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History

Department of History

Aims of History Programme
The Department provides a student-oriented undergraduate programme aiming:
1. To provide History discipline-specific training to students including concepts, theories,
approaches, methods, abilities, knowledge, professional practice and ethics pertinent to
the study of it;
2. To cultivate in students a broad and also thorough knowledge of China’s Historical
evolvement and pertinent issues from ancient to contemporary times, with cross-reference
to the experience of other peoples and cultures;
3. To cultivate graduates with balanced and perceptive understanding of Hong Kong and
China suitable for future leadership and service roles;
4. To provide students a set of transferable skills suitable for work or future studies.

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in History
programme are listed below:
2021/22 Cohort
2020/21 Cohort 2022/23 Cohort
Requirements 2023/24 Cohort
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Language Requirements 14 6 - - 14 6 - -
Departmental Core Requirements 12 15 15 9 9 15 15 9
Departmental Electives - 6 9 15 3 6 6 15

Free Electives 3 3 6 - 3 3 9 -
General Education* 6 6 - - 6 6 - -
Total minimum number of required credits 35 36 30 24 35 36 30 24
Minimum required credits for graduation 125 125
* Students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12 credits of GE courses consisting of 3 credits
in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation requirements.

Education Concentration

An Education Concentration in History (ECH), in collaboration with the Department of
Chinese Language and Literature and the Department of English Language and Literature, is
to promote education in the undergraduate programmes of the three departments. ECH is a
new enterprise of our History Programme based on its three streams (Chinese History, World
History and Urban History) and derived from many careful and thorough deliberations among
the three departments. The aim of ECH is to “promote teaching-related courses/Concentrations
to facilitate teaching as a possible employment pathway for students in CHI, ENG and
HIST”. ECH reflects the market reality and trend as well as the great job opportunity for our

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