Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Politics and Public Administration

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Programme Code

JUPAS

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•Language: English

School of Arts and Social Sciences

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Programme Code

JUPAS

Non-JUPAS (Local) / Mainland(NCEE) / Overseas

Non-JUPAS (Local) / Overseas

Year 1 Entry : JS9003

Year 1 Entry : BSSCHPAJ1

Senior Year Entry : BSSCHPAJS

•Language: English •Subsidy: NMTSS (Local)

Introduction

The Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Politics and Public Administration is offered by the School of Arts and Social Sciences. The Programme aims to equip students with an in-depth knowledge of politics and public administration; to arouse their interest in studying both local and global public problems as well as issues pertinent to the management of the government; to familiarise them with the knowledge and skills of conducting research within the discipline; and to analyse public problems of the world and their society.

Admission Requirements and Application

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Career Prospects

Politics and public administration graduates will be capable to pursue a career in a wide range of fields such as the public sector (government departments like the Fire Services Department and government/aided secondary schools), the non-governmental organisations and the private sector (airlines and real estate developers sector), or being assistants to legislators (Legislative Council) and/or district councillors. Students would also be capable to further their study at local or overseas universities.

Year 1 Entry
Senior Year Entry

During the four years of study, students will need to complete 160 credits of courses, comprising 20 credits of general education; 10 credits of English; 10 credits of basic social research methods; 20 credits of foundation level social sciences courses and 100 credits of required and elective major courses.

Year 1 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	ENGL A101F	University English Writing Skills	5
	Autumn	POLS A122F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Political Science	5
	Autumn	PSYC A124F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Psychology	5
	Autumn	STAT A221F	Statistics	5
Spring	ECON A121F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Economics	5
	Spring	SOCI A123F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Sociology	5
	Spring		ONE 5-credit English language enhancement course		5
	Spring		ONE 5-credit purposely-designed General Education course		5

Year 2 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	POLS A221F	Introductory Comparative Politics	5
	Autumn	STAT A222F	Essentials of Research Inquiry	5
	Autumn		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Autumn	ECON A231F	Introduction to Microeconomics	5
	Autumn	PSYC A236F	Positive Psychology and Mental Health	5
	Autumn	SOCI A220F	Essentials of Sociological Inquiry	5
	Autumn		ONE 5-credit purposely-designed General Education course		5
Spring	PUAD A222F	Introduction to Public Administration	5
	Spring		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Spring	ECON A232F	Introduction to Macroeconomics	5
	Spring	PSYC A239F	Criminal Psychology	5
	Spring	SOCI A221F	Social Problems and Social Issues	5
	Spring		TWO 5-credit purposely-designed General Education course		10

Year 3 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	POLS A325F	Selected Topics in Contemporary Hong Kong Politics	5
	Autumn*	POLS A331F	Civil Society and Governance	5
	Autumn*	PUAD A323F	Public Policy Studies	5
	Autumn*		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course
Spring*	ECON A322F	Applied Economics in Public Policy Analysis	5
	Spring*	POLS A322F	Contemporary Chinese Politics	5
	Spring*	POLS A324F	Chinese Foreign Policy	5
	Spring*	POLS A329F	Political Analysis	5

Year 4 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	POLS A323F	Hong Kong Government and Politics	5
	Autumn*	PUAD A322F	Public Sector Management	5
	Autumn*	SOCI A323F	Social Policy and Social Administration	5
	Autumn*		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5
Spring*	ECON A324F	Global Political Economy	5
	Spring*	POLS A326F	Theories of International Relations	5
	Spring*	POLS A328F	Comparative Democratization	5
	Spring*	POLS A330F	Contemporary Political Theory	5

Remarks

*The courses offered in Years 3 and 4 may be swapped subject to the actual course presentation in that particular year.

Year 2 Entry

During the three years of study, students will need to complete 120 credits of courses.

