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This course offers an introduction to the history and historiography of science from ancient Greece to the present. It is designed to serve as an introduction for those who have no prior background in the field and to deepen the knowledge of those who already do. We will consider how the history of science has responded to its encounters with philosophy, sociology, economics, and anthropology. Our readings and discussions will focus on determining what makes particular works effective, understanding major contemporary trends and debates in the history of science, and establishing resources for further research.

This course explores the relationship between slavery and democracy at the heart of American history. It is about the rise and fall of the slave South from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the end of the American Civil War.

This course examines the background, causes, and course of the Vietnam War. In particular, students will study the evolution, conduct, and consequences of the conflict in the United States and Asia with special attention to strategy, technology, diplomacy, politics, and civilian perspectives.

What was the early modern economy like, and how did monetization impact artistic production, consumption, and the afterlife of objects? This seminar-format class explores major topics and themes concerning interconnections between early modern artistic and architectural creation and the economy. We will approach capitalism not as an inevitable system, but rather as a particular historical formation. Core course themes: commodification, production, and consumption, using case studies of the impact of the mercantile economy on chapels; palaces; prints and paintings, and their replication; and other material objects, including coins.

This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight. Our attention will therefore be focused not only on the development of Christian thought and practice, but on its challengers as well. The core themes of the course include the emergence of a uniform Christian orthodoxy in late antiquity; the development of monastic practice and its attendant intellectual traditions; and the geographical spread of Christian beliefs. Working in opposition to those trends were other forces, which we will also address in our readings. In particular, we will consider the persistence of northern paganism; the rise of Islam; the solidification of a separate Byzantine orthodoxy; indigenous heretical movements; and the ambiguous position of Jews in all of European society.

In this course, students analyze some of the hardest national security challenges the United States will face in the decade ahead.

Copyright explores the current law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law should be reformed.

In this course you will learn about Hollywood and how it came to be the global powerhouse of today.

We will discuss the complex Hollywood industry and how business and politics translate into the art of film, TV, and new media.

This course will chronicle Hollywood’s growth and global reach since the 1920s, looking at:

• How Hollywood has responded to new
 technologies such as synchronized sound, color cinematography, TV, home video, computer graphics, and the internet
• How the global spread of Hollywood since the 1920s changed 
the film industry
• The relationship between Hollywood and independent 
film
• Hollywood’s responses to crises in American 
politics (e.g., world wars, the cold war, the 1960s counterculture, 9/11)

We will look closely at representative studios
 (Paramount, Disney, Fox, and others) and representative filmmakers (Mary
 Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Frank Capra, George Lucas, Spike Lee, among many others).

MAS.450 is a laboratory course about holography and holographic imaging.

This course teaches holography from a scientific and analytical point of view, moving from interference and diffraction to imaging of single points to the display of three-dimensional images. Using a "hands-on" approach, students explore the underlying physical phenomena that make holograms work, as well as designing laboratory setups to make their own images. The course also teaches mathematical techniques that allow the behavior of holography to be understood, predicted, and harnessed.

Holography today brings together the fields of optics, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, visualization, three-dimensional display, and human perception in a unique and comprehensive way. As such, MAS.450 offers interesting and useful exposure to a wide range of principles and ideas. As a course satisfying the Institute Laboratory Requirement, MAS.450 teaches about science, scientific research, and the scientific method through observation and exploration, hinting at the excitement that inventors feel before they put their final equations to paper.

Hong Kong Cinema has a global reach. Let’s explore how it reached you… Perhaps you know the films of martial arts icons Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan or the heroic bloodshed films of John Woo.

Perhaps you are a fan of stars such as Maggie Cheung or Chow Yun Fat. Maybe you admire works by directors such as Wong Kar Wai.

Whatever you know and wherever you are we invite you to join us on a journey to consider how the local and the global intersect to make Hong Kong cinema an integral part of popular culture around the world as well as a leading force in the development of world cinematic art.

In this course you’ll learn how flows of capital, people, technologies, ideas and creativity circulate and shape the cultural industry of filmmaking, resulting in transnational co-productions and cross-cultural co-operations. You’ll see how these dynamic processes are inflected in characterization, plot development, and space-time configurations on Hong Kong screens.

Our location in the cultural crossroads of Hong Kong allows us to introduce you to film professionals such as director Mabel Cheung and Andrew Lau, producer John Sham, film festival director Roger Garcia, and other guests, talking candidly about the industry.

During your weeks with us you’ll see demonstrations of martial arts choreography, participate in close analysis of film techniques, investigate Hong Kong global stardom, uncover the reasons for the worldwide appeal of genres such as the kung fu film, and nurture a comparative and critical understanding of issues of gender, race, migration. Best of all you’ll partner with leading researchers in the field to appreciate Hong Kong’s contribution to world cinema.

