B.A. (Hons.) in
English Language & Literature
Academic Staff (Literature)
Dr. Jason Polley
PhD McGill,
Canada
Prof. Stuart Christie
PhD California, Santa Cruz,
USA
Dr. Tammy Ho
PhD King's College
London, UK
Prof. Terry Yip
PhD Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, USA
Dr. Jason Lee
PhD HKU, HK
Dr. Magdalen Ki
PhD Edinburgh,
UK
Dr. Ruth Hung
DPhil Oxford, UK
Academic Staff (Linguistics)
Dr. Kenneth Kong
PhD CityU, HK
Dr. YANG Suying PhD
Victoria, Canada
Dr. WEE Lian-hee
PhD Rutgers, USA
Dr. John Wakefield
PhD PolyU, HK
Dr. Phoenix Lam
PhD PolyU, HK
Dr. Hiroko Itakura
PhD HKU, HK
Dr. Vinton Poon
PhD Edinburgh, UK
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Why Choose English?
1. An international Language
language
2. English
Improvement
Proficiency/Enhancement
of English
3. Concentrations: Language and
Communication Studies, Literary & Comparative
Studies, Combined (“flexible”) Concentration
4. Career Advancement/Benefits
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
ENG at HKBU
A Minor
Double Major
Exchange/
Summer Work
Flexible Concentrations
HP
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Cutting Edge:
Integrated Studies
• English Literature
• Comparative literature
• Language
Foundational knowledge WILL be provided
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Combined (Flexible) Concentration
(8 TOTAL electives courses in in Years 3 /4)
Literary and Comparative Studies
Language and Communication Studies
Cross-Concentration Studies
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
 Double
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•
Major
ENG+CHI
ENG+REL
 Minor
(15 units)
• Foreign Language
(French, German,
Japanese etc)
• Translation
• Creative Writing
• Theatre Studies
• Business, Marketing
• Journalism
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Scholarships
Scholarships for English Major Students:
•The Edmund A. Anderson Prize in Sociolinguistics
•Madame K.Y. Hui Memorial Scholarship
•Mr. K.K. Ip Memorial Scholarship
•Mr. Hui Po Wan Memorial Scholarship
•Mrs. Hui Ng Lai Wah Memorial Scholarship
•Madam Po Chun Leung Memorial Scholarship
•Excellent Honours Project Award
•Phonetics and Phonology Prize
•Rainbow Award for Honours Project on Social
Justice
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Programme Structure
(4-year Curriculum)
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Majors
 Major Required Courses
 Major Elective Courses
 Honours Project
60 Units
30 units
24 units
6 units
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General Education
 Core Requirements
 Distribution Requirements
38 Units
26 units
12 units
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Electives
30 Units
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Total:
128 Units
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
334
Year 1
Year 2
ENG: 60 units
Core: 10 courses
Electives: 8 courses
HP: 2 courses
Year 3
Year 4
GE 38 units
Electives 30 units
Total: 128 units
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Major Required Courses
1. ENGL 1005 English, Creativity, and Culture
2. ENGL 2005 Introduction to the Study of Language
3. ENGL 2007 Literary and Comparative Studies
4. ENGL 2006 Language, Culture and Society
Or
ENGL 2015 Literature and Culture
5. ENGL 2016 Sounds of English Around the World
6. ENGL 2017 Stepping Stones in English Grammar
7. ENGL 2025 The Art of Storytelling
8. ENGL 2026 Argumentation and Persuasion
9. ENGL 2027 Academic and Professional Writing
10. ENGL 3005 Research Skills in English Language and Literature
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Programme Structure (4-year Curriculum)
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Major Elective Courses
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Flexible Concentration Structure
- with or without a concentration
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24 units
2 Concentrations:
i) Language and Communication Studies
ii) Literary and Comparative Studies
Variety of Courses
Architecture of Grammar
Stories of English
Advanced Seminar in Language & Gender
Literature & the Nobel Prize
Faces of Comparative Literature
Comics & Graphic Novels
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
A Preview of
Coming Attractions
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Language and Gender
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Global Shakespeare
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Literature and the Nobel Prize
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Language and Advertising
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Critical Approaches to Literature
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Phonology
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Language in Education
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Literature and Film
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Sociolinguistics
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Discourse Studies
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Language Acquisition
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Detective Stories
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Co-Curricular Activities
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Overseas Study Exchange
University of Leeds, UK
Ohio University, USA
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Overseas Study Exchange
Mercer University
Pepperdine University, USA
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Overseas Summer Work Attachment
Metropolitan Attachment Programme
大都會體驗計劃
American Red Cross, Chicago, USA
StarEvents, Chicago, USA
World Relief Atlanta, USA
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
English Society Activities
Academic Week
Orientation Day
Inauguration Ceremony
Orientation Night
Walkathon
Annual Dinner
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Speech Contests
•
Winners of the English Speaking
Contest presented by the
Language Centre
•
Winner of the 7th Metro Lions
Cup Intervarsity Speech Contest
2009
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Second Runner-up, Toastmasters
International Speech Contest
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Champion, Prepared Speech, HKBU
Toastmasters Club Speech Contest
Champion of the 1st
Inter-Universities
Bilingual Speech
Contest (organized
by the Equal
Opportunities
Commission)
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Harvard National Model United Nations
(哈佛模擬聯合國會議)
held in Boston, USA
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
English Majors in the China Synergy Programme for
Outstanding Youth (海外傑青滙中華)
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
English Poetry Writing Competition (since 2004)
Winners Reading their Poems at the
Prize Presentation Ceremony
Prize Winners
B.A. (Hons.) in English Language & Literature
Career Prospects
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10% of our students continue to do a second
degree (Cambridge U, London U, Lancaster,
Leeds, York, Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina etc)
Translation
Mass Media
Advertising / Public Relations
Marketing
Administration / Management
Civil Service
Teaching
Thank you!