Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Language and Literature (FM)
The structure of the First Major (FM) is as follows:
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 24 units |
| II. | First Major Elective Courses | 18 units |
| III. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| 48 units |
Requirements
| I. | First Major Required Courses | 24 units |
| ENGL1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures | 3 units | |
| ENGL2005 Introduction to the Study of Language | 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 | |
| ENGL2097 Virtual Storytelling: Narration across Dimensions | 3 units | |
| ENGL3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature | 3 units | |
| II. | First Major Elective Courses | 18 units |
| Students need to choose any six courses from Group A and B. There is no requirement regarding the number of courses chosen from each group. |
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| Group A (Language and Communication Studies) | ||
| 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 | |
| ENGL3415 Foundations of Language Studies | 3 units | |
| ENGL3416 Internship in English Studies: From Classroom to Workplace | 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 | |
| ENGL4126 Exploring Linguistics Through Experimental Methods | 3 units | |
| ENGL4135 Linguistic Typology and Language Change | 3 units | |
| Group B (Literary and Comparative Studies) | ||
| 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 | |
| ENGL3406 An African Experience: Arts and Cultures through Service-learning | 3 units | |
| ENGL3407 Critical Approaches to Literature | 3 units | |
| ENGL3416 Internship in English Studies: From Classroom to Workplace | 3 units | |
| ENGL3417 Poetry and Poetics | 3 units | |
| ENGL3425 Poetry | 3 units | |
| ENGL3426 Pre-Modern Drama | 3 units | |
| ENGL3427 The Short Story | 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 | |
| ENGL4127 Introducing African Literatures | 3 units | |
| III. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| ENGL4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| ENGL4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| 48 units | ||
