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	Cross-Cultural Studies in English (CCSE)

	*Description* Cross-Cultural Studies in English (CCSE) is a specialised programme that focuses on the English language and literature in English as a site of encounters, fusions, conflicts, and transformations between people and ideas of different cultures. The programme investigates ‘what culture is’ and what differences there are between cultures. It looks at the history of cultures meeting each other, theories to help understand such cultural crossings, as well as artistic and linguistic products that arise from such cultural crossings. Students with an interest in cross-cultural theory, cross-cultural literary studies, or cross-cultural linguistics are strongly advised to consider the major or minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English. Cross-Cultural Studies in English reflects one of the primary research and teaching areas within the School of English: - It offers students a systematic way of approaching cross-cultural questions, including those raised by postcolonial theory, travel writing, the study of literary and linguistic globalization, world englishes, language standards, and the politics of language. - It provides a historical and critical understanding of the various forms of cross-cultural contact between different cultures at different times, particularly (but not exclusively) between ‘Asia’ and ‘the West’. - It explores Hong Kong as a site of cross-cultural encounters. - It generates students’ critical and creative responses to cross-cultural, multicultural, intercultural issues in an increasingly globalised world. Courses are mostly assessed by coursework, and students are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding of topics and materials in independent critical and creative applications of their knowledge, in the form of presentations, essays and research projects. 　 Requirements Students intending to major or minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English must normally have completed the first-year course offered by the School of English, ENGL1009, and achieved a satisfactory result. Students with less than a C grade (53%) in ENGL1009 will not normally be permitted to go on to major or minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English. ENGL1009 Introduction to English Studies is a 6-credit course taught in the first semester. 　 Major and Minor The major in Cross-Cultural Studies in English is available to all BA students, and also to non-BA students from the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Faculty of Education (for the degree of BSc in Exercise and Health), the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Social Science. The major consists of 48 credits in designated senior ENGL and LCOM courses. Of these 48 credits the two 6-credit core courses ENGL2114 Cross-cultural Issues and Theories 1 and ENGL3038 Cross-cultural Issues and Theories 2 are COMPULSORY. As for ELECTIVES, students are free to choose and combine courses from the list of designated senior courses. The minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English is available to all BA students and also non-BA students from the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Faculty of Education (for the degree of BSc in Exercise and Health), the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Social Science. The minor consists of 24 credits in designated senior ENGL and LCOM courses. Of these 24 credits the two 6-credit courses ENGL2114 Cross-cultural Issues and Theories 1 and ENGL3038 Cross-cultural Issues and Theories 2 are COMPULSORY. As for ELECTIVES, students are free to choose and combine courses from the list of designated senior courses. 　　 First year courses Students intending to major or minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English must normally have completed the first-year course offered by the School of English, ENGL1009, and achieved a satisfactory result. ENGL1009 Introduction to English Studies is a 6-credit course taught in the first semester. Students with less than a C grade (minimum 53%) in ENGL1009 will not normally be permitted to go on to major or minor in Cross-Cultural Studies in English. ENGL1009 Introduction to English Studies 　　 Senior courses Students intending to enrol in CCSEl courses in Year 2 and Year 3 must normally have completed the first-year course, ENGL1009, and achieved a satisfactory result. Cross-Cultural majors in English have to take 48 credits in their 2nd and 3rd-year; Cross-Cultural minors in English have to take 24 credits in their 2nd and 3rd-year courses. Senior Core Courses Students majoring and minoring in Cross-Cultural Studies in English MUST take the two core courses ENGL2114 and ENGL3038 in Years 2 and 3 (counting towards their 48/24 credit load). ENGL2114 Cross-Cultural Issues and Theories 1 is a 6-credit course taught in the first semester of Year 2. ENGL3038 Cross-Cultural Issues and Theories 2 is a 6-credit course taught in the first semester of Year 3. Course Descriptions ENGL2114 Cross-Cultural Issues and Theories 1 ENGL3038 Cross-Cultural Issues and Theories 2 Senior Elective Courses Courses that count towards the Cross-Cultural Studies in English programme are specifically marked. Majors must take 36 credits in elective ENGL and LCOM courses in Years 2 and 3; minors must take 12 credits in elective ENGL and LCOM courses in Years 2 and 3. The following list of cross-cultural electives are offered in 2009-2010: *First Semester Courses* ENGL2002 Language in society ENGL2022 Women, feminism and writing I ENGL2030 World Englishes ENGL2039 Language and gender ENGL2075 The idea of China ENGL2089 Making Americans: Literature as ritual and renewal ENGL2093 Literary Islands ENGL2095 The East -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Second Semester Courses* ENGL2011 The Novel II ENGL2012 Contemporary Literary Theory ENGL2035 Reading poetry ENGL2045 Travel Writing ENGL2074 Postcolonial Reading ENGL2076 Romanticism ENGL2078 The Novel Today ENGL2097 Imagining Hong Kong ENGL2099 Language, Identity and Asian Americans Research Seminar courses The Research Seminar in Cross-Cultural Studies in English is aimed at advanced third-year students. There are no formal lectures, but students, guided by their teacher, embark on an independent research project. Other research seminars (in English literary studies, in literary theory, in language and society) may be taken after consultation with the respective course leader. 　 Research courses in 2009-10 include: ENGL3033 Research seminar in English Studies ENGL3034 Research seminar in English literary studies ENGL3036 Research seminar in English Linguistics ENGL3037 Research seminar in language & society ENGL3039 Research seminar in Cross Cultural Studies in English Coordinator Dr. Julia Kuehn School of English The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Tel.: (852) 2859 1921 Fax: (852) 2559 7139 E-mail: jkuehnhku.hk

Last updated: 23 June 2009