Minor Programme in English Language and Literature
Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programmes, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Courses | 6 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 9 units |
| 15 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 6 units |
| ENGL2005 Introduction to the Study of Language | 3 units | |
| ENGL2007 Literary and Comparative Studies | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 9 units |
| Three of the following courses, at least one of the three courses must be at the upper level (Level 3 or 4): | ||
| 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 | |
| ENGL2095 Foundations of Language Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL3007 Discourse Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL3015 Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| ENGL3025 Faces of Comparative Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3026 Special Topic in Language | 3 units | |
| ENGL3027 Special Topic in Linguistic Theory | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| ENGL4016 American Popular Fiction after 1950 | 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 | |
| ENGL4046 Hong Kong Stories in English | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 15 units | ||
