Humanities department

Explore the subjects and programmes offered by the Humanities Department, including Geography, History, Literature, and the Art Elective Programme.

Last updated 31 July 2026

The Humanities department offers the Art Elective Programme and the following subjects:

In NYJC, all Literature students would be studying the following texts for Paper 1:
1. Practical criticism of unseen poetry
2. ‘The Winter’s Tale’ by William Shakespeare
3. ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte

H2 Literature students will take the following for Paper 2:
4. Practical Criticism of an unseen extract (Drama or Prose)
5. Selected poems by John Donne
6. Selected poems by John Keats
7. Selected poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Art Elective Programme
NYJC offers the Art Elective Programme (AEP) which is a 2-year programme that allows students with artistic potential, aptitude and passion to pursue an in-depth study of art. The AEP curriculum aims to develop students as practitioners, scholars, advocates and leaders in the arts. All AEP students must offer H2 Art and H3 Art (JC2).