Majors

Linguistics and Language Applications

	Normative 4-year Degree
Major	Linguistics and Language Applications 語言學及語言應用
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Language Applications 文學士(語言學及語言應用)
Offering Academic Unit	Department of Linguistics and Translation
Normal Period of Study	4 years
Maximum Period of Study	8 years
Credit Units Required for Graduation	120 credit units

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

GE Requirements (30 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2018/19

Credit Units

University Requirements

GE1401 University English

GE2412 English for Humanities and Social Sciences

GE1501 Chinese Civilisation - History and Philosophy

Distributional Requirements

Take at least 1 course from each of the three distributional areas:

Area 1: Arts and Humanities
Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations
Area 3: Science and Technology

Visit the GE website for more course information.

College-specified Courses

Take 3 courses from the following:

AIS2032	Hong Kong: Continuity and Change in a Global City
AIS2200	Introduction to International Studies Through Film
CAH2201	The Mirror for Today: Introduction to Chinese History
CAH2516	Society, Theatre and Performance
CAH2545	Texts in Chinese Art and Culture
CAH2551	Chinese Art and Political Expression
CAH2810	Ancient Chinese History 1
CAH2811	Ancient Chinese History 2
CAH2840	Modern Chinese History
CAH2854	The City in Chinese History
CAH2865	History of Chinese Art
CAH2871	American History
CAH3851	Chinese Archaeology
CAH3852	World Archaeological History
COM3107	Fundamentals of Persuasive Communication
COM3408	Integrated Strategic Communication
EN2321	Modern and Contemporary Fiction
EN2721	The Art of Life Narrative
EN2801	Popular Culture and Social Life
EN3583	Facebook and Autobiography. How we narrate ourselves on social network sites.
LT2201	Introduction to Linguistics
LT2306	Appreciating Written Texts
LT3234	Language and Cognition
LT3345	Discovering and Managing Terms
POL2106	Government and Economy
POL2308	Customer Service in Public and Private Sector
POL3113	Issues in Contemporary World Politics
POL3114	Seminars on Hong Kong Government and Politics
POL3120	Politics and Media
POL3207	Health Care Policy and Ethics
POL3234	Transport Planning and Management
POL3309	Issues in Public Management
POL3310	Public Management in the Information Age
POL3410	Management Ethics
POL3703	Labour and the State in China
POL3900	Social Innovation and Public Policy
POL3914	The European Union
SS1012	Youth in a Changing Society
SS2613	Psychology for Young Professionals

College / School Requirements (6 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2018/19

Liberal Arts Studies (select one course)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CAH1603	Great Works in the Humanities	3
EN2011	English on the Move	3
LT1101	Amazing Things about Language	3

Social Sciences Studies (select one course)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
AIS2801	Asia in the World: A Critical Appreciation through Film	3
COM1101	Media and Communication in the Digital Age	3
POL2109	Understanding Politics and Policy	3
SS1600	Discovering the Mystery of Applied Social Sciences	3

Remarks:
Students of 2015 entry or before transferred from departments within CLASS will follow the College Requirement of Catalogue Term 2015 or before.

Major Requirements (66 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2019/20

1. Foundation-year courses (9 credit units)**

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
LT1201	Introduction to Linguistics and Language Applications	3
LT1202	Discovering How Language Works in a University Setting	3
LT1301	Introduction to Translation	3

2. Core Courses (30 credit units)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
LT2203	Language in Society	3
LT2204	Language and Mind	3
LT2229	Linguistics I	3
LT2231	Introduction to Language Technology	3
LT3209	Syntax	3
LT3210	Electronic Publishing	3
LT3211	Semantics	3
LT3212	Phonetics	3
LT3214	Phonology	3
LT3233	Computational Linguistics	3

3. Elective Courses (27 credit units; at least 12 credit units must be at B4 level)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
LT2206	Fundamentals of Statistics for Language Studies	3
LT2306	Appreciating Written Texts	3
LT2915	Introduction to Japanese Linguistics	3
LT3199	Professional Internship I	3
LT3213	Text Linguistics	3
LT3215	Pragmatics	3
LT3216	Chinese Linguistics	3
LT3220	Corpus Linguistics	3
LT3222	Machine Translation	3
LT3224	Computational Lexicography	3
LT3232	Computer Programming for Language Studies	3
LT3234	Language and Cognition	3
LT3326	Comparative Study of Chinese and English	3
LT3345	Discovering and Managing Terms	3
LT3354	Computer-Aided Translation	3
LT3399	LT Study Tour	3
LT4216	Advanced Topics in Linguistics	3
LT4218	Advanced Topics in Computational Linguistics	3
LT4223	Experimental Phonetics	3
LT4225	Computer Assisted Language Learning	3
LT4226	Second Language Acquisition	3
LT4227	First Language Acquisition	3
LT4234	Linguistic Computing	3
LT4235	Project	3
LT4236	Extended Project	6
LT4239	Conversation Analysis	3
LT4241	Topics in Syntax	3
LT4242	Topics in Semantics	3
LT4243	Field and Research Methods in Linguistics	3
LT4244	Sociolinguistics	3
LT4245	Psycholinguistics	3
LT4254	Psycholinguistics of Reading	3
LT4255	Applied Psycholinguistics	3
AIS2931	Japanese Language - Level 2	3	@
AIS3932	Japanese Language - Level 3	3	@
AIS3933	Japanese Language - Level 4	3	@
AIS4994	Japanese Language - Level 5	3	@
AIS4995	Japanese Language - Level 6	3	@
AIS2974	Korean II	3	@
AIS3982	Korean III	3	@
AIS3983	Korean IV	3	@
LT2402	French 2	3	@
LT2406	Intensive French 1 and 2	6	@
LT3403	French 3	3	@
LT3404	French 4	3	@
LT2502	German 2	3	@
LT2506	Intensive German 1 and 2	6	@
LT3503	German 3	3	@
LT3504	German 4	3	@
LT2602	Spanish 2	3	@
LT2606	Intensive Spanish 1 and 2	6	@
LT3603	Spanish 3	3	@
LT3604	Spanish 4	3	@

@ The credits earned from a successful completion of the Asian or Global languages courses at level 2 or above will be counted to fulfil the major electives and the maximum credits to be counted are 3.

Notes:

Students are required to take at least 9 credits from Core or Elective courses in each of the regular semesters of their 3rd and 4th years.
** Students of second major and students changed to the major (only applicable to Normative 4-year Degree and Advanced Standing I students) will follow the Advanced Standing I curriculum and will be required to take one designated Foundation-year course, i.e. LT1202 (3 credit units).