Year 2 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn	ENGL A101F	University English Writing Skills	5
	Autumn	POLS A221F	Introductory Comparative Politics	5
	Autumn	STAT A221F	Statistics	5
	Autumn	STAT A222F	Essentials of Research Inquiry	5
Spring	PUAD A222F	Introduction to Public Administration	5
	Spring		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Spring	ECON A232F	Introduction to Macroeconomics	5
	Spring	PSYC A239F	Criminal Psychology	5
	Spring	SOCI A221F	Social Problems and Social Issues	5
	Spring		ONE 5-credit English language enhancement course		5
	Spring		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

Year 3 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	POLS A325F	Selected Topics in Contemporary Hong Kong Politics	5
	Autumn*	POLS A331F	Civil Society and Governance	5
	Autumn*	PUAD A323F	Public Policy Studies	5
	Autumn*		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Autumn*	ECON A231F	Introduction to Microeconomics	5
	Autumn*	PSYC A236F	Positive Psychology and Mental Health	5
	Autumn*	SOCI A220F	Essentials of Sociological Inquiry	5
Spring*	ECON A322F	Applied Economics in Public Policy Analysis	5
	Spring*	POLS A322F	Contemporary Chinese Politics	5
	Spring*	POLS A324F	Chinese Foreign Policy	5
	Spring*	POLS A329F	Political Analysis	5

Year 4 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	POLS A323F	Hong Kong Government and Politics	5
	Autumn*	PUAD A322F	Public Sector Management	5
	Autumn*	SOCI A323F	Social Policy and Social Administration	5
	Autumn*		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5
Spring*	ECON A324F	Global Political Economy	5
	Spring*	POLS A326F	Theories of International Relations	5
	Spring*	POLS A328F	Comparative Democratization	5
	Spring*	POLS A330F	Contemporary Political Theory	5

Remarks

*The courses offered in Years 3 and 4 may be swapped subject to the actual course presentation in that particular year.

Year 3 Entry

Year 3 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	POLS A325F	Selected Topics in Contemporary Hong Kong Politics	5
	Autumn*	POLS A331F	Civil Society and Governance	5
	Autumn*	PUAD A323F	Public Policy Studies	5
	Autumn*		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5
Spring*	ECON A322F	Applied Economics in Public Policy Analysis	5
	Spring*	POLS A322F	Contemporary Chinese Politics	5
	Spring*	POLS A324F	Chinese Foreign Policy	5
	Spring*	POLS A329F	Political Analysis	5

Year 4 Courses

Term	Course Code	Course Title	No. of Credits
Autumn*	PSYC A320F	Personality Psychology	5
	Autumn*	PSYC A324F	Cognitive Psychology	5
	Autumn*		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Autumn*		*PSYC A421F Psychology Honours Thesis (10 credits) + ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		10
	Autumn*		TWO 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences courses		10
Spring*	PSYC A329F	Industrial-organizational Psychology	5
	Spring*	PSYC A332F/ PSYC A333F	History and Systems of Psychology/ Current Issues in Psychology	5
	Spring*	PSYC A336F	Psychology of Language	5
	Spring*		Elective Course – ONE of the following
	Spring*		*PSYC A421F Psychology Honours Thesis (10 credits)		5
	Spring*		ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

Remarks

*Course carries over from the Autumn Term.

Student Society of Social Sciences (FTP)

Seminar on stress Management

(By Mr. Dick Lee Ming Kwai, GBM former Commissioner of HK Police Force)

Seminar on Politics

(By Mr. Alan Leong Kah-kit, former Legislative Councilor, HKSAR)

Seminar Series in 2009

(From left to right)

(By The Honorable Mrs Anson Chan, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP, former Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR)

(By Mrs. Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP, Former President of the Legislative Council, HKSAR; HK delegation to the Eleventh National People’s Congress, PRC)

(By Mr. Lam Woon-kwong, GBS, JP, former Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission)

(By Mr. Dick Lee Ming Kwai, GBM former Commissioner of HK Police Force)