SWSA Course List
GCVM1003 Applied Ethics in Humanities and Social Sciences
应用伦理学（人文与社会科学类）
This course aims to foster lifelong learning, an inquiring spirit and critical perspective on moral beliefs and practices, through engaging in debates, studying particular cases and discussing the major ethical and moral arguments as presented in one or more philosophical and/or religious traditions. Identify and reflect on ethical issues, and to critically analyse ethical arguments in an informed and thoughtful way
Check DetailsGCCH1013 Chinese Thought through the Ages
中国社会思潮
(1) introduce important thought that have produced extremely important and significant impact on Chinese social development from past to present; (2) make a connection with contemporary social status by selecting a number of philosophical issues such as harmony, homogeneity/heterogeneity, conflict and unity, diversity and sustainability etc.; (3) analyse how ‘the past affects the present’, and how Chinese traditional thought has influenced the development and evolvement of contemporary Chinese society; and (4) help the students to have a better understanding of Chinese thought through different historical periods and to strengthen their sense of identity.
Check DetailsSWSA4113 Disasters and Social Work
灾难与社会工作
As natural and urban disasters have occurred increasingly frequently in the past decades, greater attention has been devoted to the lack of preparation among social workers to intervene effectively and offer help to survivors of these disasters. The aims of this course are to increase knowledge of different types of disasters ranging from personal disasters and to enhance understanding of the social and psychological impact, and also students will obtain knowledge of selected intervention models/approaches for effective assessment and intervention with individuals and their families affected by disasters.
Check DetailsSWSA4123 Drug Abuse and Social Work
药物滥用与社会工作
This course aims to: (1) obtain knowledge of the definition, types and prevalence of drug abuse; (2) increase knowledge of various drug abuse treatment intervention models and techniques for individuals, groups, and families; (3) develop skills appropriate for work with individuals and their families including those of various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
Check DetailsSWSA3113 End-of-life Care
宁养服务
This course aims to: (1) Appreciate how human beings, in different religions, cultures, and communities throughout the ages, have responded to grief, illness, bereavement, death, and dying; (2) Address issues related to coping with the subject of dying and bereavement, and caring for the dying; (3) Comprehend the complexities of current legal and ethical issues on death and dying (e.g. advanced directives, euthanasia, suicide, HIV/AIDS, etc.); (4) Provide an opportunity to assess one’s personal beliefs, attitudes, values, and fears toward death and dying.
Check DetailsGCLA1903 English I
大学英文 I
The course involves instruction of English as both an academic subject and a foreign/second language. The course focuses on fundamental language skills that are related to reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It is also designed to enable students to study their major courses more effectively by focusing on the basic language and thinking skills of academic reading and writing.
Check DetailsGCLA1913 English II
大学英文 II
Course objectives are aimed at further developing and improving the four language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening to a level appropriate for university study. This course builds on the skills taught in English I by taking the sentence writing skills from that course and developing them into academic style paragraphs using different patterns of organisation. The course will broaden student awareness of reading for academic purpose by instructing how to interpret different textual styles.
Check DetailsGCLA1923 English III
大学英文 III
The course involves a careful instruction of English as both an academic subject and a second language. Students will be able to respond to and convey ideas in areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Speaking will focus on articulation and target language. Patterns of organization will be stressed in speaking and writing. Specific grammar and vocabulary will be addressed within essays. Reading and listening material will be accessed primarily from electronic resources and the library in order to facilitate comprehension of academic sources.
Check DetailsGCLA1933 English IV
大学英文 IV
This course prepares students for communicating in an academic environment. Major topics of this course include research activities which will enable students to find appropriate academic sources about the topics being studied and use references to support their writing. Public speaking skills will be introduced to enhance their spoken language. Reading and listening material will be accessed primarily from electronic resources and the library in order to further academic research skills and avoid plagiarism.
Check DetailsSWSA3103 Field Practice I
实习 I
This is a supervised field practice. It enables students to gain understanding of the placement agency’s philosophy, function, policy, service delivery, and the social problems in its purview. It also attempts to help students apply social work principles and internalise social work values through direct practice. Students, through direct field-practice, are expected to develop self-awareness and the ability to integrate knowledge with practice with different target groups and a range of problems; and to sharpen assessment and intervention skills as applied to a broad range of social work roles in working with individuals, families, groups and communities.
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实习 II
The field practice provides students with hand-on experience. It enables them to understand the agency’s philosophy, function, policy, service delivery, and the social problems in its purview; to sharpen assessment and intervention skills as applied to a broad range of social work roles in working with individuals, families, groups and communalities; to develop the ability in applying and integrating classroom learning and field practice with different target groups and a range of problems; and to apply social work principles and internalise social work values through direct practice.
Check DetailsSWSA4093 Final Year Project (SWSA)
毕业论文
The Final Year Project enables students to appreciate and utilise relevant literature and research within their discipline to engage in a study of an issue or problem according to his/her interest. Under faculty member’s supervision, individual student is helped to apply and integrate knowledge and fieldwork experiences in his/her study. Students are encouraged to prepare the project at the start of their final year of study.
Check DetailsSWSA4033 Health and Long-Term Care in Aging Societies
老龄化社会的健康与长期照顾
This course introduces in particular the issue of health and long-term care in aging societies and the issue of longevity and the rise of modern mass diseases. It will examine and analyse issues of health care markets. The course introduces old and new concepts and theories of providing health and long-term care services, and devising health and long-term care policies for the elderly.
Check DetailsSWSA3073 Human Behaviour and Social Environment
人类行为与社会环境
This course provides students with the knowledge on the reciprocal relationships between human behaviour and social environments. It introduces empirically based theories and knowledge that focus on the interactions between and among individuals, groups, societies, and economic systems. This includes the examination of theories and knowledge of biological, sociological, cultural, psychological development across the life span; the range of social systems in which people live; and the ways social systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving health and well-being.
Check DetailsSWSA2023 Human Development
人类发展
This course focuses on the study of human adjustments and coping behaviours with references to the various features and characteristics of human development from prenatal stage to death. Students will examine the developmental problems, adjustment difficulties, and changes in human behaviour as a result of interaction of biological, psychological, socio-cultural factors across lifespan, and their implications for social work practice.
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