Concentration in Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS)
Concentration Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon completion of the Concentration in Literary and Cultural Studies, students should be able to:
- identify and analyze issues and topics in literary and cultural studies through various approaches including the interdisciplinary approach;
- formulate critical questions and investigate topics through research and writing;
- engage analytically with cutting edge literary and cultural studies concepts and theories;
- evaluate intellectual arguments in complex situation, thereby demonstrate sensitivity to context;
- articulate the interconnectedness of knowledge
Students have to complete any five of the following courses in the upper division to declare a concentration:
Concentration in Literary and Cultural Studies
ENG335 | Popular Culture |
ENG385 | Shakespeare |
ENG386 | Renaissance Literature and the English Society, 1516 -1667 |
ENG388 | American Literature |
ENG389 | Travel and Culture |
ENG460 | Contemporary Literature |
ENG484 | Romantics and Romantic Sceptics |
ENG485 | Victorian Literature and Society |
ENG479 | Science Fiction in Literature and Films |
ENG480 | Special Topic in Literature |
ENG489 | Visual Culture Studies |
Concentration in Linguistics and Translation Studies (LTS)
Concentration Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon completion of the Concentration in Linguistics and Translation Studies, students should be able to:
- identity and analyze issues and topics in linguistics and translation studies through various approaches including the interdisciplinary approach;
- formulate critical questions and investigate topics through research and writing;
- conduct research independently using appropriate research methods;
- engage analytically with cutting edge translation and linguistics concepts and theories;
- articulate the interconnectedness of knowledge
Students have to complete any five of the following courses in the upper division to declare a concentration:
Concentration in Linguistics and Translation Studies
ENG330 | Gender, Language and Translation |
ENG364 | Second Language Acquisition |
ENG366 | Interpreting II |
ENG381 | The Sound System of English |
ENG387 | Media Translation |
ENG410 | Linguistic Approaches to Translation |
ENG486 | Issues in Pragmatics |
ENG487 | Contemporary Translation Theory and Its Applications |
Education Concentration in English (ECE)
Concentration Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon completion of the Education Concentration in English, students should be able to:
Education Concentration in English
ENG364 | Second Language Acquisition |
Work Placement course (3 credits):
ENG360 | Work Placement (Education) |
Departmental Electives 3-6 credits (choose at least one course):
ENG361 | Pedagogical Grammar |
ENG381 | The Sound System of English |
ENG460 | Contemporary Literature |
ENG486 | Issues in Pragmatics |
Inter-Departmental Electives 3-6 credits (choose at least one course)
PSY307 | Educational Psychology1 |
HIST467 | History of Education in Hong Kong 香港教育史 |
IDP401 | Digital Technologies in Teaching2 |
SOC313 | Sociology of Education |