ADMISSION INFORMATION
Study Scheme
Students are required to complete a minimum of 72 units of courses as follows:
Year 1 -Any TWO MORE social science faculty package courses, offered by two different departments/schools, chosen from the list below
Term 1:SOWK1001 (Faculty Package) / SOWK2001
Term 2: SOWK2110
Year 2
Term 1: SOWK2020 / SOWK2210 / SOWK2220
Term 2: SOWK2140 / SOWK2230 / SOWK2430
Year 3 - (From September to March) First Placement, i.e. SOWK3410 + 3420
Term 1: SOWK3340 / At least one from SOWK3240, 3250
Term 2: SOWK3310 / SOWK3320
Year 4 - (From September to March) Second Placement, i.e. SOWK4410 + 4420. At least THREE from SOWK4030, 4510, 4520, 4530, 4540, 4550, 4570, 4590, 4591, 4592
Term 1: SOWK4350
Term 2: SOWK4020
Social Work Major Course List
Course Code / Course Title |
Units |
SOWK2001 Student-orientated Teaching I |
2 |
SOWK2020 Philosophy and Principles of Social Work |
3 |
SOWK2050 Interprofessional Learning for Social Work in Health Care |
3 |
SOWK2110 Human Behaviour and the Social Environment |
3 |
SOWK2140 Mental Disorders |
2 |
SOWK2210 Social Casework |
3 |
SOWK2220 Social Group Work |
3 |
SOWK2230 Community Work |
3 |
SOWK2430 Social Work Field Laboratory |
2 |
SOWK3240 Clinical Social Work Theories and Practice |
3 |
SOWK3250 Macro Social Work Theories and Practice |
3 |
SOWK3310 Social Welfare Administration |
3 |
SOWK3320 Social Work Research |
3 |
SOWK3340 Social Policy and Planning |
3 |
SOWK3410 Field Instruction I |
4 |
SOWK3420 Field Instruction II |
4 |
SOWK4020 Student-oriented Teaching II |
2 |
SOWK4030 Social Work Guided Research |
3 |
SOWK4350 Law and Social Work |
3 |
SOWK4410 Field Instruction III |
4 |
SOWK4420 Field Instruction IV |
4 |
SOWK4510 Seminar I: Family Centered Social Work |
3 |
SOWK4520 Seminar II: Social Work with Young People |
3 |
SOWK4530 Seminar III: Social Work with Older People |
3 |
SOWK4540 Seminar IV: Social Work with People with Special Needs |
3 |
SOWK4550 Seminar V: Poverty and Social Exclusion |
3 |
SOWK4570 Seminar VII: Art-based Social Work Practice |
3 |
SOWK4590 Seminar IX: Family Therapy |
3 |
SOWK4591^ Seminar X: Research Seminar |
3 |
SOWK4592 Seminar XI: Special Seminar |
3 |
^These elective courses are not offered in 2019-20.
Social Science Faculty Package Course List (Applicable to students admitted in 2019-20 and thereafter)
Course Code / Course Title |
Units |
ARCH1001 Living Architecture |
3 |
ARCH1002 Understanding Cities |
3 |
COMM1110 Media and Everyday Life |
3 |
COMM1120 Development of Mass Communication |
3 |
DSPS1001 Introduction to Policy Sciences |
3 |
ECON1210 Economics and Society |
3 |
ECON1220 Contemporary Economic Thinking |
3 |
ECON2011 Basic Microeconomics |
3 |
GPAD1020 Fundamentals of Government |
3 |
GPAD1076 Thinking Politically |
3 |
GPAD1077 Critical Debates in Hong Kong |
3 |
GLSD1001 Introduction to Global Studies I |
3* |
GRMD1302 People, Space and Place |
3 |
GRMD1401 A World of Diversity |
3 |
GRMD1402 Global Change and Sustainability |
3 |
GRMD1404 Geographical Landscape of the World |
3 |
PSYC1000 General Psychology |
3 |
PSYC1630 Communication for Healthy Relationship |
3 |
SOCI1001 Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
SOCI1201 Hong Kong Society: Identities and Boundaries |
3 |
SOWK1001 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare |
3 |
URSP1001 Introduction to Urban Studies |
3 |
URSP1002 Urban Studies in a Nutshell |
3 |
# Social Work Free Elective Courses Recommended by Department for Major Student’s Self-Enrichment:
Course Code / Course Title |
Units |
SOWK2160 Economic Insecurity and Society Security |
3 |
SOWK2202 Social Work and Cultural Diversity |
3 |
SOWK2203 Mission-driven Social Enterprise |
3 |
SOWK2204 Social Innovation and Social Change for Good |
3 |
Notes:
- SOWK courses at 2000 level and above will be included in the calculation of the Major GPA for honours classification.
- For students transferred to the Social Work Programme and who had taken SOWK1113 or 1114 as part of the Faculty Package, the courses should be counted as part of their elective courses. They should take an additional Faculty Package course to fulfill the Faculty Package requirement.
- All social work students are required to take at least one PSYC course and one SOCI course.
- Students are encouraged to take SOWK4030 preferably in their final year of study to enhance their research ability by conducting a guided research on selected topics.
Change of Major
For current CUHK undergraduate students who would like to change their major of studies to Social Work, please observe the information in our admission page.