JS1100 BSocSc Psychology (Stream: Wellbeing Enhancement and Care Management (WE-CARE) Programme)
Programme Leader
Prof. CHEN Hui-Fang
General Enquiries
Why BSocSc Psychology (WE-CARE)?
The Psychology major provides students with comprehensive training in psychology with an emphasis on experimental and research competencies, and prepares students for professional development in human service careers and advanced training in professional psychology and related fields. The WE-CARE Stream is designed to nurture talented students’ international and intercultural competence and provide them with overseas study, research attachment, or internship opportunities in one of the prestigious universities and organizations worldwide, leading to enhanced global competitiveness and future career success in their own professions.
Our programme provides:
- Strong theoretical & scientific training in psychological studies to equip all graduates essential skills and knowledge to conduct research and to apply learning to daily life
- Individual research project in the final year to work with a faculty
- Lab-based training in eye-tracking system, EEG system, and Visual Reality System
- Options for either stream of specialization in Health & Development or Mind & Brain
- Opportunities for summer local and oversea internships to explore career interests and develop future careers
- Opportunities for oversea exchanges to enhance cross-cultural understanding
- Opportunities to work on empirical research under academic staff (e.g., voluntary research schemes)
Global Exposure and Global Vision:
- Students will enroll in ‘Enhancing Cultural Competence in Overseas Study and Work’ in which students will be paired with an international student in year 2 and regularly interact with international scholars and alumni regularly throughout one semester.
- Students will join the psychology Internship to strengthen students’ employability in the global job market.
- Each student will have at least one semester overseas exchange/research attachment/internship in one of the prestigious universities.
After graduation, students are eligible
- To apply for graduate membership of professional associations in Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS), British Psychological Society (BPS), and American Psychological Association (APA)
- To pursue advanced training in Master’s or Doctoral level degrees in research & applied psychology, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Counselling Psychology, and Industrial & Organizational Psychology in local and oversea universities.
Features
Curriculum Structure
During their first year, students will study a broad range of Gateway Education (GE), College core and Departmental requirement courses. From the second year onwards, students are required to complete the Psychology core courses (36 credit units), Stream core courses (9 credit units) and a group of Stream elective courses (at least 12 credit units) selecting from one of the two streams: Health and Development or Mind and Brain.
Curriculum structure of the normative 4-year degree:
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Degree Requirements |
WE-CARE Stream |
Gateway Education Requirement |
30 credit units |
College / School Requirement |
6 credit units |
Major Requirement |
Foundation-year courses: 9 credit units
|
Free Electives / Minor (if applicable) |
18 credit units |
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Minimum Number of Credit Units Required |
120 credit units |
What You Will Be Studying
Psychology Core Courses:
• Basic Psychology
• Basic Psychology II
• Research Methods for Behavioural Sciences
• Developmental Psychology
• Personality and Individual Differences
• Design and Analysis for Psychological Research I and II
• Biological Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Learning and Behaviour
• Social Psychology
• Final-Year Research Project
WE-CARE Stream Core Courses:
• Enhancing Cultural Competence in Overseas Study and Work
• Cultural Psychology
• Supervised Independent Study and Research
• Psychology Internship
Stream Electives (Health and Development)*:
• Psychology of Interpersonal Relations
• Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
• Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology of Ageing
• Positive Psychology
• Counselling & Therapeutic Psychology
• Introduction to Health Psychology
• Introduction to Educational Psychology
• Health Care Policy and Ethics
Stream Electives (Mind and Brain)*:
• Multivariate Analysis for Psychological Research
• Neuropsychology
• Psychology of Language
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Designing Experiments in Psychology
• Language and Cognition
*The list of elective courses offered may vary from year to year.
Start Your Career Here
BSocSc Psychology (WE-CARE) students are equipped with expertise for establishing cross-cultural research skills and global professional networks, thus enhancing their competitiveness in further studies and in the international job market.
Our graduates are particularly suited for people-oriented jobs, such as human resources, public relations, customer services, children and youth services, education and training, counselling and guidance, health-related services, family and community work, etc. Students are also well-prepared for jobs that require strong research skills and competence, critical analysis and communication abilities, such as scientific or applied research, research and development, project management and so on. Students who aspire to practise as professional psychologists will be able to pursue advanced education at the Master's or doctoral level in Hong Kong or overseas with training in pursuing scientific research or applied psychological training such as health, forensic, clinical, educational, counselling and occupational psychology.
Professional Recognition
Graduates who satisfy the requirements stipulated by the Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS) can apply for Graduate Membership of the Society (Note: Graduate Membership of the HKPS is normally regarded as an entrance requirement for advanced training in professional psychology).
CityUHK Flagship Scholarships^
Students admitted to BSocSc Psychology (WE-CARE) may be considered for Flagship Scholarships by the University.
^Subject to the University’s ongoing review.
For more information about the Flagship Programmes and the Flagship Scholarships, please visit https://www.cityu.edu.hk/pvdp/flagship.
Useful Links
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Undergraduate Catalogue
CityU Flagship Programmes
CityU Scholarships for Hong Kong Talents
CityU Talents Programme