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Faculty/ Departmental Courses available for RPg students of other Faculties
Courses offered by : Pages
Faculty of Architecture 2
Faculty of Arts 4
Faculty of Dentistry 6
Faculty of Education 8
Faculty of Engineering 10
Faculty of Science 14
Faculty of Social Sciences 23
Faculty of Business & Economics 34
LKS Faculty of Medicine 36
Course(s) open for RPg students of other Faculties (Semester 1, 2021-22) Faculty of Architecture The University of Hong Kong Last update: July 22, 2021
Course Code Course Title
Level (RPG/TPG) RPG: for research postgraduates; TPG: for taught postgraduates
Prerequisites (if any)
Quota for non-HKU Students (if any)
Course URL
Contact person (if applicable) (Name, email and/or tel. number)
Remarks (if any) (Please specify here if the medium of instruction is NOT English.)
BIOL6009 Advanced studies in Ecology & Biodiversity for postgraduate students
OBJECTIVES This course aims to provide student centred learning opportunities which will be designed for each individual student. Students will be required to take parts of existing Masters courses or advanced courses from the BSc curriculum which are considered necessary for their particular needs and which they have not previously taken. Opportunities for internships with local conservation organizations (1 day per week over at least one semester), that will allow students to gain relevant practical experience, may also be available.
ASSESSMENT Examination (70-80%) and continuous assessment (20-30%) depending on the studies selected; pass/fail
WEEK 1 01-Sep-21 1-- Regional Geology: Topics, Solving ProblemsWebb 2-- Introduction to Wikipedia Project
03-Sep-21 1&2-- Exercise: Making Wikipedia pages & Wiki rubric draft3-- Discussion: How do we investigate regional (contractional) geology?
READING W1 - Dahlstrom, 1969WEEK 2 08-Sep-21 GeoMapApp - a tool for making geological base maps
Webb / Ali 10-Sep-21 1&2-- Exercise: Drawing in Inkscape & Wiki rubric finalized3-- Discussion: How do contractional, extensional, and strike-slip systems evolve?
READING W2 - one of Luyendyk et al 1980; Coney and Harms, 1984; Wernicke and Axen, 1988; Sylvester, 1988; Lister & Davis, 1989; McQuarrie & Wernicke, 2005; Kapp et al., 2008; Murphy et al., 2009; Malavieille, 2010
DUE: SELECTION OF WIKI TOPIC, Turn in to Webb via email (25 points)WEEK 3 15-Sep-21 1-- Discussion: How can we track geological processes in time? Geo-/thermo-chronWebb 2-- Mini-lecture: how to make an evolutionary diagram (adv vs retr subd zones).
READING W3 - Payton and Carrapa, 2013 (only p. 15-19, 21-27), Schildgen et al., 201817-Sep-21 1-- Group Exercise: How to answer regional geology (exam) questions
2-- Group Exercise: Make an evolutionary diagram
DUE: By this class, you must obtain approval for your Reading Exam 1 Part A paper.WEEK 4 24-Sep-21 1-- EXAM 1, Part A (30 points)
Webb 2-- In-class exercise presenting your Exam 1 Part A paper.WEEK 5 29-Sep-21 1-- Discussion: How do the solid and soft Earth interact?Webb 2-- Group Exercise: Write an introduction
READING W5 - one of Montgomery and Stolar, 2006; Montgomery et al., 2001; Clift et al., 2008; Boosand Kuang, 2010; Iaffaldano et al., 2011; Webb et al., 2017
WEEK 6 06-Oct-21 1-- Discussion: How do the crust & the mantle interact? Dynamic topographyWebb / Ali 2-- Solo Exercise: Present evolutionary diagram.
READING W6 - one of Gurnis, 1992; Lithgow-Bertelloni & Silver, 1998; Wortel & Spakman, 2000; DeCelles et al., 2009; Replumaz et al., 2010; Faccenna et al., 2013; Husson et al., 2014
08-Oct-21 Welcome to East Asia! Here's how it works. [Content in Exam 1, Part B.]09-Oct-21 DUE: WIKIPEDIA DRAFT PAGE turn in to Webb via email with link by noon (95 points)
WEEK 7 Reading / field trip week: 11-16 October.WEEK 8 18-Oct-21 DUE: Wikipedia (1) feedback and (2) reflection notes posted by noon (10 points)
Webb 20-Oct-21 In-class Wikipedia feedback session: make action plans
READING W8 - one of Collins et al., 1998; Komiya et al., 1999; Van Kranendonk et al., 2019; Lowe &Byerly, 2007; Stern, 2008; Nutman and Friend, 2009; Van Kranendonk et al., 2010; Moore& Webb, 2013; Arai et al., 2015; Rozel et al., 2017; Webb et al., 2020
WEEK 9 27-Oct-21 1-- Discussion: Why do other terrestrial bodies lack plate tectonics? How do they cool?
