REPORTING & WRITING IN CHINESE 4.0 CS

This intermediate course offers students further chances to improve their skills in newswriting and reporting in Chinese for newspapers and news magazines. Emphasis is placed on in-depth reporting, good use of quotes and background information, and accurate interpretation of facts and figures in news stories. Students will obtain more hands-on experiences in newswriting and reporting in Chinese for print media.

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
HMJ1 JAPANESE LANGUAGE LEVEL 1 3.0 HSS
Prerequisite: No previous study of the language

This course introduces students to the Japanese language, culture and customs. It begins with the learning of the Japanese Standard Writing System, which is a combination of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Basic greetings and sentence structures are taught in a progressive manner from recognition to guided and independent reproduction. Apart from grammar explanations, the tasks incorporated in the course include exercises in listening comprehension, reading comprehension and conversational practice through role-play activities. Approximately 40 sentence patterns and 300 words/phrases are covered under this introductory syllabus. A comprehensive range of teaching aids are used to engage students in interactive learning.

HT201 TRANSLATION: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES 4.0 HSS
Prerequisite: B4 & above for O level Chin & GCE'O' lvl EL or a pass in GP

This course provides practical training in English-Chinese translation and vice versa. Students will learn the basic techniques of translation and analyse and develop translation strategies through practical exercises. They will be exposed to the linguistic, syntactic and stylistic features of texts in 3 specialised areas of translation: Mass Media, Business and Science and Technology, and explore the use of translation strategies for rendering such texts. They will work on a project in one of these areas as part of the assessment.

HT401 TRANSLATION: APPRECIATION, CRITICISM AND EVALUATION 3.0 HSS
Prerequisite: 'O' level Chinese/English B4 & above or a Pass in GP

This course introduces students to the methods and principles of appreciating and evaluating translated texts in both Chinese and English. Translation criticism is an essential link between translation theory and its practice. They will be given extensive practice in analysing translations already published, and encouraged to apply translation-critical methods to their own work.

BUSINESS.
BC214 DECISION TOOLS FOR MANAGERS 4.0 BUS

Mutually exclusive with: MB363
Not available as Core to Programme: BCG(2006)
As business problems become more complex, managers need to approach decision making within an organised framework. This course introduces students to the basic tools in using decision models to make informed management decisions. The focus of the course will be on model building and analysis. The use of computer based solution tools will be emphasized throughout the course. Students will be expected to structure business problems as decision models, solve models using the prescribed software and interpret the computer-generated solutions. Topics covered in the course include decision making under uncertainty and risk for a single decision maker; competitive decision making and negotiations; optimization techniques using linear and non-linear programming models; forecasting techniques; waiting line management; applications in business processes design and analysis and inventory control; simulation techniques for making complex management decisions. Computer spreadsheet exercises, cases, and examples drawn from accounting, marketing, finance, operations management, and other management functions will be widely used in the discussion. A group project is designed for students to apply the decision tools discussed in the course to a real life business problem.

GER-PE.

CS805 THE POWER OF MEDIA: MYTH AND REALITY 3.0 CS

Not available as UE to Programme: CS
Not available as PE to Programme: CS
Perspectives on media influence abound, yet many notions about the power of the media are either exaggerated, uninformed, or biased. This course attempts to help students understand what impact the media actually do have, using communication research as the basis for our knowledge and critical thinking skills. It reviews some of the most widely discussed pro- and anti-social media effects and evaluates the claims made. Topics include media violence, pornography, health communication, entertainment, and persuasion.


HE191 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS 3.0 ECON(HSS)

Mutually exclusive with: AB106, CE133, G133, G240, HE101, HE102, SC134, SM133
Not available as UE to Programme: ACC, BUS, CE(2000-2003), ECON
Not available as PE to Programme: ACC, BUS, CE(2000-2003), ECON
Introduction. Demand and supply. Marginal reasoning and profit maximuzation. Market structure. Externality. Introduction to Macroeconomics. Keynesian Cross Model. Money, banking and financial Institutions. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Open economy. International trade.

