Bachelor of Social Sciences

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Bachelor of Social Sciences

• Majors/Minors
• offered by
• Department of
• Social Work and Social Adminsitration

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Majors/Minors

• (1) Core Disciplinary Major/Minor
• (i) Social Work Social Administration
• (2) Core Multidisciplinary Second Majors/Minors
• (i) Public Social Administration
• (ii) Family Child Studies
• (iii) Counselling (admitted in or after
  2009-10)
• (iv) Social Policy Community Building
  (admitted in or after 2009-10)

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Core Disciplinary Majors/Minors

• Social Work and Social Administration
• Students who wish to learn about the needs and
  problems of people, the provision of social
  services in a society, and who may wish to pursue
  a career in management and administration, in the
  government or non-governmental organizations

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Core Disciplinary Majors/Minors

• Social Work and Social Administration
• Junior Level (6 credits)
• complete either
• SOWK1001 Introduction to social
  administration
• or
• SOWK1008 Social welfare system and social
  policy
• Senior Level
• (48 credits for Majors, 24 credits for Minors)
• elective courses offered by Dept of SWSA

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Core Disciplinary Majors/Minorselective courses
offered by Dept of SWSA

• Advanced practice models
• Advanced group work
• Adventure-based counselling theory and practice
• Career skills training
• Counselling in health care setting
• Experiencing drama movement therapy
• Issues and interventions in mental health
  settings
• Social skills training for human service
  personnel
• The Satir model and family reconstruction
• Use of creative arts in social work practice
• Policy issues and intervention
• Comparative social policy
• Government and politics of social services in
  Hong Kong
• Medical knowledge for social sciences students
• Managing people in human services
• Social policy issues in Hong Kong
• Social welfare in China

• Contemporary social issues
• Addictive behaviour
• Aging and society
• Bullying, aggression and resilience
• Frontiers in interventions around death, dying
  and bereavement
• Human sexuality
• Oncology, palliative and hospice care
• Separation, divorce and remarriage
• Youth crime and juvenile justice issues
• Violence in intimate relationships
• Target groups with diverse needs
• Counselling for older adults and their families
• Social work in school setting
• Understanding and working with young people
• Working with families
• Working with youth-at-risk and juvenile offenders

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors
Public and Social Administration (Jointly
co-ordinated by Dept of Politics and Public
Administration) It provides a structured and
coherent course of study in the related fields of
public and social administration. It seeks to
provide the community with a pool of graduates
with specialized knowledge in public
administration and social administration to cope
with the growing challenges of public sector work
and developments in social welfare services.
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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Public and Social Administration
• (Jointly co-ordinated by Dept of Politics and
  Public Administration)
• Students who choose Politics and Public
  Administration as first major are not allowed to
  choose Public and Social Administration as their
  second major.
• Junior Level (6 credits)
• complete either
• SOWK1001 Introduction to social
  administration OR
• or
• SOWK1008 Social welfare system and social
  policy

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Public and Social Administration
• Senior Level
• (48 credits for Majors, 24 credits for
  Minors)
• 4 compulsory courses under Dept of SWSA
• SOWK0023. Social policy issues in Hong Kong
• SOWK0084. Theoretical foundations in social
  policy and planning
• SOWK0085. Social service research I methodology
• SOWK0086. Social service research II analysis
  and utilization

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Public and Social Administration
• Senior Level
• some other suggested elective courses
  under Dept of SWSA for the benefit to this
  stream
• SOWK0012. Social welfare in China
• SOWK0014. Health administration
• SOWK0023. Social policy issues in Hong Kong
• SOWK0030. Law and social administration
• SOWK0034. Youth crime and juvenile justice issues
• SOWK0050. Government and politics of social
  services in Hong Kong
• SOWK0051. Information and communication
  technology in human services
• SOWK0053. Evaluation of social services
• SOWK0055. Management in human service
  organizations
• SOWK0084. Theoretical foundations in social
  policy and planning
• SOWK0085. Social service research I methodology
• SOWK0086. Social service research II analysis and
  utilization
• ......

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Core Multidisciplinary Minors

• Family and Child Studies
• to develop students' understanding of the
  development of children and young people from a
  psycho-social perspective.
• how cultural factors, especially of the
  indigenous Chinese culture, influence their
  growth socially, cognitively and psychologically.
• to teach students methods to work with children
  and young people with different problems and
  backgrounds.
• be equipped to work with children and young
  people in different settings more effectively.

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Core Multidisciplinary Minors

• Family and Child Studies
• Senior Level (24 credits)
• PSYC0009. Life-span development psychology
• PSYC0035. Introduction to educational psychology
• SOCI0021. Marriage and the family
• SOCI0053. Youth and youth culture
• SOWK0002. Working with children and families
• SOWK0007. Working with families
• SOWK0033. Working with youth at risk and
  juvenile offenders
• SOWK0065. Understanding and working with young
  people
• SOWK0075. Violence in intimate relationships
• SOWK0089. Family and society - a policy
  perspective

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Counselling
• Objectives
• To equip students with the basic knowledge and
  communicative skills in counselling
• To enhance students self-awareness towards their
  own values, beliefs and philosophy of life
• To sensitize students to the issues, concerns and
  counselling focus in various settings
• To cultivate in students a sense of ethical
  practice in counselling
• To prepare students for further training in the
  counselling profession.

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors
Counselling
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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Counselling
• Pre-requisite Requirement
• FOSS1002. Appreciating social research (6
  credits)OR
• FOSS1003. Masters in social thought (6 credits)
• Core Courses (18 credits for majors, 12 credits
  for minors)
• SOWK0103. Counselling in different contexts
• SOWK0116. A self-reflective journey
• SOWK0117. Theories and practices in counselling
• Elective Courses (30 credits for majors 12
  credits for minors) in 3 areas
• Counselling people in need
• Therapeutic Approaches/ Counselling approaches/
  Therapeutic intervention
• Counselling in Human Services

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Social Policy Community Building
• Objectives
• To equip students with basic knowledge of social
  policy domains, social policy formulation and
  implementation in Hong Kong
• To equip students with theoretical frameworks in
  analyzing social policies
• To enable students to critically assess community
  dynamics
• To equip students with the necessary perspectives
  and skills in community building

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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors
Social Policy Community Building
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Core MultidisciplinarySecond Majors/Minors

• Social Policy Community Building
• Pre-requisite Requirement
• FOSS1002. Appreciating social research (6
  credits)OR
• FOSS1003. Masters in social thought (6 credits)
• Core Courses (18 credits for majors, 12 credits
  for minors)
• SOWK0084. Theoretical foundations in social
  policy and planning (6 credits)
• SOWK0122. Community building and the civil
  society (6 credits)
• SOWK0123. Community partnership and political
  dynamics (6 credits)
• Elective Courses (30 credits for majors 12
  credits for minors) in 2 areas
• Social Policy and Managing Social Services
• Urban Development Community Building