Minor Programmes for 4-year Students
The Department of History offers the Minor in History.
From 2019-20 Academic Year Students whose Major is in any programme* other than BA (Hons) History may qualify for a Minor in History after successful completion of 15 credits (5 courses) from courses under the History Programme.
The five courses taken must cover a minimum of TWO different major elective categories.±γ Students can take any five courses with course letter code of “HST” except HST4302 Senior History Directed Research Project B^.
In 2018-19 Academic Year or before Students whose Major is in any programme* other than BA (Hons) History may qualify for a Minor in History after successful completion of 15 credits (5 courses) from courses under the History Programme.
Students must take one course from either category 2 (Hong Kong and Chinese History) or category 3 (Non-China Asian History), and at least one course from category 4 (Western History).
In addition, students must take any 3 courses (9 credits) with course letter code of “HST” except HST4301 Senior History Directed Research Project and HST4000 Senior Research Seminar.
* A course in the 48-credit major disciplines of the BA (Hons) Chinese Literature, History and Philosophy that is used for fulfillment of the programme requirements cannot be double counted for fulfilment of the requirements of this Minor.
± In the 2019-2020 academic year, the History Department adopted a revised curricular structure; the five categories of courses in the curriculum of 2018-2019 intake were consolidated into four categories, with some courses recoded. Starting from the 2019-2020 academic year, fulfillment of the Minor in History are based solely on the categories and course codes of the History curriculum of 2019-20 intake. Students who completed courses under the curriculum of 2018-19 intake are not adversely affected by this curricular change; all their previous courses, now possibly recategorized and/or recoded, are fully counted under the revised requirements. In exceptional cases where progress towards fulfillment of the Minor in History is delayed or disrupted due solely to this curricular change, students may petition the History Department Head for special consideration.
γ HST3270, HST4362, and HST3366 which are no longer offered from the 2019-20 academic year but have been taken by students to fulfil the requirements are counted towards categories 1 (HST3270), 3 (HST4362), and 1 (HST3366), respectively.
^ retitled to Senior History Directed Research Project from 2022-23.
The programme will provide a balanced training to cover different areas of knowledge about Hong Kong. The Department of History coordinates the offering of the Minor in Hong Kong Studies.
All undergraduate students who wish to pursue a Minor in Hong Kong Studies are required to complete five courses (15 credits) as detailed below:
Required Course (Choose 1)
HST2191* Hong Kong’s Heritage
HST2252* History of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1941 (deleted from 2019-20) (coded as HST3252 in 2018-19 or before) (This course will be counted if students have completed the course in 2018-19 or before)
HST3208* History of Hong Kong from 1941 (coded as HST4208 during 2015-16 to 2018-19) HST3209* Hong Kong Public History
Elective Courses (Choose 4 courses, at least 1 course from each of the 2 groups listed below. History Major students may not select “HST” courses from the Arts and Humanities group.)
Arts and Humanities
CHI3241 Hong Kong Literature
CUS3109 Cultural Formation in Hong Kong (not offered from 2019-20)
CUS3314 Hong Kong Popular Culture
CUS3317 Narrating Hong Kong
HST2191* Hong Kong’s Heritage HST2251 History of Hong Kong before 1841 (coded as HST3251 in 2018-19 or before)
HST2252* History of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1941 (deleted from 2019-20) (coded as HST3252 in 2018-19 or before)
HST3208* History of Hong Kong from 1941 (coded as HST4208 during 2015-16 to 2018-19) HST3209* Hong Kong Public History
TRA3218 Translation in the Hong Kong Context
Business and Social Sciences
ECO3209 The Hong Kong Economy
ECO4213 China, Hong Kong, and the World Economy
FIN2201 Hong Kong Monetary and Financial Systems
HRM4350 Industrial Relations in Hong Kong
HRM4355 Current Issues in Organisations (deleted from 2019-20) (This course will be counted if students have completed the course in 2018-19 or before)
POL3214 Government and Politics of Hong Kong
SOC3212 Hong Kong Society
SOC3312 Health and Social Care Services for Older Persons in Hong Kong
SSC3218 Environment and Society in Hong Kong
SSC3327 Social Welfare and Social Problems in Hong Kong
SSC4327 One Country, Two Systems: Central-Hong Kong SAR Relationships * This course can be counted as either a required or an elective course.