Faculty of Arts

Minor Programme in Creative Writing

Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programmes, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows: -

I)	Required Courses	3 units
II)	Elective Courses	12 units
		───────
		15 units

Requirements

I.	Required Course*			3 units
	One of the following courses:
	LANG	1015	Creative Writing in Chinese	3 units
	LANG	2006	English through Creative Writing	3 units

II.	Elective Courses			12 units
	Four of the following courses, of which at least two must be at Level III or above:
	CHIL	3026	Modern Chinese Fiction Writing	3 units
	CHIL	3027	Modern Chinese Prose Writing	3 units
	ENGL	2057	Creative Writing	3 units
	ENGL	3037	Creative Writing Workshop	3 units
	HUMN	2015	Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing	3 units
	HUMN	3025	Chinese Song Lyric Writing	3 units
	LANG	1015	Creative Writing in Chinese	3 units
	LANG	2005	Creative Writing through Masterpieces	3 units
	LANG	2006	English through Creative Writing	3 units
	LANG	2007	Refining Chinese Writing Skills	3 units
	LANG	3006	Creative Writing: Modern Chinese Poetry	3 units
	LANG	3007	Modern & Contemporary Theatre: Appreciation & Playwriting	3 units
	LANG	3025	Creative Writing in Children’s Literature in English	3 units
				──────
				15 units

*	If both LANG 1015 Creative Writing in Chinese and LANG 2006 English through Creative Writing are taken by students with bilingual proficiency, one of which will be counted as a required course while the other an elective.

Progression

Students taking Creative Writing as a Minor are required to take LANG 1015 Creative Writing in Chinese or LANG 2006 English through Creative Writing as the foundation course first before they progress to the elective component (4 other courses from the list).