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SOC 415 Film, Television and Society
1 Term; 3 Credits
Hong Kong has been one of the major production centres of film and television in the
world since the 1950s. This course provides students with an introduction to the accumulated
meanings, experiences and practices in the development of the film and television industries.
It examines the innovations that emerge out of the interrelation between film, television and
society, particularly how Hong Kong film and television have shaped and been shaped by
changing internal and external contexts in social, political, economic, discursive, and
institutional terms. By the end of the course, students will acquire a broader picture of the
history and heritage of Hong Kong film and television, the changing production and socio-
historical contexts, and the conceptual concerns, including identity formation and discursive
struggle, in the discussed film and television texts.

SOC 420 Evaluation Research
1 Term; 3 Credits
Accountability and evidence-based practice are emphasized by social intervention
programmes in recent era. The aim of this course is to equip students with the necessary
research skills required to evaluate the effectiveness of social programmes. It introduces the
students to different systematic evaluation research designs and their uses for continuous
quality improvement of social programmes. After taking this course, it is anticipated that
students will be able to conduct community needs assessment, as well as effectively assess
the outcomes of social programmes organized by non-government organizations and public
institutions. An experiential teaching and learning approach is used in this course. Students
are required to design a project choosing one specific method and applying the relevant skills
and techniques to conduct a social programme evaluation.

SOC 430 Economic Reform and Social Transformation in Contemporary China
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to explore the social implications and consequences of economic reform
in contemporary China in the form of seminar. It draws on sociological and anthropological
theories to examine the economic and social transformations in contemporary China. It situates
economic reform within a specific sociocultural context and concentrates on the dialectic
relationship between market-oriented reform and social restructuring. Topics to be introduced
include the political economy perspective of China’s economic reform, market transition
debates, social stratification and social inequalities in the reform era, theorizing local economic
development, work unit (danwei) and household registration system (hukou) in transition,
guanxi in theory and practice, consumer revolution, as well as implications of Chinese
capitalism.

SOC 440 Collective Behaviours and Social Movement
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course enables students to analyse social movement and contentious politics

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