Minor Programme in English Language and Literature
 

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

 
The structure of the Minor curriculum is as follows:
     
I) Required Courses 6 units
II) Elective Courses 9 units
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  15 units
 
Requirements
 
I. Required Courses 6 units
  ENGL 2005 Introduction to the Study of Language 3 units
  ENGL 2007 Literary & Comparative Studies 3 units
        
II. Elective Courses 9 units
Three of the following courses, at least one of the three courses must be at the upper level (Level III or IV):
ENGL 2035 The Short Story 3 units
  ENGL 2036 Pre-Modern Drama 3 units
  ENGL 2056 Faces of Comparative Literature 3 units
  ENGL 2076 Poetry 3 units
  ENGL 2077 Critical Approaches to Literature 3 units
  ENGL 2086 Poetry & Poetics 3 units
  ENGL 2095 Foundations of Language Studies 3 units
  ENGL 3007 Discourse Studies 3 units
  ENGL 3015 Creative Writing 3 units
  ENGL 3026 Special Topic in Language 3 units
  ENGL 3027 Special Topic in Linguistic Theory 3 units
ENGL 3036 Chinese-Western Literary Relations 3 units
  ENGL 3037 Creative Writing Workshop 3 units
  ENGL 3045 Great Novels in English 3 units
  ENGL 3046 Literature & the Nobel Prize 3 units
  ENGL 3055 Literature & Film 3 units
  ENGL 3066 Modern & Contemporary Drama 3 units
  ENGL 3096 The Child & Literature 3 units
  ENGL 3105 Twentieth-Century Literature 3 units
  ENGL 3106 Modern & Contemporary Poetry 3 units
  ENGL 3107 Acquiring & Learning a Language 3 units
  ENGL 3205 Components of a Word 3 units
  ENGL 3206 Critical Discourse Analysis 3 units
  ENGL 3207 Language & Intercultural Communication 3 units
  ENGL 3305 Studying Meaning 3 units
  ENGL 3306 Understanding Phonological Patterns 3 units
ENGL 3307 Architecture of Grammar 3 units
  ENGL 4006 Advanced Topic in Language 3 units
  ENGL 4007 Advanced Topic in Linguistic Theory 3 units
  ENGL 4016 American Popular Fiction after 1950 3 units
  ENGL 4017 Advanced Seminar in Language & Gender 3 units
  ENGL 4025 Analysing Multimodal Communication 3 units
  ENGL 4026 Exploring Intercultural Communication through Films &
Literature
3 units
  ENGL 4027 Exploring Bilingualism & Bilingual Education 3 units
  ENGL 4035 Functional Grammar 3 units
  ENGL 4036 Language, Communication & Advertising 3 units
  ENGL 4037 Language & the Workplace 3 units
  ENGL 4045 Language in Education 3 units
  ENGL 4046 Hong Kong Stories in English 3 units
  ENGL 4047 Perspectives on Universal Themes 3 units
  ENGL 4055 Stories of English 3 units
  ENGL 4056 Theoretical Linguist Meets World 3 units
  ENGL 4057 Unravelling Syntax 3 units
  ENGL 4065 Dystopian Fiction 3 units
  ENGL 4066 World Literatures 3 units
  ENGL 4067 Comics & Graphic Novels 3 units
  ENGL 4075 Special Topic in Comparative Literature 3 units
  ENGL 4076 21st Century Fiction 3 units
  ENGL 4077 Detective Fiction 3 units
  ENGL 4085 Special Topic in Literature 3 units
  ENGL 4086 Shakespeare & His Contemporaries 3 units
  ENGL 4087 Special Topic in Critical Theory 3 units
  ENGL 4095 Gender & Literature 3 units
  ENGL 4096 Diaspora Writing in English 3 units
  ENGL 4097 Gothic Literature 3 units
  ENGL 4105 Comparative Drama 3 units
  ENGL 4106 Literary Journalism 3 units
  ENGL 4107 Postcolonial Fiction 3 units
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  15 units
 
 
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Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2015-2016
Last modified: July 2015