About Us

History

The Department of English Language and Literature was established at the inception of the Shue Yan College in 1971. By far, we have already had more than 900 graduates in our honours diploma programme. There are four elements in the Honours Diploma Programme: English Literature, Linguistics, Translation and Cultural Studies. Students will be introduced to the various elements in their four-year study.

The four-year, full time honours degree programme which leads to a Bachelor of Arts in English was launched in September 2005. For details of the study scheme of the degree programme, please click here.

Aims and Objectives

To strengthen productive skills in written and spoken English;
To provide broad educational exposure which encourages bilingual competence and multicultural sensitivity and development;
To stimulate intellectual growth through providing an educationally generalist programme;
To encourage student exploration of cultural heritages through critical analyses of English language and literatures in English;
To initiate students to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge in a hybrid, web-like and complex 21st century.