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: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: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: | ||
| I) | Major Courses | 54 units |
| II) | Honours Project | 6 units |
| III) | General Education | 38 units |
| IV) | Free Electives | 30 units |
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128 units | |
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units | ||
| Major Required Courses (30 units) | ||||
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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 | |
| 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 & Their Imaginary Monsters | 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 | 3055 | Popular Media & Public Culture in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| HUMN | 3056 | Hong Kong Film & Society | 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 | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units | ||
| HUMN | 4898-9 | Honours Project | 6 units | |
| III. | General Education | 38 units | ||
| IV. | Free Electives | 30 units | ||
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| 128 units | ||||
1. |
HUM students who want to have a Concentration can apply 3 units of their elective units and the currently suggested 18 units (6 courses) to make up the new 21-unit Concentration requirement. The remaining 6 units of their major electives should go to one course in each of the other areas of study for the original purpose of broadening their study horizons. |
2. |
Students who do not opt for a Concentration will continue to choose at least two courses in the three areas of study as their major electives. |
Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2014-2015
Last modified: August 2014
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