Course Structure
Four-Year Curriculum Framework
Please refer to the "Programme Resources" section for the Study Sequence and the Elective Course Offering Plan.
Programme Structure
Major | Units |
Major Required courses | 36 |
Major Elective courses | 24 |
60 | |
General Education & University Core courses | |
University English I & II | 6 |
University Chinese | 3 |
The Art of Persuasion | 2 |
Healthy Lifestyle | 2 |
Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
History & Civilization | 3 |
Values & the Meaning of Life | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Thematic Courses | 6 |
GE Capstone | 3 |
31 | |
Free Electives | 37 |
Total Units: | 128 |
36 units of HUM Required Courses:
Students have to take all the required courses below:
HUMN 1006 Introduction to the Humanities
HUMN 2006 Human Self-Discovery
HUMN 2007 Chinese and Western Modes of Thought
HUMN 3005 Artistic Creativity and Aesthetics Awareness
HUMN 3006 Great Works in the Humanities / HUMN 3087 Independent Study*
HUMN 3007 Language and the Humanities
HUMN 3015 The Making of the Contemporary World
HUMN 3065 Research Methods in the Humanities
HUMN 4005 Asia Discourses
HUMN 4025 Cultural Studies
HUMN 4898 Honours Project
HUMN 4899 Honours Project
*Remarks: HUMN 3087 Independent Study is only offered to international students without / with a low level of Chinese proficiency, as a replacement of the core course HUMN 3006 approved for Chinese language of instruction.
24 units of HUM Elective Courses:
Curriculum For 2020-21 Bulletin and After
Curriculum For 2019-20 Bulletin and Before
Curriculum for 2020-21 Bulletin and After
The major elective courses are divided into 2 concentration groups: A. Media Studies and Creative Practice; B. Cultures in Changing Environments. All students will be asked to indicate their concentration choice in Year 3. For the concentration / no concentration requirements, please refer to the "Programme Resources" section. Below are the course lists:
Group A: Media Studies and Creative Practice
- To better understand multiple forms of media cultures and different genres of creative practices: from traditional arts to contemporary and digital forms of media in local and global contexts;
- To reflect, analyze and assess the role and impact of different media in society
HUMN 2015 Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing
HUMN 2016 Performing as Human Experience
HUMN 2017 A Lifelong Romance with Films
HUMN 2027 Introduction to the Art of Theatre
HUMN 2036 Media and Communication: Issues, Concepts and Theories
HUMN 2045 The Art of Speech: Appreciation & Practice
HUMN 2047 City, Space and Creativity
HUMN 3016 Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft Writing
HUMN 3025 Chinese Song Lyric Writing
HUMN 3026 Creative Industries: Theories and Practices
HUMN 3037 New Media Cultures
HUMN 3045 Popular Music Studies
HUMN 3046 Science Fiction, Film and Culture
HUMN 3047 The Present State of the Arts
HUMN 3055 Popular Media and Public Culture in Hong Kong
HUMN 3056 Hong Kong Film & Society
HUMN 3075 East Asia Media Culture in the Global Age
HUMN 3076 Digital Humanities
HUMN 3077 Playwriting for Drama
HUMN 3085 Acting: Theory and Practice
HUMN 3086 Tragedy: Idea and History
HUMN 3095 Internship for Humanities Studies
HUMN 4017 Media Representations of Ethnicity
HUMN 4026 The Art of Creating Stories: Writing and Appreciation
HUMN 4027 The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction
HUMN 4036 Special Topic in Media and Cultural Studies
HUMN 4037 Special Topic in Arts and Creativity
HUMN 4055 Directing: from Text to Stage
HUMN 4056 Comedy: Idea and History
HUMN 4066 Disability, Culture & Technology
Group B: Cultures in Changing Environments
- To acquire solid knowledge and literacy of cultures from the classical, contemporary and comparative perspectives of diverse traditions via different changing socio-historical periods;
- To apply knowledge, theories and research skills to engage with critical analysis and reflection concerning various cultural issues
HUMN 1005 The Study of Culture
HUMN 2025 Gender: Theory and Culture
HUMN 2026 Globalization and Culture
HUMN 2035 Introduction to Western Classical Culture
HUMN 2055 Environmental Humanities: Key Concepts
HUMN 2056 Climate Change Literature and Culture
HUMN 2057 Health and the Humanities
HUMN 3027 Death and Culture
HUMN 3035 The Devil and Culture
HUMN 3036 Human Beings & Their Imaginary Monsters
HUMN 3057 Politics of the Ordinary
HUMN 3066 Critical Theories I: From Marx to Adorno
HUMN 3095 Internship for Humanities Studies
HUMN 3096 Posthuman Futures
HUMN 4006 Humanism and the Individual
HUMN 4007 Body Cultures
HUMN 4015 History and Narratives
HUMN 4016 Major Thinkers in Humanities
HUMN 4035 Special Topic in Theory and Culture
HUMN 4047 Critical Theories II: From Marcuse to Post-Marxism
HUMN 4057 Phenomenology and Aesthetics
HUMN 4065 Hermeneutics and Cultural Understanding
HUMN 4067 Aesthetics: Philosophy of Arts
Curriculum for 2019-20 Bulletin and Before
The major elective courses are divided into 3 concentration groups: A. Theory and Culture; B. Media Studies; C. Arts and Creativity. Students will be asked to indicate their concentration choice in Year 3. For the concentration / no concentration requirements, please refer to the "Programme Resources" section. Below are the course lists:
Group A: Theory and Culture
This concentration aims at developing students’ understanding of some basic theories in the study of humanities and endowing them with solid cultural knowledge and literacy. It covers the studies of culture from the classical, contemporary and comparative perspectives, emphasizing reflective understanding of different cultural traditions like western and Chinese cultures. Graduates will be able to apply knowledge, theories and skills to engage with critical analysis and reflection concerning cultural issues.
HUMN 4047 Critical Theories II: From Marcuse to Post-Marxism
HUMN 4057 Phenomenology and Aesthetics
Group B: Media Studies
This concentration aims at developing students’ critical understanding of various forms of media cultures. It covers studies of different genres of practices: from traditional arts to contemporary and digital forms of media in local and global contexts. Graduates will possess the skills to reflect, analyse and assess the role and impact of media in contemporary society.
Group C: Arts and Creativity
This concentration aims at developing students’ knowledge and understanding of arts and creativity both theoretically and practically. It covers studies in different forms of arts in classical as well as contemporary perspectives. Graduates will possess a solid foundation to engage with artistic processes and works critically and creatively.
HUMN 4055 Directing: from Text to Stage
HUMN 4056 Comedy: Idea and History