Hong Kong is a modern city where Chinese and Western modes of thought and behaviour interact. The history syllabus tries to reflect this intermingling of occidental and oriental influences, and students may take courses in both Eastern and Western history. Naturally, several courses focus upon the history of Hong Kong and the surrounding region, while other courses take a more comparative or theoretical approach.

First Year Courses offered this year
Second/Third Year Seminar/Survey Courses offered this year
Third Year (only) Seminar Courses offered this year
Courses Offered by Other Departments offered this year
Summer Broadening Courses

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First Year Courses

First-year students may enroll in any of the following courses. Students intending to declare a major in the Second Year must enrol in HIST1013 Doing History and one other six-credit course.

First Semester

Second Semester

In their second and third years students may take all their courses in history, or they may combine some history courses with courses from the departments and programmes in the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Social Sciences. Different modes of learning are reflected in the structuring of the History curriculum into 'Survey' and 'Seminar' courses.

Survey Courses

First Semester

Second Semester

Seminar Courses

First Semester

Second Semester

First Semester

Second Semester

Survey Courses

Second Semester

First Semester

Second Semester