Master of Social Work 36 months Postgraduate Programme By The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

46,769 USDTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Social WorkMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Social Work

Degree

MSW

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Programme Aims

The overall aim of the MSW programme is to nurture students to become advanced generic social work practitioners, engaged in critical reflection of their work and with a strong commitment to pursuing scholarship in practice.

Characteristics

This programme is designed for Bachelor’s degree holders who would like to pursue a social work qualification on a part-time basis.  Students integrate theory and practice and generate new theoretical and practical insights to improve professional practice. The programme values the following principles:

  1. Contextual reflection: reflecting on the unique features of the social, cultural and political contexts of human service practice and their implications for both theory and practice.
  2. Relationship between theory and practice: testing and reflecting on theories and developing them into personalised “theories-in-use” in specific practice domains.
  3. The inter-connectedness of problems and issues: relating one’s knowledge and skills to the context of professional practice, the local community, the Chinese mainland and the international community as a whole, and appreciating the ethical and value considerations underlying professional practice.
  4. Personalised styles and frameworks of practice: continually reflecting on and integrating one’s professional self, personal values and life experiences, and hence transforming practice theories into new ideas and methods that are congruent with one’s personal style of practice and within the evolving practice context.

Special Features

  1. ​Interactive and innovative teaching and learning;
  2. Interdisciplinary exposure;
  3. Investigation of social problems from professional perspectives;
  4. Indigenisation of knowledge and skills in professional practice

Programme overview

Main Subject

Social Work

Degree

MSW

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Programme Aims

The overall aim of the MSW programme is to nurture students to become advanced generic social work practitioners, engaged in critical reflection of their work and with a strong commitment to pursuing scholarship in practice.

Characteristics

This programme is designed for Bachelor’s degree holders who would like to pursue a social work qualification on a part-time basis.  Students integrate theory and practice and generate new theoretical and practical insights to improve professional practice. The programme values the following principles:

  1. Contextual reflection: reflecting on the unique features of the social, cultural and political contexts of human service practice and their implications for both theory and practice.
  2. Relationship between theory and practice: testing and reflecting on theories and developing them into personalised “theories-in-use” in specific practice domains.
  3. The inter-connectedness of problems and issues: relating one’s knowledge and skills to the context of professional practice, the local community, the Chinese mainland and the international community as a whole, and appreciating the ethical and value considerations underlying professional practice.
  4. Personalised styles and frameworks of practice: continually reflecting on and integrating one’s professional self, personal values and life experiences, and hence transforming practice theories into new ideas and methods that are congruent with one’s personal style of practice and within the evolving practice context.

Special Features

  1. ​Interactive and innovative teaching and learning;
  2. Interdisciplinary exposure;
  3. Investigation of social problems from professional perspectives;
  4. Indigenisation of knowledge and skills in professional practice

Admission Requirements

6+
80+
  • A Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university;

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3 Years
Sep

International
46,769 USD

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