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Home > School of Arts and Social Sciences > Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Politics and Public Administration (Programme Code: JS9003) > Programme Structure
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During the four years of study, students will need to complete 160 credits of courses, comprising 20 credits of general education; 10 credits of English; 10 credits of basic social research methods; 20 credits of foundation level social sciences courses and 100 credits of required and elective major courses.
| Year 1 | |
| Core Courses | Credits |
| ECON A121F Foundations of Social Sciences: Economics | 5 |
| ENGL A101F University English Writing Skills | 5 |
| POLS A122F Foundations of Social Sciences: Political Science | 5 |
| PSYC A124F Foundations of Social Sciences: Psychology | 5 |
| SOCI A123F Foundations of Social Sciences: Sociology | 5 |
| STAT A221F Statistics | 5 |
| Elective Courses | |
| ONE of the following: | 5 |
| - ENGL A203F Hitchcock Films | |
| - ENGL A204F Modern British and American Drama | |
| - ENGL A231F English Literature in the Modern World | |
| ONE 5-credit purpose-designed General Education course | 5 |
| Year 2 | |
| Core Courses | |
| POLS A221F Introductory Comparative Politics | 5 |
| PUAD A222F Introduction to Public Administration | 5 |
| STAT A222F Essentials of Research Inquiry | 5 |
| Elective Courses | |
| ONE of the following: | 5 |
| - ECON A231F Introduction to Microeconomics | |
| - PSYC A221F Introductory Psychology | |
| - PSYC A236F Positive Psychology and Mental Health | |
| - SOCI A220F Essentials of Sociological Inquiry | |
| ONE of the following: | 5 |
| - ECON A232F Introduction to Macroeconomics | |
| - SOCI A221F Social Problems and Social Issues | |
| THREE 5-credit purpose-designed General Education courses | 15 |
| Year 3 | |
| Core Courses | |
| ECON A322F Applied Economics in Public Policy Analysis | 5 |
| POLS A322F Contemporary Chinese Politics | 5 |
| POLS A324F Chinese Foreign Policy | 5 |
| POLS A325F Selected Topics in Contemporary Hong Kong Politics | 5 |
| POLS A329F Political Analysis | 5 |
| POLS A331F Civil Society and Governance | 5 |
| PUAD A323F Public Policy Studies | 5 |
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| Elective Courses | |
| ONE 5-credit higher level Social Sciences course | 5 |
| Year 4 | |
| Core Courses | |
| ECON A324F Global Political Economy | 5 |
| POLS A323F Hong Kong Government and Politics | 5 |
| POLS A326F Theories of International Relations | 5 |
| POLS A328F Comparative Democratization | 5 |
| POLS A330F Contemporary Political Theory | 5 |
| PUAD A322F Public Sector Management | 5 |
| SOCI A323F Social Policy and Social Administration | 5 |
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| Elective Course | |
| ONE 5-credit higher level Social Sciences course | 5 |
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Modified Date: May 30, 2019
