Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Double Major - English and History

at Nanyang Technological University

 English Curriculum

Core [12 AUs]

• HL1001 Introduction to Literature
• HL1002 Survey of English Literature I
• HL1003 Survey of English Literature II
• HL1005 Introduction to Singapore Literature

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

Choose at least TWO from Category A (including at least one of the following: HL2001, HL2002, HL2003, HL2004). Choose ONE each from Categories B, C, and D and the remaining AUs from any category. (At least THREE courses must be of HL4xxx.) 

Note to English Literature Double Majors: 
For the remaining 2 courses not specified in the Category requirements, besides courses from Cat A to D, you can choose the

following uncategorised courses to count towards your Major Prescribed Electives:

• HL1006 Introduction to American Literature
• HL2024 Approaches to Literature
• Category A: Period Studies (Choose at least two electives)
• HL2001 Medieval Literature  
• HL2002 Renaissance Literature 
• HL2003 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
• HL2004 Sensibility and Romanticism 
• HL2005 Victorian Literature
• HL2006 Modernism 
• HL2007 Contemporary Literature and Culture
• HL2027 Early American Literature  
• HL2028 Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture 
• HL2029 American Modernism  
• HL2030 Post 1945 American Literature and Culture  
• HL4015 Advanced Studies in Medieval Literature   
• HL4016 Advanced Studies in Renaissance Literature  
• HL4017 Advanced Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature  
• HL4018 Advanced Studies in Romanticism  
• HL4019 Advanced Studies in Victorian Literature  
• HL4020 Advanced Studies in Modernist Literature  
• HL4023 Advanced Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature  
• HL4024 Advanced Studies in Contemporary Literature
• HL4043 Postmodernism

 
Category B: World Literatures (Choose at least one elective)

• HL2012 Asian-American Literature 
• HL2022 South Asian Literature  
• HL2032 African Literature  
• HL2033 Irish Writing: Romanticism to Modernism
• HL2041 Asian Historical Fiction  
• HL3007 Postcolonial Literature
• HL3010 European Literature
• HL3014 Latin American Literature
• HL3034 Irish Writing: Modernism to the Contemporary
• HL3041 Global Cities in World Literature
• HL3042 Gothic Literature
• HL4030 Scottish Literature 
• HL4031 Comparative Literature
• HL4034 British Asian Literature
• HL4038 Advanced Studies in Postcolonial Literature

 
Category C: Theory, Culture, and Film (Choose at least one elective)

• HL2026 Reading Drama
• HL2045 Workshop in Theatre Practice
• HL3001 Film Theory  
• HL3002 Film, Politics and Ethics 
• HL3003 Film & Literature  
• HL3004 World Cinema  
• HL3006 Modern Drama
• HL3037 The Environment and Cultural Production 
• HL3038 Theatre of the Absurd
• HL4005 Literary Criticism  
• HL4008 Postcolonial Studies 
• HL4012 Advanced Studies in Drama   
• HL4014 Advanced Studies in Film
• HL4042 Being Human in Film and Literature 
• HL4044  The Literary History of Virtual Reality

Category D: Special Interest Areas (Choose at least one elective)

• HI3002 Opera and Literature
• HL2015 War in Literature and Film 
• HL2020 Creative Writing Workshop
• HL2036 Virgins and Vixens
• HL2040 Adapting Greek Mythology
• HL2042 Children's Literature
• HL2043 Fantasy Literature 
• HL2044 Introduction to Publishing
• HL2090 Special Topic in Literature I
• HL3011 Science Fiction: Origins to Parody
• HL3012 The Discourse of Love  
• HL3017 The Rise of the Novel  
• HL3024 Contemporary Women’s Writing
• HL3030 Major Author Study: Shakespeare  
• HL3036 History of the Book   
• HL3039 Major Author Study: Samuel Beckett
• HL3044 The Legends of King Arthur
• HL3090 Special Topic in Literature III 
• HL4028 Science and Literature  
• HL4033 Major Author Study: James Joyce
• HL4036 Literature and Medicine
• HL4039 Advanced Studies in Children's Literature 
• HL4040 Literature and Art
• HL4041 Studies in Art Criticism and Culture
• HL4090 Special Topic in Literature III 

II. History Curriculum
Core [12 AUs]

HH1001 What is History?
HH1002 Asia-Pacific in Global History: Pre-1800 or HH1003 Asia-Pacific in Global History: From 1800
HH2001 Singapore: The Making of a Cosmopolitan City-State
HH3001 Historiography: Theory and Methods 

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

(i) Choose at least 2 courses at HH3XXX, and 3 courses at HH4XXX.
(ii) Choose at least one course from 3 of the 4 categories.

Applied History

• HH1025 World Archaeology
• HH1125 History and Archaeology: An Introduction
• HH2125 The World in 12 Objects
• HH2126 Heroes and Heroines in Asia
• HH3022 World War II and Southeast Asia
• HH3031 The United States and the Modern Middle East
• HH3043 China's Cultural Revolution as History and Memory
• HH4021 Public & Applied History
• HH4027 Propaganda: History, theories and practices
• HH4125 Colonial Archaeology of Southeast Asia

