Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

Programme Director: Prof CHAN, Chitat Larry

Hong Kong is a rapidly changing society with diverse problems and welfare needs posing many challenges for social work practitioners. To be effective, a professional social worker needs to know how to help individuals, groups and communities to solve problems, effect changes, wisely utilise scarce resources and improve the quality of life. The importance of social research and social policy is also given an emphasis.

The programme aims to develop students’ knowledge, skills and professional values so that the graduates can effectively meet the challenges of the society in a flexible, realistic, creative, professional and caring manner.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I)	Social Sciences Common Core	4 units
II)	Major Courses	63 units
III)	Honours Project	3 units
IV)	University Language Courses	9 units
V)	General Education Courses	22 units
VI)	Free Electives	27 units
		128 units

Requirements

I.	Social Sciences Common Core	4 units
	Core Course (1 unit)
	SOSC1006 Invitation to Social Sciences	1 unit
	Experiential Learning in Action (3 units) ⁺
	Either
	SOSC3005 Community and Civic Engagement	3 units
	Or
	SOSC3006 Global Outreach	3 units

II.	Major Courses	63 units
	Major Required Courses (45 units)
	SOWK1025 Social Work in Contemporary Society	2 units
	SOWK1026 Integrative Tutorial 1 (Service Users in Contexts A)	0.5 unit
	SOWK1027 Integrative Tutorial 2 (Service Users in Contexts B)	0.5 unit
	SOWK2006 Social Work Values and Interventions	2 units
	SOWK2016 Integrative Tutorial 3 (Harnessing Technology A)	0.5 unit
	SOWK2017 Integrative Tutorial 4 (Harnessing Technology B)	0.5 unit
	SOWK2025 Social Policy and Law	3 units
	SOWK3005 Field Practice I⁺	10 units
	SOWK3015 Integrative Tutorial 5 (Practice in Contexts A)	0.5 unit
	SOWK3016 Integrative Tutorial 6 (Practice in Contexts B)	0.5 unit
	SOWK3028 Theory & Practice in Social Work: Community Development (I)	2 units
	SOWK3029 Theory & Practice in Social Work: Community Development (II)	2 units
	SOWK3038 Theory and Practice in Social Work: Group (I)	2 units
	SOWK3039 Theory and Practice in Social Work: Group (II)	2 units
	SOWK3048 Theory & Practice in Social Work: Individual (I)	2 units
	SOWK3049 Theory & Practice in Social Work: Individual (II)	2 units
	SOWK4015 Comparing Social Welfare in Global and Chinese Contexts	2 units
	SOWK4008 Field Practice II	5 units
	SOWK4009 Field Practice II	5 units
	SOWK4035 Integrative Tutorial 7 (Operational Issues in Contexts A)	0.5 unit
	SOWK4036 Integrative Tutorial 8 (Operational Issues in Contexts B)	0.5 unit

	Major Elective Courses (18 units)
	SOWK1006 Human Development through the Life Span	3 units
	SOWK1015 Social Dimensions of Human Societies	3 units
	SOWK1017 Psychology of Positive Living	3 units
	SOWK3017 Social Work Research	3 units
	SOWK3205 Love and Human Sexuality	3 units
	SOWK4005 Administration in Human Service Organizations	3 units
	SOWK4007 Families and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4205 Disadvantaged Groups and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4206 Older People and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4207 People with Mental Health Problems and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4215 Youth and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4216 Gender and Social Work	3 units
	SOWK4225 Data Methodology in Social Sciences Research	3 units
	SOWK4226 Career Facilitation and Counselling	3 units
	+ Students taking SOWK3005 Field Practice I will fulfil the course requirement of Experiential Learning in Action under “Social Sciences Common Core”. Students have to fulfil the 3 units derived from Experiential Learning in Action by taking SOWK Major Elective course(s). Hence, students are required to take a total of 21 units of SOWK Major Elective courses.

III.	Honours Project	3 units
	SOWK4898 Social Work Honours Project	1 unit
	SOWK4899 Social Work Honours Project	2 units

IV.	University Language Courses	9 units

V.	General Education Courses	22 units

VI.	Free Electives^*	27 units
		128 units

* Students are strongly advised to take SOWK1015 Social Dimensions of Human Societies and SOWK1017 Psychology of Positive Living under Free Electives to fulfil the registration requirements of Social Workers Registration Board.