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Programme Structure

To be eligible for the award of the Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Economic and Public Policy Analysis, a student shall need to obtain the required number of credits specified below for the Year of entry, in courses prescribed and detailed on the programme tables. A student shall need to complete 160 credits of courses in total.

Year 1 Autumn Term (20 credits)
Core Courses		Credits
ENGL A101F	University English Writing Skills	5
POLS A122F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Political Science	5
PSYC A124F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Psychology	5
STAT A221F	Statistics	5

Year 1 Spring Term (20 credits)
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A121F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Economics	5
SOCI A123F	Foundations of Social Sciences: Sociology	5
ONE 5-credit English language enhancement course		5
ONE 5-credit purposely-designed General Education course		5

Year 2 Autumn Term (20 credits)
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A231F	Introduction to Microeconomics	5
POLS A221F	Introductory Comparative Politics	5
STAT A222F	Essentials of Research Inquiry	5
ONE 5-credit purposely-designed General Education course		5

Year 2 Spring Term (20 credits)
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A232F	Introduction to Macroeconomics	5
PUAD A222F	Introduction to Public Administration	5
TWO 5-credit purposely-designed General Education courses		10

*Year 3 or 4 Autumn Term (20 credits) [Odd Academic Years]**
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A311F^# / ECON A312F^#	Intermediate Microeconomics / Intermediate Macroeconomics	5
POLS A323F / PUAD A322F	Hong Kong Government and Politics / Public Sector Management	5
SOCI A323F	Social Policy and Social Administration	5
ECON A313F	Introductory Econometrics	5
ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

*Year 3 or 4 Spring Term (20 credits) [Odd Academic Years]**
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A341F	The Economics of Health and Long Term Care	5
ECON A342F	Selected topics in Hong Kong Economic and Public Policy Analysis	5
SOCI A331F	Perspectives and Issues on Contemporary Urban Development	5
ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

*Year 3 or 4 Autumn Term (20 credits) [Even Academic Years]**
Core Courses		Credits
POLS A325F / PUAD A323F	Selected Topics in Contemporary Hong Kong Politics / Public Policy Studies	5
PSYC A321F / SOCI A320F	Social Psychology / Hong Kong Society	5
ECON A321F	Economic System of Hong Kong	5
ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

*Year 3 or 4 Spring Term (20 credits) [Even Academic Years]**
Core Courses		Credits
ECON A322F	Applied Economics in Public Policy Analysis	5
PUAD A341F	Selected Topics in Hong Kong Public Policy Analysis	5
SOCI A327F	Globalization, Social Policy and Everyday Life	5
ONE 5-credit higher-level Social Sciences course		5

*The courses offered in Years 3 and 4 may be swapped subject to the actual course presentation in that particular year.

^#Must be taken in Year 3