Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

History

4-year Programme

 

 

* Programme Structure for 2018-19 Intake (4-year curriculum)

* Programme Structure for 2019-20 Intake (4-year curriculum) (Course Description)

* Programme Structure for 2020-21 Intake (4-year curriculum)

* Programme Structure for 2021-22 Intake (4-year curriculum)

* Programme Structure for 2022-23 Intake (4-year curriculum)

 

 

 

History Programme Required Courses

Courses
 
Number of Credits

HST1001

Historian's Craft

3

HST1002

Ideas in Modern History

3


History Programme Electives Courses

Students must take at least one elective from each of the four categories below. Courses that appear in more than one category can be used to fulfill this requirement in one category only.

(You may click the course code to view the syllabus.)

Category 1: China and Hong Kong

Courses
 
Number of Credits

 HST1115

Introduction to Chinese History

3

HST2003

History of Early China: From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty

3

HST2203

History of China in the Twentieth Century

3

HST2251

History of Hong Kong before 1841

3

 HST2252

History of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1941

3

HST2353

Chinese Social and Economic History

3

HST2354

History of Science and Technology in China

3

HST3005

Early Chinese Political and Ethical Thought

3

HST3006

Late Imperial and Modern China: Issues and Approaches

3

HST3202

History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

3

HST3208

History of Hong Kong from 1941

3

HST3209

Hong Kong Public History

3

HST3311

Critical Themes in the History of China’s Cultural Interchange

3

HST3352

History of Religions in China

3

HST3355

History of U.S.-China Relations

3

HST3359

History of Women and Children in China

3

HST4002

Chinese Historiography

3

HST4003

China and the Global Opium Trade

3

HST4360

Historical Geography of China

3

HST4361

Critical Themes in Pre-Modern Chinese History

3

Category 2: China's Neighbors

History of Modern East Asia

3

HST1365

History of Russia and Central Asia

3

Russia and Eastern Europe: History through the Arts

3

Introduction to Japanese History

3

HST2259

Introduction to Korean History

3

HST2260

Introduction to Southeast Asian History

3

HST2263

History of the Modern Middle East

3

HST2264

Introduction to South Asian History

3

HST2265

History of Modern Islamic Societies

3

HST3003

History of Central Asia: From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road

3

HST3312

Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Politics, Economy and Society

3

HST4003

China and the Global Opium Trade

3

HST4004

Cities in East Asian History

3

Category 3: West

Introduction to the History of the USA

3

Introduction to European History

3

Russia and Eastern Europe: History through the Arts

3

History of Nineteenth Century Europe

3

History of Twentieth Century Europe

3

History of Modern Germany

3

History of Modern Britain

3

Empire, Slavery, and Capitalism in North America to 1865

3

Critical Intersections in U.S. History since 1865: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

3

Europe and Europeans in Historical Perspective

3

Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Politics, Economy and Society

3

HST4005

War, Gender and Society in 20th-century Europe

3

Category 4: Comparative and Transnational

HST1194

East-West Value Clashes in Modern History

3

HST1196

Human-Animal Relationship in History

3

HST2001

Modern Revolutions and Musical Performance

3

HST2002

Aerial Technologies in History

3

HST2153

Ancient Civilisations

3

HST2261

World Environmental History

3

HST2265

History of Modern Islamic Societies

3

HST3002

The ‘Long 1970s’: Britain, Hong Kong, and the United States

3

HST3007

Varieties of History: Global History of Historical Writings

3

HST3008

Gender and Sexuality in History

3

HST3009

History of Human Rights

3

HST3010

Gender and Religion in History

3

HST3012

History of Information

3

HST3268

Cities Across Civilisations

3

HST3269

A Cultural History of Water

3

HST3311

Critical Themes in the History of China’s Cultural Interchange

3

HST3355

History of U.S.-China Relations

3

HST4001

Development Theories and Development Aid in History

3

HST4003

China and the Global Opium Trade

3

HST4006

Gender and the British Empire

3

HST4007

Comparative Modern Revolutions

3

HST4367

The End of the British Empire

3

 

 

Other Electives:

HST3399

Special Topics in History

3

HST4302

Senior History Directed Research Project

6

 
 

 

 

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