● It is tailor-made for social sciences and social work/social welfare students.

● It is a smooth and fruitful path to a bachelor honours degree in 12 months.

● It 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.

Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a welcomingcommunityofstudentsandstaff frommore than120countries.

SHU offers exceptional teaching across 700foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree programmes. With more than 31,000 students, SHU is among the largestuniversities in theUK.Their coursesall focusondevelopingtheskillsstudentsneedtoexcelintheircareer. 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 ofdelivering courses internationally.Theexcellenceof our teaching has recently been recognised, with Sheffield Hallam University being awardedUniversityof theYear forTeachingQuality inTheTimes and SundayTimesGoodUniversityGuide2020.

Sheffield Hallam’s world-leading research, nowranked in the top five of all UK modernuniversities,ispractical.Theirresearchersdeliver solutions to complex, real-worldchallenges.Thisappliedfocus informstheir teaching and ensures the graduates with vital workplace skills, such as working as a team, delivering presentations and writing reports.

www.shu.ac.uk

Sheffield Hallam University, in collaboration with theSchool of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE),CityUniversityofHongKong,offersaONEyear top-up degree programme leading to the award ofBachelorofArts(Honours)AppliedSocialScience.

● Toprovidestudentswithasoundknowledgebase inapplied social sciences

● To help students develop key personal andtransferable skills associated with future employment in a rapidly changing society

● Toprovidestudentswithasoundacademicbasefortheir postgraduate learning

● To cult ivate an open-minded att i tude andindependent learning capacity necessary for life-long learning

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Teaching and LearningTeachingTaughtbywell-qualifiedacademicstaff fromtheSCOPE,City University of Hong Kong with quality guidance onteaching, learningandassessment from teachingstaffofSheffieldHallamUniversity,studentswillbefullyconfidentinreceivingthehighestqualityacademicprogramme.VenueClasseswillnormallybeheldatCityUSCOPELearningCentres inKowloonTong,TsimShaTsuiEastand/orotherdesignated venues.Student SupportStudents will have access to the CityU Library, CityUComputing Services Centre and the learning resources of Sheffield Hallam University, such as ProQuestCentral Database and virtual learning environment of the Blackboard.AwardStudents will be recommended for the award of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Science conferred bythe Sheffield Hallam University upon completion of theprogramme.

Programme DeliveryThe approach of this programme is blended learning.Learningandteachingwillbefacilitatedthroughlectures/ tutorials / workshops conducted by the CityU staff. Inaddition, e-learning and discussion through the Blackboard VirtualLearningEnvironmentwillbeemployed.However,emphasis is placed upon students taking responsibility for theirownlearning.Studentswillbeexpectedtoundertakeindependent work such as information collation and organisation, reading and note-taking from books, articles and other written sources outside the classroom albeit with the support and guidance from teaching staff and via Blackboard.

Programme AdministrationThe programme will be administered by the School ofContinuing and Professional Education, City Universityof Hong Kong (CityU SCOPE) in Hong Kong whileSheffieldHallamUniversity(SHU)willmonitortheteachingand progress of the programme.

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Programme StructureThecreditrequirementis180tobecompletedinthreephases 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: ● PersonalLearningPortfolio● Research Methods ● UnderstandingGlobalSocieties● Organisations,WorkandPsychology● FamiliesandKinship:AGlobalPerspective

Electives*: ● Welfare Rights andLegalIssues● Counselling and Psychotherapy ● Evidence for Welfare Practice ● Work, Employment and Globalisation ● Applied Dissertation

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* Students can EITHER take Applied Dissertation (40 credits) plus 2 out of 4 other electives OR all 4 electives except Applied Dissertation. The availability of electives is subject to the enrolment number.

CEF reimbursable modules

Admission RequirementGraduateswithanAssociateDegree/aHigherDiplomainsocial sciences or related disciplines.

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

application)Tuition fee : HK$124,200(payablein3instalments)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.

Government Financial AssistanceEducation Grants and Loans*

Eligible students enrolled in the full-time programme can apply for government grants and loans under the Financial Assistance Scheme for Post-secondary Students (FASP)andNon-means-testedLoanSchemefor Post-secondary Students (NLSPS) schemes. Fordetails about eligibility requirements, please visit thegovernment’swebsite:www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo.

Non-means-tested Loan Scheme (NLS)

StudentswhoarenotcoveredunderFASPandNLSPScanapplyforthegovernmentloanundertheNon-means-testedLoanScheme(NLS).Fordetails,pleasevisitthegovernment’swebsite:www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/sfo.

Continuing Education Fund (CEF)*

Some modules of the programme have been included in thelistofreimbursablecoursesundertheGovernment’sContinuing Education Fund (CEF). For details, pleasevisitthegovernment’swebsite:www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef.

* Eligible students can only apply for either FASP or CEF before commencement of the programme.

Programme Commencementlate August 2021

Online Enquiries of Application StatusAn acknowledgement of the application will be sent to each applicant via email. Enquiries aboutthe application status can be made at our website 7workingdaysaftersubmissionoftheapplicationformatwww.cityu.edu.hk/ce/enrol/que.

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School of Continuing and Professional EducationLocation : 2410,2/F,LiDakSumYipYioChin

AcademicBuilding(LI), CityUniversityofHongKong

Tel : 34427768/34427423

Fax : 34420399

Email : shs@scope.edu

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

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Application1.Applicationshouldbesubmittedonlineviawww.scope.

edu/eapplication.2.Application form can also be obtained upon request

fromthereceptioncounterofCityUSCOPE.3. Applications are processed on a rolling basis. Early

application is encouraged.4.Applicantswill be selected on the basis of academic

merits and interview performance. All applicants will be informed of the application results. Please contact CityU SCOPE if you do not receive our decision bymid-August 2021.

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Graduate’s SharingLeung Yan Yu Alice (2020 top-up graduate)The programme has not only provided a solidfoundationinsocialscience,butalsoequippedthestudents with practical skills and time management abilities. It provides a wide range of sociological knowledge across multiple levels, including personal, familial, local and global aspects. In completingtheprogrammerequirement,itenablesus to develop independent learning capacity. In addition, the teaching team is professional, experienced, dedicated. The tutors had providedus with valuable guidance that is not only related to complete coursework, but also to nurture our critical thinking ability and problem-solving skills. Thisprogrammeisundoubtedlyusefulandpracticalin preparing students to pursue higher education as well as a more prosperous career path.