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Master of Arts (MA) in Ethics and Public Affairs

Programme Information

The Master of Arts (MA) in Ethics and Public Affairs is a postgraduate programme offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The programme aims to enable students to develop multiple interpretive perspectives on perennial and contemporary issues in different contexts of public affairs.

Aims

The programme has several aims:

• To enable students to develop multiple interpretive perspectives (religious and philosophical) on perennial and contemporary issues in different contexts of public affairs.
• To help students appreciate and respect diversity within modern society in order to assess and handle conflicting values in critically informed and creative ways.
• To help students further develop and reflect on their own values, so that they will be able to justify their own decisions, judgments and convictions, and so become informed and responsible citizens in their community, nation and the world.
• To equip future secondary school Liberal Studies teachers with subject knowledge of most modules.
• To stimulate the students' interest in, and a reflective understanding of, public affairs.
• To enhance awareness and knowledge of the value dimensions of discourses on economic, political, legal, social, cultural, and environmental affairs.
• To provide a transition to the eventual pursuit of further studies in various disciplines.

Programme Structure

The programme offers two streams:

• Programme Elective Stream: 27 units, consisting of Foundation Courses (6 units), Required Courses (18 units), and Elective Courses (3 units).
• Dissertation Stream: 27 units, consisting of Foundation Courses (6 units), Required/Elective Courses (15 units), and a Dissertation (6 units).

Academic Qualification

Applicants should possess:

• a bachelor's degree from a recognised university or comparable institution; or
• a qualification deemed to be equivalent.

Language Proficiency Requirement

Proof of English proficiency is required for all applicants whose bachelor's degrees were obtained from non-English medium institutions. These applicants must meet the following minimum requirements for English proficiency:

• a score of 74 (internet-based test) in TOEFL; or
• an overall band score of 6.0 in IELTS; or
• a score of 450 in the College English Test band 6 (CET-6) of China.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee for the programme is HK$150,000 (full-time, 1 year) or HK$100,000 (1st academic year) and HK$50,000 (2nd academic year) for part-time (2 years).

Application

The application start date is 6 October 2025, and the application deadline is 4 June 2026 for non-local applicants and 24 July 2026 for local applicants.

Selection Process

• Short-listed applicants may be interviewed should the Programme Board deem it necessary.
• Application result will be reflected in the application status in the online application system.

Notes

• The above information is for reference only and is subject to change without prior notice.
• Hong Kong Baptist University reserves the right of final decision and interpretation in case of any dispute.
• A non-refundable admission confirmation fee, including the first instalment of tuition fee plus other administrative fees, must be paid upon acceptance of the admission offer.