DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

The BSocSc (Hons) in Geography and BEd (Hons) in Liberal Studies Teaching Programme will provide thorough preparation over four years in two distinct disciplines: Geography and Education Studies. In addition, students who successfully complete the Programme will be conferred with recognized teacher status. During the progression of their studies, students will undertake periods of school experience and teaching practice. Students will also be required to follow a number of Complementary Studies courses outside their two disciplines.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

	Geography Courses	51 units
	Education Courses	50 units
	Honours Project	6 units
	Complementary Studies Courses	24 units

		131 units

Requirements

Geography Courses				51 units
a)	Geography Required Courses (24 units)
	GEOG	1130	Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography	3 units
	GEOG	1150	Cartography	3 units
	GEOG	1190	Earth Systems: Shaping Landscapes	3 units
	GEOG	1200	Earth Systems: Atmosphere & Biosphere	3 units
	GEOG	1160	Cultures, Peoples & Landscapes	3 units
	GEOG	1210	Globalization of Economic Activities	3 units
	GEOG	2110	Regional Geography of China	3 units
	GEOG	3130	Geographical Thought	3 units
	GEOG	3590	Field Camp	0 unit
b)	Geography Elective Courses (27 units)
At least one course from each of the following four areas:
Geographical Methodology:
	GEOG	3600	Geographical Information Systems	3 units
	GEOG	3610	Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation	3 units
	GEOG	3630	Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geography	3 units
Physical and Environmental Geography:
	GEOG	2140	Global Environmental Issues and Sustainability	3 units
	GEOG	2160	Energy Problems & the Environment	3 units
	GEOG	2600	Techniques in Physical Geography	3 units
	GEOG	2800	Geography of Health & the Environment	3 units
	GEOG	3620	Advanced Climatology	3 units
	GEOG	3640	Applied Geomorphology	3 units
	GEOG	3680	Coastal Environments & Processes	3 units
	GEOG	3720	Seminar in Environmental Planning & Management	3 units
	GEOG	3730	Seminar in Energy Problems	3 units
	GEOG	3840*	Energy Development in China	3 units
	GEOG	3850*	Resource Management in China	3 units
	GEOG	3860*	Problems in the Physical Geography of China	3 units
	GEOG	3870	Geography of Environmental Hazards	3 units
	GEOG	3910*	Selected Topics in the Geography of China	3 units
Human Geography:
	GEOG	2150	Population Geography	3 units
	GEOG	2180	Urban Geography	3 units
	GEOG	3650	Geography of Economic Development	3 units
	GEOG	3660	Political Geography	3 units
	GEOG	3670	Geography of Transportation	3 units
	GEOG	3710	Urban Planning	3 units
	GEOG	3740	Urban Cultural Landscape	3 units
	GEOG	3750	Seminar in Urban Geography	3 units
	GEOG	3760	Urban Development & Planning in Hong Kong	3 units
	GEOG	3790	Seminar in Social Geography	3 units
	GEOG	3830*	Population Geography of China	3 units
	GEOG	3880*	Rural & Agricultural Development in China	3 units
	GEOG	3890*	Urban Development in China	3 units
	GEOG	3910*	Selected Topics in the Geography of China	3 units
Regional Geography:
	GEOG	1620	Hong Kong & the Pearl River Delta: A Survey	3 units
	GEOG	2320	Geography of Pacific Asia	3 units

Education Courses				50 units
a)	Education Required Courses (32 units)
	EDUC	1050	Introduction to Educational Psychology	2 units
	EDUC	1060	Introduction to Sociology of Education	2 units
	EDUC	1080	Introduction to Philosophy of Education	2 units
	EDUC	1090	Teaching & Learning with Information & Communication Technology (ICT)	2 units
	EDUC	1120	Introduction to Liberal Studies in Schools	2 units
	EDUC	1130	Instructional and Assessment Strategies for Liberal Studies	2 units
	EDUC	2020	Curriculum, Assessment & Learning	3 units
	EDUC	2040	Classroom Communication & Management	3 units
	EDUC	2060	Taeching & Learning of Self & Personal Development	2 units
	EDUC	2070	Teaching & Learning of Society & Culture	2 units
	EDUC	2080	Educational Research	3 units
	EDUC	3040	Teacher's Personal & Professional Development	3 units
	EDUC	3080	Teaching & Learning of Science, Technology & Environment	2 units
	EDUC	4150	Creative & Critical Thinking	2 units
b)	Education Integrated Practicum (10 units)
	EDUC	1070	School Experience	2 units
	EDUC	3050	Supervised Teaching Practice I	4 units
	EDUC	3060	Supervised Teaching Practice II	4 units
c)	Education Elective Courses (8 units)
	EDUC	3610	Life & Moral Education	2 units
	EDUC	3630	Development of Children & Adolescents	2 units
	EDUC	3650	Education System, Policies & Issues in Hong Kong	2 units
	EDUC	3670	Guidance in Schools	2 units
	EDUC	3690	Inclusive Education & Special Educational Needs	2 units
	EDUC	4070	Student Self Development	2 units
	EDUC	4090	Sociology of School Organization	2 units
	EDUC	4130	School Management & Decision MAking	2 units
	EDUC	4140	Teaching as a Profession	2 units
	EDUC	4901-8	Teaching of a Second Subject	2 units

Honours Project				6 units
	GEOG	3591-2	Honours Project	6 units

Complementary Studies Courses				24 units
	Core Requirements
	LANG	1491-2	English I & II	6 units
	LANG	1480	University Chinese	3 units
	I.T.	1180	Information Management Technology	3 units
	Values and the Meaning of Life course			3 units
	U.L.	1121-2	University Life	0 unit
	Physical Education courses			0 unit
	Distribution Requirements
	One Science course			3 units
	One non-major course			3 units
	Free elective course			3 units



				131 units

Geography major students can choose up to two of these China Studies subjects. The contents of GEOG 3910 Selected Topics in the Geography of China vary from year to year. Whether GEOG 3910 is considered a human or physical and environmental geography subject depends on the exact contents of the subject at the time it is offered.