Double Major

ENG as Home Major and REL 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 5)

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

Second Major Core 6

3

ENG Major Elective 1

3

ENG Major Elective 3

3

Free Elective 9 (Second Major Core 2)

3

ENG Major Elective 4

3

Free Elective 10 (Second Major Core 3)

3

REL Major Elective 1

3

ENG Major Elective 2

3

Free Elective 11 (Second Major Core 7)

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

REL Major Elective 2

3

REL Major Elective 5

3

REL Major Elective 3

3

REL Major Elective 6

3

Free Elective 12 (Second Major Core 4)

3

GE Capstone

3

REL Major Elective 4

3

REL Major Elective 7

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.     ENGL 4898-9 Honours Project

 

Second Major Core Courses:

1.   RELI 1005   Quest for Truth and Meaning [offer in both semesters]

2.   RELI 2006   Introduction to Christianity and Civilizations [offer only in semester 1]

3.   RELI 2007 Problems of Philosophy [offer only in semester 1]

4.   RELI 2015 Approaches to the Study of Religion [offer only in semester 1]

5.   RELI 2027 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy and Religion [offer only in semester 2]

6.   RELI 2035 Introduction to Ethics [offer only in semester 2]

7.   RELI 2036 Social Scientific Study of Religion [offer only in semester 2]

 

*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