Curriculum

At the undergraduate level, the University offers programmes leading to bachelor’s degrees in Arts, Business Administration, and Social Sciences. We introduce an integrated and multidisciplinary approach in many programmes, and adopt a variety of teaching modes: sectional approach in addition to the conventional lecture-tutorial format, immersion language teaching, field studies, integrated learning programmes, and service learning programmes etc.

With reference to the immigration laws of the HKSAR, all students coming to Lingnan as full-time exchange students must enroll for at least 12 credits per term (i.e. 4 courses, 3 credits each). For course details, please visit the Home page of Registry.

Programmes of Studies

Ten honours bachelor's degree programmes are offered. For details about the programmes, please visit the relevant webpages of the offering units as given below.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Chinese	Department of Chinese
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Contemporary English Studies	Department of English
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Contemporary English and Education	Department of English
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Cultural Studies	Department of Cultural Studies (With streams of specialisation in: Social and Historical Cultural Studies; Literary and Media Cultural Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) History	Department of History
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Philosophy	Department of Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Translation	Department of Translation
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Visual Studies	Department of Philosophy (Philosophy & Visual Studies)
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)	Business Programmes Office (With streams in: Accounting; Finance; General Business Management; Human Resource Management; *Logistics and Decision Science; Marketing; Risk & Insurance Management) * This stream will be suspended for one year for new Year 1 intake in 2007.
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours)	Social Sciences Programmes Office (With streams of specialisation in: Behavioural Science in Modern Society; China and Asian Pacific Affairs; Contemporary Economic and Public Policy; Contemporary Social Issues and Policy; International Political and Economic Affairs/International Studies)

Incoming exchange students are free to choose courses from different departments.

 

Course Offerings

For details of course offerings, please click here.

 

Language of Instruction

English and Chinese are the two official languages in Hong Kong. Sharing the belief in the importance of language proficiency in both Chinese and English, Lingnan is committed to fostering both languages in our curriculum. Generally about two-thirds of all classes taught at Lingnan University are available in English.

 

Credit Transfer

Lingnan University has a credit-based system similar to those of North American institutions. Courses completed by students at Lingnan are transferable, however, it is the sole responsibility of the home institution to determine how many credit units the student may actually receive from courses taken at Lingnan. For more details about the credit transfer mechanism, please click here.