Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Humanities
Programme Director: Prof LO, Kwai Cheung
The BA (Hons) in Humanities programme is dedicated to giving broad liberal arts education. It consists of three distinct characteristics:
- Interdisciplinarity: All the Humanities core courses employ diverse approaches to the study of Humanities. Cultural Studies, art criticism, language, literature, philosophy, media studies have an equal place in the courses.
- Bilingual Teaching and Learning: While not every course is taught in a bilingual environment, Humanities students will divide their time between English language and Chinese language tuition. The Programme offers a curriculum that emphasizes training students to be competent in both English and Chinese.
- Cross-culturalism: Almost all the Humanities core courses examine issues of cultures, values, literature, arts and ideas from a cross-cultural perspective.
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 |
Requirements
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units |
| Major Required Courses (30 units) | ||
| HUMN1006 Introduction to the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN2006 Human Self-Discovery | 3 units | |
| HUMN2007 Chinese and Western Modes of Thought | 3 units | |
| HUMN3005 Artistic Creativity and Aesthetics Awareness | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| HUMN3006 Great Works in the Humanities | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| HUMN3087 Independent Study (for students without Chinese proficiency only) | 3 units | |
| HUMN3007 Language and the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN3015 The Making of the Contemporary World | 3 units | |
| HUMN3065 Research Methods in the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN4005 Asia Discourses | 3 units | |
| HUMN4025 Cultural Studies | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (24 units) | ||
| Group A: Media Studies and Creative Practice | ||
| This concentration allow students to: (1) better understand multiple forms of media cultures and different genres of creative practices: from traditional arts to contemporary and digital forms of media in local and global contexts; and (2) reflect, analyze and assess the role and impact of different media in society. | ||
| HUMN2015 Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| HUMN2016 Performing as Human Experience | 3 units | |
| HUMN2017 A Lifelong Romance with Films | 3 units | |
| HUMN2027 Introduction to the Art of Theatre | 3 units | |
| HUMN2036 Media and Communication: Issues, Concepts and Theories | 3 units | |
| HUMN2045 The Art of Speech: Appreciation and Practice | 3 units | |
| HUMN2047 City, Space and Creativity | 3 units | |
| HUMN3016 Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft Writing | 3 units | |
| HUMN3025 Chinese Song Lyric Writing | 3 units | |
| HUMN3026 Creative Industries: Theories and Practices | 3 units | |
| HUMN3037 New Media Cultures | 3 units | |
| HUMN3045 Popular Music Studies | 3 units | |
| HUMN3046 Science Fiction, Film and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN3047 The Present State of the Arts | 3 units | |
| HUMN3055 Popular Media and Public Culture in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| HUMN3056 Hong Kong Film and Society | 3 units | |
| HUMN3075 East Asia Media Culture in the Global Age | 3 units | |
| HUMN3076 Digital Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN3077 Playwriting for Drama | 3 units | |
| HUMN3085 Acting: Theory and Practice | 3 units | |
| HUMN3086 Tragedy: Idea and History | 3 units | |
| HUMN3095 Internship for Humanities Studies | 3 units | |
| HUMN4017 Media Representations of Ethnicity | 3 units | |
| HUMN4026 The Art of Creating Stories: Writing and Appreciation | 3 units | |
| HUMN4027 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction | 3 units | |
| HUMN4036 Special Topic in Media and Cultural Studies | 3 units | |
| HUMN4037 Special Topic in Arts and Creativity | 3 units | |
| HUMN4055 Directing: from Text to Stage | 3 units | |
| HUMN4056 Comedy: Idea and History | 3 units | |
| HUMN4066 Disability, Culture and Technology | 3 units | |
| Group B: Cultures in Changing Environments | ||
| This concentration allows students to: (1) acquire solid knowledge and literacy of cultures from the classical, contemporary and comparative perspectives of diverse traditions via different changing socio-historical periods; and (2) apply knowledge, theories and research skills to engage with critical analysis and reflection concerning various cultural issues. | ||
| HUMN1005 The Study of Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2025 Gender: Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2026 Globalization and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2035 Introduction to Western Classical Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2055 Environmental Humanities: Key Concepts | 3 units | |
| HUMN2056 Climate Change Literature and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2057 Health and the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN3027 Death and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN3035 The Devil and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN3036 Human Beings and Their Imaginary Monsters | 3 units | |
| HUMN3057 Politics of the Ordinary | 3 units | |
| HUMN3066 Critical Theories I: From Marx to Adorno | 3 units | |
| HUMN3095 Internship for Humanities Studies | 3 units | |
| HUMN3096 Posthuman Futures | 3 units | |
| HUMN4006 Humanism and the Individual | 3 units | |
| HUMN4007 Body Cultures | 3 units | |
| HUMN4015 History and Narratives | 3 units | |
| HUMN4016 Major Thinkers in Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN4035 Special Topic in Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN4045 Special Topic in Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN4047 Critical Theories II: From Marcuse to Post-Marxism | 3 units | |
| HUMN4057 Phenomenology and Aesthetics | 3 units | |
| HUMN4065 Hermeneutics and Cultural Understanding | 3 units | |
| HUMN4067 Aesthetics: Philosophy of Arts | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| HUMN4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| HUMN4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| III. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V. | Free Electives | 37 units |
| 128 units | ||
Remarks:
(1) HUM students who want to have a Concentration should select 21 units from one of the above two groups. They can utilize 3 units of their free elective units and 18 units of their major electives to meet up the 21 units Concentration requirements set by the university. The balance of the 6 units (24 units – 18 units) of their major electives should go to two courses in another group for the purpose of broadening their study horizons.
(2) Students who do not opt for a Concentration will choose at least three courses in each of the above two groups and come up with 24 units as their major electives.
