4-undergrad

Undergraduate

Minor Programme in Geography

Minor Programme in Geography

Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programme, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.

 

Requirements

 Five of the following courses (3 units each; 15 units in total)

 

GEOG2005 Cultures, Peoples and Landscapes

 

GEOG2006 Earth Systems: Shaping Landscapes

 

GEOG2007 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography

 

GEOG2015 Maps and Map Making

 

GEOG2016 Earth Systems: Atmosphere and Biosphere

 

GEOG2017 Globalization of Economic Activities

 

GEOG2025 The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: A Geographical Survey

 

GEOG3006 Regional Geography of China

 

GEOG3007 Energy Problems and the Environment

 

GEOG3015 Geography of Health and the Environment

 

GEOG3016 Geography of Pacific Area: Regional Development and Geopolitics

 

GEOG3017 Global Environmental Issues and Sustainability

 

GEOG3025 Population Geography

 

GEOG3027 Urban Geography

 

GEOG3037 Environmental Health and Policy

 

GEOG4005 Advanced Climatology

 

GEOG4006 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geography

 

GEOG4015 Coastal Environments and Processes

 

GEOG4016 Sustainable Energy and Technological Innovation in China

 

GEOG4017 Geographical Information Systems

 

GEOG4025 Geographical Imaginations

 

GEOG4026 Geography of Economic Development

 

GEOG4027 Geography of Environmental Hazards

 

GEOG4035 Geography of Transportation

 

GEOG4036 Political Geography

 

GEOG4046 Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation

 

GEOG4047 Resource and Environmental Management in China

 

GEOG4055 Rural and Agricultural Development in China

 

GEOG4056 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Human Geography)

 

GEOG4057 Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical and Environmental Geography)

 

GEOG4065 Energy Policy and Analysis

 

GEOG4066 Seminar in Environmental Planning and Management

 

GEOG4076 Urban Cultural Landscape

 

GEOG4085 Urban Development in China

 

GEOG4086 Urban and Environmental Planning

 

GEOG4087 Natural Resource Evaluation and Policy Approaches

 

GEOG4096 Biogeography

 

GEOG4097 Ecosystems and Processes

 

Students are required to take at least two Level 2 Elective courses and at least two Level 3/4 Elective courses.

 

Students can also take either one of the GE Capstone courses offered by the Department of Geography (GCAP3026 or GCAP3027) to have a level 3/4 Elective course exempted for minoring in Geography. In this regard, students only need to fulfil 12 units of the courses in the above course list with a 3-unit GE Capstone course (GCAP3026 or GCAP3027) and apply for the double-counting arrangements to Academic Registry in the final year of study.