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MA Social Research (SMIT02)     PT

2018 - 2019

For students whose initial registration was for, or prior to, the session 2016-17.
 
 

Year 1


STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHICH UNITS ARE TAKEN IN WHICH YEAR OF STUDY.


units (60 credits)
1A
A student will take

Semester 1
SMI605  Introduction to Qualitative Research AUT SEM 15 credits
SMI606  Introduction to Quantitative Research AUT SEM 15 credits
SMI607  Principles of Research Design I AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
SMI622  Principles of Research Design II SPR SEM 15 credits

Full academic year
FCS6100  Research Ethics and Integrity ACAD YR 0 credits

units (15 credits)
1B
A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
SMI601  Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Research SPR SEM 15 credits
SMI609  Advanced Qualitative Methods SPR SEM 15 credits

1C

Students will select to follow one of the following routes:

1Ci: Architecture Stream

1Cii: East Asian Studies Stream

1Ciii: Economics Stream

1Civ: Education Stream

1Cv: Geography Stream


1Cvi: Information Studies Stream

1Cvii: Journalism Stream

1Cviii: Law Stream

1Cix: Landscape Stream

1Cx: Management Stream

1Cxi: Politics Stream

1Cxii: Sociological Studies Stream

1Cxiii: Urban Studies and Planning Stream

1Cxiv: History Stream

AND

units (45 credits)
1Ci
Architecture Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ARC6730  Advanced Study and Research Methods 3 AUT SEM 15 credits
ARC6741  Critical Spatial Theory AUT SEM 15 credits
ARC6853  Theory and Research in Design AUT SEM 15 credits
ARC6979  Urban Design Tools and Methods AUT SEM 15 credits
ARC6983  Participation in Architecture and Urban Design AUT SEM 15 credits
ARC6984  History and Theory of Urban Design AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
ARC6975  Trajectories in Urban Design Practice SPR SEM 15 credits

Full academic year
ARC6989  Reflections on Architectural Design ACAD YR 15 credits
AND

units (15 credits)
1Cii
East Asian Studies Stream (1)
A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EAS6868  East Asian Research Methods AUT SEM 15 credits
AND

units (30 credits)
1Cii
East Asian Studies Stream (2)
A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EAS6204  Chinese Cities in Transition AUT SEM 15 credits
EAS6208  Media, Culture and Society in East Asia AUT SEM 15 credits
EAS6236  Postwar Japanese Politics AUT SEM 15 credits
EAS6347  Contemporary Chinese Business and Management AUT SEM 15 credits
EAS6447  Contemporary Chinese Business and Management AUT SEM 30 credits

Semester 2
EAS6149  Media and Public Communication in Japan SPR SEM 15 credits
EAS6158  Media and Public Communication in Japan SPR SEM 30 credits
EAS6207  Politics and Governance in Contemporary China SPR SEM 15 credits
EAS6209  International Politics in East Asia SPR SEM 15 credits
EAS6212  Work and Organisation in East Asia SPR SEM 15 credits
EAS6353  Contemporary Chinese Society and Media SPR SEM 30 credits
EAS6453  Media, State and Society in China SPR SEM 15 credits
EAS680  State and Economy in Contemporary China SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Ciii
Economics Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
ECN6510  Microeconomic Analysis AUT SEM 15 credits
ECN6520  Macroeconomic Analysis AUT SEM 15 credits
ECN6540  Econometric Methods AUT SEM 15 credits
ECN6570  Modern Theory of Banking and Finance AUT SEM 15 credits
ECN6580  Health Economics AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
ECN6002  Development Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN601  Applied Microeconometrics SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN602  Applied Macroeconometrics SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN603  Asset Pricing SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN605  International Trade SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN606  Public Economics SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN6620  International Money and Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN6650  Industrial Organisation SPR SEM 15 credits
ECN6660  Monetary Economics SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Civ
Education Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
EDU6084  Globalisation and Education AUT SEM 30 credits
EDU6089  Early Childhood 1: Development, Learning and Curriculum AUT SEM 30 credits
EDU6345  Language Acquisition, Learning and Pedagogy AUT SEM 30 credits
EDU6349  Developmental Psychology AUT SEM 30 credits

