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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2023-24

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in Arts,
Culture and Technology programme are listed below:

2023/24 Cohort
Requirements
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Language Requirements 14 6 - -
Departmental Core Requirements 15 12 6 9

Departmental Electives - 6 18 12
Free Electives - 6 6 3
General Education* 6 6 - -
Total minimum number of required credits 35 36 30 24

Minimum required credits for graduation 125
* Students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of GE courses consisting of 3 credits
in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES (BSocSc DEGREE PROGRAMMES)

ACT 101 Bridging Arts, Culture and Technology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will survey how technological advances affect how we perceive, frame, and
present our world and how they change social relationships. We will look closely at a range of
topics, such as the importance of printing technology, the significance of realism and
perspective in Renaissance paintings, the invention of photography that spurred the
Impressionist movement, all the way to how artists and makers use digital technology to create
alternate and new realities. By focusing on how artistic and technological developments
correlate and examining them in relation to critical theories, the course attends to the
interconnected nature of art, craft, and technology.

ACT 102 Arts, Culture and Heritage: Hong Kong and the World
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to introduce arts, culture and heritage with Hong Kong as a vantage
point. Hong Kong, being a crossroad of cultures and civilisations, is not only drawn into the
global cultural economy, but is also a space where cultural hybridity flourishes. Where creative
talents, cultural elements, and historical experiences cross geographical borders, how are arts,
culture and heritage configured and reconfigured. This course considers the notion of Hong
Kong as a cultural metropolis by examining: i) Chinese and Western influences on Hong Kong’s
arts scene; ii) the regional and global dissemination and influence of Hong Kong’s popular
culture; and iii) Hong Kong’s postcolonial heritage.

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