Program Overview

Bachelor of Social Work (Hons)

Programme Overview

The Department of Social Work is one of the leading providers of social work training and education in Hong Kong. The four-year Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) Programme aims to equip students with knowledge and professional values in social work so that graduates can effectively meet the social service needs of the community in a flexible, realistic, creative, and professional yet critical manner.

Programme Structure

In the four-year curriculum, students are required to study a total of 128 units, including:

• 4 units of Social Sciences common core
• 66 units for Social Work Major courses (including Honours Project and Major Electives)
• 31 units of General Education and University Language courses
• 27 units of Free Elective courses

Unique Features

Students are required to attend another 100 hours of non-credit bearing pre-placement activities, a growth group, and integrative tutorials over four years. Following the University's internationalisation strategy, there are growing opportunities for student exchange, overseas placements, visits from overseas scholars, and other related activities to substantiate experiential and academic learning.

Student Learning Experiences

All social work students are required to undertake two fieldwork placements in their Year 3 and Year 4 study. Each supervised fieldwork placement is of 400 hours, thus adding up to 800 hours in total plus another 100 hours of pre-placement work. All students are given an opportunity to consider applying for pursuing an exchange programme either in Year 2 or Year 3 study. Students may be able to finish the programme within 4 years if they pursue the exchange programme in semester 2 of Year 2 study and follow through the study plan provided. If it lasts for two semesters, the eligible ones will need to finish the whole Programme in five years.

Career Opportunities

Graduates holding a Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) degree are qualified to apply as Registered Social Workers (RSW) in Hong Kong according to the Social Workers Registration Ordinance 1997. They are eligible to be employed as Assistant Social Work Officers in the Social Welfare Department or non-governmental organisations in Hong Kong.

Admission Requirements

HKDSE

• JUPAS - General Entrance Requirements
• Programme Entrance Requirements
• HKDSE Core Subject(s) | Minimum Level
  • CHINESE LANGUAGE | 3
  • ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3
  • CITIZENSIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | Attained
  • MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART | 2
• Elective Subject(s) | Minimum Level
  • ANY 2 SUBJECTS Notes | 3
  • Notes for elective subjects:
    1. One of the electives must be any Category A subjects (excluding Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2));
    2. The other elective can be any of the following subjects: a. Category A subjects (including Extended Part of Mathematics (Module 1 or Module 2)); b. Category B (Applied Learning) subjects with "Attained with Distinction (I)" or above; c. Category C (Other Language) subjects.
• Remarks on other requirements:
  1. High choice banding in JUPAS application is preferred.
  2. Applicants with language skills in addition to English and Chinese (e.g., also speaking Urdu, Nepali, Hindi) may be invited to attend interviews.

International Qualifications

• International Qualifications - General Entrance Requirements
• International Qualifications - Programme Entrance Requirements

Post-Secondary Qualifications

• Post-Secondary Qualifications - General Entrance Requirements
• Post-Secondary Qualifications - Programme Entrance Requirements

Mainland JEE

• 中国内地应届高考生入学 - 一般入学要求
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