General Education (GE) courses are designated by the University every year. Only GE courses taken in the academic year in which they are so designated can be used to fulfill the GE requirements.
The following are Science General Education Courses [GEE(SOSC)] designated for the 2014-15 academic year. Students should select courses from this list to satisfy the GEE (SCIE) requirement. Their status as Science GE courses in previous years are indicated by a "✓".
| Social Science General Education Courses | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Designated in previous years | ||||
| 4-digit | 3-digit | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | ||
| SHSS 3001 (#) | -- | Large Datasets, New Facts, Huge Comparisons: A New History for a New China, 1700-2000 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Summer) | X |
| SOSC 1100 | SOSC 110 | Elementary Statistics for Social Research | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1110 | SOSC 111 | Science, Technology and Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1120 | -- | Psychology and Education | 3 | X | X | X | X |
| SOSC 1130 | SOSC 113 | Science, Technology and Business | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1150 | SOSC 199 | Science, Technology and Work | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1160 | SOSC 200Q | Mass Media in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1170 | -- | Environmental and Energy Governance in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Summer) | X |
| SOSC 1190 | SOSC 119 | China and the World: China's Development in Historical and Comparative Perspectives | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1270 | SOSC 127 | International Law | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1300 | SOSC 101A | The World of Politics | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1340 | SOSC 134 | China-United States Relations | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1350 | SOSC 135 | Contemporary China: Continuity and Change | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1420 | SOSC 142 | Poverty | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1440 | SOSC 144 | Introduction to Economics | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1460 | SOSC 146 | Japan: Change and Continuity | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1620 | SOSC 162 | Introduction to China's Political and Economic Development | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1661 | SOSC 179 | Contemporary Hong Kong: Government & Politics | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1662 | SOSC 166 | Contemporary Hong Kong: Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1663 | -- | Contemporary Hong Kong: Critical Issues | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X |
| SOSC 1780 | SOSC 178 | Population and Development in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1800 | SOSC 180 | Understanding Chinese Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1810 | -- | Sociology of the Family | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X |
| SOSC 1840 | SOSC 184 | Government, Law and Society in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1850 | SOSC 185 | Understanding Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1860 | SOSC 186 | Population and Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1960 | SOSC 196 | Discovering Mind and Behavior | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1980 | SOSC 198 | Psychology and Everyday Life | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2010 | SOSC 301G | Environment and Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2120 | -- | The Party-state System in China: Origins and Developments | 3 | X | X | X | X |
| SOSC 2130 | -- | Education and Society | 3 | X | X | X | X |
| SOSC 2170 | SOSC 217 | Environment and Business | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2180 | SOSC 218 | Science and Technology Policy in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2220 | SOSC 200C | Women in China | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2230 | SOSC 323 | The Chinese Economy | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2250 | SOSC 225 | Place and Space in the Global Context | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2280 | SOSC 228 | International Relations of East Asia | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2290 | SOSC 229 | Understanding Globalization | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2300 | -- | The Pear River Delta Mega-City: Agglomeration, Integration, Multi-Polarity | 3 | ✓ | X | X | X |
| SOSC 2640 | SOSC 164 | The Chinese Cultural Revolution: A Case Study in Politico-Social Movements | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2740 | SOSC 274 | Gender and Society | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2780 | SOSC 278 | Modernization and Social Change | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3110 | SOSC 311 | Science and Technology in Hong Kong | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3130 | SOSC 313 | Hong Kong Culture | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3150 | SOSC 215 | Science, Technology and Environment | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3160 | SOSC 316 | Gender, Development and Fertility | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3170 | -- | Ethnicity | 3 | ✓ | ✓ (wef Spring) | X | X |
| SOSC 3190 | SOSC 319 | Population Aging, Mortality and Health | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3240 | SOSC 324 | Application of Geographical Information Systems | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3330 | SOSC 330 | Modern Dictatorship: West and East | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3410 | SOSC 341 | East Asian Economic Development | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3520 | SOSC 152 | Understanding Comparative Politics | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X |
| SOSC 3620 | SOSC 301H | Critical Urban Studies | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3630 | SOSC 363 | Democracy and Democratization around the World | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3880 | SOSC 288 | Social Inequality and Social Mobility | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
* Listed as both a Science General Education Course and an Engineering General Education Course. Students may use this course to satisfy either the Science GE requirement or Engineering GE requirement, but not both.
* This list shows Social Science GE courses designated from 2010-11 to 2013-14. All SOSC courses (including special topics courses) at or below 300-level for the academic year 2007-10 are designated as GEE courses.
The following courses are NOT designated in 2014-15. They can still be used to satisfy the GEE (SOSC) requirement if they were taken in the year(s) when they were designated as GEE (SOSC) courses (as indicated by a "✓").
| Previous Social Science General Education Courses not designated in the 2014-15 academic year | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | Designated in previous years | ||||
| 4-digit | 3-digit | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | ||
| SOSC 1030 | SOSC 003 | Contemporary China | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ |
| SOSC 1250 | SOSC 125 | International Relations | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1290 | SOSC 129 | Introduction to Chinese Politics | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1410 | SOSC 141 | Introduction to Game Theory | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1630 | SOSC 163 | Development in Rural China | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1650 | SOSC 165 | Introduction to Economic Development | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 1870 | SOSC 187 | Contemporary Issues in East Asia | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000B | SOSC 200B | International Political Economy | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000D | SOSC 200D | International Trade | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000E | SOSC 200E | International Financial System | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000F | SOSC 200F | Environment and Health | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000G | SOSC 200G | Transformation of China's Economy and Society | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000H | SOSC 200H | Demography of Aging: Life Course Perspectives | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000K | SOSC 200K | Comparative History of the Family | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000L | SOSC 200L | Korean and Chinese Societies | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000M | SOSC 200M | Marketizing China | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000P | SOSC 200P | Health Psychology | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000W | SOSC 200W | Introduction to Social Theory | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000X | SOSC 200X | Globalized Islam | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2000Z | SOSC 200Z | International Political Economy | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2140 | SOSC 211 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2210 | SOSC 221 | Fundamentals of Social Psychology | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2800 | SOSC 280 | Global Politics | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2980 | SOSC 298 | Personality Psychology | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 2990 | SOSC 200J | Psychology of Adolescence and Adulthood | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3000I | SOSC 300I | National Innovation Systems | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3010L | SOSC 301L | Political Economy of East Asia | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3010M | SOSC 301M | Psychology of Gender | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 3120 | SOSC 200N | Economic Development | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 4290 | SOSC 329 | China’s Sustainable Development | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 4600 | SOSC 360 | Understanding Chinese Politics | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOSC 4610 | SOSC 361 | Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| -- | SOSC 100A | Economic Development of Hong Kong | 3 | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| -- | SOSC 172 | Social Inequality in Hong Kong | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ |
| -- | SOSC 264 | Economics of Human Resources | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ |
| -- | SOSC 265 | Economic Analysis of Law | 3 | X | X | X | ✓ |
* This list shows Social Science GE courses designated in 2010-11 and 2013-14. All SOSC courses (including special topics courses) at or below 300-level for the academic year 2007-10 are designated as GEE courses.
