Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prospective Students

BA in Translation & Chinese Language and Literature (Double Major)

Applicable to students admitted in 2023-24

Study Scheme

Students are required to complete a minimum of 90 units of courses as follows:

1.	Faculty Package:	9 Units
	Any 3 courses from:
	ANTH1020, ARTS1005, BMBL1001, CHES1101 or 1102, CHLL1900 or 1902 or 1903, CUMT1000, CURE1000, 1110, ENGE1000, FAAS1900, HIST1000 or 1700, or 1701, JASP1090, LING1000, MUSC1000, PHIL1110, THEO1000

2.	Required Courses:
(a)	1st Major: Translation	12 Units
	TRAN1010, 1030, 2070, 2610

(b)	2nd Major: Chinese Language and Literature	18 Units
	Basic Courses
	(i) CHLL2302#
	(ii) Students are required to complete 15 units of elective courses from the following lists of basic courses, including at least one course from each of category (1), (2) and (4). (1) CHLL1110#, 2121#, 2131# (2) CHLL1211#, 2212# (3) CHLL2350# (4) CHLL1401#, 2403#

3.	Elective Courses:
	1st Major: Translation	24 Units
	Students are required to complete 24 units of elective courses from the following lists of courses, including at least one course from each of Electives Clusters A, B and C.

(a)	Electives Cluster A: Translation Studies
	TRAN2120, 3080, 3720, 4070, 4210
(b)	Electives Cluster B: Interpreting
	TRAN2140, 2150, 2240, 2250, 3240
(c)	Elective Cluster C: Literary Translation:
	TRAN3170, 3180, 3270, 3280
(d)	Other Electives:
	TRAN1120, 1130, 2020, 2050, 2110, 2130, 2840, 3170, 3180, 3270, 3280, 3620, 3800, 3810, 3820, 3830, 3844, 3845, 3850, 3860, 3870, 3880, 3890, 4800, 4840 plus unselected courses from Clusters A, B and C.

	2nd Major: Chinese Language and Literature	21 Units
	Students are required to complete 21 units of elective courses from the following Speciality courses, of which at least one course from category (1) or (2) and one course from category (3) or (4).

	Speciality courses:
(1)	Language and Linguistics
	CHLL3110, 3121, 3131, 3132, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3151, 3161, 3162, 4110, 4111, 4121, 4141, 4151, 4161
(2)	Ancient Documents
	CHLL3221, 3222, 3223, 3231, 3232, 3233, 4224, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254
(3)	Classical Literature
	CHLL3310, 3311, 3312, 3313, 3314, 3315, 3317, 3321, 3322, 3323, 3324, 3341, 3351, 4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4314, 4315, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4340, 4341, 4342, 4343
(4)	Modern Chinese Literature
	CHLL3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3406, 3407, 3408, 3409, 3410, 3411, 3412, 3413, 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4406, 4407, 4408, 4409, 4410, 4411, 4412, 4413, 4414, 4415

4.	Research Component/ Capstone Course/ Final Year Project:	6 Units
	Any 2 courses from the following:
	TRAN4510, 4520, 4900[a]

	Total:	90 Units

Explanatory Notes:

1.	TRAN courses at 2000 and above level as well as those labeled as # will be included in the calculation of Major GPA for honours classification.

[a]	For those students who have chosen TRAN4900 Translation Thesis, the language used in writing the thesis should be different from the target language of their translation project for TRAN4510/4520 (e.g. if the student writes the TRAN4900 thesis in English, s/he must take TRAN4510 Translation Project: English-Chinese for Final Year Project).

Recommended Course Pattern

1.	A student shall take at least 9 units and no more than 18 units of courses in any term within the normative study period. A student shall take no more than 6 units of courses in each summer session, and no student shall be allowed to take more than 39 units in an academic year.

2.	Sufficient units should be allowed in each term for students to fulfill the University Core Requirements, which include: (i) 5 units of Chinese; (ii) 8 units of English; (iii) 19 units of General Education; (iv) 2 units of Physical Education; (v) 1 unit of Understanding China; (vi) 1 unit of Hong Kong in the Wider Constitutional Order; and (vii) 3 units of Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking, as already listed in the template below.

3.	Programmes with different streams/concentrations are required to provide the recommended pattern for each stream/concentration.



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Course List

1st Major: Translation

Students should refer to our website for up-to-date information on the Translation Programme.

2nd Major: Chinese Language and Literature

Students should refer to the website at https://www.chi.cuhk.edu.hk/programmes/ba-hons-in-chinese-language-and-literature for up-to-date information on the Chinese Language and Literature Programme.