Please watch these films so that you can get the most out of the course content. Please note that you will need to acquire and watch the films on your own. We advise you see the films before each week’s material.

Here is the list of films for each week.

Week 1 – any Jackie Chan film (optional)
Week 2 – any Bruce Lee film (optional), but we suggest Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection (dir. Lo Wei, 1972), or Enter the Dragon, (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973)
Week 3 – An Autumn’s Tale (dir. Mabel Cheung, 1987)
Week 4 – The Killer (dir. John Woo, 1989)
Week 5 – Infernal Affairs (dir. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, 2002)
Week 6 – In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar Wai, 2000)

香港電影享譽全球。您與它的初次接觸，是透過功夫巨星李小龍或成龍的作品，還是吳宇森式的英雄喋血電影？您最欣賞的香港電影人是張曼玉、周潤發等影星，還是王家衛等導演？
無論您身在何處，對香港電影了解多少，我們都誠意邀請您加入這個探索之旅，思考港式生活和全球文化交織而成的香港電影如何成為國際流行文化和世界電影藝術發展的主導力量。
在本課程中，我們將探討資本流動、人力、科技、 創意等元素如何在電影製作文化產業的形成過程中相得益彰，並促成跨國製作和跨文化營運。與此同時，我們亦會探索這些互動在香港電影中的人物塑造、情節發展和時空構造上所帶來的曲折變化。
香港大學是香港的文化交滙點，我們邀請了電影界專業人士，如導演張婉婷和劉偉強、製片人岑建勳、電影節總監高思雅等專家，分享電影業的內幕故事。
在數週的課程裡，您將會目睹功夫電影的動作編排， 電影技術的周密分析，研究香港演員晉身為國際巨星的過程，探索功夫電影令全球著迷的原因，及加深對性別、種族與移民等問題上比較性和批判性的思考方式。更重要的是，您將與各路專家一起認識香港對世界電影業所作出的貢獻。

每週的電影清單：
第 1 周 – 成龍的任何電影（可選）
第 2 周 – 李小龍的任何電影（可選）——建議影片 1.《精武門》(導演 羅維，1972年); 2.《猛龍過江》(導演 羅伯特· 克洛斯，1973 年)
第 3 周 – 《秋天的童話》 (導演 張婉婷，1987年)
第 4 周 – 《喋血雙雄》 (導演 吳宇森，1989年)
第 5 周 – 《無間道》 (導演 麥兆輝與劉偉強，2002年)
第 6 周 – 《花樣年華》 (導演 王家衛，2000年)
 
課程目標
•    通過分析香港電影業的本地市場與國際舞臺之間的關係，培養您的批判和歷史思維能力；
•    在香港電影中不同的場景中尋找熟識的細節，從而拓展您對身份問題的了解；
•    通過分析香港電影業，讓您更了解全球化對社會的影響。

香港电影享誉全球。您与它的初次接触，是透过功夫巨星李小龙或成龙的作品，还是吴宇森式的英雄喋血电影？您最欣赏的香港电影人是张曼玉、周润发等影星，还是王家卫等导演？
无论您身在何处，对香港电影了解多少，我们都诚意邀请您加入这个探索之旅，思考港式生活和全球文化交织而成的香港电影如何成为国际流行文化和世界电影艺术发展的主导力量。
在本课程中，我们将探讨资本流动、人力、科技、 创意等元素如何在电影制作文化产业的形成过程中相得益彰，并促成跨国制作和跨文化营运。与此同时，我们亦会探索这些互动在香港电影中的人物塑造、情节发展和时空构造上所带来的曲折变化。
香港大学是香港的文化交滙点，我们邀请了电影界专业人士，如导演张婉婷和刘伟强、制片人岑建勋、电影节总监高思雅等专家，分享电影业的内幕故事。
在数周的课程里，您将会目睹功夫电影的动作编排， 电影技术的周密分析，研究香港演员晋身为国际巨星的过程，探索功夫电影令全球着迷的原因，及加深对性别、种族与移民等问题上比较性和批判性的思考方式。更重要的是，您将与各路专家一起认识香港对世界电影业所作出的贡献。

每周的电影清单：
第 1 周 – 成龙的任何电影（可选）
第 2 周 – 李小龙的任何电影（可选）——建议影片 1.《精武门》(导演 罗维，1972年); 2.《猛龙过江》(导演 罗伯特• 克洛斯，1973 年)
第 3 周 – 《秋天的童话》 (导演 张婉婷，1987年)
第 4 周 – 《喋血双雄》 (导演 吴宇森，1989年)
第 5 周 – 《无间道》 (导演 麦兆辉与刘伟强，2002年)
第 6 周 – 《花样年华》 (导演 王家卫，2000年)
 