Global Asia

• HH1008 The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia HH2005 Foundations of East Asia
• HH2009 China in Revolution and Reform
• HH2011 Ancient and Medieval South Asia
• HH2024 History of the Malay World: Present identities, Past histories
• HH2025 The World of Southeast Asia to 1600
• HH2030 Ascetics and Aesthetics of Medieval Japan
• HH2031 History of Food in China
• HH3003 Migration and Diaspora: Chinese Experiences in Comparative Perspective
• HH3007 Southeast Asian-China Interactions
• HH3008 Modern South Asia
• HH3020 Introduction to Korean History
• HH3023 Burma/Myanmar: A History
• HH3027 A History of Modern Indonesia
• HH3036 South Asia and the World
• HH3044 Heritage Medicine in Singapore: Malay and Chinese Traditions
• HH4003 The Silk Road: Old and New
• HH4012 Intellectual History of Modern China
• HH4013 The 'Big Man' and Political Legitimation in Southeast Asia
• HH4017 Defining the Nation: India on the Eve of Independence
• HH4023 The United States and Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century 
• HH4029 History of Modern China and Colonial Hong Kong, c. 1945-1977 
• HH4031 History and Archaeology of Ancient China 
• HH4090 Special Topics in History – Global Asia

Interdisciplinary History

• HH1004 Science and Technology in Historical Perspective
• HH2002 Gender in History
• HH2007 Health and Illness in History
• HH2008 Feasting and Fasting: Food and Drink in History
• HH2015 Biopolitics and East Asian History
• HH2017 History of Information Technology
• HH2020 Science and War
• HH2023 Reading in the History of Health and Medicine
• HH2026 Health, Food, and Sports in Modern Korean History
• HH2027 Blood, Germs, and Sick Bodies: Biomedicine in History
• HH2046 Urban History 
• HH3002 Science, Technology, and Medicine in Modern East Asia
• HH3004 Comparative Business History
• HH3010 Biotechnology and Society
• HH3013 Comparative History of Race Science
• HH3016 History of Madness
• HH3017 World Environmental History
• HH3018 The Environmental History of Oceans
• HH3019 History of the Body
• HH3028 Global History of Capitalism
• HH3032 Science and Religion in History
• HH3033 Buddhism: A Social and Intellectual History
• HH3034 Ascetism: The Discipline of Desire
• HH3040 History of Chinese Medicine
• HH3041 History of Feminism
• HH3042 Climate and Society in Historical Perspective
• HH3044 Heritage Medicine in Singapore: Malay and Chinese Traditions
• HH3130 The History of Time
• HH4005 Culture and Heritage: Perspectives from History
• HH4006 The Green Earth: Issues in Environmental History
• HH4020 Science, Technology, and Science Fiction
• HH4022 Colonial combination of Western and folk-based medical practices in Singapore
• HH4024 Lineage, Ritual, and the State in Asia
• HH4025 History of Disease: Human Evolution, Disease and Health
• HH4028 Tantric South Asia: Politics, Aesthetics, Religion
• HH4030 Prehistory and Archaeology in East and Southeast Asia 
• HH4091 Special Topics in History - Interdisciplinary History

World History

• HH1006 The West in Global History
• HH1010 US History to 1865
• HH1011 US History since 1865
• HH2004 The Islamicate World
• HH2006 Modern European History
• HH2021 Race, Gender, Class and Colonial Power
• HH3006 US Foreign Relations History
• HH3009 Comparative History of Global Migration
• HH3012 The United States and the Vietnam Wars
• HH3024 Decolonisation and Democracy: Britain since 1945
• HH3035 Empire and Decolonization
• HH3037 Politics of Popular Culture
• HH3039 Maritime Asia in the Longue Duree
• HH4007 An International History of the Cold War
• HH4010 Anticolonial Resistance in the British Empire
• HH4011 Slavery and Forced Labour in the Indian Ocean World
• HH4014 A Global History of Death
• HH4016 Topics in World History
• HH4026 Decolonisation of the British Empire in Asia and Africa
• HH4092 Special Topics in History – World History

For GCE 'A' level certificate holders:

NTU General Admission Requirements
A good grade in General Paper/Knowledge & Inquiry/H1 or H2 Level Humanities subject 

For International Baccalaureate Diploma holders:

NTU General Admission Requirements
A good grade in SL English 

For NUS High School Diploma holders:

NTU General Admission Requirements
Good Overall CAP in English Language 

For International Students & Students with other qualifications:

NTU General Admission Requirements
A good grade in General Paper/English at Senior High School Level

The cost of studying at Nanyang Technological University varies largely depending on the type of university and the degree chosen. More often than not, humanities, arts, and education courses are less expensive than degrees in medical, engineering, or management. Furthermore, students who choose to study at the postgraduate level typically pay higher tuition fees, which again vary depending on the programme chosen.

Most universities provide scholarships or financial aid to students in order to help them offset their tuition costs. Students should be aware that additional course fees and incidental expenses may not be included in tuition. On average, international students can expect to pay S$17,550 annually, to study in Nanyang Technological University.

Graduates in this double major programme will develop key transferable skills highly prized by employers. With their training in the English Literature component of the program, students will be equipped with an outstanding command of the language, and they are skilled in analyzing critical narratives both within and beyond the literary realm. They are trained in all aspects of English literary studies with some comparative and cross-cultural components and features. English graduates can look forward to careers that require analytical skills and strong language proficiency. Along with the History component of the degree, students will also acquire key transferable skills which include research, analysis, and excellent written and verbal communication. Potential job sectors include careers in education, journalism, media and marketing, advertising, publishing, human resources, management, public administration, arts administration, and other creative industries. Graduate will also possess the unique skills to take on positions as public service administrators, language analysts, education and research officers, public campaign organisers. 

Other career opportunities include archival work, library and information operations, museum curation and management, policy-making, think-tank research, defence and intelligence research, diplomacy, tourism, and even content development of computer games as potential future career options. Graduates from the programme are also well-positioned to pursue their academic interests at the MA and PhD levels