Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics and Translation (Senior Year Admission)
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Program Overview
Introduction to the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics and Translation (Senior Year Admission)
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics and Translation (Senior Year Admission) is a program that requires the accumulation of a minimum of 60 academic credits plus 3 training credits. To qualify for the award, BALT top-up students must complete 9 GUR credits, 30 compulsory subject credits, plus another 21 elective credits and 3 training credits by taking CBS2400 Work Integrated Education (WIE).
Program Structure
General University Requirements (GUR)
The GUR components consist of:
- Cluster-Area Requirements (CAR) [6 credits]
- CAR (A) English Language with English Reading and Writing Requirements
- CAR (M) Chinese History and Culture
- Students are required to fulfil the English and Chinese Reading & Writing Requirements
- Service Learning [3 credits]
- Students can register any service learning subjects offered by LST or other departments of the University.
- 4 Essential Components of General Education E-Modules [Non-credit-bearing]
- Academic Integrity
- Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- National Education
- Language and Communication Requirements (LCR) [3-9 credits]
- Students not meeting the equivalent standard of the Undergraduate Degree LCR will be required to take the default LCR replacement subjects for BALT students, including:
- ENGL2000 English for Effective Communication
- ENGL2001 English for Professional Communication
- CBS2901 Chinese for Language Professionals
- Students not meeting the equivalent standard of the Undergraduate Degree LCR will be required to take the default LCR replacement subjects for BALT students, including:
Compulsory Subjects
The following are the compulsory subjects for the program: | Subject Code | Subject Title | No. of Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | CBS2400 | Work Integrated Education (WIE) | 3 (training credits) | | CBS2904 | Academic and Technical Chinese Writing | 3 | | CBS2905 | Introduction to Modern Chinese | 3 | | CBS3802 | Introduction to Interpreting | 3 | | CBS3843 | Translation for Corporate Communication | 3 | | CBS3949 | Sounds and Sound Systems of Language | 3 | | CBS4701 | Project in Language Studies | 6 | | CBS4801 | Translation Studies | 3 | | CBS4902 | Comparative and Contrastive Studies of Chinese and English Grammar | 3 | | ENGL2003 | English for Advanced Academic Writing | 3 |
Elective Subjects
The elective subjects are categorized into three areas: Translation, Linguistics, and Elective Subjects in Speech Sciences Offered by BALSS(CBS).
Translation
| Subject Code | Subject Title | No. of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CBS3446 | Corporate Communication: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| CBS3842 | Consecutive Interpreting | 3 |
| CBS3844 | Translation for the Media in the Digital Age | 3 |
| CBS3845 | Translation and Technology | 3 |
| CBS4446 | Intercultural Communication in Corporate Context | 3 |
| CBS4840 | Translation for Science and Technology | 3 |
| CBS4841 | Translation for Legal Work | 3 |
| CBS4843 | Simultaneous Interpreting | 3 |
| CBS4844 | Machine Aided Translation | 3 |
| CBS4845 | Literary Translation | 3 |
| CBS4846 | Translation Criticism | 3 |
Linguistics
| Subject Code | Subject Title | No. of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CBS3947 | Programming and Data Analysis for Language Studies | 3 |
| CBS3948 | Semantics: Meaning in Language | 3 |
| CBS3950 | Pragmatics: Language in Use | 3 |
| CBS4943 | Language and Society | 3 |
| CBS4956 | Varieties of Chinese | 3 |
| CBS4957 | Cantonese Linguistics | 3 |
| CBS4958 | Fundamentals of Computational Linguistics | 3 |
| CBS4959 | Syntax | 3 |
| CBS4960 | Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| CBS4962 | Corpus and Language Technology for Language Studies | 3 |
Elective Subjects in Speech Sciences Offered by BALSS(CBS)
| Subject Code | Subject Title | No. of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CBS3402 | Psycholinguistics | 3 |
| CBS3404 | Language, Cognition and the Brain | 3 |
| CBS3408 | Language Acquisition | 3 |
| CBS4945 | Analysis of Language Samples: Clinical Implications | 3 |
| CBS4949 | Child Communication Disorders and Special Education Needs (DSLR English) | 3 |
| CBS4950 | Communication Disorders Across the Life Span | 3 |
| CBS4952 | Language and Speech Production: Anatomical and Physiological Perspectives | 3 |
| CBS4953 | Techniques in Language Sciences | 3 |
| CBS4954 | Statistics for Language Studies | 3 |