This course aims to assist students to adapt to University life. It also introduces the role and function of University in society. There are three parts: the first part introduces some basic issues of university learning. The second part covers issues of modern university and the third part talks about overcoming learning barriers and advices on university life planning.

The purposes of this course are to

What is Science? How did/does/will it change the way we live? Is our food safe to eat? What are GMOs? Why are we prone to diseases? Are radioactive substances friends or foes? How are weather data collected and what these data meant to us?

(Please refer to the University’s Undergraduate Handbook for the course restrictions.)

Film genres have been popular since the beginning of this artistic medium and remain quite popular today. This class will examine the cultural and economic reasons for their continuing popularity. Film showings and film clips will demonstrate how genres evolve over time, how some of the great film directors have made genre films of lasting impact, and how others seek to subvert them and their norms on commercial or ideological grounds. This class assumes no prior knowledge of film.