The University of Hong Kong

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Academic Requirements

Students in the Dual Degree Program must satisfy all of HKU’s degree and university requirements, including the Capstone requirement. Many courses will overlap with UC Berkeley requirements but will depend on the majors chosen. Some requirements will be required to complete at HKU to finish the Dual Degree.

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts is one of the finest humanities faculties in the region, internationally renowned, and ranked in the top 3 in Asia. It admitted its first Arts students in October 1912. It has over the past century graduated leaders who are committed to making significant contributions to the development of Hong Kong, the region, and the world at large. It currently serves as an international gateway and forum for a humanistic scholarship between China and the rest of the world, producing graduates with highly developed analytical, linguistic, critical, and creative skills for leadership and success in their professional and life endeavors.

The faculty is comprised of four Schools and two Centres, including the School of Chinese, School of English, School of Humanities, and School of Modern Language and Cultures.

Students can choose any one of the following 22 majors in the Faculty of Arts as part of the Dual Degree Program:

  1. American Studies
  2. Art History
  3. China Studies (Arts Stream)
  4. Chinese History and Culture
  5. Chinese Language and Literature
  6. Comparative Literature
  7. English Studies
  8. European Studies
  9. French
  10. Gender Studies
  11. General Linguistics
  12. German
  13. Global Creative Industries
  14. History
  15. Hong Kong Studies
  16. Italian
  17. Japan Studies
  18. Korean Studies
  19. Language and Communication
  20. Music
  21. Philosophy
  22. Spanish

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences is ranked as the second-best such faculty in Asia, and the leading university in Asia for Psychology. Social Sciences students develop their global perspectives by completing internships in service leadership in different countries around the world and have the opportunity to participate in summer programs, for example the Asia as the Global Future Program, which capitalizes on the economic, innovation and perhaps political power shift that has been taking place towards Asia in recent years. Another example is the Global Citizenship Summer Institute, which encourages students to step beyond their academic and physical borders to engage in intellectual and experiential learning by participating in an intensive summer study program outside Hong Kong.

Students can choose any one of the following five majors in the Faculty of Social Sciences to major in as part of the Dual Degree Program:

  1. Contemporary China Studies (Social Sciences stream)
  2. Geography
  3. Politics and Public Administration
  4. Social Policy and Social Development
  5. Sociology