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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2023-24

• COUN 470 Application in Psychopathologies
• PSY 209 Positive Psychology
• PSY 303 Health Psychology
• PSY 405 Human Neuropsychology

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in Psychology

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in
Psychology programme are listed below:
2020/21 Cohort
2021/22 Cohort 2023/24 Cohort
Requirements 2022/23 Cohort
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Language Requirements 14 6 - - 14 6 - -
Departmental Core Requirements 15 12 9 6 15 12 3 9
Departmental Electives - 6 18 - 6 24
18 15
Free Electives 3 3 - 3 3 -
General Education* 3 6 3 - 3 6 3 -

Total minimum number of required credits 35 33 30 24 35 33 30 24
Minimum required credits for graduation 122 122
* 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
Work and Organizational • PSY 303 Health Psychology
Psychology • PSY 306 Business Psychology
• PSY 309 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• PSY 320 Motivation and Learning
• PSY 461 Industrial Attachment
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

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