CCGL9007 Global IssuesYouth in a Global WorldThis course is under the thematic cluster(s) of:
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Course Description
This course facilitates students as “young people” to be more aware of the interconnectedness of the world and to critically assess how globalization influences different aspects of young people’s daily lives. It also analyzes the proactive and positive role youth can play in the changing world, and provides students with an opportunity to propose how young people as global citizens can and should respond to transformations brought about by globalization. Various social issues or specific areas of youth global trends such as consumerism, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and digitalism that confront young people in their everyday life will be examined in a systematic manner. By doing so, students will critically evaluate what global citizenship should entail in order to reduce inequality and promote care for human rights as well as human dignity in today’s global community.
Course Learning Outcomes
On completing the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate awareness, as “young people” themselves, of the interconnectedness of the world.
- Critically assess how globalization influences different aspects of young people’s daily lives.
- Analyze the proactive and positive role youth can play in the changing world.
- Propose how young people as global citizens can and should respond to transformations brought about by globalization.
Offer Semester and Day of Teaching
Course will be offered twice:
Section 1 – First semester (Wed); Section 2 – Second semester (Wed)
Study Load
Activities | Number of hours |
Lectures | 24 |
Tutorials | 8 |
Reading / Self-study | 40 |
Assessment: Essay / Report writing | 40 |
Assessment: Group presentation (incl preparation) | 20 |
Total: | 132 |
Assessment: 100% coursework
Assessment Tasks | Weighting |
Group presentation | 25 |
In-class quizzes | 25 |
Tutorial participation | 20 |
Individual essay | 30 |
Required Reading
- Santrock, J. (2023). Adolescence (18th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Course Co-ordinator and Teacher(s)
Course Co-ordinator | Contact |
First Semester | |
Dr B.M.F. Law Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Tel: 3917 7483 Email: blaw@hku.hk |
Second Semester | |
Dr M. Hafiz Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Tel: 3917 2076 Email: mhafiz@hku.hk |
Teacher(s) | Contact |
First Semester | |
Dr B.M.F. Law Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Tel: 3917 7483 Email: blaw@hku.hk |
Second Semester | |
Dr M. Hafiz Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences |
Tel: 3917 2076 Email: mhafiz@hku.hk |