READING W9 - one of Turcotte, 1989; Taylor and McLennan, 2009 [Chapter 1]; Moore et al., 2017;Gülcher et al., 2020
DUE: By this class, you must obtain approval for your Exam 1 Part B paper.
29-Oct-21 1-- EXAM 1, Part B (30 points)2-- Solo Exercise & Feedback: Write and edit an Introduction.
WEEK 10 03-Nov-21 1-- Discussion: How was plate tectonics initiated?Webb 2-- Exercise: thermochronology prediction experiment 2.
READING W10 - one of Hansen, 2007; Bercovici & Ricard, 2014; Rey et al., 2014; Gerya et al., 2015;Tang et al., 2020
05-Nov-21 Exercise: Gurla Mandhata's impact on Himalayan thrust tectonics.
WEEK 11 10-Nov-21 1-- Discussion: How did plate tectonics evolve? How is it maintained?Webb / Ali 2-- Exercise: InSAR interpretation.
READING W11 - one of Bleeker, 2003; Silver and Behn, 2008; Jagoutz, 2012; Spencer et al., 2018;Coltice et al., 2019; Sobolev & Brown, 2019
12-Nov-21 Welcome to East Asia! Here's how it works. [Content in Exam 2]13-Nov-21 DUE: Wikipedia page goes LIVE! Turn in via email with link by noon (75 points)
ALL READINGS ARE TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE LISTED CLASS SESSIONS.
WEEK 12 15-Nov-21 DUE: Wikipedia (1) feedback and (2) reflection notes posted by noon (10 points)
Webb 17-Nov-21 In-class Wikipedia feedback session: MAKE ACTION PLANS19-Nov-21 1-- Exercise: thermochronology prediction experiment 3.
2-- Discussion: How and why does Earth have non-plate-like deformation?READING W12 - one of Hudec & Jackson, 2007; Sol et al., 2007; Ratschbacher et al., 2011; Yin &
Taylor, 2011; Koons et al., 2013; Bendick & Ehlers, 2014; Li et al., 2014; Bischoff & Flesch, 2018
WEEK 13 24-Nov-21 Welcome to East Asia! Here's how it works. [Content in Exam 2]
Webb / Ali DUE: By this class, you must obtain approval for your exam 2 paper.
26-Nov-21 EXAM 2 (60 points)
FINAL WIKI PROJECT DUE: Noon, 16-Dec-21 (60 pts) + Reflection / feedback report (5 pts)
EASC6009 (Evolving Earth Systems) Academic Year 2021 - 22
Offering Department Earth Sciences Compulsory (C)/
Elective (E)
E
Course Co-ordinator Dr. Ryan McKenzie (Semester 1), Dr. Jed Kaplan (Semester 2)
Teachers Involved Variable depending on topics each semester
Course Objectives Evaluate various integrative Earth systems in space and time.
Course Contents & Topics Biogeochemical and tectonic processes that influence Earth’s surface
environment. Each semester topics may cover: “Origin of the Continental
Crust”, “The Carbon Cycle”, “Oxygenation of the Atmosphere”, “Mountains and
Climate”, amongst others.
Course Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, students should:
1) generate an understanding of “systems science” as pertaining to topics in
Earth and Planetary Sciences;
2) understand topics covered such that they can actively participate in critical
research-related discussions, as well as provide coherent presentations
explaining the fundamentals of specified topics; and
3) understand topics to the level that they can formulate new scientific questions
relevant to their personal research, from which they can generate new ideas for
future scientific proposals of their own.
Pre-requisites
(and Co-requisites and
Impermissible combinations)
N/A
Offer in 2019 - 2020 Yes (1st sem and 2nd sem) Examination No Exam
Offer in 2020 - 2021 Yes
Course Grade Pass/Fail
Grade Descriptors Pass Completion of weekly objectives. Demonstrate understanding of various topics
covered, primarily through active participation in group discussions and ability to
present and lead discussion on select topics. Short writing exercise on select topic to
be determined with instructor.
Fail Lack of participation, failure to present/lead discussions on select topics or complete
course objectives.
Course Type Lecture-based / discussion-based
Course Teaching
& Learning Activities
Activities Details No. of Hours
Lectures 2 hours/week
Assessment Methods
and Weighting
Methods Details Weighting in final
course grade (%)
Assignment Participation in readings &
discussion, leading
discussion via presentation
of select readings.
80%
Project report 3-page mock proposal of
topic agreed upon by
instructor.
