The BA (Hons) in Cultural Studies programme, first launched in 1999, is interdisciplinary in nature and forward-looking in its educational aims.  The Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.  The University is proud to be the first tertiary institution in the Chinese-speaking world to offer an undergraduate degree in modern Cultural Studies.

While the required courses and programme electives equip students with critical and practical knowledge in the field of cultural studies, the new programme offers two areas of concentration (AoCs): Digital Culture and Media Practices and Creativity and Performance Cultures. They address graduates' employment prospects in Hong Kong and other Asian countries and regions. In particular, the course "Capstone Project" intends to broaden students' critical and creative perspectives through research project, reflexive essay, internship, and/or creative/media work (e.g. a film, a performance, an artwork installation, or a web design project). Students will explore knowledge beyond the university, and learn to work individually or collaboratively with peers, with appropriate faculty supervision.

Faculty members of the Department come from many corners of the world.  They have diversified expertise in research areas covering cultural theories, film and media studies, popular culture, education and cultural studies, commodity and globalisation, identity and cultural memory, cultural history, gender studies, postcolonial criticism, performance studies, Hong Kong culture and literature.