Single Major B.A. in English Literature

Single Major B.A. in English Literature (Cohort 2020)

Graduation Requirements

To major in English Literature, students need to:

Pass EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
Pass at least 44 units of EN or EN-recognised courses which include the following:
(1) A minimum of 4 units from the following:
(i) EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
(ii) EN2202 Critical Reading
(iii) EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
(iv) EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
(v) EN2206 The Arts and Social Justice
(vi) EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
(vii) EN2275 Writing about Literature
(viii) EN2277 Love’s Word: Reading across Literature and Philosophy
(2) A minimum of 8 units from literature before 1800
(3) A minimum of 24 units at level 3000 or higher

Note:
(1) List of literature before 1800 courses:

EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV"
EN3221 The English Renaissance
EN3222 The Eighteenth Century
EN3226 Shakespeare
EN3227 Romanticism
EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800
EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours
EN4221 or EN4221HM Topics in the Seventeenth Century (5 units)
EN4222 or EN4222HM Topics in the Eighteenth Century (5 units)
EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (5 units)
EN4251 or EN4251HM Jonathan Swift (5 units)
EN4880A or EN4880AHM Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (5 units)

(2) List of EN-recognised courses:

EL3222 Cinematic Discourse and Language
EL3258 The Sociolinguistics of Humour: Jokes and Comedies
EL4221 or EL4221HM Narrative Structures (5 units)
EL4253 or EL4253HM Language, Gender and Sexual Identities (5 units)
PH2209 Philosophy of Art
PH2219 Critical Theory and Hermeneutics
PH2224 Philosophy and Film
PH3214 Philosophy and Literature
PS4220 or PS4220HM Rhetoric and Politics (5 units)
TS2239 Major Playwrights of the 20th Century
TS2241 Writing the Short Film
TS3246 Shakespeare and Asian Performances
TS4220 or TS4220HM Shakespeare and Film (5 units)

Single Major B.A. in English Literature (Cohort 2016 to 2019)

Graduation Requirements

To major in English Literature, students need to:

Pass EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
Pass at least 44 units of EN or EN-recognised courses which include the following:
(1) A minimum of 4 units from the following:
(i) EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
(ii) EN2202 Critical Reading
(iii) EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
(iv) EN2204 Reading the Horror Film
(v) EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
(vi) EN2206 The Arts and Social Justice
(vii) EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
(2) A minimum of 16 units British Literature courses, with at least 8 units from British Literature (before 1800)
(3) A minimum of 24 units at level 3000 or higher

Note:
(1) List of British Literature courses:

EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800)
EN2206 Art and Social Justice
EN3219 Twenty-First Century British Fiction
EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV" (before 1800)
EN3221 The English Renaissance (before 1800)
EN3222 The Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
EN3223 Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
EN3224 The Twentieth Century
EN3226 Shakespeare (before 1800)
EN3227 Romanticism (before 1800)
EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800 (before 1800)
EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours (before 1800)
EN4221 or EN4221HM Topics in the Seventeenth Century (before 1800) (5 units)
EN4222 or EN4222HM Topics in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800) (5 units)
EN4223 or EN4223HM Topics in the Nineteenth Century (5 units)
EN4224 or EN4224HM Topics in the Twentieth Century (5 units)
EN4225 Asia and the Victorians (5 units)
EN4226 or EN4226HM English Women Novelists 1800 - 1900 (5 units)
EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800) (5 units)
EN4251 or EN4251HM Jonathan Swift (before 1800) (5 units)
EN4880A or EN4880AHM Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (before 1800) (5 units)
EN4880B Modernism and Empire (5 units)

(2) List of EN-recognised courses:

Single Major B.A. in English Literature (Cohort 2012 to 2015)

Graduation Requirements

Pass at least 60 units of EN or EN-recognised courses which include:

EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies
A minimum of 4 units from the following:
EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
EN2202 Critical Reading
EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
EN2204 Reading the Horror Film
EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
A minimum of 16 units British Literature courses, with at least 8 units from British Literature (before 1800):
EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800) (formerly EN3225)
EN2206 Art and Social Justice
EN3219 Twenty-First Century British Fiction
EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV" (before 1800)
EN3221 The English Renaissance (before 1800)
EN3222 The Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
EN3223 Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
EN3224 The Twentieth Century
EN3225 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800)
EN3226 Shakespeare (before 1800)
EN3227 Romanticism (before 1800)
EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800 (before 1800)
EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours (before 1800)
EN4221 Topics in the Seventeenth Century (before 1800)
EN4222 Topics in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
EN4223 Topics in the Nineteenth Century
EN4224 Topics in the Twentieth Century
EN4225 Asia and the Victorians
EN4226 English Women Novelists 1800 - 1900
EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
EN4251 Jonathan Swift (before 1800)
EN4880A Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (before 1800)
EN4880B Modernism and Empire
A minimum of 24 units at level 3000 or higher
The following EN-recognised courses may be read to fulfil EN Major requirements:
EL3222 Cinematic Discourse and Language
EL3258 The Sociolinguistics of Humour: Jokes and Comedies
EL4221 Narrative Structures
EL4253 Language, Gender and Sexual Identities
PS4220 Rhetoric and Politics
TS2239 Major Playwrights of the 20th Century
TS2241 Writing the Short Film
TS3246 Shakespeare and Asian Performances
TS4220 Shakespeare and Film

Note:

EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2206, EN2207, EN2275, EN2276 and EN2277 are pre-requisite or co-requisite for level 3000 EN courses; all other level 2000 courses can be taken as electives so long as graduation requirements are met.