Major Core (compulsory) Subjects

• HC101 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture
• HC102 Introduction to Chinese Language
• HC201 Literature of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei and Jin
• HC202 Critical Reading and Writing
• HC203 Literature of Tang and Song
• HC204 Literature of Yuan, Ming and Qing
• HC205 General History of China
• HC301 Modern Chinese Literature
• HC302 History of Chinese Thought
• HC303 Southeast Asian Chinese

Prescribed Electives

Category A: Chinese Literature and Culture

• HC110 Literature in Taiwan and Hong Kong
• HC210 Classical Chinese Fiction
• HC211 Tang Poetry
• HC212 Chinese Folk Literature
• HC213 Critical Approaches to Chinese Literature and Culture
• HC214 Chinese Theatre and Performance
• HC310 Classical Chinese Drama
• HC311 Studies of Selected Poets
• HC312 Creative Writing Workshop
• HC313 Modern Poetry, Modernism and Modernity
• HC314 Cultural Study of Chinese Cinemas
• HC410 Classical Chinese Literary Theory
• HC411 Love and Desire in Late Ming Culture
• HC412 Fictional Narratives in Chinese Fiction
• HC413 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature
• HC414 Special Topics in Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies
• HC415 Special Topics in Classical Chinese Literature

Category B: Chinese History and Thought

• HC230 Pre-Qin Thought
• HC231 Confucian Thought
• HC232 Division and Integration: From the Spring-Autumn/Warring States to Sui, Tang and the Five Dynasties
• HC330 Chinese Buddhism and Daoism
• HC331 Conquering and Conquered Dynasties: From Song to Qing
• HC332 War and Memory in Modern China
• HC430 Modern Chinese Intellectuals and Political Movements
• HC431 Interculturalism in Chinese History
• HC433 Special Topics in Chinese History and Thought

Category C: Modern Chinese Society, Politics and Economy

• HC240 Understanding China
• HC241 Contemporary Chinese Politics and Society
• HC340 China's Reform and Economic Development
• HC341 City and Culture in Modern China
• HC342 China in Asia
• HC440 Cross-Taiwan Straits Relations
• HC441 China and ASEAN
• HC442 China and Globalisation
• HC443 Special Topics in Modern China

Category D: Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics

• HC150 The Science of Chinese Characters
• HC151 Modern Chinese
• HC250 Chinese Lexicology
• HC252 Language and Society
• HC253 Varieties of Chinese
• HC352 Chinese Language and Grammatical Theories
• HC350 Sound and Prosody in Chinese
• HC450 Chinese Semantics
• HC451 Text, Rhetoric and Style
• HC452 Special Topics in Chinese Linguistics

Category E: Studies of Ethnic-Chinese

• HC160 History of Singapore and Malaysian Chinese
• HC260 Chinese Education in Southeast Asia
• HC261 Chinese Literature in Singapore and Malaysia
• HC360 Chinese Literature in Europe and America
• HC361 Transcultural Singapore Theatre
• HC362 Chinese Overseas and China
• HC363 Critical Study of Singapore Society and Culture
• HC460 Globalisation and Chinese Overseas
• HC461 Chinese Migration
• HC462 Special Topics in the Studies of Ethnic-Chinese

Graduation Project ( compulsory)