Applied to students admitted in 2018/19 or afterwards
ENG as Home Major
Core Courses (36 units)
- ENGL 1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures
- ENGL 2005 Introduction to the Study of Language
- ENGL 2007 Literary and Comparative Studies
- ENGL 2015 Literature and Culture OR
- ENGL 2006 Language, Culture and Society
- ENGL 2016 Sounds of English Around the World
- ENGL 2017 Stepping Stones in English Grammar
- ENGL 2025 The Art of Storytelling
- ENGL 2026 Argumentation and Persuasion
- ENGL 2027 Academic and Professional Writing
- ENGL 3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature
- ENGL 4898-9 Honours Project
Major Elective Courses (12 units: 4 of the following; at least 2 courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level)
1. Language and Communication Studies
- ENGL 2095 Foundations of Language Studies
- ENGL 3007 Discourse Studies
- ENGL 3026 Special Topic in Language
- ENGL 3027 Special Topic in Linguistic Theory
- ENGL 3107 Acquiring and Learning a Language
- ENGL 3205 Components of a Word
- ENGL 3206 Critical Discourse Analysis
- ENGL 3207 Language and Intercultural Communication
- ENGL 3305 Studying Meaning
- ENGL 3306 Understanding Phonological Patterns
- ENGL 3307 Architecture of Grammar
- ENGL 4006 Advanced Topic in Language
- ENGL 4007 Advanced Topic in Linguistic Theory
- ENGL 4017 Advanced Seminar in Language and Gender
- ENGL 4025 Analyzing Multimodal Communication
- ENGL 4026 Exploring Intercultural Communication Through Films and Literature
- ENGL 4027 Exploring Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
- ENGL 4035 Functional Grammar
- ENGL 4036 Language, Communication and Advertising
- ENGL 4037 Language and the Workplace
- ENGL 4045 Language in Education
- ENGL 4047 Perspectives on Universal Themes
- ENGL 4055 Stories of English
- ENGL 4056 Theoretical Linguist Meets World
- ENGL 4057 Unravelling Syntax
- Third Language (Putonghua is not counted)
2. Literary and Comparative Studies
- ENGL 2035 The Short Story
- ENGL 2036 Pre-Modern Drama
- ENGL 2056 Faces of Comparative Literature
- ENGL 2076 Poetry
- ENGL 2077 Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENGL 2086 Poetry and Poetics
- ENGL 3015 Creative Writing
- ENGL 3036 Chinese-Western Literary Relations
- ENGL 3037 Creative Writing Workshop
- ENGL 3045 Great Novels in English
- ENGL 3046 Literature and the Nobel Prize
- ENGL 3055 Literature and Film
- ENGL 3066 Modern and Contemporary Drama
- ENGL 3096 The Child and Literature
- ENGL 3105 Twentieth-Century Literature
- ENGL 3106 Modern and Contemporary Poetry
- ENGL 4016 American Popular Fiction after 1950
- ENGL 4046 Hong Kong Stories in English
- ENGL 4065 Dystopian Fiction
- ENGL 4066 World Literatures
- ENGL 4067 Comics and Graphic Novels
- ENGL 4075 Special Topic in Comparative Literature
- ENGL 4076 21st Century Fiction
- ENGL 4077 Detective Fiction
- ENGL 4085 Special Topic in Literature
- ENGL 4086 Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
- ENGL 4087 Special Topic in Critical Theory
- ENGL 4095 Gender and Literature
- ENGL 4096 Diaspora Writing in English
- ENGL 4097 Gothic Literature
- ENGL 4105 Comparative Drama
- ENGL 4106 Literary Journalism
- ENGL 4107 Postcolonial Fiction
CHI as Second Major
Students taking Chinese as Second Major are required to take 48 units from their Home Major programme, 36 of which are core courses and 12 electives. In their Second Major programme (i.e., Chinese), they are required to take the following core courses (30 units) and 2 elective courses from Group A, and 2 from Groups B/C/D, depending on what their Home Major is.
Each of the following asterisked (*) courses may be substituted by a level-3 or level-4, major elective CHIL course listed below.
