Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Liberal and Cultural Studies

Programme Director: Dr WONG, Kwok Kui

The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Liberal and Cultural Studies is a self-financed four-year full-time degree programme designed for Associate Degree/Higher Diploma graduates who wish to further their education in liberal and cultural studies. The programme intends to equip students with substantial cultural literacy, creative arts knowledge and transferable abilities through a curriculum integrating Chinese and world arts and cultures. Providing a broad-based liberal arts education with special emphasis on cultural literacy, it aims at training students’ creative, synthesizing, disciplined, respectful and ethical minds. It teaches transferable abilities such as writing and presentation skills, creative and critical thinking, and sensitivity to cultural diversity, which could be applied to many professions including, among others, education, creative industries, cultural presentations, art administration, journalism, print media, electronic media, management and public relations.

Specifically, the programme aims to:

1. Commit to a distinctive mission of higher education that incorporates a bilingual, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural curriculum;
2. Offer a liberal arts education, promote understanding of Chinese and other world cultures, and enhance critical reflection and understanding of the cultural and artistic identities of Hong Kong via its selective cultural studies design; and
3. Prepare students for careers that require outstanding arts and cultural literacy and writing skills.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Requirements

The four-year degree programme requires students to complete a total of 128 units, including 38-unit general education courses, 24-unit elective courses, 60-unit major courses and 6-unit Honours Project. As the programme is designed for Associate Degree/Higher Diploma graduates, they will be admitted directly into the third year of study. The number of courses/units the students are required to complete will depend on the number of courses/units for which exemption and/or unit transfer will be granted. All unit transfer or course exemption shall be considered on a case-by-case basis upon admission. Students are required to complete all programme prerequisites and General Education courses to meet the graduation requirement.

Specifically, students are required to complete 30 units of Major Required Courses, 30 units of Major Elective Courses and 6 units of Honours Project. The programme structure is set out as follows: