Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Culture - Programme Structure (2022 Autumn Intake)

School of Arts and Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Culture - Programme Structure (2022 Autumn Intake)

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Culture – Programme Structure (2022 Autumn Intake)

 

Programme Outline

Programme Title
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Language and Culture
Programme Code
JS9019 (JUPAS)
Mode of Study
Full Time
Number of Credits
160 credits (4 Year Curriculum)

Students must complete 160 credits.

(i) 60 credits of compulsory courses from Table 1 (each course carries 5 credits);
(ii) 60 credits of elective courses from Table 2 (each course carries 5 credits);
(iii) 20 credits of outside discipline courses (each course carries 5 credits); and
(iv) 20 credits of purpose-designed General Education (GE) courses.

Programme curriculum

Table 1: Compulsory Courses

Course Code
Course Title
Foundation level courses
ENGL A102F
Classic American Films
ENGL A103F
British and American Short Stories
ENGL A131F
Introduction to English Fiction
ENGL A132F
Introduction to English Drama and Poetry
Middle level courses
ENGL A203F
Hitchcock Films
ENGL A204F
Modern British and American Drama
ENGL A206F
Asian Writings in English
ENGL A211F
The Structure of Modern English: Words and Sentences
ENGL A221F
The Structure of Modern English: Sounds and Meaning
ENGL A235F
World Englishes and Globalization
ENGL A236F
English-language Media and Pop Culture
ENGL A241F
English Language and Hong Kong Culture

Table 2: Elective Courses

Course Code
Course Title
Middle level courses
ENGL A205F
Folktales and Children's Literature in English
ENGL A222F
English Grammar and Usage
ENGL A231F
English Literature in the Modern World
ENGL A232F
Socio-cultural Issues in English Literature I
ENGL A233F
Socio-cultural Issues in English Literature II
ENGL A237F
Culture and Adaptation Studies
ENGL A238F
British and American Food Culture in Media
ENGL A239F
Horror, Violence and Culture
ENGL A240F
Cultural Representations of the Metropolis
Higher level courses
ENGL A321F
Shakespeare
ENGL A322F
Chinese Literature in English Translation
ENGL A324F
Topic(s) in Chinese-Western Comparative Literature
ENGL A326F
The Poetics of English in Popular Song Lyrics
ENGL A340F
Special Topic(s) in Cultural Studies
ENGL A341F
Research Methods for English Studies
ENGL A342F
Major English Authors
LANG A333F
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LANG A334F
Stylistics
LANG A338F
Semantics
LANG A336F
Discourse Analysis
LANG A339F
Pragmatics

Outside discipline” Courses, such as:

Course Code
Course Title
CCA A201BF
World Cinema
CAMD A300F
New Media Culture
CAMD A306BF
Museum Studies
CAMD A309BF
Cultural Identities and Advertising
ECON A121F
Foundations of Social Sciences: Economics
POLS A221F
Introductory Comparative Politics
PUAD A222F
Introduction to Public Administration
SOCI A123F
Foundations of Social Sciences: Sociology
SOCI A221F
Social Problems and Social Issues
TRAN A369F
Cultural Issues and Translation
TRAN A379F
Literature and Translation
20 credits from General Education Elective Courses provided by MUHK