课程目标

通过分析香港电影业的本地市场与国际舞台之间的关系，培养您的批判和历史思维能力；
•    在香港电影中不同的场景中寻找熟识的细节，从而拓展您对身份问题的了解；
•    通过分析香港电影业，让您更了解全球化对社会的影响。

This course covers the same material as Differential Equations (18.03) with more emphasis on theory. In addition, it treats mathematical aspects of ordinary differential equations such as existence theorems.

China is one of the world’s most populated countries and one of the largest markets with an increasingly powerful economy. As a result, China influences the world with its outbound travel, trade, politics and culture. China is a society transforming itself through economic development where travelling and tourism play an important role.

The purpose of this subject is to introduce travel trends within and outside China from global perspectives and to explore the present and future development in China’s tourism and hotel business.

This interactive course empowers you to understand China’s tourism sector from a global scale to its local impacts.

Gain an in-depth understanding of the strategic applications of ICT (information and communication technologies) innovations in the hospitality and tourism industry.

You will learn about the roles of ICT infrastructures and tools in shaping business environment, business models, marketing practices, revenue strategies, and customer services.

We will also discuss the dynamics that is generated in the development of ICTs and its impact on hospitality and tourism organizations.

Note that this course is priced at USD $150.

Parasites require a hospitable organism to reproduce and spread and have evolved multiple strategies to subvert their hosts. Parasites scavenge nutrients directly from host cells, evade the host immune system and even modify host behavior to increase their transmission. This course will explore the strategies used by a ubiquitous and harmful class of parasites to hijack the biology of their host cells. We will discuss pathogens such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma, responsible for some of the deadliest and most pervasive infectious diseases on the planet.

By exploring how these pathogens invade a host cell and replicate while evading the immune system, students will gain a broad understanding of basic cell biology, biochemistry and immunology, as well as learn techniques commonly used in cell biology. Students will be challenged to think creatively and flexibly to understand, critique, interpret, and design scientific experiments in the field of host-pathogen interactions.

Housing and Cities is a design-oriented architecture course that focuses on key moments of European urban housing history. It looks into ordinary or replicated housing types of different social classes that contributed to the definition of urban identity across borders and time.

Each topic is first introduced through a general overview that examines housing from an urban point of view. Secondly, each topic is illustrated through a typological analysis, aiming for a detailed vision of domestic life at each time.

Students are encouraged to have an operative view of the course, appreciating how modern and contemporary architecture has reinterpreted and been influenced by different housing models.

Image source: Lyonel Feininger, Beleuchtete Häuserzeile II, 1932 (acc.no. G 1960.19) Oil on canvas, 42.2 x 72.2 cm © 2015, ProLitteris, Zurich. Work held at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Bequest of Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel. Photographer: Martin P. Bühler.

This class focuses on how the housing and human service systems interact: how networks and social capital can build between elements of the two systems. It explores ways in which the differing world views, professional perspectives, and institutional needs of the two systems play out operationally. Part I establishes the nature of the action frames of these two systems. Part II applies these insights to particular vulnerable groups: "at risk" households in transitional housing, the chronically mentally ill, and the frail elderly.

A truly inter-disciplinary course, Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions reviews how law, economics, sociology, political science, and planning conceptualize urban land and property rights and uses cases to discuss what these different lenses illuminate and obscure. It also looks at how the social sciences might be informed by how design, cartography, and visual studies conceptualize space's physicality. This year's topics include land trusts for affordable housing, mixed-use in public space, and critical cartography.

The course starts from the process of engaging potential residents in the design of the building or buildings, integrating that information into a viable design that is both energy efficient and sustainable, which is then translated into a digital model of the building which allows selection of the elements which can be machine fabricated.

Subject studies how and why machines work, how they are conceived, how they are developed (drawn), and how they are utilized. Students learn from the hands-on experiences of taking things apart mentally and physically, drawing (sketching, 3D CAD) what they envision and observe, taking occasional field trips, and completing an individual term project (concept, creation, and presentation). Emphasis on understanding the physics and history of machines.

This course introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples from scholarship and popular media around the globe. It includes first-hand observations, synthesized histories and ethnographies, and visual and narrated representations of human experiences. Students conduct empirical research on cultural differences through the systematic observation of human interaction, employ methods of interpretative analysis, and practice convincing others of the accuracy of their findings.