Core Courses (30 units)
- CHIL 2005 中国文学史 (先秦至五代)
- *CHIL 2006 文学概论
- CHIL 2007 现代汉语语法
- *CHIL 2015 读书指导
- *CHIL 2016 中国文字学
- CHIL 2017 古代汉语
- CHIL 2025 中国文学史 (宋至清)
- CHIL 2026 中国现当代文学 (1917–现在)
- * CHIL 3005 汉语音韵学
- * CHIL 4005 文学批评
Major Elective courses (12 units: 2 courses from Group A, and 2 from Groups B/C/D; at least 2 courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level)
Group A:
- CHIL 2045英译中国名著选读 〔思想文化〕
- CHIL 4006中国目录学
- CHIL 4007经典 – 精读与反思
- CHIL 4015经学与中国文化
- CHIL 4016中国思想与文学
- CHIL 4017中国文化统整研究
- CHIL 4025论语
- CHIL 4026传统中国文化的现代观照
- CHIL 4027先秦儒家专书选读
- CHIL 4035 诸子选读
- CHIL 4036 西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (思想文化)
- CHIL 4037庄子
- CHIL 4107中国史学名篇 (思想文化)
- CHIL 4207西方汉学
Group B:
- CHIL 4045汉语与中国文化
- CHIL 4046中文修辞学
- CHIL 4047训诂学
- CHIL 4055汉语实用语法
- CHIL 4056中国语文专书研究
- CHIL 4057中国语文专题研究
- CHIL 4305汉语方言学概要
Group C:
- CHIL 1005历代中国诗选
- CHIL 1006历代中国散文选
- CHIL 2046英译中国名著选读〔古代文学〕
- CHIL 3006中国传记文学 (古代文学)
- CHIL 3007中国古典小说
- CHIL 3015词曲选
- CHIL 3016中国史传文选读
- CHIL 4065楚辞
- CHIL 4066中国古典戏剧
- CHIL 4067诗经
- CHIL 4075中国文学理论批评专题 (古代文学)
- CHIL 4076中国古典小说戏剧专题研究
- CHIL 4077中国古典文学专题研究
- CHIL 4085 中国文学史专题研究 (古代文学)
- CHIL 4086中国专家诗词
- CHIL 4087文心雕龙
- CHIL 4097西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (古代文学)
- CHIL 4206中国史学名篇 (古代文学)
Group D:
- CHIL 3017中文创意写作法
- CHIL 3025香港文学对话
- CHIL 3026现代中文小说写作
- CHIL 3027现代中文散文写作
- CHIL 3057中国传记文学 (现代文学)
- CHIL 4095 现当代中国作家研究
- CHIL 4096中国现当代文学专题研究
- CHIL 4105中国文学理论批评专题(现代文学)
- CHIL 4106中国文学史专题研究 (现代文学)
- CHIL 4205 西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (现代文学)
Applied to students admitted in 2017/18 or before
ENG as Home Major
Core Courses (36 units)
- ENGL 1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures
- ENGL 2005 Introduction to the Study of Language
- ENGL 2007 Literary and Comparative Studies
- ENGL 2015 Literature and Culture OR
- ENGL 2006 Language, Culture and Society
- ENGL 2016 Sounds of English Around the World
- ENGL 2017 Stepping Stones in English Grammar
- ENGL 2025 The Art of Storytelling
- ENGL 2026 Argumentation and Persuasion
- ENGL 2027 Academic and Professional Writing
- ENGL 3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature
- ENGL 4898-9 Honours Project
Major Elective Courses (12 units: 4 of the following)
1. Language and Communication Studies
- ENGL 2095 Foundations of Language Studies
- ENGL 3007 Discourse Studies
- ENGL 3026 Special Topic in Language
- ENGL 3027 Special Topic in Linguistic Theory
- ENGL 3107 Acquiring and Learning a Language
- ENGL 3205 Components of a Word
- ENGL 3206 Critical Discourse Analysis
- ENGL 3207 Language and Intercultural Communication
- ENGL 3305 Studying Meaning
- ENGL 3306 Understanding Phonological Patterns
- ENGL 3307 Architecture of Grammar
- ENGL 4006 Advanced Topic in Language
- ENGL 4007 Advanced Topic in Linguistic Theory
- ENGL 4017 Advanced Seminar in Language and Gender
- ENGL 4025 Analyzing Multimodal Communication
- ENGL 4026 Exploring Intercultural Communication Through Films and Literature
- ENGL 4027 Exploring Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
- ENGL 4035 Functional Grammar
- ENGL 4036 Language, Communication and Advertising
- ENGL 4037 Language and the Workplace
- ENGL 4045 Language in Education
- ENGL 4047 Perspectives on Universal Themes
- ENGL 4055 Stories of English
- ENGL 4056 Theoretical Linguist Meets World
- ENGL 4057 Unravelling Syntax
- Third Language (Putonghua is not counted)
2. Literary and Comparative Studies
- ENGL 2035 The Short Story
- ENGL 2036 Pre-Modern Drama
- ENGL 2056 Faces of Comparative Literature
- ENGL 2076 Poetry
- ENGL 2077 Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENGL 2086 Poetry and Poetics
- ENGL 3015 Creative Writing
- ENGL 3036 Chinese-Western Literary Relations
- ENGL 3037 Creative Writing Workshop
- ENGL 3045 Great Novels in English
- ENGL 3046 Literature and the Nobel Prize
- ENGL 3055 Literature and Film
- ENGL 3066 Modern and Contemporary Drama
- ENGL 3096 The Child and Literature
- ENGL 3105 Twentieth-Century Literature
- ENGL 3106 Modern and Contemporary Poetry
- ENGL 4016 American Popular Fiction after 1950
- ENGL 4046 Hong Kong Stories in English
- ENGL 4065 Dystopian Fiction
- ENGL 4066 World Literatures
- ENGL 4067 Comics and Graphic Novels
- ENGL 4075 Special Topic in Comparative Literature
- ENGL 4076 21st Century Fiction
- ENGL 4077 Detective Fiction
- ENGL 4085 Special Topic in Literature
- ENGL 4086 Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
- ENGL 4087 Special Topic in Critical Theory
- ENGL 4095 Gender and Literature
- ENGL 4096 Diaspora Writing in English
- ENGL 4097 Gothic Literature
- ENGL 4105 Comparative Drama
- ENGL 4106 Literary Journalism
- ENGL 4107 Postcolonial Fiction
CHI as Second Major
Newly Added Courses
Students taking Chinese as Second Major are required to take 48 units from their Home Major programme, 36 of which are core courses and 12 electives. In their Second Major programme (i.e., Chinese), they are required to take the following core courses (30 units) and 2 elective courses from Group A, and 2 from Groups B/C/D, depending on what their Home Major is.
