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Area 4: Interdisciplinary Perspective

GED 101 Happiness and Society: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
1 Term; 3 Credits
Happiness is a subjective well-being characterized by positive emotions. This course
aims to enhance students’ understanding of happiness, which is an essential goal of whole-
person education. It will lead students to discover how happiness is perceived and developed
from an interdisciplinary perspective ‒ economics, philosophical, psychological, sociological
and religious perspectives as well as an intercultural perspective. Given the increasing
academic and social challenges of everyday life, this course will introduce to students the major
facilitators of happiness, such as friendship, mutual service, health, optimism, flexibility,
creativity, gratitude, autonomy and confidence. This course attempts to enable students to
discover their subjective happiness as well as their capability to pursue happiness in everyday
life.

GED 103 Gender and Culture in Asia
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at studying gender and sexualities in Asia regions with respect to its
unique culture and the regional dynamics. Situating itself in an intra-Asia context, this course
examines issues ranging from femininities and masculinities, sexual minorities, marriage, work,
religion and sexual violence through reading critical theories, controversies and cultural texts
in Asia.

GED 106 Manga and the Modern World
1 Term; 3 Credits
Images and themes in highly acclaimed Manga provide an absorbing and effective means
for clarification and discussion of otherwise complex and abstract concepts in our daily lives.
Students throughout the course learn how to apply basic concepts and arguments from a wide
range of disciplines––social, philosophical and cultural theories––to identify and analyse some
big modern issues. With the help of selected Manga, students can not only discuss such issues
in an active manner, but also enrich their imagination of abstract concepts in our modern lives.

GED 107 Economics and Sports
1 Term; 3 Credits
Sports industry has grown rapidly since the 21st century. Its related issues are widely
studied among economists, sociologists, anthropologists and criminologists. The aim of this
course is to explore the analytical models used by economists in assessing the impact and
value added for the sports industry. The course will start from basic economic theories, and
then proceed to explain the decisions made in the sports industry. By the end of the course,
students are expected to apply a variety of economic theories in tackling the specific problems
in the sports industry.

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