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

The four-year degree programme requires students to complete a total of 128 units, including 57 units of Major Courses, 6 units of Honours Project, 13 units of University Core Courses, 18 units of General Education Courses and 34 units of Free Electives.

Students with Associate Degree or Higher Diploma qualifications will normally be admitted directly into the third year of study to complete the programme in two years. The number of courses/units that students are required to complete depends on the number of courses/units for which exemption and/or unit transfer will be granted. All unit transfer or course exemption shall be considered on a case-by-case basis upon admission. Students are required to complete all programme prerequisites, University Core and General Education Courses to meet the graduation requirement. Make-up courses may be required on admission.

Specifically, students are required to complete 45 Units of Major Required Courses, 12 units of Major Elective Courses, 6 units of Honours Project, and 3 units of General Education Capstone Course.

The programme structure is set out as follows: