Program Overview

English Language and Literature (ENG) as Home Major and Chinese Language and Literature (CHI) as Second Major

The English Language and Literature (ENG) program as Home Major requires students to take all required courses (36 units) and four electives (12 units). In the Second Major program, students are required to take 10 required courses (30 units) and four electives (12 units).

Requirements for ENG as Home Major

• Required Courses (36 units)
  • ENGL1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures (3 units)
  • ENGL2005 Introduction to the Study of Language (3 units)
  • Either ENGL2006 Language, Culture and Society (3 units) or ENGL2015 Literature and Culture (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)
  • ENGL2027 Academic and Professional Writing (3 units)
  • ENGL2097 Virtual Storytelling: Narration across Dimensions (3 units)
  • ENGL3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature (3 units)
  • ENGL4898 Honours Project (3 units)
  • ENGL4899 Honours Project (3 units)
• Major Elective Courses (12 units)
  • Students must choose four courses from the following groups, at least two courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level:
    • 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)
      • 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)
      • ENGL3407 Critical Approaches to Literature (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)
      • 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)

Requirements for CHI as Second Major

• Required Courses (30 units)
  • CHIL2005 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Pre-Qin to the Five Dynasties) (3 units)
  • CHIL2006 Introduction to Literature (3 units)
  • CHIL2007 Modern Chinese Grammar (3 units)
  • CHIL2015 Study Skills and Research Methodology (3 units)
  • CHIL2016 Chinese Etymology (3 units)
  • CHIL2017 Classical Chinese (3 units)
  • CHIL2025 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Song to Qing Dynasties) (3 units)
  • CHIL2026 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (1917-present) (3 units)
  • CHIL3005 Chinese Phonology (3 units)
  • CHIL4005 Literary Criticism (3 units)
• Major Elective Courses (12 units)
  • Students must choose two courses from Group A and two courses from Group B or C or D, at least two courses of which must be at 3000 or 4000 level:
    • Group A
      • CHIL2045 Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Thought and Culture) (3 units)
      • CHIL4006 Chinese Bibliography (3 units)
      • CHIL4007 Chinese Classics-Intensive Reading and Reflection (3 units)
      • CHIL4015 Chinese Classics and Culture (3 units)
      • CHIL4016 Chinese Thought and Literature (3 units)
      • CHIL4017 Integrated Study of Chinese Culture (3 units)
      • CHIL4025 Lun Yu (3 units)
      • CHIL4026 Modern Views on Traditional Chinese Culture (3 units)
      • CHIL4027 Selected Readings from Classical Confucian Works (3 units)
      • CHIL4035 Selected Readings from Traditional Chinese Thinkers (Zi) (3 units)
      • CHIL4036 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Thought and Culture) (3 units)
      • CHIL4037 Zhuang Zi (3 units)
      • CHIL4067 Shi Jing (3 units)
      • CHIL4107 Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Thought and Culture) (3 units)
      • CHIL4207 Western Sinology (3 units)
    • Group B
      • CHIL4045 Chinese Language and Culture (3 units)
      • CHIL4046 Chinese Rhetoric (3 units)
      • CHIL4047 Chinese Semantics (3 units)
      • CHIL4055 Practical Chinese Grammar (3 units)
      • CHIL4056 Selected Masterpieces in Chinese Linguistics (3 units)
      • CHIL4057 Special Topics in Chinese Language (3 units)
      • CHIL4305 Fundamentals of Chinese Dialectology (3 units)
    • Group C
      • CHIL2046 Classical Chinese Masterpieces in English (Classical Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL3006 Chinese Biographic Literature (Classical Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL3007 Classical Chinese Fiction (3 units)
      • CHIL3015 Selected Chinese Lyrics and Songs (3 units)
      • CHIL3016 Selected Readings in Chinese Historical Writings (3 units)
      • CHIL3065 Space and Place in Chinese Literature, Arts, and Culture (3 units)
      • CHIL4065 Chu Ci (3 units)
      • CHIL4066 Classical Chinese Drama (3 units)
      • CHIL4075 Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Classical Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4076 Special Topics in Classical Chinese Fiction and Drama (3 units)
      • CHIL4077 Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature (3 units)
      • CHIL4085 Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Classical Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4086 Studies in Selected Chinese Poets and/or Lyricists (3 units)
      • CHIL4087 Wenxin Diaolong (3 units)
      • CHIL4097 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Classical Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4206 Masterpieces in Chinese Historiography (Classical Literature) (3 units)
    • Group D
      • CHIL3017 Creative Writing in Chinese (3 units)
      • CHIL3025 Cross-cultural Dialogue: Hong Kong Literature and the World (3 units)
      • CHIL3026 Modern Chinese Fiction Writing (3 units)
      • CHIL3027 Modern Chinese Prose Writing (3 units)
      • CHIL3057 Chinese Biographic Literature (Modern Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4095 Single Chinese Author Forum (Modern and Contemporary Writer) (3 units)
      • CHIL4096 Special Topics in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (3 units)
      • CHIL4105 Special Topics in Chinese Critical Theory (Modern Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4106 Special Topics in the History of Chinese Literature (Modern Literature) (3 units)
      • CHIL4205 Selected Works of Western Literature in Chinese Translations (Modern Literature) (3 units)