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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in Psychology

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in

Psychology is listed below:

Requirements 2015/16 cohort 2017/18 cohort
2016/17 cohort 2018/19 cohort

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4

Language Requirements 14 6 - - 14 6 - -
Departmental Core
Requirements 15 18 9 6 15 15 9 6
Departmental Electives
- 6 15 - 6 15
Free Electives
18 18

636 3-3

General Education* - - - - 363 -

Total minimum number of 35 33 30 24 35 33 30 24
required credits

Minimum required credits for 122 122
graduation

* From the academic year 2017/18 onwards, students admitted into Year 1 shall complete a total of 12
credits of GE courses consisting of 3 credits in each of the four main areas in order to fulfil graduation
requirements.

Suggested Areas of Concentration

The required courses in all four years of the programme ensure that graduates obtain a

thorough grounding in the core aspects of Psychology. The range of electives, however, does

allow the students to develop certain degrees of expertise in their chosen area(s) of interest.

On the basis of the core and elective courses offered, four possible areas of concentration are

suggested below.

Concentration Departmental or Other Electives

Business Psychology  BUS 230 Consumer Behaviour

 COUN 450 Career and Employment Counselling

 PRA 330 Advertising Strategies and Design

 PSY 306 Business Psychology

 PSY 309 Industrial and Organizational Psychology

School Psychology  COUN 320 School Counselling

 COUN 370 Counselling Students with Special Education Needs

 COUN 450 Career and Employment Counselling

 PSY 307 Educational Psychology

 PSY 320 Motivation and Learning

Health and General  COUN 200 Theories and Systems in Counselling and

Counselling Psychotherapy

 COUN 210 Micro-Skills in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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