Double Major

ENG as Home Major and CHI as Second Major
Four-Year Study Schedule (applicable to students admitted to the BA Programmes (Broad-based Admission) in 2018-19 and beyond)

Year I

Semester 1

Semester 2

Course Code & Title

Unit

Course Code & Title

Unit

GE English I

3

GE English II

3

GE Chinese

3

GE History & Civilization

3

GE Values & the Meaning of Life

3

Free Elective 3

3

Free Elective 1 * (ENG1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures)

3

U-Life

-

Free Elective 2

3

Free Elective 4

3

U-Life

-

Free Elective 5

2

 

 

Free Elective 6

2

Total Units

15

Total Units

16

Year II

Semester 1

Semester 2

Course Code & Title

Unit

Course Code & Title

Unit

ENGL 2005 Introduction to the Study of Language

3

ENGL 2016 Sounds of English Around the World

3

ENGL 2007 Literary and Comparative Studies

3

ENGL 2017 Stepping Stones in English Grammar

3

ENGL 2015 Literature and Culture

 

3

ENGL 2025 The Art of Storytelling

3

OR

ENGL 2006 Language, Culture and Society

ENGL 2027 Academic and Professional Writing

3

ENGL 2026 Argumentation and Persuasion

3

Free Elective 8 (Second Major Core 2)

3

Free Elective 7 (Second Major Core 1)

3

Quantitative Reasoning

3

The Art of Persuasion

2

Healthy Lifestyle

2

 

 

Total Units

19

Total Units

18

Year III

Semester 1

Semester 2

Course Code & Title

Unit

Course Code & Title

Unit

ENGL 3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature

3

Major Elective 2

3

Major Elective 1

3

Major Elective 3

3

Free Elective 9 (Second Major Core 3)

3

Major Elective 4

3

Free Elective 10 (Second Major Core 4)

3

Major Elective 5

3

Second Major Core 5

3

Free Elective 11 (Second Major Core 6)

3

Interdisciplinary Thematic Course

3

Interdisciplinary Thematic Course

3

Total Units

18

Total Units

18

 

Year IV

Semester 1

Semester 2

Course Code & Title

Unit

Course Code & Title

Unit

ENGL 4898 Honours Project

3

ENGL 4899 Honours Project

3

Major Elective 6

3

Major Elective 8

3

Major Elective 7

3

Free Elective 13 (Second Major Core 9)

3

Free Elective 12 (Second Major Core 7)

3

GE Capstone

3

Second Major Core 8

3

Second Major Core 10

3

Total Units

15

Total Units

15

Home Major Core Courses:
1. ENGL 1005  English, Creativity, and Cultures
2. ENGL 2005  Introduction to the Study of Language
3. ENGL 2007  Literary and Comparative Studies
4. ENGL 2015  Literature and Culture  OR ENGL 2006 Language, Culture and Society 
5. ENGL 2016  Sounds of English Around the World 
6. ENGL 2017  Stepping Stones in English Grammar
7. ENGL 2025  The Art of Storytelling 
8. ENGL 2026  Argumentation and Persuasion
9. ENGL 2027  Academic and Professional Writing
10. ENGL 3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature

11. ENGL4898-9 Honours Project

Second Major Core Courses:
1. CHIL 2006 Introduction to Literature 文學概論
2. CHIL 2007 Modern Chinese Grammar
現代漢語語法
3. CHIL 2016 Chinese Etymology
文字學
4. CHIL 2015 Study Skills and Research Methodology
讀書指導
5. CHIL 2017 Classical Chinese
古代漢語
6. CHIL 2005 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Pre-Qin to the Five Dynasties)
中國文學史 (先秦至五代)
7. CHIL 2025 History of Classical Chinese Literature (Song to Qing Dynasties)
中國文學史 (宋至清)
8. CHIL 2026 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (1917-present)
中國現當代文學 (1917–現在)
9. CHIL 3005 Chinese Phonology
漢語音韻學
10. CHIL 4005 Literary Criticism
文學批評

*Double Major students are required to take 6 additional units of free electives, compared to Single Major students whose graduation requirement is 128 units.

Total number of units: 134

*Students who do not take the Year 1 ENG course ENGL1005 English, Creativity, and Cultures, but proceed to the English Major, will need to take an additional 3-unit ENG course at a later point in their studies.

Updated on 23 August 2018