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HKU Calendar for the Academic Year 2025-26 (For Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Students)
- Timetable
- Class commencement details
- Timetable
- Class commencement details
Prerequisite:
A minimum Level 5 in English Language HKDSE exam, or an equivalent score in another recognized English proficiency test. For details please refer to our English Proficiency Pre-requisite for ENGL Courses webpage.
For students who did not sit the HKDSE examination, please submit a copy of your equivalent qualification(s), such as the IB Diploma, GCE-A Levels, SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, etc., to the School Office (via this form: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aYpc9YyvM2uqBaC) for consideration at least two weeks before the course selection period.
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1022 | Introduction to poetry (Professor Tara Lee) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1031 |
English grammar(s) (For students admitted in 2021-22 or before, this course will be counted as an introductory course from List B after completion. Please refer to your syllabus at https://english.hku.hk/Undergraduate/Curriculum/English_Studies.) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1059 | Introduction to pragmatics (Professor Brian King) |
L&C |
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1024 | Introduction to world literature (Professor Anjuli Gunaratne) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1035 | Language crimes (Professor Janny Leung) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1036 | Meaning and metaphor | Lit. | |
| ENGL1041 | Introduction to modernity and literary modernism (Professor Nan Zhang) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1043 | Introduction to 20th-century poetry (Dr. Peter Kennedy) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1049 | Early modern sonnets (Professor Nicholas Luke) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1064 | Language, communication and media (Professor Brian King) (Non-permissible combination with ENGL1064: ENGL2182/ LCOM2004. Language, communication and the media) |
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 (Professor Daniel Weston) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2012 | Advanced literary theory (Professor Anjuli Gunaratne) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2039 | Gender, sexuality and discourse (Dr. Vincent Pak) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2079 | Shakespeare (Professor Nicholas Luke) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2085 | Creative writing (Ms. Maria Chaudhuri) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2127/ LALS3003/ LLAW3190 |
Language and the law (Professor Janny Leung) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2141 | Doing discourse analysis (Professor Olga Zayts) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2142 | Milton | Lit. | |
| ENGL2156 | 18th-century literature | Lit. | |
| ENGL2159 | 21st-century English poetry (Dr. Peter Kennedy) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2165 | Legal fictions: United States citizenship and the right to write in America | Lit. | |
| ENGL2181 | Languager and politeness (Dr. Mandy Yu) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2185 | Health communication, ‘healthy’ communication (Professor Olga Zayts) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2194 | Language and advertising (Dr. May Wong) |
L&C | |
| ENGL3040 | Internship in English studies (capstone experience) (Ms. Stephanie Ng) |
L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature | |
| ENGL3041 | Senior colloquium in English studies: People Who Aren't Really There (capstone experience) | L&C |
| Course Code | Course Name | |
|---|---|---|
| CCHU9053 | Contested words, disputed symbols (Dr. Sinead Kwok) |
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| CCHU9092 | Disabling society (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1042 |
World Englishes (For students admitted in 2021-22 or before, this course will be counted as an introductory course from List B after completion. Please refer to your syllabus at https://english.hku.hk/Undergraduate/Curriculum/English_Studies.) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1056 | Introduction to language and communication (Professor Hanwool Choe) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1062 | Reading and writing about literature (Professor Anjuli Gunaratne) |
Lit. |
| Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1013 |
Introduction to 20th-century literature (For students admitted in 2023-24 or before, this course will be counted as an introductory course from List A after completion. Please refer to your syllabus at https://english.hku.hk/Undergraduate/Curriculum/English_Studies.) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL1018 |
Language and gender (For students admitted in 2021-22 or before, this course will be counted as an introductory course from List A after completion. Please refer to your syllabus at https://english.hku.hk/Undergraduate/Curriculum/English_Studies.) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1050 | Research methods in sociolinguistics (Professor Hanwool Choe) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1055 | Language myths and realities (Dr. Sinead Kwok) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1061 | Psycholinguistics and language acquisition (Professor Ricky Chan) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1064 |
Language, communication and media (Non-permissible combination with ENGL1064: ENGL2182/ LCOM2004. Language, communication and the media) |
L&C | |
| ENGL1066 | Introduction to modern drama (Professor Moonyoung Hong) |
Lit. |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2007 | Literary linguistics (Dr. Philip Chan) |
L&C or Lit. | |
| ENGL2030 | New Englishes (Dr. May Wong) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2048 | Language and jargon (Professor Christopher Hutton) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2055 | The Gothic (Professor Tara Lee) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2097 |
Writing Hong Kong |
Lit | |
| ENGL2119 | English in Hong Kong (Dr. Sinead Kwok) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2128 | Modernism (Professor Nan Zhang) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2146 | Cognitive semantics Cognitive semantics | Cognitive semantics | L&C |
| ENGL2164/ LALS3010/ LLAW3251 |
The beginnings of English Law and Literature | Lit. | |
| ENGL2166 | English phonetics (Professor Ricky Chan) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2174/ LALS3014/ LLAW3274 |
Shakespeare and the law (Professor Nicholas Luke) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2175 | Bad identities (Dr. Vincent Pak) |
L&C | |
| ENGL2179 | Theories of language and communication | L&C | |
| ENGL2190 | Special topics in 19th-century literature (Dr. Charlotte Cai) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL2195 | Staging Asia (Professor Moonyoung Hong) |
Lit. | |
| ENGL3040 |
Internship in English studies (capstone experience) |
L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature | |
| ENGL3041 | Senior colloquium in English studies: Saussure and the politics of linguistics (capstone experience) (Professor Christopher Hutton and Dr. Jasper Wu) |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| CCHU9032 | Language, institution and power (Dr. Vincent Pak) |
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| CCHU9084 | The law in everyday life (Professor Anya Adair) |
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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). You can only apply for a specialization certificate after you have completed your studies, for which please fill out our online form via the link below: Notes:
Specialization streams:
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