Programmes

Double Major Programme in English and History

Applicable to students admitted in 2022-23 and thereafter

Students are required to complete a minimum of 90 units of courses as follows:

(I) Faculty package	9 units
ENGE1000, HIST1000 and any one course from ANTH1020, ARTS1004, 1005, BMBL1001, CHES1100, CHLL1900 or 1902, CUMT1000, CURE1000, 1110, FAAS1900, HIST1700, JASP1090, LING1000, MUSC1000, PHIL1110, THEO1000, TRAN1000

(II) Required courses
1st Major: English [a] #ENGE1310 Communications for English Majors I #ENGE1320 Communications for English Majors II #ENGE1500 Introduction to English Linguistics #ENGE1610 Introduction to Literature ENGE3100 Communications for English Majors III	15 units
2nd Major: History HIST1001#, 1002#	6 units

(III) Elective courses
1st Major: English Students are required to complete 24 units of ENGE courses.	24 units
2nd Major: History Students are required to complete 33 units of HIST courses, including at least 6 units chosen from the courses below: HIST2002, 2005, 2006, 2007	33 units

(IV) Research Component/ Capstone Course/ Final Year Project	3 units
ENGE4700
Explanatory Notes: 1. ENGE Courses at 2000 and above level as well as those labelled as # will be included in the calculation of Major GPA for honours classification. [a] Students who have completed courses ENGE1310, 1320 and 3100 will be eligible to apply for exemption of 8 units of University Core English Language Requirement courses ELTU1001, 2011 and 3011. Students are required to apply for the exemption. When exemption from a particular course is recognized, students can only be exempted from the course but not the units.

Recommended Course Pattern

		Units
First Year of Attendance	1st term Faculty Package: ENGE1000 or HIST1000 Major Required: ENGE1310, 1500 and 1610 Major Elective(s):	3 9
First Year of Attendance	2nd term Faculty Package: ENGE1000 or HIST1000, and 1 course Major Required: ENGE1320 Major Elective(s): 2 ENGE courses	6 3 6
Second Year of Attendance	1st term Major Required: ENGE3100 Major Elective(s): 3 ENGE courses	3 9
Second Year of Attendance	2nd term Major Required: Major Elective(s): 3 ENGE courses	9
Third Year of Attendance	1st term Major Required: HIST1001 Major Elective(s): 3 HIST courses (HIST2002 and/or 2005 recommended)	3 9
Third Year of Attendance	2nd term Major Required: HIST1003 Major Elective(s): 3 HIST courses (HIST2006 and/or 2007 recommended)	3 9
Fourth Year of Attendance	1st term Major Required: ENGE4700 Major Elective(s): 3 HIST courses	0-3 9
Fourth Year of Attendance	2nd term Major Required: ENGE4700 Major Elective(s): 2 HIST courses	0-3 6
Total (including Faculty Package):		90