● Tailor-made for social sciences and social work/social welfare students

● A smooth and fruitful path to a bachelor honours degree in 12 months

● Provides students with a broad-based scholarly education through a range of core and elective modules

● Graduates will be eligible to apply for a range of postgraduate programmes offered by local and overseas institutions

● Graduates will be fit for a wide range of careerscovering both the public and private sectors

● SHU-SCOPE The Transnational Education Student Award is offered to outstanding students in the programme

Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Hallam is a welcoming community ofstudents and staff from more than 120 countries. We offer exceptional teaching across 700 foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes. With more than 35,000 students, SHU is the fourth largest university in the UK. Their courses all focus on developing the skills student need to excel in their career. SHU embeds work experience and real-world case studies into their teaching, so students have many opportunities to put their learning into practice. SHU has decades of experience of delivering courses internationally.

Sheffield Hallam’s world-leading research, now rankedinthetopfiveofallUKmodernuniversities,is practical. Their researchers deliver solutions to complex, real-world challenges. This applied focus informs their teaching and ensures the graduates with vital workplace skills, such as working as a team, delivering presentations and writing reports.

As a BA (Hons) Applied Social Science graduate, you will gain life-long access to a community of thousands of graduates from all over the world. You will also be eligible for a discount if you choose to further your education with postgraduate study on one of our programmes in the UK.

www.shu.ac.uk

Sheffield Hallam University, in collaboration with theSchool of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE), City University of Hong Kong, offers a ONE year top-up degree programme leading to the award of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Science.

● Provides students with a sound knowledge base in the applied social sciences

● Helps students develop the key personal and transferable skills associated with future employment in a rapidly changing society

● Provides a sound academic base for postgraduate learning

● Cultivates an open-minded attitude and independent learning capacity necessary for life-long learning

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Programme DeliveryThe approach of this programme is blended learning. Learning and teaching will be facilitated through seminars / workshops / tutorials conducted by the CityU staff. In addition, e-learning and discussion through the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will be employed. However, emphasis is placed upon students taking responsibility for their own learning. In brief, students will be expected to undertake independent work such as information collation and organization, reading and note-taking from books, articles and other written sources outside the classroom albeit with the support and guidance from both the teaching staff and via Blackboard.

Programme AdministrationThe programme will be administered by the School of Continuing and Professional Education, City University of Hong Kong (CityU SCOPE) in Hong Kong while SheffieldHallamUniversity(SHU)willmonitortheteachingand progress of the programme.

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Programme StructureThe credit requirement is 180 to be completed in three phases in one calendar year. Students will need to take both core modules and electives from the list below during their course of study:

Core Modules:

● Personal Learning Portfolio● Research Methods ● Understanding Global Societies● Organizations, Work and Psychology ● Families and Kinship: A Global Perspective

Electives:

● Welfare Rights and Legal Issues● Counselling and Psychotherapy ● Youth Justice Systems in International Contexts● Evidence for Welfare Practice ● Work, Employment and Globalization ● Applied Dissertation

Our StudentsThe recent cohort of students comes from diverse backgroundsandtheprofileisasfollows:

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Teaching and LearningTeachingTaughtby full timewell-qualifiedacademic staff from theSCOPE, City University of Hong Kong with quality guidance on teaching, learning and assessment from teaching staff of SheffieldHallamUniversity,studentswillbefullyconfidentin receiving the highest quality academic programme.

VenueClasses will normally be held at SCOPE Learning Centres in Kowloon Tong, Tsim Sha Tsui and/or other designated venues.

Student SupportStudents will have access to the CityU Library, CityU Computing Services Centres and the learning resources of Sheffield Hallam University, such as the electronicinformation resources of the Learning Centre and the virtual learning environment of the Blackboard.

AwardStudents will be recommended for the award of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Science conferred by the Sheffield Hallam University upon completion of theprogramme.

Admission RequirementGraduates with an Associate Degree/Higher Diploma in social sciences or related disciplines.

FeesApplication fee : HK$160 (to be paid at the time of

application)Tuition fee : HK$109,800 (payable in 3 instalments)All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. In case of re-assessment and/or extension of the study period, additional fees will be charged.

Financial AssistanceEducation Grant and LoansEligible students enrolled in the programme can apply for government grant and loans under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP) and Non-means-tested Loan Scheme for Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) schemes.

Non-means Tested Education LoanStudents who are not covered under FASP and NLSPS can apply for the government loan under the Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (NLS). For more details and enquiries, please call 2150 6223 orvisitSFO’swebsite:www.wfsfaa.gov.hk.

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School of Continuing and Professional EducationLocation : 2410, 2/F, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin

Academic Building (LI), City University of Hong Kong

Tel : 3442 7768 / 3442 7423

Fax : 3442 0399

Email : shs@scope.edu

Website : www.cityu.edu.hk/ce/baass

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Application1. Application should be submitted online via www.scope.

edu/eapplication.

2. Application form can also be obtained upon request from the reception counter of CityU SCOPE.

3. Applications are processed on a rolling basis. Early application is encouraged.

4. Applicants will be selected on the basis of academic merits and relevant work experience. All applicants will be informed of the application results. Please contact CityU SCOPE if you do not receive our decision by late August 2018.

Programme CommencementSeptember 2018

Online Enquiries of Application StatusAn acknowledgement of the application will be sent to each applicant via email. Enquiries about the application status can be made at our website

7 working days after submission of the application form at

www.cityu.edu.hk/ce/enrol/que.