Urban Studies Applicable to students admitted in 2014-15 Major Programme Requirement Students are required to complete a minimum of 8 units of courses as follows: 1. Faculty Package: 9 Any three courses, offered by three different departments/schools, chosen from the following: ARCH1001, 1002, COMM1110, 1140, ECON1210, 1220, GPAD107, 1077, GRMD1402, 1404, PSYC120, 10, SOCI1201, 1202, SOWK1112, 111 2. Required Courses: (a) Foundation courses: URSP1001, 2100, 2200, 200, 2400 15 (b) Methodology and Statistics courses: Methodology course (choose one of the following): GPAD2111, GRMD102, PSYC2070, SOCI200 Statistics course: GRMD2102 (c) Field Studies: URSP2500, 500 2 (d) Capstone courses: Choose one of the following: (URSP4001 and 4002) or (URSP400 and 4004). Elective Courses: (a) Concentration Areas 15 Students are required to choose one of the following three concentration areas: (1) Urban Planning and Design (i) URSP4100 (ii) GRMD402 or URSP200 (iii) Any courses from ANTH4410, ARCH4721, GPAD255, GRMD2105, 20, 224, 402, HIST559, SOCI2208, 420, SOWK2201, URSP200, 2700, 100, 00 (2) Urban Environment (i) GRMD202, 20 (ii) Any courses from GRMD2104, 2105, 20, 2401, 40, 420, SOCI2208, 420, URSP00 () Urban Policy and Governance (i) URSP4100 (ii) Any 1 course from GPAD2090, 2095, 255 (iii) Any courses from ANTH4410, GPAD2180, GRMD221, 01, 02, 05, HIST559, SOCI220, 420, SOWK2201, URSP100, 00 (b) Any 5 courses from the following[a]: 15 ANTH1410, 4410, ARCH120, 2111, 2221, 221, 222, 22, 2, 411, 4721, CURE201, GPAD2020, 2090, 2095, 2180, 220, 250, 255, GRMD101, 1401, 140, 2101, 2104, 2105, 20, 221, 2401, 104, 202, 20, 224, 01, 02, 05, 2, 40, 420, 401, 402, 4402, 5110, HIST559, 7015, SOCI200, 2004, 2104, 2110, 220, 2208, 002, 204, 420, 420, SOWK1112, 2201, 250, URSP100, 200, 2700, 050, 100, 200, 00, 400, 4050, 4100
Total: 8 Explanatory Notes: 1. All courses at 2000 and above level as included in the Major Programme Requirement will be included in the calculation of Major GPA for honours classification. 2. In consultation with the Academic Advisor, students are required to declare a concentration area within the second year of study. Students who wish to opt for more than one concentration area are required to seek approval from the Programme Director in advance. [a] The 5 courses should not include courses that have been used to fulfill the Faculty Package requirement in 1 and / or the concentration area requirements in (a). First Year of Second Year of Third Year of Fourth Year of Recommended Course Pattern Faculty Package: 1-2 Faculty Package courses Major Required: Major Elective(s): Faculty Package: 1-2 Faculty Package courses Major Required: URSP1001 Major Elective(s): Major Required: GRMD2102, URSP200 Major Elective(s): 0-2 course(s) Major Required: URSP2100, 2200, 1 Methodology course Major Elective(s): 0-2 course(s) Major Required: URSP2400, 2500 Major Required: URSP500 Major Required: URSP4001 or 400 Major Required: URSP4002 or 4004 - - 0-9 0- Total (including Faculty Package): 8 4 1 Minor Programme Title Urban Studies
