Major Courses (60 units) | |
Major Required Courses | 30 units |
Major Elective Courses | 24 units |
Honours Project (Compulsory) | 6 units |
University Core | 13 units |
General Education | 18 units |
Free Electives | 37 units |
Total | 128 units |
This structure directly reflects the aims and objectives of the programme. The emphasis is not placed on providing specialist training for specific jobs, but rather on providing an education aimed at liberating the mind of the individual and developing the types of intellectual and personal skills that are recognized as important by employers in a wide variety of occupational areas.
1. Major Courses (60 units)
The Major curriculum is divided between Major Required and Major Elective courses. All students in the Programme must take 30 units of the Major Required courses. Students must take a minimum of 24 units of Major Elective courses according to their own interests. Choice of Major Electives needs to be informed, guided and even constrained so as to avoid a random selection of courses lacking cohesion or rationale. The 6-unit Honours Project plays an important part in the Major Programme, affording as it does an opportunity for the exercise of individual initiative and for the development of the ability to synthesize what has been learned in separate courses, including those outside the Major.
Major Required Courses (30 units)
ENGL1005 | English, Creativity, and Cultures | 3 units |
ENGL2005 | Introduction to the Study of Language | 3 units |
ENGL2007 | Literary and Comparative Studies | 3 units |
Either | ||
ENGL2006 | Language, Culture and Society | |
or | 3 units | |
ENGL2015 | Literature and Culture | |
ENGL2016 | Sounds of English Around the World | 3 units |
ENGL2017 | Stepping Stones in English Grammar | 3 units |
ENGL2025 | The Art of Storytelling | 3 units |
ENGL2026 | Argumentation and Persuasion (to be replaced by ENGL2097 effective Semester 2) | 3 units |
ENGL2097 | Virtual Storytelling: Narration across Dimensions | 3 units |
ENGL2027 | Academic and Professional Writing | 3 units |
ENGL3005 | Research Skills in English Language and Literature | 3 units |
ENGL4898 and ENGL4899 | Honours Project | 6 units |
Major Elective Courses (24 units)
2. University Core (13 units) and General Education (18 units) study schedule for students admitted in or before AY 2018/19 intake
Requirements |
Course |
2018/19 Year 1 |
2019/20 Year 2 |
2020/21 Year 3 |
2021/22 Year 4 |
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University Core | University English I & II | 6 units | |||
University Chinese | 3 units | ||||
Healthy Lifestyle | 2 units | ||||
The Art of Persuasion | 2 units | ||||
General Education Programme | Level 1 (9 units) | ||||
History and Civilization | 3 units | ||||
Values and the Meaning of Life | 3 units | ||||
Quantitative Reasoning | 3 units | ||||
Level 2 (6 units) | |||||
Interdisciplinary Thematic Courses | 6 units | ||||
Level 3 (3 units) | |||||
GE Capstone | 3 units |
For more details and GE requirements for students admitted in or before AY 2017/18 intake, please refer to the website of the General Education Office .
Study Schedules