Social Policy and Administration (Honours) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Overview

Students are also expected to develop informational literacy, critical thinking, problem solving skills and to uphold core social values. The programme will also facilitate students to build skills and knowledge necessary for life-long learning.

This Social Policy and Administration (Honours) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is designed to integrate theory and practice. The curriculum is heavily geared towards meeting the growing demands for trained professionals and practitioners in the fields of social policy and social administration. 

Students are expected to be equipped not only with the theoretical knowledge necessary for but also real-life exposure to working in a wide range of organizations dealing with welfare, health care, housing, labour, law and order, advocacy, education and environmental protection, performing designated policy and administrative tasks through specially designed professional attachments. 

They will learn to balance and resolve competing values involving bureaucratic versus human concerns as well as private profit-making and public good/well-being.  In addition, overseas placement opportunities and study tours are available for students with high achievements.

Career

There is an increasing demand for professional personnel with strong backgrounds in policy and administration.  Graduates can occupy mid-level administrative and managerial posts in various public, quasi-public and non-government organizations, including think-tanks, NGOs, government departments and other human service organizations. They are also prepared for posts in human resource management, marketing and decision support.