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Social Work

SW 350 Programme Evaluation
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is a continuation of Social Work Research. The aim of this course is to in-
troduce different designs of programme evaluation and their uses for continuous quality
improvement in social services. An experiential learning approach is used in this course.
Students are required to choose one specific method and help a social service agency to
conduct a programme evaluation or conduct a needs analysis in the community. Based on the
evaluation findings, students are expected to provide concrete recommendations for service
improvement or policy advocacy.

SW 351 Integrative Practice Seminar I
1 Term; 2 Credits
This is a one-year course designed in parallel with students’ first concurrent field
placement. The aim is to equip students with generic social work knowledge and practice skills
at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Students will acquire necessary knowledge and skills
to become competent generalist social workers applying an integrated approach. This course
will enable students to integrate their learning gained from social work courses with practices
that are relevant to their field placement experiences. In the first semester (SW 351), the focus
is more on the preparation, orientation, and review of the foundation practice skills of the initial
stage of intervention through casework, group work, social development, and programme
management. It is expected that the practice situations will enhance students’ knowledge,
skills, and self-understanding.

SW 352 Integrative Practice Seminar II
1 Term; 2 Credits
This is a sequel to Integrative Practice Seminar I designed in parallel with students’ first
concurrent field placement. The aim is to equip students with generic social work knowledge
and practice skills at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. In the second semester (SW 352),
the focus is on more intensive and advanced skills practice and reflection on issues that occur
in the middle and final stages of the first concurrent placement. Students can further polish
their application of their basic skills through case and group intervention, social development
and programme planning, implementation, evaluation, and termination. It is expected that the
practice situations will enhance students’ knowledge, skills, self-understanding, and personal
qualities.

SW 360 Working with New Arrivals
1 Term; 2 Credits
By adopting a structural perspective, this course conducts a critical review of how social
institutions and institutionalized relationships marginalize new arrivals from the Mainland and
ethnic groups. The course includes discussions about current government policies, concepts
of social inclusion and exclusion, poverty, multiculturalism, and cultural competence. Students
will evaluate the roles and effectiveness of current social services and policies and examine

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