BA (Hons.) in Language Studies (BALS)

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Programme Requirements

60 Top-Up Credits for Associate Degree Holders

• As a top-up programme for associate degree (AD) and higher diploma (HD) holders, an en bloc  transfer of 30 credits is granted to students admitted to BALS.
• In accordance with the 90-credit requirement of the City University for BA programmes (with honours), the minimum number of credits a student must take within this programme is thus 60.

Courses in the BALS Programme

• Courses of the constituent specialization of Chinese (CH):
  • Core courses (CH core)
  • Non-core courses (CH non-core)
• Courses of the constituent specialization of Translation and Interpretation (TI):
  • Core courses (TI core)
  • Non-core courses (TI non-core)
• Courses of the constituent specialization of Linguistics and Language Technology (LLT):
  • Sub-area of Linguistics (LX)
    • Core courses (LX core)
    • Non-core courses (LX non-core)
  • Sub-area of Language Technology (LT)
    • Core courses (LT core)
    • Non-core courses (LT non-core)
• Common Programme Core
  Four courses from the three constituent specializations form the common Programme core. They must be taken by all students in the programme.

  Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Specialization
  CTL2290	Introduction to Language Studies	3	LLT (LX)
  CTL3131	Classical Chinese	3	CH
  CTL3228	Chinese Computing	3	LLT (LT)
  CTL3390	Academic Writing Workshop	3	TI

• Other courses (outside the three constituent specializations) in the BALS programme:
  • Japanese courses (Others-JA)
  • Korean courses (Others-KR)

A BA (Hons) in Language Studies Degree

• To graduate from this programme, a student must have:
  • At least 6 credits from each of the three constituent specializations (i.e. 6 from CH, 6 from TI, 6 from LLT),
  • At least 30 credits from core courses of the three constituent specializations (i.e. CH core, TI core, LLT core),
  • At least 45 credits from courses (core and non-core) of the three constituent specializations (i.e. CH core, CH non-core, TI core, TI non-core, LX core, LX non-core, LT core, LT non-core),
  • At least 60 credits from the BALS programme (i.e. CH core, CH non-core, TI core, TI non-core, LX core, LX non-core, LT core, LT non-core, Others-JA, Others-KR).
  These credits must include all the 4 courses in the Programme Core.
• Visually,

  	60 credits
  	45 credits		15 credits
  	30 credits	15 credits
  CH core, TI core, LX core, LT core	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed
  CH non-core, TI non-core, LX non-core, LT non-core		Allowed	Allowed
  Others-JA, Others-KR			Allowed
  	Must include the common Programme Core Must include 6 credits from CH Must include 6 credits from TI Must include 6 credits from LLT

A BA (Hons) in Language Studies Degree with a Specialization

• Students registered for a specialization (which may be CH, TI or LLT) must have:
  • At least 42 credits from courses of the registered specialization, at least 30 of which must be from core courses of this specialization,
  • At least 6 credits from each of the other two constituent specializations,
  • A total of at least 60 credits from the BALS programme (i.e. 60 credits from CH, TI, LLT, Others-JA, Others-KR).
  These credits must include all courses in the common Programme Core.
  If the registered specialization is LLT, then the 42 registered specialization (LLT) credits mentioned above must include at least 21 credits from LX and at least 15 credits from LT.
• Suppose a student is registered for a specialization AA. Let us call the other two constituent specializations BB and CC. Then, visually,

  	60 credits
  	54 credits				6 credits
  	42 credits		6 credits	6 credits
  	30 credits	12 credits
  AA (registered specialization) core	Allowed	Allowed			Allowed
  AA non-core		Allowed			Allowed
  BB (core, non-core)			Allowed		Allowed
  CC (core, non-core)				Allowed	Allowed
  AA, BB, CC, Others-JA, Others-KR					Allowed
  	Must include the common Programme Core
  	If AA is LLT, these 42 credits must include at least 21 from LX and at least 15 from LT.