Each of the following asterisked (*) courses may be substituted by a level-3 or level-4, major elective CHIL course listed below.
Core Courses (30 units)
- CHIL 2005中国文学史 (先秦至五代)
- *CHIL 2006 文学概论
- CHIL 2007 现代汉语语法
- *CHIL 2015 读书指导
- *CHIL 2016 文字学
- CHIL 2017 古代汉语
- CHIL 2025 中国文学史 (宋至清)
- * CHIL 3005 汉语音韵学
- CHIL 2026 中国现当代文学 (1917–现在)
- * CHIL 4005 文学批评
Major Elective courses (12 units: 2 courses from Group A, and 2 from Groups B/C/D)
Group A:
- CHIL 2045英译中国名著选读 〔思想文化〕Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Thought and Culture)
- CHIL 4006中国目录学Chinese Bibliography
- CHIL 4007经典 – 精读与反思Chinese Classics—Intensive Readings and Reflection
- CHIL 4015经学与中国文化Chinese Classics and Culture
- CHIL 4016中国思想与文学Chinese Thought and Literature
- CHIL 4017中国文化统整研究Integrated Study of Chinese Culture
- CHIL 4025论语Lun Yu
- CHIL 4026传统中国文化的现代观照Modern Views on Traditional Chinese Culture
- CHIL 4027先秦儒家专书选读Selected Readings from Classical Confucian Works
- CHIL 4035 诸子选读Selected Readings from Traditional Chinese Thinkers (Zi)
- CHIL 4036 西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (思想文化) Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations(Thought and Culture)
- CHIL 4037庄子Zhuang Zi
- CHIL 4107中国史学名篇 (思想文化) Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Thought and Culture)
- CHIL 4207西方汉学Western Sinology
Group B:
- CHIL 4045汉语与中国文化Chinese Language and Culture
- CHIL 4046中文修辞学Chinese Rhetoric
- CHIL 4047训诂学Chinese Semantics
- CHIL 4055汉语实用语法Practical Chinese Grammar
- CHIL 4056中国语文专书研究Selected Masterpieces in Chinese Linguistics
- CHIL 4057中国语文专题研究Special Topics in Chinese Language
- CHIL 4305汉语方言学概要Fundamentals of Chinese Dialectology
Group C:
- CHIL 1005历代中国诗选Selected Readings in Classical Chinese Poetry
- CHIL 1006历代中国散文选Selected Readings in Classical Chinese Prose
- CHIL 2046英译中国名著选读〔古代文学〕Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Classical Literature)
- CHIL 3006中国传记文学 (古代文学) Chinese Biographic Literature (Classical Literature)
- CHIL 3007中国古典小说Classical Chinese Fiction
- CHIL 3015词曲选Selected Chinese Lyrics and Songs
- CHIL 3016中国史传文选读Selected Readings in Chinese Historical Writings
- CHIL 4065楚辞Chu Ci
- CHIL 4066中国古典戏剧Classical Chinese Drama
- CHIL 4067诗经Shi Jing
- CHIL 4075中国文学理论批评专题 (古代文学) Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Classical Literature)
- CHIL 4076中国古典小说戏剧专题研究Special Topics in Classical Chinese Fiction and Drama
- CHIL 4077中国古典文学专题研究Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature
- CHIL 4085 中国文学史专题研究 (古代文学) Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Classical Literature)
- CHIL 4086中国专家诗词Studies in Selected Chinese Poets and/or Lyricists
- CHIL 4087文心雕龙Wenxin Diaolong
- CHIL 4097西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (古代文学) Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Classical Literature)
- CHIL 4206中国史学名篇 (古代文学) Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Classical Literature)
Group D:
- CHIL 3017中文创意写作法Creative Writing in Chinese
- CHIL 3025香港文学对话Cross-cultural Dialogue: Hong Kong Literature and the World
- CHIL 3026现代中文小说写作Modern Chinese Fiction Writing
- CHIL 3027现代中文散文写作Modern Chinese Prose Writing
- CHIL 3057中国传记文学 (现代文学) Chinese Biographic Literature (Modern Literature)
- CHIL 4095 现当代中国作家研究Single Chinese Author Forum (Modern or Contemporary Writer)
- CHIL 4096中国现当代文学专题研究Special Topics in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
- CHIL 4105中国文学理论批评专题(现代文学) Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Modern Literature)
- CHIL 4106中国文学史专题研究 (现代文学) Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Modern Literature)
- CHIL 4205 西方文学名著 (中译) 选读 (现代文学) Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Modern Literature)