Courses under the thematic cluster 'The Human Lifespan' (HL)

(applicable to cohorts admitted in or after 2021-22)

‘The Human Lifespan’ offers students a holistic transdisciplinary engagement with the multidimensional questions about the human lifespan from before conception to death and the debates that hover around the question of immortality.

Area of InquiryCourse codeCourse title
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9006Chasing Biomedical Miracles: Promises and Perils
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9009Living with Stem Cells
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9025Genetics and Human Nature
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9032Intelligent” Architecture and Sustainability
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9050Robot: Flesh, Machines, Intelligence
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9060Exploring Human Longevity
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9062Sports: For You and Hong Kong
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9073Emotion, Cognition, and Brain
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST5078Health Literacy: Things to Know Before Consulting Dr. Google (Online)
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9078Health Literacy: Things to Know Before Consulting Dr. Google
Scientific and Technological LiteracyCCST9081All You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Humans
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5001Designs on the Future (Online)
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9001Designs on the Future
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9009Moral Controversies in Contemporary Society
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9010Being Different: Understanding People with Disabilities
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5014Spirituality, Religion and Social Change (Online)
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9014Spirituality, Religion and Social Change
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9015Sex and Intimacy in Modern Times
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9019From Health to Well-being
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9024The Last Dance: Understanding Death and Dying
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9051Mysteries of the Human Mind
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9052The Best Things in Life: A Philosophical Exploration
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9061Science and Religion: Questioning Truth, Knowledge and Life
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU5065A Life Worth Living (Online)
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9065A Life Worth Living
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9066Human Learning: A Life-long Adventure
Arts and HumanitiesCCHU9078Contemplative Practices: From Personal Awareness to Social Well-being
Global IssuesCCGL9003Contagions: Global Histories of Disease
Global IssuesCCGL5005Poverty, Development, and the Next Generation: Challenges for a Global World (Online)
Global IssuesCCGL9005Poverty, Development, and the Next Generation: Challenges for a Global World
Global IssuesCCGL9025The Political Economy of Growth and Poverty in the World
Global IssuesCCGL9042The Evolution of Civilization
Global IssuesCCGL9053Suicide: Risks, Research, and Realities
Global IssuesCCGL9054Responding to the Challenges of Aging Societies
Global IssuesCCGL9058Villages and Global Futures
Global IssuesCCGL5062Shaping our Health Across Cultures (Online)
Global IssuesCCGL9062Shaping our Health Across Cultures
Global IssuesCCGL9074Unleashing the Power of Big Data in Global Cities
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9002Chinese Cities in the 21st Century
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9013Love, Marriage and Sex in Modern China
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9014Social Development: China, Asia, and the World
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9015Population, Society and Sustainable Development in Hong Kong
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9018Buddhism and Chinese Culture
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9023Family and Development in Modern China
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9025Humanity and Nature in Chinese Thought
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9029Ideas and Practices of Healing in Traditional China
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9033Sustainable Urban Development and Hong Kong
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH5039Curing the Chinese: Medicine and Society in Modern China (Online)
China: Culture, State and SocietyCCCH9039Curing the Chinese: Medicine and Society in Modern China
Artificial IntelligenceCCAI9007Hacking Aging: Partnering Human and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceCCAI9020AI, Health and Me
Artificial IntelligenceCCAI9030Robot: Flesh, Machines, Intelligence