Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Sport and Recreation Leadership

Programme Director: Dr KWOK, Heather

The Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Sport and Recreation Leadership is a four-year full-time Programme for Associate Degree graduates who wish to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to develop a career in the sport and recreation industry. Apart from serving the mainstream population, a focus is placed on the planning and delivery of sport and recreation programs to persons with special needs, such as elderly people, people with physical/intellectual disabilities and people who require special attention.

On completion of the programme, students should be able to:

1. Apply appropriate theories and concepts in sports and recreation to plan and organise specific events according to the needs of the participants;
2. Evaluate sports and recreation events from the perspectives of equal opportunities and inclusion, and globalised and localised contexts;
3. Lead and manage sports and recreation events with creative problem-solving skills; and
4. Reflect on the challenges faced by participants of sports and recreation events from their physical and special needs perspectives.

Most courses are taught by a combination of lecture-discussions and field experiences such as site-visits, observations, and case studies. A special feature of the programme is its service learning, which include extensive professional placements that will provide students with work integrated learning experiences in both mainstream sport and recreation organisations and in organisations that serve people with special needs.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Requirements

As this programme is designed for Associate Degree graduates, the number of courses/units that students are required to complete depends on the number of courses/units for which credit transfer can be acquired. Such credit transfer or course exemption is granted on a case-by-case basis. Generally, graduates of the Baptist University Associate Degree in Sport and Recreation Studies may apply for direct admission to Year 3 of the programme. These students are required to complete 45 Units of Major Required courses, 12 units of Major Elective courses, a 3-unit GE Capstone course and 6 units of Honours Project. Associate degree graduates who have not taken sport and recreation courses in their previous studies will need to make up the University Core courses (13 units), General Education courses (18 units) and Free Elective courses (34 units):