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Template for Amendments to an Existing Disciplinary Course

Before completing the template, reference should be made to the "Notes to Template for Offering a New Disciplinary Course" (document 223/919 amended) which list the definitions of key terms. Modifications to the template to suit disciplinary needs are subject to approval by the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning).

I. Course information Offering Department(s) I School(s):

Faculty: Social Sciences (please specify weighting if the course is co-taught Geography by more than one teachin:;f unit)

Proposed implementation

Students of the Offering semester(s): 01st Semester D2°d Semester date and the affected

2021-2022 intake (please tick as appropriate) DSummer DOthers: --

cohort(s): Course type: 0 Disciplinary Course of Geogra(Jhy and Urban Governance Programmes (please tick as D Free Elective of appropriate) (please specify all relevant curricula/programme(s) if it is a cross-listed course)

Course particulars

Course code: GEOG2013

Course title: Sustainable Development

No. of credits: 6 credits

Level of Curriculum: 0Ug DTPg D Others:

(please tick as appropriate)

II. Proposed changes - Major changes listed below should be approved by the Faculty Board and I or Board of Studies

(Please tick as appropriate) D Course code D Course title (Please note that substantial changes to the course title may necessitate introduction of a new course as the course content and focus has changed) D Pre-requisite(s) & Co-requisite(s) D Impermissible Combination(s) D Course description 0 Coursework I examination ratio D Grading system 1

D Course learning outcomes D Grade descriptors of the course D Others (please specify): ________ _

1 Approval from the Senate is required for Ug courses to be graded as "Pass, Fail or Distinction" or "Pass or Fail"

Details of each proposed course change List of each proposed Current Proposed Justifications

change version revision Coursework/examination ratio 50% 60% Provide a setup in which students are

coursework, coursework, encouraged to engage with materials 50% 40% throughout the semester with a larger examination. examination. share of coursework and a smaller

share of the final examination

III. Endorsement from Department I School# (please add fields, as necessary)

If the course amendments are applicable to existing cohorts of students, the offering unit should ensure that students have been apprised of the syllabus changes and no objection has been raised before submission of this template to the Faculty Board.

Head of the Department I Seltool# of _ _ G=--eo_,g .... r~a...,p=h ...._y _ _ ____ _

Remarks:

Name: Professor Becky P.Y. Lo __

Date: _J~~~O~t."-1--;f___.,,~,______._):o __

IV. Approval from the Faculty Board and I or the Board of Studies (please add fields, as necessary)

Chairperson of the Board of the Faculty of ------ I Board of Studies for ___ _ # The proposed changes are approved I disapproved I require revision for further consideration#. Remarks:

Signature: ___________ _

Name: ____________ _

Date: _____________ _

# Delete as appropriate

June 2015 Amended December 2016

August2017 September 2018 August2020 September 2020

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113/918 re-amended THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG


Before completing the template, reference should be made to the "Notes to Template for Offering a New Disciplinary Course" (document 223/919 amended) which list the definitions of key terms. Modifications to the template to suit disciplinary needs are subject to approval by the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Leaming).

I. Course information Offering Department(s) I School(s):

Faculty: Social Sciences (please specifj; weighting if the course is co-taught Geography

by more than one teaching unit)


Students of the Offering semester(s): 01"1 Semester D2nd Semester date and the affected

2021-2022 intake (please tick as appropriate) DSummer DOthers: --cohort(s): Course type: 0 Disciplinary Course of Geogragh)' and Urban Governance Programmes (please tick as DFree Elective of appropriate) (please specify all relevant curricula/programme( s) if it is a cross-listed course)

Course particulars


Course title: Political Geography

No. of credits: 6

Level of Curriculum: 0Ug DTPg D Others:


II. Proposed changes - Major changes listed below should be approved by the Faculty Board and I or Board of Studies

(Please tick as appropriate) D Course code 0 Course title (Please note that substantial changes to the course title may necessitate introduction of a new course as the course content and focus has changed) D Pre-requisite(s) & Co-requisite(s) D Impermissible Combination(s) 0 Course description D Coursework I examination ratio D Grading system 1

D Course learning outcomes D Grade descriptors of the course D Others (please specify): ________ _


Details of each 1>roposed course change List of each Current version Proposed revision Justifications proposed change

Course title

Course description

Political geography Political geography: International The title is relations and the world economy revised to

make it more focused and more compelling to potential students.

