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Full-time 4-year Undergraduate Degrees - Minor Programmes

1. Title of Minor Programme & Programme Code Minor in European Studies (71425-YES)
2. Offering Department(s) in Full & in Abbreviation Department of English and Communication (ENGL)
3. Requirement for Claiming the Minor Award For students admitted from 2013-14 onwards

Attained 18 credits from the subjects listed under section 7,


of which at least 9 credits are at level 3 or above.

A maximum of three Contemporary European language


subjects (9 credits) can be taken in total for the fulfilment of
the minor award requirement.

4. Exclusive Programme(s) & Programme Code(s) N/A


5. Effective Year For students admitted from 2013-14 onwards
6. Professional Recognition N/A
7. Subject Code Subject Title Subject Level Credit Subject Nature
Offering Value (Compulsory
Department/ /Elective)
Faculty
ENGL2008/ A Contemporary European Language ENGL 2/3/ 3 Compulsory
ENGL2012/ (chosen from Elementary Spanish I/ 4
ENGL2014/ Elementary French I/ Elementary
ENGL2009/ German I/ Elementary Spanish II/
ENGL2013/ Elementary French II/ Elementary
ENGL2015/ German II/ Intermediate Spanish I /
ENGL3016/ Intermediate French I / Intermediate
ENGL3032/ German I / Intermediate Spanish II /
ENGL3034/ Intermediate French II / Intermediate
ENGL3017/ German II / Advanced Spanish I /
ENGL3033/ Advanced French I or Advanced
ENGL3035/ German I))
ENGL4023/
ENGL4024/
ENGL4025
ENGL3020 Aspects of European Public Discourse ENGL 3 3 Compulsory
APSS1A02 Introduction to Western Theories of APSS 1 3 Elective
Human Nature
CBS1A11P/N Cultural Identities and Representations CBS 1 3 Elective
ENGL1B04 Language and Society in Europe ENGL 1 3 Elective
ENGL1C06 Languages in a Globalizing World ENGL 1 3 Elective
ENGL1C22 Around Europe in Thirteen Weeks: A ENGL 1 3 Elective
Critical Review of European Culture
through its Films.
GEC1C43 Understanding Western Music and GEC 1 3 Elective
Performances
#GEC1C46 Aspects of Western Philosophy GEC 1 3 Elective
(old subject code & title: GEC1C40
Invitation to Western Philosophical
Thinking)
ITC1C02 Fashion and Culture ITC 1 3 Elective
CC2C08 Mutual Impressions of China and the CC 2 3 Elective
West
ENGL3014 Literature in English: An Introduction ENGL 3 3 Elective
#ENGL3030 Introduction to the History of Europe: a ENGL 3 3 Elective
Trade Perspective
(old subject code & title: ENGL3021
Understanding European Trade and
Cultural Expansionism)
ENGL3023 Introduction to European Visual Art ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3027 Anglophone and Francophone (Post) ENGL 3 3 Elective
Colonial Literature
ENGL3028 Language Policy and Planning: Local ENGL 3 3 Elective
and Global Perspectives

ENGL4014 Literature in English: An Advanced ENGL 4 3 Elective


Course
ENGL4017 Critical Language and Cultural Studies ENGL 4 3 Elective
ENGL2008 Elementary Spanish I ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL2009 Elementary Spanish II ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL2012 Elementary French I ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL2013 Elementary French II ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL2014 Elementary German I ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL2015 Elementary German II ENGL 2 3 Elective
ENGL3016 Intermediate Spanish I ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3017 Intermediate Spanish II ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3032 Intermediate French I ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3033 Intermediate French II ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3034 Intermediate German I ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL3035 Intermediate German II ENGL 3 3 Elective
ENGL4023 Advanced Spanish I ENGL 4 3 Elective
ENGL4024 Advanced French I ENGL 4 3 Elective
ENGL4025 Advanced German I ENGL 4 3 Elective
Work Integrated Education (WIE) ^ ENGL/other 2/3/ 3 Elective
departments
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^ Students can apply for counting the WIE, if carried out in an European country or context, as an elective for
fulfilling the credit requirements. Completed application form AR147(a) should be submitted to the Minor-offering
department (Minor Department) for approval and no later than your applying for graduation. In addition:
‐ Only credit bearing WIE (with a subject code) will be accepted.
‐ The WIE duration, should be a minimum of 60 working hours.
‐ Only students who have already passed the WIE and meet all the specified criteria can apply the
counting of WIE as elective.
‐ Maximum one WIE can be counted towards the minor.
‐ A maximum of 3 WIE credits will be counted towards the Minor.
‐ The Minor will follow the WIE level indicated by the Major department.
‐ The grade of WIE (regardless whether it is a Merit/Pass/Fail or a letter grade) would not be counted
towards the calculation of the Minor GPA, despite the double-counting of the credits.

#GEC1C40 Invitation to Western Philosophical Thinking, has been changed in title and subject code, with the
approval of the CoGUR, as GEC1C46 Aspects of Western Philosophy.
#ENGL3021 Understanding European Trade and Cultural Expansionism, has been changed in title and subject
code, with the approval of the WG, as ENGL3030 Introduction to the History of Europe: a Trade Perspective.

Remarks: ENGL1C09 Understanding Comics: Culture and Art is deleted from the minor list with effect from the
academic year 2019-20. ENGL2A08 To love, or not to love – Understanding human relationships through literary
texts is deleted from the minor list with effect from the academic year 2020-21. Students who have already taken and
passed these subjects can still fulfill the minor requirement.

For detailed syllabus and subject pre-requisite/co-requisite/exclusion requirement, please visit the following
website:

Location: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/student > Information > Subject Search

For details of the programme, please visit the Department website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/engl/.

Last updated in Sep 2021

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