近年来旅游已成为一个前所未有的复杂现象。一方面，旅游者会接触到不同民族、不同文化；另一方面，文化本身亦会扩展至不同地方及社会。本科旨在透过跨学科角度，提供一个理论及历史架构，让学生能分析及反思旅游与文化的关系，尤其著重於全球化、消费文化、民族及地方的课题。

CULS5206 Gender, Love and Sexuality in Intercultural Studies 性别、爱情与性爱文化研究
 

The course aims to explore the meaning of gender, love and sexuality in an intercultural context from three perspectives: 1) the gender politics as practised by Chinese and Western societies, 2) the concept of love in various schools of thought in the Chinese and Western traditions; and 3) the manifestation of love in Chinese and Western literatures. Literary works will be selected from a variety of genres, including myths, folklore, poetry and fiction, aiming at a critical appreciation of the differences and similarities in the treatment of themes such as romantic love, “boudoir brief,” sexuality and human relationships.
本科从文化的三个角度探讨性别、爱情与色情的定义∶一）中国与西方社会实行的性别政治；二）中国与西方传统对爱情观念的不同看法；三）中国与西方文学对爱情的表达。本科将挑选不同体裁的文学作品，包括神话、民间传说、诗歌及小说等，旨在对如「浪漫的恋爱」、「闺房之乐」、性别与人际关系中的差别及类同，予以一个具批判性的欣赏。

CULS5207 Interdisciplinary Study of Technoscience Culture 科技文化的跨学科研究
 

This course endeavours to find ways of integrating different approaches in various disciplines such as history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, communication, journalism and literary analysis with an aim to establish a critical and theoretical foundations upon which the relationships between technoscience and contemporary culture can be investigated with references to scenes in music, literature, media and film. Actual processes of contemporary culture in the making will also be highlighted.
本科致力找出在不同学科，如历史、哲学、人类学、社会学、传讯学、新闻学及文学的分析中整合一条途径，使学生建立一个具批评性及理论性的思维。透过音乐、文学、媒体及电影，探讨科技文化与当代文化的关系。此外，本科亦会探讨当代文化建构的过程。

CULS5208 Adaptations, Theatre and Culture 改编，戏剧和文化
 

This course will look at theatre as an intercultural transference, “an unique machinery for overcoming cultural differences and reaching out towards other cultures.” It will examine plays and productions, original and in translation, from theoretical and practical, literary and theatrical perspectives. The concern is not only with how the text is translated but also how new meanings are created against a local cultural environment, such as Hong Kong. Students will attend some local and visiting productions in the theatre.
本科将戏剧视为一种文化转移，「一个克服文化差异与伸延至其他文化的独特工具」。本科将以理论及实践、文化及舞台的角度，分析戏剧与制作、原著与翻译。本科不单著重文化翻译，更重点讨论本地文化环境如何创造出新意思。学生将会欣赏一些本地及访港剧团的演出。

CULS5209 Special Topics in Intercultural Studies 文化研究专题
 

The specific topics of this course vary from year to year. Generally, they can be genres, systems of representation, cultural forms, issues and/or theories related to the dynamic process of interactivity among cultures.
本课程的研究专题每年不同，一般为类型、再现系统、文化型态，以及与文化中互动性的动态进程相关的议题或理论。

CULS5212 Globalization and the Politics of Representation 全球化与再现政治
 

Globalization has become a key term in the analysis of contemporary society and culture. This course will trace the development of the concept across different disciplines and theoretical paradigms, review socioeconomic and cultural accounts of globalization, study artistic production, and examine counter-discourses and social movements against globalization. Throughout the course, we will interrogate the politics of representation around globalization, questioning specifically the grounds on which global claims are made; the categories, processes, and practices foregrounded and occluded; the voices privileged, heard and silenced; and the kinds of subjectivities and collective identities enabled and produced in globalization discourses.
全球化已成为当代社会及文化研究中一个重要观念。本科旨在追溯此观念在不同学科及理论典范中的发展、审视有关全球化的社会经济及文化论述、研究相关艺术制品及探讨反全球化的论述及社会运动。我们将会探讨环绕著全球化主题的再现政治、尤其著重思考全球化声明的论据、其中预设及被封闭的范畴、过程及实践；特许、认可或静隐的声音；以及在全球化论述中产生的主体性和群体身份。

CULS5213 Media and Popular Culture 媒介与流行文化
 

This course introduces students to the critical study of media theory and popular culture, and its socio-cultural impacts on everyday life, society and geopolictics. It emphasizes the study of history, production, genre, social reception and political effect of various kinds of cultural products such as advertisement, photography, comics, television and VCD technology, popular music and MTV, newspaper and printing culture, computer and internet. The course’s objective is to acquaint students with different methodologies in media theory, and encourage them to examine the media text from the perspectives of semiotics, ideological criticism, gender representation and cultural policy. We also focus on the analysis and evaluation of popular culture in relation to the formation of capitalism, the rise of mass media, the commercialization of culture, lifestyle and leisure in comparative perspective.