(A) Aims

To develop and nurture intellectuals and professionals who:

- possess life-long learning abilities,
- can meet challenges in fast-changing world, and
- can work at all levels of public and private organisations.


To cultivate among our students a strong sense of:

- professional ethics,
- moral values,
- social awareness, and
- global citizenship.


To nurture in our students:

- a positive attitude to life,
- open attitude to new ideas,
- strong self-management skills, and
- the courage to face challenges, adversities and opportunities.


To produce graduates who can:

- take an active and effective role in both and local and the global community,
- contribute to the welfare of others.

(B) Learning Outcomes

Our programme is structured with the following learning outcomes (in the three spheres of knowledge, skills and values) in mind:

Knowledge

Successful graduates will be able to recall and understand:

• general and specific knowledge in the disciplines of behavioural science, economics, political science, sociology and social policy (e.g. theories, perspectives, methods and issues)
• how social issues and phenomena in local and global societies can be viewed from a variety of perspectives

Skills

Successful students will be able to apply technical and other specific skills (e.g. numerical, linguistic, information technology, research, presentation and writing skills) to:

• analyse social issues and phenomenon
• evaluate an argument or policy in relation to specific behavioural, economic, political and social issues
• express and defend their own positions and arguments in relation to behavioural, economic, political and social issues

Values

Successful students will acknowledge and identify with the values and virtues pertaining to a liberal arts education, including:

• openness to new ideas and perspectives
• critical and analytical thinking
• integrity and tolerance in personal conduct
• social awareness