Course Descriptions
Comparative Social Policy Research Project
Once you completed all coursework, you will work on your capstone project with the help of an expert faculty supervisor. This project will enable you to produce a substantial research paper of typically around 8,000-10,000 words in length that reflects a deep understanding of a topic entirely of your own choice. Due to the individual nature of students' research interests, the subjects studied vary considerably, but projects may ask, for example:
- How is people's experience of poverty and material deprivation affected by welfare policies in the Southern Chinese Greater Bay Area?
- Is the public support for older adults in Hong Kong adequate and can policymakers learn any lessons from European societies?
- What makes a sound housing policy in contemporary Asian societies?
- Are public policies to increase health care coverage in low-income countries effective?
- How do higher education policies in different societies influence young people's school-to-work transition?
- What are the factors impacting the work-life balance of families with children in different societies?
- Do conditional cash transfers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa work?
A series containing the student works produced by individually supervised and executed research projects from the course SOC 605 Comparative Social Policy Research Project can be accessed here.
Admission
We are currently accepting applications for the AY2024/25, starting in Sep 2024 | Application Deadline: 31 July 2024
Length of Study
- One year full-time
- Two years part-time