This course provides This course provides students with To reflect a students with an overview an overview and fundamental modest reand fundamental understanding of the ways in design of the understanding of the ways which political issues are dealt course contents in which political issues are with through geographical and to make them dealt with through spatial perspectives. Students will more up-togeographical and spatial be trained with skills to understand date. perspectives. Major inter-state relations and concepts and definitions in competitions in the contemporary Political Geography will world economic system. Major first be introduced, and this concepts and definitions in is to be followed by a brief Political Geography will first be introduction of the introduced, and this is to be intellectual history and followed by a brief introduction of lineage of Political the intellectual history and lineage Geography. Theoretical of Political Geography. issues and empirical cases, Theoretical issues and empirical grouped into a number of cases, grouped into a number of topics, will then be topics, will then be presented. The presented. The tenet of this tenet of this course is to show how course is to show how world order and the lived world order and the lived experiences of people are shaped experiences of people are by, but also reshape, the respective shaped by, but also capacities of, and interactions reshape, the respective between, state regimes. It is to capacities of, and show that sovereignty, interactions between, state territoriality and nation-state regimes. It is to show that matter a great deal in defining sovereignty, territoriality global economy and social and nation-state matter a transformation. Topics great deal m defining investigated in the course include: global economy, social classical geopolitical theories; transformation and culture. global economy and the worldTopics investigated in the system; geopolitics; colonialism course include: classical and imperialism; the territorial geopolitical theories; state; nation-state and nationalism; global economy and the border and border control; liberal world-system; critical democracy and social democracy. geopolitics; globalization and the regulation of difference· imperialism

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and post-colonial geographies; territoriality, sovereignty and the border; nation-state, nationalism and citizenship.



Head of the Department I Seltaal# of __ G==eo"'"g""r=a.,_p=hv-'--------

Remarks:

Name: _~P_ro~fi~e~ss~o_r_B~e~c~ky_.__P~.Y~.L~o~o..___~

Date: 2--s 0 c_;f- ~


Chairperson of the Board of the Faculty of ------ I Board of Studies for _ _ _ _ #

The proposed changes are approved I disapproved I require revision for further consideration#. Remarks:

Signature: ------------

Name: -------------Date: --- -----------



August2017 September 2018 August2020 September 2020

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113/918 re-amended THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG


Before completing the template, reference should be made to the "Notes to Template for Offering a New Disciplinary Course" (document 223/919 amended) which list the definitions of key terms. Modifications to the template to suit disciplinary needs are subject to approval by the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning).

I. Course information Offering Department(s) I School{s):

Faculty: Social Sciences (please specify weighting if the course is co-taught Geography by more than one teaching unit)


Students of the Offering semester(s): ~l st Semester D2nd Semester date and the affected

2020-2021 intake (please tick as appropriate) DSummer DOthers: --

cohort(s): Course type: t{]Disciplina:ry Course of Geogra12h~ and Urban Governance Programmes (please tick as D Free Elective of appropriate) (please specify all relevant curricula/programme(s) if it is a cross-listed course)

Course particulars


Course title: Environmental Modelling for Climate Change and Air Quality

No. of credits: 6 credits

Level of Curriculum: ~Ug DTPg D Others:


