GUIDE TO YOUR FIRST
Course SelectioN
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by grace ngan and pauline wong
Prerequisites:
HKU’s course selection is special in the sense that you will be choosing your courses for BOTH semesters at once. So choose wisely and if you plan to major/minor in Language and Communication (LCOM) and/or English Studies (ENGL), make sure you have: 1. a minimum Level 5 in English Language in the HKDSE examination, or an equivalent score; 2. chosen the right courses to fulfill your prerequisite in Year 1: ENGL: pass at least one introductory ENGL course from List A LCOM: pass at least one introductory LCOM course from List A
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You might be motivated to choose courses that are known to give you a decent grade, but we highly encourage you to choose according to your interests! On the School of English website, you will have access to course descriptions, assessment methods and assigned texts for each course. Have a read through the web pages and do some research on the texts that you would be studying in the course. Most importantly, make sure that your chosen courses see fit to your preferred style of learning and that you would enjoy yourself studying the texts. After all, how could you handle all the readings and lectures every week if you aren’t even enjoying yourself?
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