Cluster Area Requirements (CAR) Subjects

CAR subjects are designed to allow students to expand their intellectual capacity beyond their disciplinary domain. These subjects will enable students to tackle professional and global issues from a multidisciplinary perspective.

CAR subjects currently offered by CBS

Subject Code	Subject Title	No. of Credits
CBS1A01P	Fun with Language	3
CBS1A01V	Fun with Language (for summer term in a 3-week intensive mode)	3
CBS1A11N	Cultural Identities and Representations	3
CBS1A11P	Cultural Identities and Representations	3
CBS1A13	The Talking Brain	3
CBS1A17	Human Relationships and the Cyberworld	3
CBS1A18	Life and Death	3
CBS1A19	Love, Intimacy and Identity	3
CBS1A20	Self-representation in New Media	3
CBS1A20M	Self-representation in New Media	3
CBS1A21	Adventures in Social and Political Philosophy: How Are We To Live?	3
CBS1A22	Creativity and Creative Thinking	3
CBS1A23	Cultural Identities and Representations	3
CBS1A24	Understanding Human Relations through Cinema	3
CBS1A25	Queer Culture and Media Representations	3
CBS1AM26P	Chinese Arts, Culture and Creative Life (中國藝術、文化與創意人生)	3
CBS1BN03	East Asia: Towards a Global Community with Cultural Diversity	3
CBS1CM07P	Introduction to Chinese Literature	3
CBS1CM29	Appreciation of Chinese Art and Design 評賞中國藝術與設計	3
CBS1CM29M	Appreciation of Chinese Art and Design 評賞中國藝術與設計	3
CBS1CM29P	Appreciation of Chinese Art and Design 評賞中國藝術與設計	3
CBS1CN05P	Introduction to Cantonese Opera	3
CBS1CN06P	Translation and Chinese Society	3
CBS1CN08	Chinese Language and the Chinese Societies	3
CBS1CN12P	Chinese Language and the Chinese Societies	3
CBS1CN14M	Sense making of signs across cultures	3
CBS1CN14P	Sense Making of Signs across Cultures	3
CBS1CN15P	Introduction to Hong Kong Literature	3
CBS1CN16	Understanding Japan: A Journey into Japanese Culture and Society	3
CBS1CN27	Art, Society and Community Engagement	3
CBS1CN28	Modern Art	3
CBS1CN30	Ethical Thinking: Theory and Practice	3
CBS1CN31	Logic and Reasoning	3
CBS1CN32	Contemporary Chinese & Western Art and Cultural Interactions (Retitled from Contemporary Chinese Art)	3
CBS1CN33	Storytelling in Art	3
CBS1CN34	Localization and Globalization of Hong Kong Art	3
CBS1CN34C	Localization and Globalization of Hong Kong Art	3
CBS1CN35	Understanding Hong Kong Cinema	3
CBS1CN35C	Understanding Hong Kong Cinema	3
CBS1CN35P	Understanding Hong Kong Cinema	3
CBS1CN36	Aspects of Western Philosophy	3
CBS1CN36M	Aspects of Western Philosophy	3
CBS1CN37	Understanding Ecocriticism through Environmental Movies	3
CBS1CN38	Understanding French Culture and Society through Cinema	3
CBS1D39	Logic as a Foundational Science	3
CBS1D39M	Logic as a Foundational Science	3
CBS1M40P	A Brief History of Chinese Words	3
CBS1M41	Chinese Language: Myths vs Facts	3
CBS1M42	History of Traditional Chinese Arts and Crafts	3
CBS1M42M	History of Traditional Chinese Arts and Crafts	3
CBS2CM04P	Appreciation of the Four Great Classical Chinese Novels	3
CBS2CM09	Communications in Greater China	3
CBS2CM09P	Communications in Greater China	3
CBS2CN10P	An Exploration of Chinese Characters and Scripts	3