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Minor Programmes for Undergraduate Students

Department of English Language and Literature
Minor Programme Offered: Minor in Linguistics and Translation
(Available for Year 1 Entry: 2016/17 cohort and onwards; Year 2 Entry: 2017/18 cohort and onwards;
Year 3 Entry: 2020/21 cohort and onwards)
Course Code Course Title Credits Pre-requisite(s)
Compulsory
ENG 140 Introduction to Translation 3 Nil
ENG 160 Introduction to Linguistics 3 Nil
Choose 3 courses out of 6
ENG 240 Literary Translation 3 ENG 140
ENG 250 Sociolinguistics 3 ENG 160
ENG 270 Discourse Analysis 3 ENG 160
ENG 340 Interpreting I 3 ENG 140
ENG 364 Second Language Acquisition 3 ENG 160
ENG 387 Media Translation 3 ENG 140

Minor Programme Offered: Minor in Literary and Cultural Studies
(Available for Year 1 Entry: 2016/17 cohort and onwards; Year 2 Entry: 2017/18 cohort and onwards;
Year 3 Entry: 2020/21 cohort and onwards)
Course Code Course Title Credits Pre-requisite(s)
Compulsory
ENG 120 Introduction to Literature 3 Nil
ENG 153 Introduction to Cultural Studies 3 Nil
Choose 3 courses out of 6
ENG 183 Modern Asian Fiction 3 ENG 120
ENG 273 Children’s Literature 3 ENG 120
ENG 335 Popular Culture 3 Nil
ENG 389 Travel and Culture 3 Nil
ENG 479 Science Fiction in Literature and Films 3 ENG 120
ENG 489 Visual Culture Studies 3 ENG 153

Department of History
Minor Programme Offered: Minor in History
(Available for Year 1 Entry: 2016/17 cohort and onwards; Year 2 Entry: 2017/18 cohort and onwards;
Year 3 Entry: 2020/21 cohort and onwards)
Course Code Course Title Credits Pre-requisite(s)
Choose 5 courses out of 8
HIST 130 Introduction to Historical Theories and Methods 3 Nil
HIST 210 History of Qin-Han-Wei-Jin Dynasties 3 Nil
HIST 211 History of Sui Tang and the Five Dynasties 3 Nil
HIST 240 History of Hong Kong 3 Nil
HIST 310 History of Song and Yuan Dynasties 3 Nil
HIST 311 History of Ming and Qing Dynasties 3 Nil
HIST 320 The Contemporary World 3 Nil
HIST 411 China since 1949 3 Nil

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