English Language and Literature (ENG) as Home Major and Translation (TRAN) as Second Major
Students taking ENG as their Home Major are required to take all required courses (36 units) and four electives (12 units). Details are given below. In their Second Major programme, they are required to take 10 required courses (30 units) and four electives (12 units).
Requirements
| ENG as Home Major | ||
| Required Courses | 36 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 | |
| ENGL2027 Academic and Professional Writing | 3 units | |
| ENGL2097 Virtual Storytelling: Narration across Dimensions | 3 units | |
| ENGL3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| ENGL4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses | 12 units | |
| Students must choose four courses from the following groups, at least two courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level: | ||
| Group A: Language and Communication Studies | ||
| 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 | |
| ENGL3115 Studying Hong Kong Through the Lens of 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 | |
| ENGL3315 Linguistic and Literary Portrayals of Hong Kong in English | 3 units | |
| ENGL3316 Literary and Linguistic Codes in Hong Kong Society | 3 units | |
| ENGL3317 Sociolinguistic and Cultural Immersion in Hong Kong Language and Literature | 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 | |
| ENGL4115 Tone in Human Languages | 3 units | |
| ENGL4116 Language and Power | 3 units | |
| Group B: Literary and Comparative Studies | ||
| 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 | |
| ENGL3116 Hong Kong Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3315 Linguistic and Literary Portrayals of Hong Kong in English | 3 units | |
| ENGL3316 Literary and Linguistic Codes in Hong Kong Society | 3 units | |
| ENGL3317 Sociolinguistic and Cultural Immersion in Hong Kong Language and Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3405 Shakespeare as Dramatist | 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 | |
| ENGL4117 The Human History of Amorous Deeds | 3 units | |
| ENGL4125 Literature and Religion | 3 units | |
| TRAN as Second Major | ||
| Required Courses | 30 units | |
| TRAN2005 Principles and Methods of Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2006 Linguistics for Translators | 3 units | |
| TRAN2027 Practical Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3007 Culture and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3016 Professional Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN3036 Beginning Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4005 Theories and Philosophies I | 3 units | |
| TRAN4007 Translation Criticism | 3 units | |
| TRAN4037 Translation and Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN4046 Placement Portfolio I | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses | 12 units | |
| Students must choose four courses from the following groups, at least two courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level: | ||
| TRAN1005 Introduction to Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2007 Research Methods for Translation Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN2015 Communication and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2016 English for Translators II: Written Genres | 3 units | |
| TRAN2017 Reading Chinese Literature in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2025 Translating Across Media | 3 units | |
| TRAN2026 Contrastive Language Studies: English and Chinese | 3 units | |
| TRAN2035 Translation, Museums and Intercultural Representation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2036 Introduction to Tibetan Culture and Language | 3 units | |
| TRAN2037 English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure and Style | 3 units | |
| TRAN3026 Media Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3027 Spanish/Chinese Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3035 Introduction to Translation Technology | 3 units | |
| TRAN3037 Intermediate Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN3045 Drama and Film Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3046 Introduction to Localization | 3 units | |
| TRAN3047 Religion and Translation Across Time and Space | 3 units | |
| TRAN4006 Theories and Philosophies II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4015 Gender and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4025 Legal and Government Document Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4026 Literary Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4027 Special Topic(s) in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4035 Translation of Scientific and Technological Texts | 3 units | |
| TRAN4036 Translation, Publishing and Global Circulation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4045 Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation and Intertextuality | 3 units | |
| TRAN4047 Translation Workshop | 3 units | |
| TRAN4055 Comparative Topics in Chinese/Hispanic Cultures | 3 units | |
| TRAN4056 Community Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4057 Conference Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4066 Placement Portfolio II | 3 units | |
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