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Introductory 100 Level Courses

GEOG1002

Hong Kong: land, people and resources

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG1003

Contemporary global environmental issues

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG1005

Map use, reading and interpretation

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG1012

Economic and social development in an urbanizing world

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG1016

Nature conservation for sustainable societies

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG1017

Human geography in a globalizing world

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG1020

Modern maps in the age of big data

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG1021

Geographic issues of Polar Regions

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG1022

Global change and sustainable development

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

Advanced 200 Level Courses

# Fulfill requirements of method-related courses 

GEOG2004

Atmospheric environment and global climate

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2013

Sustainable development: Introduction and quantification

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2018

Transport geography

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2030

Global development

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2078

Cities and the urban world: A global introduction to urban geography

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2090

Introduction to geographic information systems #

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2096

Human impacts on ecosystems

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2109

Population geography and social development

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2120

Introductory spatial analysis #

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2124

Environmental change and socio-political conflicts

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2126

Understanding China: The land and the people

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2127

Environmental management

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2130

Field methods in geography #

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2135

Climate, energy and life

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2147

Building smart cities with GIS #

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG2154

Healthy food, place, and sustainability

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2156

Introduction to remote sensing #

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2160

Sustainable waste management and circular economy in Hong Kong

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG2161

Human-nature interaction for sustainability analysis and management

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

Advanced 300 Level Courses

# Fulfill requirements of method-related courses 

GEOG3104

Globalizing China: Development issues

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG3203

Climate change and the environment

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG3205

Environmental hazards

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG3214

Corporate social responsibility and environmental auditing

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG3304

Tourism policy and planning

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG3414

Social justice and the city

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG3430

Geospatial data for environmental change #

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG3431

Advanced GIS #

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG3432

GIS workshop #

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

Advanced 400 Level Courses

GEOG4008

Research Frontiers in Physical Geography – Part A

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG4009

Research Frontiers in Physical Geography – Part B

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG4010

Research Frontiers in Human Geography – Part A

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG4011

Research Frontiers in Human Geography – Part B

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

GEOG4012

Advanced GIS

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

GEOG4013

Advanced Remote Sensing

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

Capstone Experience Courses

GEOG4001

Non-local Field Studies

6

credits

Annual; University Vacations

GEOG4002

Directed Project in Geography

6

credits

Annual; Full-year

GEOG4003

Honours Dissertation

12

credits

Annual; Full-year

GEOG4004

Directed Project in Urban Governance

6

credits

Annual; Full-year

Common Core Courses

CCAI9009

Today’s Future City: Technology and the Recoding of Urban Life

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

CCGL9049

Carbon, Money, and Lifestyle

6

credits

Annual; 2nd Semester

CCST9034

Living in a Hazardous World

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

CCST9083

Earth as Seen by Satellite

6

credits

Annual; 1st Semester

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