Minor Programme Requirement Students are required to complete a minimum of 18 units of courses as follows: 1. Required Course: URSP1001 2. Elective Courses: (a) Any two courses from the following: URSP100, 2100, 2200, 200, 2400 (b) Any three courses from the following, with at least two at 000 or above 9 level [a]: URSP100, 2100, 2200, 200, 2400, 200, 2700, 050, 100, 200, 00, 400, 4050, 4100, ANTH4410, ARCH2111, 2221, 221, 222, 22, 2, 411, 4721, CURE201, GPAD2020, 2090, 2095, 2180, 220, 250, 255, GRMD2101, 2102, 2104, 2105, 20, 221, 2401, 102, 104, 202, 20, 224, 01, 02, 05, 2, 40, 420, 401, 402, 4402, 5110, HIST559, 7015, SOCI200, 2004, 2104, 2110, 220, 2208, 002, 204, 420, 420, SOWK2201, 250 Total: 18 Explanatory Note: [a] The courses should not include courses that have been used to fulfill the requirement of 2(a). Course List Course Code Course Title Unit(s) URSP1001 Introduction to Urban Studies URSP100 Introduction to Spatial Planning URSP2100 Urban Sustainability URSP2200 Urban Economic Studies URSP200 Urban Design and Place Making URSP2400 Studies of Cities in Comparative Perspective URSP2500 Field Studies I 1 URSP200 Essentials of Urban Planning URSP2700 Digital Techniques for Urban Planning and Design URSP050 Special Topics in Urban Studies I URSP100 Housing Issues and Policy URSP200 Urban Design Studio URSP00 Sustainable Urban Transport URSP400 Essentials of the Land Development Process URSP500 Field Studies II 1 URSP4001 Urban Studies Capstone Thesis I URSP4002 Urban Studies Capstone Thesis II URSP400 Urban Studies Capstone Project I URSP4004 Urban Studies Capstone Project II
URSP4050 Special Topics in Urban Studies II URSP4100 Urban Planning Theory and Practice ANTH1410 Culture of Hong Kong ANTH4410 The Cultures of Cities ARCH120 Experiencing Architecture ARCH2111 Introduction to Architectural Design I 5 ARCH2221 Graphics & Visual Studies ARCH221 Architectural History and Theory I: Asian Architecture ARCH222 Computer-aided Architectural Design ARCH22 Architectural History and Theory II: Western Architecture ARCH2 Architectural History and Theory III: Modern Architecture ARCH411 Topical Studies in Design Theory ARCH4721 Land & City CURE201 Modernity and Urban Culture GPAD2020 Politics of Culture GPAD2090 Governance and Public Policy GPAD2095 Public Policy Workshop GPAD2111 Political Research Methodology GPAD2180 Civil Society Organizations GPAD220 Politics of Space GPAD250 Public Policy and Administration in Hong Kong GPAD255 Public Policy Analysis GRMD101 Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta GRMD1401 A World of Diversity GRMD140 Resources, Society and Environment GRMD2101 Computer Cartography GRMD2102 Fundamental Statistics for Geographers GRMD2104 Remote Sensing of Environment GRMD2105 Introduction to GIS GRMD20 Urban Geography GRMD221 Economic Geography GRMD2401 Sustainable Development GRMD102 Research Design and Methodology GRMD104 Satellite Image Analysis GRMD202 Environmental Management GRMD20 Urban Environmental Problems GRMD224 Tourism Planning and Management GRMD01 Geography of China GRMD02 Population and Migration GRMD05 Transport Geography GRMD2 Urban and Regional Planning
GRMD40 Methods for Resource Evaluation and Planning GRMD420 Ecosystem Restoration and Management GRMD401 Hong Kong Geographical Issues GRMD402 Urban Planning Workshop GRMD4402 World Development GRMD5110 Statistical Applications in Geography HIST559 Special Topics in Comparative History (Urban Studies) HIST7015 Selected Themes in Hong Kong History PSYC2070 Qualitative Research Method SOCI200 Social Research Methods SOCI2004 Social Statistics SOCI2104 Sociology and Hong Kong SOCI2110 Youth and Modern Society SOCI220 Social Problems and Social Policy SOCI2208 Urban Sociology SOCI002 Social Stratification SOCI204 Sociology of Crime and Deviance SOCI420 Sociology of Development and Globalization SOCI420 Social Planning SOWK1112 Social Problems, Social Welfare and Social Work SOWK2201 Global Social Development and Social Work SOWK250 Macro Social Work Theories & Practice