COURSES AND PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The MA in the field of Hong Kong History is taught by the Department of History and provides advanced training in the skills and methodologies of academic history. This MA focuses upon the modern history of Hong Kong as a part of global history. One required course introduces skills and methods in historical research and writing. Elective courses provide students with the ability to explore a variety of aspects of Hong Kong’s history. The MA dissertation is a capstone course in which students develop a specialist area of research under the guidance of an expert supervisor.
The MA curriculum comprises six courses and a dissertation, distributed in the following way:
- 2 required core courses (9 credits each = 18 credits total)
- 4 elective MA courses (9 credits each = 36 credits total)
- 1 MA capstone (12 credits)
All instruction is in English and assessment is 100% coursework, which may include discussion, oral presentations, research essays, and various kinds of short writing assignments.
Not all of the elective courses listed below will be offered each year.
On the full-time programme, taking six courses with a dissertation within one academic year is roughly equivalent to the workload of a full-time job.
MA ELectives
(students choose four, 9 credits per course)
HIST7009 Health and Medicine in Hong Kong
HIST7010 Histories of Childhood in Colonial Hong Kong
HIST7011 Laws of Hong Kong in Global History
HIST7012 Hong Kong: Uncertain(city)
HIST7014 Gender and Sexuality in Hong Kong
HIST7015 The History of Business in Hong Kong
HIST7017 Education in Hong Kong History
HIST7019 Cinema and Hong Kong History
HIST7020 Religion in Hong Kong History
MA Dissertation
(students write one dissertation, 12 credits)
HIST7998 Capstone Experience: Public History Project
HIST7999 Capstone Experience: MA Dissertation in Hong Kong History
Students focus on a specific research topic and write a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words, under the supervision of a recognized authority in the chosen field of inquiry.
