Religion, Philosophy and Ethics (REL) as Home Major and Chinese Language and Literature (CHI) as Second Major
Students taking REL as their Home Major are required to take all required courses (27 units) and seven electives (21 units). Details are given below. In their Second Major programme, they are required to take 10 core courses (30 units) and four electives (12 units).
Requirements
| REL as Home Major | ||
| Required Courses | 27 units | |
| RELI1005 Quest For Truth and Meaning | 3 units | |
| RELI2006 Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations | 3 units | |
| RELI2007 Problems of Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI2015 Approaches to the Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2027 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI2035 Introduction to Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI2036 Social Scientific Study of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| RELI4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses | 21 units | |
| Students must choose one course of each from the four study areas (12 units) and then take any three courses (9 units) from the four study areas: | ||
| Study Area A: Philosophical Studies | ||
| RELI3006 Major Streams in Chinese Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3007 Philosophy, Meaning and Knowledge | 3 units | |
| RELI3027 Existentialism and Nihilism | 3 units | |
| RELI3056 Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness, and Personal Identity | 3 units | |
| RELI3065 History of Modern Western Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3087 Metaphysics: Quest for Reality | 3 units | |
| RELI3095 Logic and Philosophy of Logic | 3 units | |
| RELI3096 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI4005 Philosophy of Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI4016 Selected Topics/Readings in Philosophical Studies | 3 units | |
| RELI4047 Mind in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI4076 Great Plays and Philosophy | 3 units | |
| Study Area B: Christian Studies and Comparative Religion | ||
| RELI3005 Daoist Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3017 A Survey of Jewish and Christian Scriptures | 3 units | |
| RELI3026 Christianity, Humanism and the Contemporary World | 3 units | |
| RELI3037 Christian Spirituality | 3 units | |
| RELI3047 Islam | 3 units | |
| RELI3127 History of Christian Thought | 3 units | |
| RELI3135 Buddhism | 3 units | |
| RELI3136 Religious Rituals and Practices in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| RELI4025 Christianity and Chinese Culture | 3 units | |
| RELI4027 Selected Topics/Readings in Christian Studies or Comparative Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI4035 Comparative Religious Themes | 3 units | |
| Study Area C: Interdisciplinary Study of Religion | ||
| RELI3075 Religion and Animal | 3 units | |
| RELI3077 Religion and Social Movements | 3 units | |
| RELI3086 Religion, Violence and Peace | 3 units | |
| RELI3097 Psychology and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3105 Anthropology and Religion | 3 units | |
| RELI3106 Religion and Modern Chinese Societies | 3 units | |
| RELI4015 Mysticism and Religious Experience | 3 units | |
| RELI4036 Religion and Ideology | 3 units | |
| RELI4037 Sociology of Religion and Modern Society | 3 units | |
| RELI4046 Selected Topics/Readings in Religious Studies | 3 units | |
| RELI4065 Dialogue between Religion and Modern Science | 3 units | |
| Study Area D: Ethics and Society | ||
| RELI3016 Philosophy, Morality and Society | 3 units | |
| RELI3045 Contemporary Ethical Problems: Hong Kong and Beyond | 3 units | |
| RELI3107 Chinese Moral and Political Philosophy | 3 units | |
| RELI3115 Theological Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI3116 Islamic Values and Contemporary Society | 3 units | |
| RELI3117 Service Leadership and Meaning of Life and Death | 3 units | |
| RELI3125 Social Justice, Liberalism and Economic Equality | 3 units | |
| RELI3126 Theology, Liberalism and Sex in Chinese Societies | 3 units | |
| RELI4066 Ethics of Human Rights: Theories and Controversies | 3 units | |
| RELI4067 Environmental Ethics | 3 units | |
| RELI4075 Selected Topics/Readings in Ethics | 3 units | |
| CHI as Second Major | ||
| Required Courses | 30 units | |
| CHIL2005 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Pre-Qin to the Five Dynasties) | 3 units | |