Semester 2
EDU6085  Globalising Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy SPR SEM 30 credits
EDU6099  Early Childhood 2: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education SPR SEM 30 credits
EDU6346  Language, Society and Education SPR SEM 30 credits
EDU6350  Psychology and Learning Communities SPR SEM 30 credits
EDU6358  The Practice of Research SPR SEM 30 credits
AND

units (15 credits)
1Cv
Geography Stream (1)
A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO6302  Theory and Debates in Food Security and Food Justice AUT SEM 15 credits
GEO6801  Ideas and Practice in International Development AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
GEO6806  Key Issues in Environment and Development SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (30 credits)
1Cv
Geography Stream (2)
A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
GEO6016  Data, Visualisation and GIS AUT SEM 15 credits
GEO6024  Introduction to Quantitative Analysis AUT SEM 15 credits
GEO6802  Research Design and Methods for Development AUT SEM 15 credits
GEO6807  Understanding Environmental Change AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
GEO6809  Living with Climate Change in the Global South SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cvi
Information Studies Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
INF6002  Information and Knowledge Management AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6012  Designing Usable Websites AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6027  Introduction to Data Science AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6029  Data Analysis AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6033  Data and Society AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6060  Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6110  Information Systems Modelling AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6180  Libraries, Information and Society I AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6320  Information Systems in Organisations AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6350  Information Literacy AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
INF6001  Information Systems Project Management SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6003  E-Business and E-Commerce SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6019  Digital Multimedia Libraries SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6024  Researching Social Media SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6025  Information Governance and Ethics SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6028  Data Mining and Visualisation SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6031  Public and Youth Library Services SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6032  Big Data Analytics SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6034  Digital Advocacy SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6040  Business Intelligence SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6050  Database Design SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6200  Academic and Workplace Library, Information and Knowledge Services SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6840  Archives and Records Management SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cvii
Journalism Studies Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
JNL6086  Weaponisation of the media: abuses of the principle of publicity AUT SEM 15 credits
JNL6301  Comparative perspectives of public and political communication AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
JNL6027  Journalism, Globalization and Development SPR SEM 15 credits
JNL6036  Journalism in Britain SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cviii Law Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LAW60047  Principles of International Law AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW60054  International Humanitarian Law AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW6157  Theoretical Foundations of International Organisations AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW683  Judicial Protection in the European Union AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW6901  Responding to Crime in Europe AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW6907  Issues in Comparative Penology AUT SEM 15 credits
LAW6922  The Cultures of Criminology AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
LAW60044  International Law and the Use of Force SPR SEM 15 credits
LAW6129  Policing and Society SPR SEM 15 credits
LAW6141  International Security Institutions and Law SPR SEM 15 credits
LAW684  International Criminal Law SPR SEM 15 credits
LAW688  EU Health Law SPR SEM 15 credits
LAW6923  Gender and Violence SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cix
Landscape Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
LSC6004  Landscape Design and Art Practice AUT SEM 20 credits
LSC6006  Managing the Landscape AUT SEM 20 credits
LSC6008  Maintaining Green Infrastructure AUT SEM 20 credits
LSC6046  Design Research Study AUT SEM 15 credits
LSC6111  Landscape Architecture: Nature, Design and People AUT SEM 25 credits
LSC6112  Urban Ecological Design and Management AUT SEM 25 credits
LSC6115  Introduction to Landscape Research AUT SEM 10 credits

Semester 2
LSC6007  Landscape Professional Practice SPR SEM 15 credits
LSC6017  Landscape Professional Practice SPR SEM 10 credits
LSC6023  Research Methods in Landscape SPR SEM 10 credits
LSC6113  Landscape Planning SPR SEM 25 credits
LSC6114  Landscape Urbanism and Design SPR SEM 25 credits
LSC6116  Landscape Research Topics and Dissertation SPR SEM 10 credits

Full academic year
LSC6024  Contemporary Issues in Landscape Research ACAD YR 5 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cx
Management Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
MGT6043  Accounting and Financial Management AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6045  Marketing AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6046  Operations and Supply Chain Management AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6067  Corporate Governance AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6069  Introduction to the Creative and Cultural Industries AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6073  Global Marketing AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6081  Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6083  Supply Chain Technology AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6084  Logistics System AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6096  Quantitative Methods for Finance and Accounting AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6097  Corporate Finance AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6124  Critical Theories and Concepts in the Cultural and Creative Industries AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6125  Cultural Marketing AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6127  Management and Organisational Theory AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6145  Marketing Management AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6152  Management Accounting AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6153  Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6163  Leadership, Engagement and Motivation AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6166  Selection and Psychological Testing in Organisations AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6167  Statistical Methods for Occupational Psychologists AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6173  Philosophical Perspectives on Accounting, Financial Management and Finance AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6180  Contemporary Marketing Practices AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6181  Marketing Communications AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6182  International Consumer Behaviour AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6252  Entrepreneurial Economies AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT6253  Corporate Entrepreneurship AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT650  Managing People in Organisations AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT658  Professional Development AUT SEM 15 credits
MGT659  Industrial Relations AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
MGT6042  Negotiation and Intercultural Communication SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6047  Strategic Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6052  International Business Strategy SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6082  Supply Chain Accounting and Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6085  Global Supply Chain Leadership SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6091  Issues in Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6094  International Financial Reporting SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6095  Performance Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6104  European Business SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6117  International Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6121  Managing Festivals, Events and Creative Performances SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6122  Company Project SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6123  Fundraising management: sponsorship, philanthropy and the state SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6126  Managing Creative Brands SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6128  Managerial Economics SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6129  Management Inquiry SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6147  Retail and Services Marketing SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6149  Marketing in Society SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6151  Risk and Uncertainty SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6154  Emerging Market Finance SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6155  Supply Networks Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6159  Managing Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6165  Research Methods for Occupational Psychologists SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6168  Well-being and Work SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6169  International Corporate Governance SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6171  Research Methods for Finance and Accounting SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6174  Financial Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6250  Marketing Research SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6350  International Services Marketing Management (HKBU) SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6360  Strategic Marketing (HKBU) SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6370  International Marketing Research (HKBU) SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT6380  Socially Responsible Marketing in an International Context (HKBU) SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT660  Employee and Organizational Development SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT670  International Human Resource Studies SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT679  Employee Performance Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT685  Branding SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT695  International Management SPR SEM 15 credits
MGT696  Creating Entrepreneurial Ventures SPR SEM 15 credits

