Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Ageing Society and Services Studies

School of Arts and Social Sciences Programmes & Courses Undergraduate Programmes (full-time) Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Ageing Society and Services Studies

The Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Ageing Society and Services Studies is a 4-year programme offered by the School of Arts and Social Sciences.

The Ageing Society and Services Studies programme prepares students with the knowledge and skills needed in identifying, analysing and evaluating issues arising out of an ageing society and related services provision. Its multidisciplinary curriculum draws upon applied social studies, economics, politics and public administration as well as psychology. It looks into subject areas covering the effects of ageing on mind and body; generational relations; the economics of healthcare and retirement; social inequality in later-life; as well as related public policy and services development. It equips students with the professional competence, transferable generic skills and critical reflectiveness required in the planning, provision and evaluation of services and support essential to ageing populations in Hong Kong and overseas.