| CHIL2006 Introduction to Literature* | 3 units | |
| CHIL2007 Modern Chinese Grammar | 3 units | |
| CHIL2015 Study Skills and Research Methodology* | 3 units | |
| CHIL2016 Chinese Etymology* | 3 units | |
| CHIL2017 Classical Chinese | 3 units | |
| CHIL2025 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Song to Qing Dynasties) | 3 units | |
| CHIL2026 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (1917–present) | 3 units | |
| CHIL3005 Chinese Phonology* | 3 units | |
| CHIL4005 Literary Criticism* | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses | 12 units | |
| Students must choose two courses from Group A and two courses from Group B or C or D, at least two courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level: | ||
| Group A | ||
| CHIL2045 Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Thought and Culture) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4006 Chinese Bibliography | 3 units | |
| CHIL4007 Chinese Classics—Intensive Reading and Reflection | 3 units | |
| CHIL4015 Chinese Classics and Culture | 3 units | |
| CHIL4016 Chinese Thought and Literature | 3 units | |
| CHIL4017 Integrated Study of Chinese Culture | 3 units | |
| CHIL4025 Lun Yu | 3 units | |
| CHIL4026 Modern Views on Traditional Chinese Culture | 3 units | |
| CHIL4027 Selected Readings from Classical Confucian Works | 3 units | |
| CHIL4035 Selected Readings from Traditional Chinese Thinkers (Zi) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4036 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Thought and Culture) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4037 Zhuang Zi | 3 units | |
| CHIL4107 Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Thought and Culture) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4207 Western Sinology | 3 units | |
| Group B | ||
| CHIL4045 Chinese Language and Culture | 3 units | |
| CHIL4046 Chinese Rhetoric | 3 units | |
| CHIL4047 Chinese Semantics | 3 units | |
| CHIL4055 Practical Chinese Grammar | 3 units | |
| CHIL4056 Selected Masterpieces in Chinese Linguistics | 3 units | |
| CHIL4057 Special Topics in Chinese Language | 3 units | |
| CHIL4305 Fundamentals of Chinese Dialectology | 3 units | |
| Group C | ||
| CHIL1005 Selected Readings in Classical Chinese Poetry | 3 units | |
| CHIL1006 Selected Readings in Classical Chinese Prose | 3 units | |
| CHIL2046 Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL3006 Chinese Biographic Literature (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL3007 Classical Chinese Fiction | 3 units | |
| CHIL3015 Selected Chinese Lyrics and Songs | 3 units | |
| CHIL3016 Selected Readings in Chinese Historical Writings | 3 units | |
| CHIL4065 Chu Ci | 3 units | |
| CHIL4066 Classical Chinese Drama | 3 units | |
| CHIL4067 Shi Jing | 3 units | |
| CHIL4075 Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4076 Special Topics in Classical Chinese Fiction and Drama | 3 units | |
| CHIL4077 Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature | 3 units | |
| CHIL4085 Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4086 Studies in Selected Chinese Poets and/or Lyricists | 3 units | |
| CHIL4087 Wenxin Diaolong | 3 units | |
| CHIL4097 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4206 Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Classical Literature) | 3 units | |
| Group D | ||
| CHIL3017 Creative Writing in Chinese | 3 units | |
| CHIL3025 Cross-cultural Dialogue: Hong Kong Literature and the World | 3 units | |
| CHIL3026 Modern Chinese Fiction Writing | 3 units | |
| CHIL3027 Modern Chinese Prose Writing | 3 units | |
| CHIL3057 Chinese Biographic Literature (Modern Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4095 Single Chinese Author Forum (Modern and Contemporary Writer) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4096 Special Topics in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature | 3 units | |
| CHIL4105 Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Modern Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4106 Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Modern Literature) | 3 units | |
| CHIL4205 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Modern Literature) | 3 units | |
| * Courses may be substituted by the Level 3 or Level 4 CHIL Major Elective Courses. | ||
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