Subjects
General University Requirements [30 credits]
- Language and Communication Requirements
ENGL2000 English for Effective Communication
ENGL2001 English for Professional Communication (For students admitted in or before the 2017/18 cohort)
ENGL2016 Language in Social Contexts (For students admitted in or after the 2018/19 cohort)
CBS2901 Chinese for Language Professionals
- Freshmen Seminar
FH1000 Freshman Seminar for Language, Culture and Communication
- Leadership and Intra-Personal Development
APSS1L01 Tomorrow's Leaders
- Service-Learning
- Cluster Areas Requirement (CAR)
- Healthy Lifestyle (non-credit bearing)
Discipline-specific Subjects for BAESP [75 credits + 3 training credits]
1. Common Underpinning Subjects for all BDLCC Students [15 credits]
CBS1900 Introduction to Language
CBS1401 Introduction to Bilingual Studies
ENGL1001 Introduction to English Speaking Cultures
APSS1820 Anthropology and Language
CC214 Aspects of Chinese Culture
2. Core Subjects [45 credits]
Advanced Language Proficiency
ENGL2002 English for Academic Communication
ENGL2003 English for Advanced Academic Writing
ENGL4001 English for Management
CBS2904 Academic and Technical Chinese Writing
The Nature of English
ENGL2004 Analysis of English Pronunciation
ENGL2005 English Lexis and Semantics
ENGL2006 Analysis of English Grammar
English in Context
ENGL3002 Research Methods for Language Studies
ENGL3003 English Discourse in the Professions
ENGL3004 English for Technical and Web-based Writing
ENGL3005 Languages in Contemporary Societies
ENGL3006 Corpus-driven Language Learning
ENGL3031 Language and Intercultural Communication for the Professions
ENGL4002 English as a Global Lingua Franca
ENGL4003 Capstone Project in Language Studies
Practical Training
ENGL2007 Work-Integrated Education
3. Elective Subjects [15 credits]
Professional Communication
ENGL3007 English for the Media
ENGL3008 Fundamentals of Organizational Communication
ENGL3009 Language and Images in Advertising
ENGL3010 Intercultural Communication in Business
ENGL3011 Content Design for Social Media
ENGL3012 Creative Writing in New Media
ENGL3019 Fundamentals of Media Communication
ENGL3020 Aspects of European Public Discourse
ENGL3021 Understanding European Trade and Cultural Expansionism
ENGL3022 Aspects of European Film
ENGL3023 Introduction to European Visual Art
ENGL3029 The Language of Advertising
ENGL3030 Introduction to the History of Europe: a Trade Perspective
ENGL4004 Effective Communication for Public Relations
ENGL4005 English for Science and Technology
ENGL4006 Understanding English Legal Texts
ENGL4007 Multimodal Analysis of Advertisements
ENGL4008 Intercultural Communicative Competence
ENGL4009 Meaning in Professional Interaction
ENGL4010 New Media and Professional Communication
ENGL4019 English Text and Images
ENGL4022 Quantitative Literacy for Language Professionals
Applied English Language Studies
ENGL3013 Approaches to Professional Language Training
ENGL3014 Literature in English: An Introduction
ENGL3015 English for Specific Purposes: Translation
ENGL3018 Teaching English as a Service Learning Experience
ENGL3028 Language Policy and Planning: Local and Global Perspectives
ENGL4011 Advanced English Grammar
ENGL4012 English Rhetoric for Effective Communication
ENGL4013 Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics
ENGL4014 Literature in English: An Advanced Course
ENGL4015 Designing Courses for TESOL
ENGL4016 Pedagogy and Assessment in TESOL
ENGL4017 Critical Language and Cultural Studies
ENGL4018 Language and Gender
ENGL4021 Clinical Linguistics
Global Languages
ENGL2008 Elementary Spanish I
ENGL2009 Elementary Spanish II
ENGL2010 Elementary Portuguese I
ENGL2011 Elementary Portuguese II
ENGL2012 Elementary French I
ENGL2013 Elementary French II
ENGL2014 Elementary German I
ENGL2015 Elementary German II
ENGL3016 Intermediate Spanish I
ENGL3017 Intermediate Spanish II
* Credits of subjects listed in the section of Global Languages are not eligible for satisfying the Requirement of BAESP Major.
Free Electives / Minor [18 credits]
- Free elective subjects from any PolyU academic departments, including the Department of English; OR
- A Minor from a PolyU academic department.