20%
Required/recommended
reading and online materials
Scientific journal articles TBD each semester.
Additional Course Information This course is for RPg students of:
All Faculties of HKU and other UGC-funded Universities.
STAT6005 Special studies in statistics The aim of the course is to introduce students to the topics which are of relevance to their research study but have not been taken previously. Students will be instructed to attend one course or a combination of courses from the department as prescribed by the supervisor(s) and approved by the Chairman of the Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee. Alternately this course may consist of supervised reading supplemented by written work and prescribed coursework.
Students are permitted to replace this course by another RPG course from the MPhil/PhD curricula offered by other Departments, subject to the approval of the Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee.
STAT6008 Advanced statistical inference This course covers the advanced theory of point estimation, interval estimation and hypothesis testing. Using a mathematically-oriented approach, the course provides a formal treatment of inferential problems, statistical methodologies and their underlying theory. It is suitable in particular for students intending to further their studies or to develop a career in statistical research. Contents include: (1)Decision problem – frequentist approach: loss function; risk; decision rule; admissibility; minimaxity; unbiasedness; Bayes’ rule; (2)Decision problem – Bayesian approach: prior and posterior distributions, Bayesian inference; (3) Estimation theory: exponential families; likelihood; sufficiency; minimal sufficiency; completeness; UMVU estimators; information inequality; large-sample theory of maximum likelihood estimation; (4) Hypothesis testing: uniformly most powerful (UMP) test; monotone likelihood ratio; UMP unbiased test; conditional test; large-sample theory of likelihood ratio; confidence set; (5) Nonparametric inference; bootstrap methods.
Assessment: One 2-hour written examination; 40% coursework, 60% examination.
STAT6009 Research methods in statistics This course includes two modules.
The first module, Asymptotic Statistics, introduces some fundamental tools in asymptotic statistics which potential graduate students will find useful in preparing for work on a research degree in statistics. Focus is on applications of state-of-the-art statistical techniques and their underlying theory. Contents may be selected from: 1) Modes of stochastic convergence; 2) Limit theorems; 3) Stochastic orders and the delta method; 4) Order statistics and sample quantiles: 5) M-estimator, Z-estimator and the maximum likelihood estimator; 6) Non-parametric estimation of distributions; 7) U-statistics and projection estimators; 8) Other topics as determined by the instructor.
The second module, High-dimensional Statistics, introduces some fundamental tools in high-dimensional statistics. Focus is on applications of state-of-the-art statistical techniques and their underlying theory. Contents may be selected from: 1) Curse of the dimension; 2) Estimation of high-dimensional means; 3) Estimation of high-dimensional covariance matrix; 4) High-dimensional PCA; 5) High-dimensional regression; 6) High-dimensional factor models; 7) Compressed sensing; 8) Other topics as determined by the instructor.
Assessment: One 2-hour written examination; 25% coursework, 75% examination. STAT6010 Advanced probability This course provides an introduction to measure theory and probability. The course will focus on some basic concepts in theoretical probability which are important for students to do research in actuarial science, probability and statistics. Contents include: sigma-algebra, measurable space, measure and probability, measure space and probability space, measurable functions, random variables, integration theory, characteristic functions, convergence of random variables, conditional expectations, martingales.
Assessment: one 2-hour written examination; 25% coursework, 75% examination.
STAT6011 Computational statistics This course aims to give postgraduate students in statistics a background in modern computationally intensive methods in statistics. It emphasizes the role of computation as a fundamental tool of discovery in data analysis, of statistical inference, and for development of statistical theory and methods. Contents include: Bayesian statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods including Gibbs sampler, the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, and data augmentation; Generation of random variables including the inversion methods, rejection sampling, the sampling/importance resampling method; Optimization techniques including Newton’s method, expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm and its variants, and minorization-maximization (MM) algorithms; Integration including Laplace approximations, Gaussian quadrature, the importance sampling method; and other topics such as Hidden Markov models, neural networks, and Bootstrap methods.
Assessment: One 2-hour written examination; 50% coursework, 50% examination.
Course(s) open for RPg students of other Faculties (Semester 1, 2021-22) Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Hong Kong Last update: August 4, 2021
Course Code Course Title
Level (RPG/TPG)
RPG: for research postgraduates; TPG: for taught postgraduates
Course(s) open for RPg students of other Faculties (Semester 1, 2021-22) Faculty of Business and Economics The University of Hong Kong Last update: July 30, 2021
2021-22 RPG / TPG Course Timetable for RPG Students
(updated 20210729)
Semester 1
Course(s) open for RPg students of other Faculties (Semester 1, 2021-22) LKS Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong Last update: August 6, 2021