Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) - Full-time

The Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) is an articulation degree programme endeavouring to educate social workers who embrace their commitment in innovative and evidence-based professional practice with moral-ethical reflection, exerting professional impact in diversified socio-cultural-political contexts and practising leadership roles in human service settings.

Reflexive practice: To enhance our students’ reflexive social work practices with moral-ethical reflection

The students are equipped with cultural and social sensibilities articulated with social work theories and knowledge of Social Sciences. It prepares the students to make appropriate interventions in considering socio-cultural-political contexts to tackle social problems and difficulties faced by vulnerable and service users in the future.

Innovative-integrated practice: To strengthen our students’ innovative-integrated social work practices through interdisciplinary-collaborative learning experiences

Interdisciplinary-collaborative project is widely used in human services. It involves various professions from different disciplines working collaboratively to frame and construct innovative solutions for social problems. Interdisciplinary workshops and seminars on human services and social innovation are regularly organized for the students. It enables the students to integrate collaborative and innovative ideas into social work practices.

Evidence-based practice: To facilitate our students' integration of their social work practice with evidence-based knowledge

Evidence-based practice benefits social work practitioners and grounds their work with academic research, data and information in human services and practices. It empowers social workers to discover appropriate methods and evaluate existing services and practices. The programme curriculum is designed to develop the students’ evidence-based practice (EBP) competencies. It enables the students to systematically review, evaluate, implement and create social work practices and service models.

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This programme is recognised by the Social Workers Registration Board. Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as Registered Social Workers.

Career Prospects

Graduates can become Registered Social Workers and work as Assistant Social Worker Officers in the social services sector. 

Further Study Opportunities

Graduates can pursue postgraduate studies such as Master of Social Work, Master of Social Science (Social Service Management), Master of Social Science (Social Policy) and Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Social Work and other related fields.

Students are required to complete the following requirements with satisfactory results for an honours degree

Major Requirements

^#Offering of any elective subjects is subject to sufficient enrolment.

Notes:

1. Students who have not met the equivalent standard of undergraduate degree Language and Communication Requirements (LCR) under GUR during their prior studies in an Associate Degree / Higher Diploma programme are required to take up to 9 additional credits in LCR, including 2 subjects in English and 1 subject in Chinese of 3 credits each.  They are English for Academic Studies I, English for Academic Studies II and Chinese Communication for College Students / Elementary Chinese. The additional credit / subject requirements will be reflected on the “My Graduation Requirements” accessible from the Student Portal as the programme commencement approaches.  Students concerned are required to pay additional fees after programme commencement. 
2. Holders of Associate Degree in Social Work who have not previously studied Service Management and/or Social Work Theory and Practice related subjects are required to take the corresponding foundation subject(s) with a maximum 7 credits (1 subject of 3 credit and/or another one of 4 credits). The additional credit / subject requirements, if applicable, will be reflected on the “My Graduation Requirements” accessible from the Student Portal as the programme commencement approaches.  Students concerned are required to pay additional fees after programme commencement.
3. Due to subject nature, the 8-credit fieldwork placement subject "Advanced Professional Placement” will be charged at a higher credit fee.
4. The completion of the placement subject "Advanced Professional Placement" will be considered as having fulfilled the WIE requirement. 
5. Individual students who have not fulfilled the English language requirements before admission are required to take an additional Adjunct English subject (3 credits). Please refer to the “Entrance Requirements” section for details. The additional credit / subject requirements will be reflected on the “My Graduation Requirement” accessible from the Student Portal as the programme commencement approaches.  Students concerned are required to pay additional fees after programme commencement.

Holder of Associate Degree, Higher Diploma or an equivalent qualification in social work recognised by the Social Workers Registration Board.

Holder of Diploma in Social Work who has not studied subjects in human service management and/or social work theory and practice, is required to take the corresponding foundation subject(s) of up to 7 credits (one subject of 3 credits and/or another subject of 4 credits).

Note:

An applicant who is not a native speaker of English, and does not possess an Associate Degree or a Higher Diploma or an equivalent qualification for which English was the primary medium of instruction, is expected to fulfil the following minimum English language requirements:

i) An overall Band Score of 6.0 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); OR

ii) A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 for the Internet-based test / 550 for the paper-based test; OR

iii) Satisfactory results in other recognised English language assessments

Individual cases may be considered on their own merit, and applicants concerned may be required to take an additional 3-credit Adjunct English subject upon admission.