Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative and Professional Writing (FM)
The structure of the First Major (FM) is as follows:
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 30 units |
| II. | First Major Elective Courses | 12 units |
| III. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| 48 units |
Requirements
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 30 units |
| Major Required Courses (36 units) | ||
| Either | ||
| HUMN2015 Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| WRIT2015 Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| HUMN3016 Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft of Writing | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| WRIT3006 Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft of Writing | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| HUMN4026 The Art of Creating Stories: Writing and Appreciation | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| WRIT4007 The Art of Creating Stories: Writing and Appreciation | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| HUMN4027 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| WRIT4015 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction | 3 units | |
| WRIT1005 Creativity: Theory and Practice | 3 units | |
| WRIT2005 Biography Writing | 3 units | |
| WRIT2006 Food, Wine and Travel Writing for the Leisure Industry | 3 units | |
| WRIT2007 Editing and Publishing | 3 units | |
| WRIT3007 Writing for New Media | 3 units | |
| WRIT4005 Cultural Differences and Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| First Major Elective Courses | 12 units | |
| Students are required to take at least two courses from two different modules: | ||
| English Elective | ||
| ENGL3015 Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| HUMN2025 Gender: Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN2036 Media and Communication: Issues, Concepts and Theories | 3 units | |
| HUMN3007 Language and the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN3015 The Making of the Contemporary World | 3 units | |
| HUMN3037 New Media Cultures | 3 units | |
| HUMN3046 Science Fiction, Film and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN4025 Cultural Studies | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| HUMN4035 Special Topic in Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| HUMN4045 Special Topic in Theory and Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN4036 Special Topic in Media and Cultural Studies | 3 units | |
| JOUR2085 English News Reporting and Writing | 3 units | |
| JOUR3095 Business and Financial News Reporting in English | 3 units | |
| JOUR3177 Advanced News and Feature Writing | 3 units | |
| LANG2006 English through Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| LANG3025 Creative Writing in Children's Literature in English | 3 units | |
| TRAN3045 Drama and Film Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4026 Literary Translation | 3 units | |
| WRIT2016 Writing for Science | 3 units | |
| WRIT2017 Writing for Business | 3 units | |
| Either | ||
| WRIT2026 Special Topic in Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| Or | ||
| WRIT3016 Special Topic in Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| WRIT3025 Big Stories: Writing Long-form Fictional Narratives | 3 units | |
| WRIT3026 Poetry Writing | 3 units | |
| WRIT4016 Writing Diaspora in a Global World | 3 units | |
| WRIT4017 From Sacred Books to Sampling: Authorship in Creative Writing and Digital Arts | 3 units | |
| Chinese Elective | ||
| CHIL3026 Modern Chinese Fiction Writing | 3 units | |
| CHIL3027 Modern Chinese Prose Writing | 3 units | |
| CHIL3055 Rhymed Chinese Literature Writing | 3 units | |
| FILM2015 Script Writing | 3 units | |
| FILM4007 Advanced Script Writing | 3 units | |
| HUMN1005 The Study of Culture | 3 units | |
| HUMN3006 Great Works in the Humanities | 3 units | |
| HUMN3025 Chinese Song Lyric Writing | 3 units | |
| JOUR2077 Chinese News Reporting and Writing | 3 units | |
| JOUR3176 Advanced News and Feature Writing | 3 units | |
| LANG2005 Creative Writing through Masterpieces | 3 units | |
| LANG2025 Chinese Writing for Business and Public Administration | 3 units | |
| LANG3006 Creative Writing: Modern Chinese Poetry | 3 units | |
| TRAN3026 Media Translation | 3 units | |
| WRIT2025 Advertisement Copywriting | 3 units | |
| WRIT3005 Reading Masterpieces and Writing Your Own | 3 units | |
| WRIT3015 Scriptwriting for Theatre | 3 units | |
| WRIT3017 Special Topic in Chinese Creative Writing | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| WRIT4898 Honours Project I | 3 units | |
| WRIT4899 Honours Project II | 3 units | |
| 48 units | ||
