Social Policy and Administration - BA (Hons)

The programme is divided into two streams:

• Social policy and civil society, and
• Social planning and administration.

Students can choose to specialise in either stream for intensive learning. Those students in the policy and civil society stream are expected to study policy areas such as housing, welfare, civil society governance, education, labour and environment to strengthen their understanding of specific policy concerns and issues. Students who choose to study planning and administration are expected to study areas such as human resource and social capital development, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, programme planning and evaluation, marketing, financial management and information technology to enhance their skills and ability in performing social and policy administrative duties.

The curriculum is further divided into five categories:

• Common Foundation (including University broad discipline and service-learning requirements);
• Common, Professional and Stream Cores;
• Common, Social Science and Stream Electives;
• Integrative Subjects (including professional attachment and workshops as well as a Capstone Project); and
• Chinese and English Language Requirements.

These subjects provide students with a strong social science foundation and capacity for critical and analytical thinking before they progress to broaden their knowledge base and communication skills to enhance their ability to work in the field of social policy and administration.