Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Humanities (4-year)
 

The BA (Hons) in Humanities Programme is dedicated to giving broad liberal arts education. It consists of three distinct characteristics:

 
a) Interdisciplinarity: All the Humanities Core courses employ diverse disciplines. Art criticism, language, literature, history, philosophy, media studies would be come across in the study.
b) Bilingual Teaching and Learning: Students will read, write and speak in Chinese as well as English, developing their skills in both languages. By doing so, students will be able to respond to Hong Kong's specific linguistic environment.
c) Cross-culturalism: Most of the Humanities Core courses emphasize the comparison of Chinese and Western cultures, with frequent references to other cultures.
 
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
 
  Major Required Course 30 units
  Major Elective Courses 24 units
  Honours Project 6 units
  General Education 38 units
  Electives 30 units
    ───────
  Total 128 units
 
Requirements
 
Major Required Courses 30 units
HUMN 1005 The Study of Culture 3 units
  HUMN 2005 Humanities Study & Research Methods 3 units
  HUMN 2006 Human Self-discovery 3 units
  HUMN 2007 Chinese & Western Modes of Thought 3 units
  HUMN 3005 Artistic Creativity & Aesthetics Awareness 3 units
  HUMN 3006 Great Works in the Humanities 3 units
  HUMN 3007 Language & the Humanities 3 units
  HUMN 3015 The Making of the Contemporary World 3 units
  HUMN 4005 Asia Discourses 3 units
  HUMN 4006 Humanism & the Individual 3 units
Honours Project 6 units
  HUMN 4898-9 Honours Project 6 units
         
Major Elective Courses 24 units
  At least two courses from each of the following groups:
  Group A: Theory and Culture  
  HUMN 2025 Gender Studies 3 units
  HUMN 2026 Globalization & Culture 3 units
  HUMN 2035 Introduction to Western Classical Culture 3 units
  HUMN 3027 Death & Culture 3 units
  HUMN 3035 Devil & Culture 3 units
  HUMN 3036 Human Beings & the Imaginary Monsters They Create 3 units
  HUMN 4015 Histories 3 units
  HUMN 4016 Major Thinkers in Humanities 3 units
  HUMN 4035 Special Topic in Theory & Culture 3 units
         
  Group B: Media Studies  
  HUMN 2017 A Lifelong Romance with Films 3 units
  HUMN 2027 Introduction to the Art of Theatre 3 units
  HUMN 2036 Media & Communication: Issues, Concepts & Theories 3 units
  HUMN 3026 Creative Industries: Theories & Practices 3 units
  HUMN 3037 New Media Cultures 3 units
  HUMN 3045 Popular Music Studies 3 units
  HUMN 3046 Science Fiction, Film & Culture 3 units
  HUMN 4007 Body Cultures 3 units
  HUMN 4017 Media Representations of Ethnicitiy 3 units
  HUMN 4036 Special Topic in Media & Cultural Studies 3 units
         
  Group C: Creative Arts  
  HUMN 2015 Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing 3 units
  HUMN 2016 Performing as Human Experience 3 units
  HUMN 2037 Modern Dance as Hong Kong Experience 3 units
  HUMN 2045 The Art of Speech: Appreciation & Practice 3 units
  HUMN 3016 Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft Writing 3 units
  HUMN 3017 Drama as Human Experience 3 units
  HUMN 3025 Chinese Song Lyric Writing 3 units
  HUMN 3047 The Present State of the Arts 3 units
  HUMN 4026 The Art of Creating Stories: Writing & Appreciation 3 units
  HUMN 4027 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact & Fiction 3 units
  HUMN 4037 Special Topic in Creative Arts 3 units
   
General Education 38 units
Electives 30 units
        ───────
        128 units
 
 
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Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2012-2013
Last modified: August 2012