Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

315SOWK0023.Social policy issues in Hong Kong (6 credits)This course will examine the issues of social policy in Hong Kong including privatization of welfareservices, the impact of ideology of welfare on welfare development in Hong Kong, the issue of equityand equality in welfare provision, community care and service needs of the new arrivals from themainland. Different theories of welfare will be discussed in relation to local welfare issues.SOWK0055.Management in human service organizations (6 credits)The aim of this course is to enable students to understand the recent business-oriented reforms in humanservice organizations. Human service organizations provide welfare, education and medical services totheir users. The dynamics of quality improvements, strategic planning, monitoring and control,management information system, performance appraisal, supervision, stress management, teamwork,financial management and change are included.SOWK0014.Health administration (6 credits)The theme of this course will be the importance of taking into account the cultural, economic, social andphysical environments when examining matters to do with the provision of health care. The aim will beto introduce students to the issues of planning and priorities, financing and resource allocation,management principles, arguments concerning quality versus quantity, community health and publiceducation as they relate to health administration.ExaminationsEach of the above courses will be examined by one two-hour written examination, with assessment ofcoursework providing a total of 40%, and the two-hour paper a total of 60%.SOCIOLOGYThe Sociology Department offers three courses to first-year BA students.The courses are Introduction to sociology, Discovering society and Introduction to anthropology.The examination will consist of one two-hour paper.In their second and third years, students from the Department of Philosophy, the American StudiesProgramme and the Linguistics and Philosophy Programme, may take up to the equivalent of eight6-credit courses in Sociology. All other students may take up to the equivalent of five 6-credit coursesin Sociology.Students who intend to major in Sociology have to take eight 6-credit or more courses in Sociology ofwhich SOCI0001 and SOCI0042 are compulsory.Some of the Sociology courses are offered in the first half of the academic year, and others in the secondhalf. The examination for each course will consist of one two-hour paper.The final result for each course will be determined by a coursework assessment grade (25%) and anexamination grade (75%), except where otherwise specified.The courses offered for first-, second- and third-year students are listed below. Not all the courses listedwill necessarily be offered every year.