HKU Calendar for the Academic Year 2022-23 (For Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Students)
The course information will be updated in late July. You may check the previous information of 2021-22 here.
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Introductory Courses
Prerequisite:
A minimum Level 5 in English Language HKDSE exam, or an equivalent score in another recognized English proficiency test.
| COURSE CODE | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1022 | Poetry past and present (Dr. Simon Ng) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1042 | World Englishes (Dr. Daniel Weston) | L&C | |
| ENGL1056 | Introduction to language and communication (Dr. Hanwool Choe) | L&C | |
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1014 | Imaginary geographies: The art of writing place (Dr. Moonyoung Hong) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1028 | Awakenings: Exploring women’s writing (Dr. Kristen Murray) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1036 | Meaning and metaphor (Professor Kendall Johnson) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1041 | Modernity and literary modernism (Dr. Chloe Leung) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1043 | An introduction to 20th-century English poetry (Dr. Peter Kennedy) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1054 | Writing disaster: Literature, trauma, memory (Dr. Anjuli Gunaratne) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1055 | Language myths and realities (Dr. Sinead Kwok) | L&C |
Prerequisite:
Passed 3 introductory courses (with at least one from both List A and List B).
*For students in BA&LLB, successful completion of LALS2001 Introduction to law and literary studies will also fulfill 6 credits of introductory ENGL course (List B) for admission to advanced ENGL courses for English non-majors.
Additional prerequisite for a capstone course:
Final-year students normally should have completed 30 credits of introductory courses and 24 credits of advanced courses in the major (including transferred credits).
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2010 | The novel (Dr. Anjuli Gunaratne) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2039 | Gender, sexuality and discourse (Dr. Brian King) | L&C | |
| ENGL2115 | Theories of language acquisition (Dr. Amanda Cheung) | L&C | |
| ENGL2119 | English in Hong Kong: Making it your own (Dr. Sinead Kwok) | L&C | |
| ENGL2126 | Law, meaning, and interpretation (Professor Christopher Hutton) | L&C | |
| ENGL2144 | Forms of contemporary literature (Dr. Catherine Fox) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2146 | Cognitive semantics (Dr. Ryan Lai) | L&C | |
| ENGL2147 | Joyce’s voices (Dr. Peter Kennedy) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2150 | The city and modernity (Dr. Simon Ng) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2165 | Legal fictions: United States citizenship and the right to write in America (Professor Kendall Johnson) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2166 | English phonetics (Dr. Ricky Chan) | L&C | |
| ENGL2176 | Writing Asian diasporas (Dr. Claire Gullander-Drolet) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2181/ LCOM2003* | Language and politeness (Dr. Mandy Yu) | L&C | |
| ENGL2187/ LCOM2011* | The language of news media (Dr. Mandy Yu) | L&C | |
| ENGL3040 | Internship in English studies (capstone experience) (Dr. Amanda Cheung) | L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature | |
| ENGL3041 |
Senior colloquium in English studies (capstone experience) (Professor Don Kulick) |
L&C | |
| LCOM3005 | Internship in language & communication (capstone experience) (Dr. Amanda Cheung) |
L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature |
*Note: Students admitted in 2020-21 or before may choose the LCOM course codes. Students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter may only choose the ENGL course codes.
| Course Code | Course Name | |
|---|---|---|
| CCHU9032 | Language, institution and power (Dr. David Edmonds) | |
| CCHU9085 | When animals talk back (Professor Don Kulick) |
Introductory Courses
Prerequisite:
A minimum Level 5 in English Language HKDSE exam, or an equivalent score in another recognized English proficiency test.
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1015 | Introduction to English linguistics (Dr. Dirk Noël) | L&C | |
| ENGL1024 | World literature (Dr. Moonyoung Hong) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1059 | Introduction to pragmatics (Dr. David Edmonds) | L&C |
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1027 | Analyzing discourse (Dr. Brian King) | L&C | |
| ENGL1032 | Late Victorian texts and contexts (Dr. Nan Zhang) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1040 | Rewriting and writing back (Dr. Haewon Hwang) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1045 | Community in sociolinguistics (Dr. Brian King) | L&C | |
| ENGL1048 | Crime stories (Dr. Nan Zhang) | Lit. | |
| ENGL1050 | An introduction to research methods in sociolinguistics (Dr. Amanda Cheung) | L&C | |
| ENGL1061 | Introduction to psycholinguistics (Dr. Ricky Chan) | L&C |
Prerequisite:
Passed 3 introductory courses (with at least one from both List A and List B).
*For students in BA&LLB, successful completion of LALS2001 Introduction to law and literary studies will also fulfill 6 credits of introductory ENGL course (List B) for admission to advanced ENGL courses for English non-majors.
Additional prerequisite for a capstone course:
Final-year students normally should have completed 30 credits of introductory courses and 24 credits of advanced courses in the major (including transferred credits).
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2002 | Language in society (Dr. Daniel Weston) | L&C | |
| ENGL2004 | English syntax (Dr. Dirk Noël) | L&C | |
| ENGL2007 | Literary linguistics (Dr. Philip Chan) | L&C or Lit. | |
| ENGL2079 | Shakespeare (Dr. Nicholas Luke) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2085 | Creative writing (Professor Page Richards) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2103 | Language and digital media (Dr. Hanwool Choe) | L&C | |
| ENGL2112 | History of English (Dr. Adrian Pablé) | L&C | |
| ENGL2120 | Science fiction (Dr. Otto Heim) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2129 | English as a language of science (Dr. Sinead Kwok) | L&C | |
| ENGL2131 | The critic as artist (Dr. Nicholas Luke) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2134 | World literature and theory (Dr. Anjuli Gunaratne) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2142 | Milton (Dr. Brandon Chua) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2156 | Eighteenth-century British literature (Dr. Brandon Chua) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2169 | Writing and violence (Dr. Otto Heim) | Lit. | |
| ENGL2179/ LCOM2001* | Theories of language and communication (Dr. Adrian Pablé) | L&C | |
| ENGL3040 | Internship in English studies (capstone experience) (Dr. Anjuli Gunaratne) | L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature | |
| ENGL3041 |
Senior colloquium in English studies (capstone experience) (Dr. Nicholas Luke) |
Lit. |
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| LCOM3001 | Cultural dimensions of language & communication (capstone experience) (Dr. Amanda Cheung) | L&C | |
| LCOM3005 | Internship in language & communication (capstone experience) (Dr. Amanda Cheung) | L&C |
*Note: Students admitted in 2020-21 or before may choose the LCOM course codes. Students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter may only choose the ENGL course codes.
| Course Code | Course Name | |
|---|---|---|
| CCGL9038 | Global Englishes (Dr. Ricky Chan) | |
| CCHU9084 | The law in everyday life (Dr. Anya Adair) |
Specialization streams
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Applicable to UG English Studies major students admitted in 2021-22 and thereafter: Major students who have successfully passed at least seven courses (three introductory courses and four advanced courses) with a literature OR language and communication focus, respectively, will be given a School of English certification, upon request, which attests to this specialization in the “Literature Stream” or “Language and Communication Stream.” If applicable, a dual recognition in both the “Literature Stream” and “Language and Communication Stream” is possible. Please note that the declaration and certification of specialization stream(s) is optional and students can graduate with a major in English Studies without declaring any specialization stream(s). Notes:
Specialization streams:
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