Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Language and Literature
The English Language and Literature Programme seeks to provide:
- A rigorous and rewarding educational experience for its students, including strengthening their English language proficiency and their ability to think and work critically, independently, and creatively;
- A foundation of knowledge in literature and language that enables students to learn a variety of new approaches and methodologies in the areas of Literary and Comparative Studies and Language and Communication Studies;
- Exposure to the canon and traditions of English literature and language as an enduring legacy for the culture and community of Hong Kong.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Major Courses | 54 units |
| II) | Honours Project | 6 units |
| III) | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV) | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V) | Free Electives# | 37 units |
| 128 units |
# Students may take additional GE courses (of Level 1 or 2) in any categories to fulfil the “Free Electives” requirement but only a maximum of 6 units will be counted towards the fulfilment of the “Free Electives” requirement.
Requirements
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units |
| Major Required Courses (30 units) | ||
| ENGL1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures | 3 units | |
| ENGL2005 Introduction to the Study of Language | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| ENGL2006 Language, Culture and Society | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| ENGL2015 Literature and Culture | 3 units | |
| ENGL2007 Literary and Comparative Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL2016 Sounds of English around the World | 3 units | |
| ENGL2017 Stepping Stones in English Grammar | 3 units | |
| ENGL2025 The Art of Storytelling | 3 units | |
| ENGL2026 Argumentation and Persuasion | 3 units | |
| ENGL2027 Academic and Professional Writing | 3 units | |
| ENGL3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (24 units) | ||
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Students must take a total of eight Major Elective Courses, at least four of which should be at 3000 or 4000 level. If students would like to graduate under a specific concentration*, they must complete at least six electives courses within the chosen concentration, plus an additional two electives courses outside the student’s chosen concentration. * Remarks: Concentrations completed within the Department curriculum do not appear on the transcript. |
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| Language and Communication Studies | ||
| Six courses from the following, plus two other courses from outside the concentration: | ||
| ENGL2095 Foundations of Language Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL3007 Discourse Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL3026 Special Topic in Language | 3 units | |
| ENGL3027 Special Topic in Linguistic Theory | 3 units | |
| ENGL3107 Acquiring and Learning a Language | 3 units | |
| ENGL3205 Components of a Word | 3 units | |
| ENGL3206 Critical Discourse Analysis | 3 units | |
| ENGL3207 Language and Intercultural Communication | 3 units | |
| ENGL3305 Studying Meaning | 3 units | |
| ENGL3306 Understanding Phonological Patterns | 3 units | |
| ENGL3307 Architecture of Grammar | 3 units | |
| ENGL4006 Advanced Topic in Language | 3 units | |
| ENGL4007 Advanced Topic in Linguistic Theory | 3 units | |
| ENGL4017 Advanced Seminar in Language and Gender | 3 units | |
| ENGL4025 Analysing Multimodal Communication | 3 units | |
| ENGL4026 Exploring Intercultural Communication through Films and Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4027 Exploring Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 3 units | |
| ENGL4035 Functional Grammar | 3 units | |
| ENGL4036 Language, Communication and Advertising | 3 units | |
| ENGL4037 Language and the Workplace | 3 units | |
| ENGL4045 Language in Education | 3 units | |
| ENGL4047 Perspectives on Universal Themes | 3 units | |
| ENGL4055 Stories of English | 3 units | |
| ENGL4056 Theoretical Linguist Meets World | 3 units | |
| ENGL4057 Unravelling Syntax | 3 units | |
| Third Language (excluding Putonghua) | 3 units | |
| Literary and Comparative Studies | ||
| Six courses from the following, plus two other courses from outside the concentration: | ||
| ENGL2035 The Short Story | 3 units | |
| ENGL2036 Pre-Modern Drama | 3 units | |
| ENGL2076 Poetry | 3 units | |
| ENGL2077 Critical Approaches to Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL2086 Poetry and Poetics | 3 units | |
| ENGL3015 Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| ENGL3025 Faces of Comparative Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3036 Chinese-Western Literary Relations | 3 units | |
| ENGL3037 Creative Writing Workshop | 3 units | |
| ENGL3045 Great Novels in English | 3 units | |
| ENGL3046 Literature and the Nobel Prize | 3 units | |
| ENGL3055 Literature and Film | 3 units | |
| ENGL3066 Modern and Contemporary Drama | 3 units | |
| ENGL3096 The Child and Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3105 Twentieth-Century Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3106 Modern and Contemporary Poetry | 3 units | |
| ENGL4016 American Popular Fiction after 1950 | 3 units | |
| ENGL4046 Hong Kong Stories in English | 3 units | |
| ENGL4065 Dystopian Fiction | 3 units | |
| ENGL4066 World Literatures | 3 units | |
| ENGL4067 Comics and Graphic Novels | 3 units | |
| ENGL4075 Special Topic in Comparative Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4076 21st Century Fiction | 3 units | |
| ENGL4077 Detective Fiction | 3 units | |
| ENGL4085 Special Topic in Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4086 Shakespeare and His Contemporaries | 3 units | |
| ENGL4087 Special Topic in Critical Theory | 3 units | |
| ENGL4095 Gender and Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4096 Diaspora Writing in English | 3 units | |
| ENGL4097 Gothic Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4105 Comparative Drama | 3 units | |
| ENGL4106 Literary Journalism | 3 units | |
| ENGL4107 Postcolonial Fiction | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| ENGL4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| ENGL4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| III. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V. | Free Electives | 37 units |
| 128 units | ||
