1. Foundation-year Courses (9 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
|---|
| SS1011 | Social Welfare Services and Issues | 3 | | SS1101 | Basic Psychology | 3 | | SS1024 | Social Issues and Problems | 3 |
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2. Core Courses (36 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
|---|
| SS2028 | Basic Psychology II | 3 | | SS2033 | Research Methods for Behavioural Sciences | 3 | | SS2701 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | | SS2712 | Personality and Individual Differences | 3 | | SS3707 | Design and Analysis for Psychological Research I | 3 | | SS3708 | Design and Analysis for Psychological Research II | 3 | | SS3711 | Biological Psychology | 3 | | SS3712 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 | | SS3713 | Learning and Behaviour | 3 | | SS3714 | Social Psychology | 3 | | SS4708 | Research Project in Psychology | 6 |
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Steam Core Courses (9 credit units) (for WE-CARE Programme students) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
|---|
| SS2715 | Enhancing Cultural Competence in Overseas Study and Work | 1 | | SS3718 | Cultural Psychology | 3 | | SS3733 | Supervised Independent Study and Research | 2 | | SS4720 | Psychology Internship | 3 |
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3. Electives (18 credit units) (for WE-CARE Programme students, please refer to Section 4 "Streams of Specialization") |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Remarks |
|---|
| SS2702 | Psychology of Interpersonal Relations | 3 | | | SS2714 | Psychological Testing | 3 | | | SS3710 | Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | | | SS3718 | Cultural Psychology | 3 | | | SS3719 | Psychological Aspects of Crime | 3 | | | SS3720 | Neuropsychology | 3 | | | SS3721 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | | | SS3722 | Psychology of Ageing | 3 | | | SS3723 | Psychology of Language | 3 | | | SS3724 | Positive Psychology | 3 | | | SS3725 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 | | | SS3726 | Designing Experiments in Psychology | 3 | | | SS4707 | Counseling and Therapeutic Psychology | 3 | | | SS4715 | Introduction to Health Psychology | 3 | | | SS4716 | Introduction to Educational Psychology | 3 | | | SS4719 | Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 | | | SS4720 | Psychology Internship | 3 | | | CAI4001 | Start-up Technology Entrepreneur Programme I | 3 | Offered by CityUHK Academy of Innovation |
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4. Streams of Specialization (Optional)
All
students, except for students admitted to Stream III: WE-CARE Programme or the Joint Degree Programme with Columbia
University, can choose to graduate with a stream by completing at least 4
courses (12 credits units) of the courses listed under the corresponding
stream. Each student is only allowed to declare one stream of specialization. The
stream will be recorded in the transcript of studies of students upon
completion of the degree. |
Stream I: Health and Development (12 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units |
|---|
| SS2702 | Psychology of Interpersonal Relations | 3 | | SS3710 | Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | | SS3721 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | | SS3722 | Psychology of Ageing | 3 | | SS3724 | Positive Psychology | 3 | | SS4707 | Counseling and Therapeutic Psychology | 3 | | SS4715 | Introduction to Health Psychology | 3 | | SS4716 | Introduction to Educational Psychology | 3 | | PIA3207 | Health Care Policy and Ethics | 3 |
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Stream II: Mind and Brain (12 credit units) |
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Remarks |
|---|
| SS3720 | Neuropsychology | 3 | | | SS3723 | Psychology of Language | 3 | | | SS3725 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 | | | SS3726 | Designing Experiments in Psychology | 3 | | | LT3234 | Language and Cognition | 3 | LT3234 is a College-specified course. As such, LT3234 cannot be used to fulfil the requirements of both GE College-specified courses and the Mind and Brain stream. An additional College-specified course needs to be taken if LT3234 is to be used to fulfil the Stream requirement. | | NS2003 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Brain Computing and Application | 3 | |
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Stream III: Wellbeing Enhancement and Care
Management (WE-CARE) Programme |
Outstanding
normative four-year degree students will be enrolled in the stream of Wellbeing Enhancement and Care Management (WE-CARE) Programme at
the time of admission to the BSSPSY programme. The stream will be recorded in
the transcript of studies of students. Students who have been admitted to the stream
are not eligible to apply for admission to the Joint Degree Programme with
Columbia University. Students are required to complete the Stream core courses
(9 credit units) under Stream III: WE-CARE Programme and a group of Stream
elective courses (at least 12 credit units) selecting from one of the two
streams: Stream I: Health and Development or Stream II: Mind and Brain. |
