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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in Counselling and Psychology

The degree requirements for the four-year Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in
Counselling and Psychology is listed below:
2015/16 cohort 2017/18 cohort 2018/19 cohort
2016/17 cohort
Requirements
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4

Language Requirements 14 6 - - 14 6 - - 14 6 - -
Departmental Core 15 21 20 14 15 18 21 11 12 18 21 11
Requirements

Departmental Electives - 3 3 - 3 3 - 3 3
12 15 15
Free Electives 6 3 6 3 - 3 6 - 3
General Education* - - - - 3 6 3 - 3 6 3 -

Total minimum number 35 33 29 26 35 33 30 26 35 33 30 26
of required credits
Minimum required 123 124 124
credits for graduation
* From 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 proposed programme ensure that graduates
obtain a thorough grounding in the core aspects of Counselling and 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 areas of
concentration are suggested below.
Concentration Departmental or Other Electives
Youth and Education  COUN 320 School Counselling
 COUN 350 Child Counselling
 COUN 360 Adolescent Counselling
 COUN 450 Career and Employment Counselling
 PSY 307 Educational Psychology
 PSY 320 Motivation and Learning
 SW 310 Working with Marginal Youth
Family and Marriage  COUN 350 Child Counselling
 COUN 360 Adolescent Counselling
 COUN 390 Gerontological Counselling
 COUN 440 Family Therapy
 PSY 303 Health Psychology
 PSY 308 Human Sexuality

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