- B.Soc.Sc. (Hons) in Counselling and Psychology
  輔導及心理學(榮譽)社會科學士

- B.Soc.Sc. (Hons) in Psychology
  心理學(榮譽)社會科學士


   
Course Title : Cultures in the Contemporary World
   
Course Code : SOC 204
   
Year of Study : 1 or 2
   
Number of Credits : 3 credits
   
Duration of Weeks : 15 weeks
   
Contact Hours Per Week : Lecture (2 hours)
Tutorial (1 hour)
   
Pre-requisite Course(s) Nil
   
Course Aims

This course is designed to help you better understand the world around you. It aims to interpret social life from a perspective that is based on comparison, enabling you to gain an understanding of social transformation in the historical context. This course will introduce you to cultural variations within Hong Kong, within Asia , and around the world in the context of rapid globalization today. It covers a variety of topics including ways or forms of exchange, social inequalities, social construction of gender, politics of gender and globalization of culture . How did the process of globalization begin? Is cultural variation about to be annihilated in the face of cultural homogenization and “McDonaldization”? Or can we expect that local cultural differences may intensify?

   
Assessment Continuous Assessment 50%
 

Term project
Tutorial presentations and participantion

40%
10%
  Examination 60%
  Final Examination 60%
    100%
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