HKU Calendar for the Academic Year 2025-26 (For Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Students)
- Timetable
- Class commencement details
- Timetable
- Class commencement details
Introductory Courses
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://forms.office.com/r/ys7ZiT5SDT) for consideration two weeks before the course selection period.
Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
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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 | L&C |
Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
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ENGL1024 | Introduction to world literature | Lit. | |
ENGL1035 | Language crimes | L&C | |
ENGL1036 | Meaning and metaphor | Lit. | |
ENGL1041 | Introduction to modernity and literary modernism | Lit. | |
ENGL1043 | Introduction to 20th-century poetry (Dr. Peter Kennedy) |
Lit. | |
ENGL1049 | Early modern sonnets | Lit. | |
ENGL1064 | Language, communication and 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 | |
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ENGL2002 | Language in society (Professor Daniel Weston) |
L&C | |
ENGL2012 | Advanced literary theory | Lit. | |
ENGL2039 | Gender, sexuality and discourse | L&C | |
ENGL2079 | Shakespeare | Lit. | |
ENGL2085 | Creative writing | Lit. | |
ENGL2103 | Language and social media | L&C | |
ENGL2127/ LALS3003/ LLAW3190 |
Language and the law | L&C | |
ENGL2141 | Doing discourse analysis | 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. | |
ENGL2185 | Health communication, ‘healthy’ communication | L&C | |
ENGL2194 | Language and advertising | L&C | |
ENGL3040 | Internship in English studies (capstone experience) | 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | L&C | |
ENGL1062 | Reading and writing about literature | Lit. |
Course Code | Course Name | stream | |
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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 | L&C | |
ENGL1055 | Language myths and realities | L&C | |
ENGL1061 | Psycholinguistics and language acquisition | L&C | |
ENGL1064 | Language, communication and media | L&C | |
ENGL1066 | Introduction to modern drama | 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 | |
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ENGL2007 | Literary linguistics | L&C or Lit. | |
ENGL2012 | Advanced literary theory | Lit. | |
ENGL2030 | New Englishes | L&C | |
ENGL2048 | Language and jargon | L&C | |
ENGL2055 | The Gothic (Professor Tara Lee) |
Lit. | |
ENGL2119 | English in Hong Kong | L&C | |
ENGL2128 | Modernism | Lit. | |
ENGL2164/ LALS3010/ LLAW3251 |
The beginnings of English Law and Literature | Lit. | |
ENGL2166 | English phonetics | L&C | |
ENGL2174/ LALS3014/ LLAW3274 |
Shakespeare and the law | Lit. | |
ENGL2175 | Bad identities | L&C | |
ENGL2181 | Language and politeness | L&C | |
ENGL2187 | Language and news media | L&C | |
ENGL2190 | Special topics in 19th-century literature | Lit. | |
ENGL2195 | Staging Asia | Lit. | |
ENGL3040 | Internship in English studies (capstone experience) | L&C or Lit., depending on internship nature | |
ENGL3041 | Senior colloquium in English studies: (capstone experience) | 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 | |
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CCHU9032 | Language, institution and power (Dr. Vincent Pak) |
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CCHU9084 | The law in everyday life (Professor Anya Adair) |
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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