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POLS 7010
Advanced China Studies
Course Aims & Objectives:
Existing
a) To give students an understanding of
the origin and development of China
Studies from an multidisciplinary
perspective;
b) To evaluate the state of research and
substantive knowledge in the field of
contemporary China Studies;
c) To examine the works of such noted
American China-watchers (including
historians, journalists, economists,
sociologists and political scientists) as
Edgar Snow, John Fairbank, A. Doak
Barnett, Ezra Vogel, Lucian Pye,
Andrew Walder, Harry Harding and
Nicholas Lardy as well as the recent
trends in China Studies; and
d) To invite guest speakers from various
disciplines to broaden students’
understanding of China.
Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Existing
Nil
Revised
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(a) Knowledge
1. Identify different approaches to
contemporary China studies;
2. Recognize the basic structure of the
Chinese government;
3. Describe major domestic political and
social issues that confront
contemporary China; and
4. Recognize China's external relations.
(b) Skills
5. Summarize the basic theoretical
perspectives on China studies;
6. Analyze the structural and
organizational characters of the
Chinese government;
7. Explain the causes of various social
and political problems in
contemporary; and
8. Assess China's role in world politics.
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(c) Attitude
9. Appraise various factors that influence
social and political development in
contemporary China;
10. Reflect on the pattern of China's social
and economic development; and
11. Reflect on the impact of "rise of China"
on global political order.
Assessment:
Existing
Assessment
Methods
Comparative Book
Reviews
Term Paper
40%
Revised
Assessment
Methods
First Paper
60%
Second Paper
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POLS 7030
Globalization and the World Trade Organization
Course Aims & Objectives:
Existing
a) To focus on the historical origins,
development, institutions, practices
and effects of globalization, with a
particular emphasis on international
trade and the international
organizations which developed to
regulate and negotiate it;
b) To study the WTO’s historical and
development context with other
international institutions, with a
selection of case studies to highlight
particular areas of the WTO’s greatest
accomplishments or weaknesses so
that one of the key components of
modern globalization can be fully
understood in its dynamic international
context; and
c) To examine the effects of the WTO
and international trade on the national
policy-maker, such as its impact on
Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Revised
Same
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Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Existing
Nil
Revised
(a) Knowledge
1. Describe the historical origins,
development, institutions, practices
and effects of globalization; and
2. Recognize the greatest
accomplishments and weaknesses of
the WTO.
(b) Skills
3. Compare the WTO with other
international institutions in the
historical and development context;
4. Evaluate the effects of the WTO and
international trade on the national
policy-maker;
5. Research, analyze and argue the case
of a selected state and play the role as
negotiator and representative of that
state's interests in a dynamic
simulation of a WTO negotiation; and
6. Write up a state case study that briefly
conveys the primary interests and
stances of a state on a current WTO
issue.
(c) Attitude
7. Evaluate the acquired knowledge and
skills when conducting a research in
the daily reality settings;
8. Appraise various factors that influence
the development of globalization and
the WTO; and
9. Reflect on the impact of the WTO on
global political order.
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Assessment:
Existing
Assessment
Methods
Two short essays
on assigned
readings
Country Case Study
Paper
Round One/Debate
(oral, in class)
Round
Two/Negotiations
and votes
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Assessment
Methods
20%
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40%
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20%
POLS 7040
Law and Public Affairs
Course Aims & Objectives:
Existing
a) To provide advanced studies on the
legal knowledge relevant to public
affairs with an emphasis on existing
practices in Hong Kong and the
Mainland China;
b) To help students to have a
comprehensive understanding of
public affairs including public
policymaking, political economy, mass
media in politics and foreign policy;
and
c) To discuss the comparison with Hong
Kong and worldwide practices.
Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Existing
Nil
Revised
Same
Revised
(a) Knowledge
1. Explain public affairs, including public
policymaking, political economy, mass
media in politics and foreign policy;
and
2. Show familiarity with legal knowledge
relevant to public affairs.
(b) Skills
3. Compare and discuss public affairs
practices in Hong Kong and the wider
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world; and
4. Analyze and summarize the topics
discussed, including the legal systems,
constitutional and administrative law,
criminal justice and economic law.
(c) Attitude
5. Participate with confidence in tutorial
discussions.
Assessment:
Existing
Assessment
Methods
Term Paper
Examination
Weighting
Revised
Assessment
Methods
50%
50%
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Same
POLS 7050
Public Administration
Course Aims & Objectives:
Existing
Revised
a) To provide comprehensive studies on
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public administration including the
study of the public administrative
institutions, the policy-making
processes, the civil service system and
the relationship between the central
and the local government; and
b) To help students to develop
understanding of substantive policy
issues and problems of public
administration, with special references
and case studies in Hong Kong and
the Mainland China.
Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Existing
Nil
Revised
(a) Knowledge
1. Introduce Public Administration in its
historic, theoretical and comparative
development as a field of research and
as a discipline;
2. Analyze the main institutional factors
of the policy and public administration
process and the main resources and
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constraints of policy-makers and public
managers;
3. Categorize Hong Kong and Greater
China public administration in an
international and comparative
perspective; and
4. Assess methods of evaluating policy
processes and outcomes.
(b) Skills
5. Identify and conduct research of policy
issues faced by contemporary
governments such as economic
growth, social inequalities, urban
development, environmental
protection, and public health, etc. by
learning how to effectively use internet
search engines for academic and
research purposes;
6. Develop writing skills by requiring a
briefing memorandum on an
appropriate public administration topic;
and
7. Develop presentations and teamwork
(and learn practical personnel
management and coordination skills)
by requiring class presentations,
graded jointly by class members and
by the instructor on the briefing topic.
(c) Attitude
8. Evaluate the acquired knowledge and
skills when conducting a research in
the daily reality settings; and
9. Appraise various factors that influence
public administration.
Assessment:
Existing
Assessment
Methods
Term Paper
Final Examination
Weighting
50%
50%
Revised
Assessment
Methods
Briefing case paper
and team
presentation
Same
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Weighting
50%
POLS 7060
Research Methods for Public Administration Practitioners
Course Aims & Objectives:
Existing
Revised
a) To introduce current qualitative and
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quantitative methodological theory and
practice;
b) To compare results and methods of
public administration research in China
with results and methods of public
administration research internationally;
and
c) To apply an appropriate method or
methods, either new to the practionerstudent or new to their particular area
of employment, in a project designed
to examine and determine its
usefulness in the local and national
context.
Learning Outcomes (LOs):
Existing
Nil
Revised
(a) Knowledge
1. Demonstrate familiarity with current
qualitative and quantitative
methodological theory and practice.
(b) Skills
2. Solve calculation problems in
statistics;
3. Manipulate the techniques and
procedures in conducting a research in
public administration; and
4. Compare results and methods of
public administration research in China
with results and methods of public
administration research internationally.
(c) Attitude
5. Evaluate the acquired knowledge and
skills when conducting a research in
the daily reality settings.
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Assessment:
Existing
Assessment
Methods
Project
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Presentation
20%
Examination
40%
Revised
Assessment
Methods
40%
Weighting
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