For students from Cohort 2026 onwards, Chinese Languages and Cultures (CL) and Chinese Studies (Bilingual) (CH) are offered as two separate specialisations. Students with any other suitable first major may second major in Chinese Languages and Cultures or Chinese Studies (Bilingual) by fulfilling the requirements on this page.<\/p>\n
For students from Cohort 2025 or earlier, Chinese Studies and Chinese Language are offered as two separate specialisations in the B.A. programme. The B.A. Honours programme in Chinese Studies is available to students who have read either Chinese Studies or Chinese Language as a single major or first major. Students majoring in other departments may second major in Chinese Studies or Chinese Language by fulfilling the requirements on this page.<\/p>\n
Up to 16 units (40% of the\u00a0unit requirements for a Second Major) may be double counted and used to meet (i) the Second Major requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., General Education (only for students admitted from AY2021\/2022 onwards),\u00a0<\/ins>College (e.g., Common Curriculum), Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement, i.e., at least 24 units of the Second Major must be distinct and not overlapping.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Languages and Cultures\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies (Bilingual)\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Language\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Languages and Cultures\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Pass at least 40 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n Note 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies (Bilingual)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Pass at least 40 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n Note 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.<\/p>\n * The exclusion of CL, INT and TRA courses in (6) is to allow and encourage students to read and count more than 8 units of these courses towards the major. Taking CL courses taught entirely in Chinese (if the students are prepared to do that) will help to upgrade their language skills, while TRA and INT courses will advance their comparative perspective.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Pass at least 40 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n *All department courses can be taken as electives by students from other departments\/programmes. Not all department courses are necessarily offered in any given academic year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinese Language\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Pass at least 40 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n *All department courses can be taken as electives by students from other departments\/programmes. 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Chinese Studies (Bilingual) (CH) Second Major (Cohort 2026 Onwards)<\/h4>\n
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Chinese Studies (CH) Second Major (Cohort 2021 to 2025)<\/h4>\n
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\na) CH-recognised courses (excluding CL2101 and CL3104)
\nb) CH courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2:<\/strong> CH course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
\nChinese Studies (CH) Second Major (Cohort 2019 to 2020)<\/h4>\nI. Pass CH1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
\nII. Pass at least 36 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:\n\n
\na) CH-recognised courses (excluding CL2101, CL2104 and CL3104)
\nb) CH courses that are taught in English (see note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1: Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2: CH course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
\nChinese Studies (CH) Second Major (Cohort 2016 to 2018)<\/h4>\nI. Pass CH1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
\nII. Pass at least 44 units of CH or CH-recognised courses which include the following:\n\n
\na) CH-recognised courses (excluding CL2101, CL2104 and CL3104)
\nb) CH courses that are taught in English (see note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1: Students are allowed to read level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2: CH course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
\nChinese Language (CL) Second Major (Cohort 2021 to 2025)<\/h4>\n
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\na) CL-recognised courses (excluding CH2121 and CH2141)
\nb) CL courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1:<\/strong> Students are allowed to read CH level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2:<\/strong> CL course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
\nChinese Language (CL) Second Major (Cohort 2019 to 2020)<\/h4>\nI. Pass CL1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
\nII. Pass at least 36 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:\n\n
\n(a) CL-recognised courses (excluding CH2121 and CH2141)
\n(b) CL courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1: Students are allowed to read CH level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2: CL course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
\nChinese Language (CL) Second Major (Cohort 2016 to 2018)<\/h4>\nI. Pass CL1101E. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
\nII. Pass at least 44 units of CL or CL-recognised courses which include the following:\n\n
\n(a) CL-recognised courses (excluding CH2121 and CH2141)
\n(b) CL courses that are taught in English (see Note 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nNote 1: Students are allowed to read CH level-4000 courses, subject to department’s approval.
\nNote 2: CL course codes with 3rd-digit ‘9’ are taught in English.\n
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