Streams of study
CHINA AND ASIAN
PACIFIC AFFAIRS (CAPA)
This stream couples an Asia Pacific geographical focus with an awareness of the global perspective, reflecting the region’s growing integration into an emergent new world order, and also demonstrating the strength of Hong Kong’s links with the region. Offered through a cross-disciplinary combination of courses in politics, economics, and sociology, the stream covers not only the varied patterns of economic growth and development across the region but also the changes in social, political and security inter-relationships brought about by social change, democratisation, regionalisation and the end of the Cold War. Special attention is given to China and its changing economic and political roles in the region and the wider international environment, but other countries of importance to Hong Kong are also studied.
This stream provides students not only with an understanding of regional change and continuity but also with the tools to analyse the dynamics of the region which is so vital to Hong Kong.
This stream combines international politics and economics to provide an interdisciplinary approach to examine the challenges which a fast-changing international system poses for Hong Kong as much as for other states, organizations and individuals.
As the world community is drawn closer by deepening socio-economic, environmental and political-security independence and intensifying flows of capital, technology, information and people, Hong Kong is finding itself faced by an increasing range of “international” issues which impinge on the domestic agenda. The IS Stream aims to provide students with analytical tools to come to grips with critical issues that are both strongly debated and affect the lives of people in Hong Kong and around the world. This stream helps to foster an understanding of global trends which is in demand by outward- looking companies and organization based in Hong Kong. As the world community is drawn closer by deepening socio-economic, environmental and political-security independence and intensifying flows of capital, technology, information and people, Hong Kong is finding itself faced by an increasing range of “international” issues which impinge on the domestic agenda. The IS Stream aims to provide students with analytical tools to come to grips with critical issues that are both strongly debated and affect the lives of people in Hong Kong and around the world. This stream helps to foster an understanding of global trends which is in demand by outward- looking companies and organization based in Hong Kong.
