Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative and Professional Writing

Programme Director: Prof. SHEA, James

The Creative and Professional Writing Programme of the Hong Kong Baptist University is the first and only UGC-funded undergraduate programme in Hong Kong tertiary institutions dedicated to creative and professional writing learning in both Chinese and English languages. 

To pursue these goals, the Programme carries certain distinguishing characteristics:

1. Bilingual Teaching and Learning: Students will read, write and speak in Chinese as well as English, developing their skills in both languages. Bilingual ability enables students to respond to Hong Kong’s specific linguistic environment.
2. Interdisciplinarity: All the Creative and Professional Writing courses are designed to ensure that students are exposed to the writing demands and strategies of diverse disciplines, including art criticism, language, literature, history, philosophy, media studies, business and science.

Note: The Creative and Professional Writing Programme also offers an English-only pathway for students in the major; students are encouraged to contact the Programme directly for the latest information on the English-only pathway requirements.

The 60 major units of the Programme consist of 42 units of Required Courses and 18 units of courses from the two Major Electives of English and Chinese writing. The Required Courses provide fundamental learning in writing and concepts in aesthetics, theories and ideas in creativity, and cultural differences, in order to enhance students’ intellectual cognition and skills. 

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Requirements