MB102 BUSINESS FINANCE 3.0 BUS

Mutually exclusive with: AB102, AB902
Not available as UE to Programme: ACBS, ACC, BCG, BUS, MS(MSB)
Not available as PE to Programme: ACBS, ACC, BCG, BUS, MS(MSB)
The objective of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of all the important financial principles, concepts and analytical tools. This is a first course in finance and it is essential for students to have a good understanding of the various financial aspects of a corporation. Topics include the understanding and analysis of financial statements, fundamental concepts such as the time value of money and risk and return, corporate financing choices and investment analysis, management of working capital, and financial risk management. Students need to have a good grounding in this course in order to better prepare them for other advanced courses in finance such as MB218 International Financial Management.

MB106 FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT 3.0 BUS

Mutually exclusive with: AB105
Not available as UE to Programme: ACBS, ACC, BCG, BUS, MS(MSB)
Not available as PE to Programme: ACBS, ACC, BCG, BUS, MS(MSB)
To function in an organisation, technical skills by themselves are insufficient; they have to be supplemented by management training. Success in an organisation depends as much on general management skills and understanding operational systems as on technical expertise. Hence, students need a firm foundation in management skills. This course is designed for non-business students and aims to equip them with the knowledge, skills and competence in various aspects of management, including: the role of management and managers; decision-making, planning and strategy; managing organisational architecture; managing individuals and groups; and controlling critical organisational processes.

CBC811 FORENSIC SCIENCE 3.0 CHEM(SPS)

Provides general knowledge of forensic science, the use of chemicals and chemical technology to commit and to detect criminal offences, and the modern development of crime detection. The course will cover some aspects of crime scene physical evidence, such as fingerprinting, firearms and ammunition, hair, fibres, drug identification, serology and DNA methods. This course can be studied by those without a strong scientific background.

BS801 GENES R US 3.0 BS

Not available as UE to Programme: BEEC, BIE, BMS, BS, CBE, CBEC, CHEM
Not available as PE to Programme: BIE, BMS, BS, CBE, CHEM
The study of genes and DNA is fascinating. Since the days of Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk who puttered in a monastery garden, to Watson and Crick, who figured out the structure of the DNA molecule, to Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep from an adult ewe's DNA, a tremendous number of things happened in the field of genetics in a relatively short period of time. Just check today's newspaper, and you'll probably read about a new gene that some scientist has discovered. Therefore, we need to know more about how our genes work so we can understand more about ourselves. The lecture series GenesRus introduces students to general fundamentals of genetics, the history of discoveries in this field, genetic engineering and its application in medicine. By first walking through the cell it will become clear that the biological cell is really a kind of "biochemical factory" in which the chemical reactions necessary for vital functions occur. This is followed by an introduction of classical genetics and basic information about the elements making up a chromosome and a gene. Subsequent topics include the basics of genetic engineering and its application in medicine and the production of drugs. By discussing the principles of cancer, virus- and malaria infection and its relation to genetic changes, the lecture will shine some light on these very important human diseases. Finally, the role of genetics in the emerging field of plant engineering will be discussed at an introductory level.

BS101 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY 3.0 BS

Not available as UE to Programme: BS 4, EEE 4, ENE, ENG(EEE), ENG(ENE)
Not available as PE to Programme: EEE 4, ENE, ENG(EEE), ENG(ENE)
This course gives an introduction to biology with emphasis on the relationship between the diverse life forms through the common properties of basic molecules. The lectures will cover properties of water and simple organic molecules, the origin of life, the properties of macromolecules, molecular evolution, organization of a cell, bioenergetics, the origin of species, genes and heredity, diversity of lifeforms, bacteria vs eukaryotes, unicellular vs multicellular organisms, animals vs plants, the viruses, reproduction and the origin of sex, symbiosis, food chain, the origin of death, methods of investigation, biotechnology.