II. Proposed changes - Major changes listed below should be approved by the Faculty Board and I or Board o Studies

(Please tick as appropriate) D Course code ~ Course title (Please note that substantial changes to the course title may necessitate introduction of a new course as the course content and focus has changed) D Pre-requisite(s) & Co-requisite(s) D Impermissible Combination(s) l:;J Course description l:;J Coursework I examination ratio D Grading system 1

l:;J Course learning outcomes D Grade descriptors of the course D Others (please specify): ________ _


Details of each proposed course change List of each

proposed change

Course Title

Course Description

Coursework I examination ratio

Current version Proposed revision Justifications

Environmental Modelling for Climate Change and Air Quality

Climate Change, Air Quality The original course and Environmental title is too scientific Monitoring and theoretical,

especially the word "Modelling". The new title is more practical and appropriate.

This course introduces Climate change and poor air The focus of this students to the fundamental quality are two global course should be knowledge of the earth's environmental risks that better emphasized at climate and air quality humans face nowadays. This system. It covers various course discusses the front, while the idea t · · l d" t l remains the same op1cs me u mg me eoro ogy, interaction between human ' oceanography, physics and activities, surrounding except with slight chemistry to better environment and the global changes in understand the dynamics of community, then introduces methodologies and global climate change and air students to the fundamental approaches in quality. A set of modelling tools including knowledge of the Earth's environmental data dynamic/statistical climate system, urban air analysis. downscaling, pattern scaling quality conditions,

scheme of and land-use regression will undesirable social effects. of The be introduced to the class and air pollution, as well as allows students to interpret related meteorological global climate and air quality factors. Next, students will

coursework has been amended, so that students can share data (spatial data) for learn how to interpret climate,

studying local impacts. meteorology and spatial air Students must complete three quality datasets, so that tbe data analysis exercises and a spatial and temporal group project on a variations of these quantities contemporary climate change within selected regions can be and air quality issue. better identified. Methods

like pattern scaling, sampling and measurement techniques, spatial interpo~ation, fundamental image analytics will be introduced. Towards the end of this course, students will be required to complete a short essay, as well as an oral presentation on selected contemporary climate change and air quality issues and themes.

their point of views with others more easily in essay writing and oral presentation

50% coursework; 50% 60% coursework; 40% More weight should examination examination be allocated to

continuous assessments of students, and there are two pieces of coursework, with

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Course Learning Outcomes 1




obtain knowledge of the basic concepts, methods, and applications in climate change and air quality

understand the limitations and uncertainties of climate and air quality data generated from different numerical techniques

learn and become familiar with the quantitative techniques used to climate change and quality studies

be able to choose a proper dataset for use in studying the local environmental issue

obtain knowledge of the basic concepts, measurement methods, and applications of climate change and air quality studies

understand the pros and cons of using different approaches to monitor climate change and air pollution problems

learn and become familiar with the quantitative techniques used in climate change and quality studies

be able to identify the use of proper tools and datasets with regards to environmental studies

certain degree of importance in this course, therefore a higher proportion should be allocated to coursework. Slight modification is made based on the current version, in terms of phrases, scheme of coursework assigned. Some of the words have been rephrased, so that it will be more easily understood by students. Slight modification is made based on the current version, in terms of phrases, scheme of coursework assigned. Some of the words have been rephrased, so that it will be more easily understood by students. Slight modification is made based on the current version, in terms of phrases, scheme of coursework assigned. Some of the words have been rephrased, so that it will be more easily understood by students. Slight modification is made based on the current version, in terms of phrases, scheme of coursework assigned. Some of the words have been rephrased, so that it will be more easily understood by students.

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Head of the Department I Sehaal# of~_G==eo~r""a+-=h...__ _____ _

Remarks:

Name: _ _,.P~r~o=fe=s~so=r~B~e~c~k-Y~P~.Y~.L=o~o----~

Date:


Chairperson of the Board of the Faculty of ______ I Board of Studies for ___ _ #

The proposed changes are approved I disapproved I require revision for further consideration#. Remarks:

Signature: _ __________ _

Name: ____________ _

Date: ------------~



August 2017 September 2018 August2020 September 2020

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