This is a full-time programme leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Chinese Culture and Global Communication. Students are required to complete 147 units within the curriculum structure as follows:

Curriculum StructureUnits
Major Required Courses48
Major Elective Courses12
University Core Courses36
General Education Programme18
Free Elective Courses33
合计147

I. Major Required Courses

Course TitleUnits
China and the World3
Introduction to Communication Theories3
China in Western Cultures3
International Communication3
Topics in Chinese Intellectual History3
Introduction to Applied Linguistics3
Introduction to Chinese Literature3
Language and Cross-Cultural Communications3
History of Western Sinology3
History of Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchanges3
Popular Culture and Mass Media3
Introduction to Media Studies3
Traditional Chinese Cililization in the Global Context 3
Chinese Literature and Society3
Eminent Sinologists and Their Works3
Final Year Project3

II. Major Elective Courses

Course TitleUnits
Chinese Philology3
Communicative Aspects of Classical Chinese Poetry3
Selected Readings of Classical Chinese Prose3
Traditional Chinese Novels in Comparative Perspectives3
Introduction to Comparative Literature3
East Asian Sinology3
Chinese Classics and Their Global Circulation3
Media in China3
History of East Asian Media and Culture3
New Media, Culture and Society3
Shakespearean Drama in China 3
Chinese Classics and Chinese Culture3
Chinese Philosophy in the Global Context3
The Art of Communication in Chinese Culture3
Zen and Asian Culture3
Social Development in Imperial China3
 Aesthetics of the Chinese Cinema3
Studies of Contemporary Chinese Linguistics3
Study on Intercultural Communication Issues3
Overseas Chinese Literature3
Lingnan Culture and the World3
Chinese Cultural Resources and Creative Industries3
Folklore and Folk Culture3


*For the freshman class of 2021, the course structure is based on the Undergraduate Handbook 2021-2022.