Full academic year
MGT6162  Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations ACAD YR 15 credits
MGT682  Research Methods ACAD YR 15 credits

Any Semester
MGT6134  Strategic Organisational Change Design GRAD YR 15 credits
MGT6135  Strategic Organisational Change Planning GRAD YR 15 credits
AND

units (15 credits)
1Cxi
Politics Stream (1)
A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL6004  Understanding Politics AUT SEM 15 credits
AND

units (30 credits)
1Cxi
Politics Stream (2)
A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
POL6004  Understanding Politics AUT SEM 15 credits
POL6005  Contemporary Global Security AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6007  Research and Dissertation Preparation AUT SEM 15 credits
POL6320  Analysing the Policy Process AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6560  The Governance and Politics of the European Union AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6602  Political Economy of Global Environmental change AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6605  Democratic Governance in the 21st Century: Problems, Innovations and Solutions AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6607  Approaches to Political Economy AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6612  The Political Economy of Poverty and Inequality AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6614  Terrorism and Political Violence AUT SEM 30 credits
POL6970  Debating International Relations AUT SEM 30 credits

Semester 2
POL6604  Global Health and Global Politics SPR SEM 30 credits
POL6606  International Political Sociology of Civil Wars SPR SEM 30 credits
POL6608  Policy-Making in the Real World SPR SEM 30 credits
POL6613  Wellbeing in Politics and Policy SPR SEM 30 credits
POL6615  Capitalism and Crisis SPR SEM 30 credits
POL6616  Development and the State SPR SEM 30 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cxii Sociological Studies Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
SCS6069  International Social Change and Social Problems AUT SEM 15 credits
SCS6078  Researching Digital Society AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
SCS6067  Methods for International Social and Policy Analysis SPR SEM 30 credits
SCS6071  International Social Change: Analysing Policy Responses SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS6082  Social Media, Data and Society SPR SEM 15 credits
SCS663  Visual Methods for Social Scientists SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (15 credits)
1Cxiii Urban Studies and Planning Stream (1)
A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 1
TRP630  Theorising the City in the Global South AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6403  Values in Planning AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6410  Real Estate Economics AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6423  Principles of Urban Design AUT SEM 15 credits
AND

units (30 credits)
1Cxiii Urban Studies and Planning Stream (2)
A student will take 30 credits from this group.

Semester 1
TRP630  Theorising the City in the Global South AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6403  Values in Planning AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6410  Real Estate Economics AUT SEM 15 credits
TRP6423  Principles of Urban Design AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
TRP6013  Cities of Diversity SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6019  Governance and Participation in the Global South SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP618  Transport Planning SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP621  Advanced GIS Methods SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6211  Issues in Housing SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP624  International Real Estate Market Analysis SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6306  Planning Law SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6408  Advanced Software Skills in Urban Design SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6416  Investment Valuation SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP6421  Law of Business Leases SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP649  Sustainable development: a critical investigation SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP651  Managing Cities: The Seoul Case Study SPR SEM 15 credits
TRP655  Health, Wellbeing and the Built Environment SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units (45 credits)
1Cxiv
History Stream
A student will take 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
HCS6024  Children's Learning AUT SEM 15 credits
HST6803  Directed Reading AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
HST6046  Sex and Power: The Politics of Women's Liberation in Modern Britain SPR SEM 15 credits
HST6803  Directed Reading SPR SEM 15 credits

Full academic year
HCS6087  Communication Diversity & Difficulties: A ACAD YR 15 credits
AND

units (60 credits)
1D
A student will take 60 credits from this group.

Full academic year
SMI603  Independent Research Project by Dissertation ACAD YR 60 credits
SMI604  Independent Research Project by Proposal ACAD YR 60 credits

Year 2

 
 
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