In response to the increased mobility of talent and integration of national markets, the Global Studies programme is designed to meet the rapidly rising demands for

• global leadership to enhance global competitiveness of international corporations;
• expertise in managing a culturally diverse work-force;
• diplomatic skills to cope with international relations and geopolitics;
• global citizenship to handle parochialism and its attendant symptoms (e.g., super-nationalism, terrorism); and
• competences to deal with global environmental and health challenges (e.g., pollution, HIV, SARS).

Global Studies aims at nurturing future global leaders, with a sharp focus on cultivating a global mindset, which includes the following components:

• Global consciousness;
• Ability to think globally and act locally;
• Multilingual and multicultural competencies;
• Skills to manage global talent;
• Skills to cope with international relations.

There are five concentrations in the programme:

• Global Media
• Cultures and Societies
• World Politics
• Sustainability and Environment
• Global Economy

The programme contains the following major components:

• Faculty Package
• Resident study overseas
• Foreign language
• Two concentration areas from 5 options
• Internship
• Directed multidisciplinary research project/thesis

Possible placements of graduates include local institutions with multinational and multicultural objectives; multinational corporations, particularly those in the areas of diversity management and international business; government and NGOs; global organisations (e.g., WHO, World Bank, UN); education institutions, particularly those in the domain of multicultural education; graduate studies in premium Global Studies and International Relations programmes.

Remarks:
For details of the undergraduate curriculum, please click here.

HK$ 42,100