Current Students

Majors & Minors

Please scroll down for the structure of majors and minors. 

School/ Centre/ Programme

Type

UG Coordinator(s) 

School of Chinese

    Chinese History and Culture 
        -> Suggested Student Pathway

MajorMajor

Prof. S.F. Tang

    Chinese Language and Literature

MajorMajor

Prof. Vivien Wei

    Hong Kong Studies

MajorMajor

Prof. S.M. Leung

    Translation

MajorMajor

Prof. SONG Geng

School of English 

    English Studies
       -> Suggested Student Pathway

MajorMajor

Prof. Elizabeth Ho

School of Humanities

    Art History (for cohorts 2021-22 onwards)
    Fine Arts (for cohorts 2020-21 and before)

MajorMajor

Prof. Greg Thomas

    Comparative Literature

MajorMajor

Prof. Dan Vukovich

    Gender Studies

MajorMajor

Dr. Anna Bautista 

    General Linguistics

MajorMajor

Prof. Jonathan Havenhill 

    History
      -> Suggested Student Pathway

MajorMajor

Prof. Devika Shankar

    Music

MajorMajor

Prof. Youn Kim

    Philosophy

MajorMajor

Prof. Jennifer Nado and
Prof. Joe Lau 

School of Modern Languages and Cultures

    Global and Area Studies 
        
(for cohort 2023-24 onwards)

Major

Prof. James Fichter 

    Global Creative Industries

MajorMajor

Dr. Isaac Gagne

    Japanese Studies
 

    Japanese Culture, Japanese Language

Major
MajorMajor
Mr. Takuro Hashimoto

    Korean Studies
       -> Suggested Student Pathway

MajorMajor

Ms. Kangsoon Lee

    Arabic

Major

Mr. Amjad Refai 

    French 

Major
(Major is for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

Mr. Sylvain Holtermann

    German

Major
(Major is for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

Dr. CHONG Li

    Italian

Major
(Major is for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

Dr. Nadia Camporese

    Portuguese

Major

Ms. Dora Almeida

    Spanish
       -> Suggested Student Pathway for the Major

Major
(Major is for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

Ms. Rocío Blasco-García 

    Swedish

Major

Mr. Lars Svensson

    Thai

Major

Dr. Phornrat Tiranant 

    American Studies (for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

MajorMajor

Prof. Tim Gruenewald 

    China Studies (Arts Stream) (for cohorts 2023-24 and before) 

MajorMajor

Prof. Ji Li

    European Studies (for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

MajorMajor

Prof. James Fichter 

    African Studies (for cohorts 2023-24 and before)

Major

Prof. Samson Bezabeh

Centre of Buddhist Studies

    Buddhist Studies

Major

Prof. Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Centre for Applied English Studies 

    English language enhancement
    requirement courses

UG5

CAES1000: Dr. Alice Yau 

CAES92xx: Mr. Colin Tait


Structure of Majors and Minors

Notes:

  1. As stipulated on the syllabuses, prior academic qualification will be considered for the following pre-requisite courses of majors/minors: 

Chinse Language and Literature: From cohorts 2021-22 onwards, students must attain a Level 5 or above in either Chinese Language or Chinese Literature in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination, or an equivalent standard in another public examination, for admission to the pre-requisite courses.

Translation: A Level 5 or above in both English Language and Chinese Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination is required for admission to CHIN1311. For non-JUPAS applicants, a hard copy of their equivalent qualifications (such as IB Diploma, AD/HD transcripts) shall be submitted to the Head of School of Chinese for consideration.

English Studies: Admission to all ENGL and LCOM introductory courses is on the basis of academic record including a minimum Level 5 in English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination, or an equivalent score in another recognized English proficiency test.

Language and Communication (applicable to cohorts 2020-21 or before): Admission to all ENGL and LCOM introductory courses is on the basis of academic record including a minimum Level 5 in English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination, or an equivalent score in another recognized English proficiency test.
 

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