Entrance Year Sept 2024
Programme Code 54053
Stream Code
DF (Full-time)
DP (Part-time)
Mode of Study Mixed Mode
Normal Duration
3 years (Full-time) with summer terms
4 years (Part-time) with summer terms
Fund Type Self-Financed
Credits Required for Graduation
49
Initial Registration Credits
3
Tuition Fees
HK$388,800 per programme (HK$8,100 per credit) for local and non-local students (Subject to review) * No tuition fee is required for the 1-credit Academic Integrity and Ethics (AIE) subject Entry Scholarships are available. Please click here for details. PolyU reserves the right to change or withdraw the scholarship at any time. In case of any dispute/disagreement, PolyU's decision is final.
Programme Leader(s)
Prof. Ku Hok-bun
PhD, MPhil, BA
Remarks
This programme adopts multi-method approaches to teaching and learning including online, classroom, skill laboratory and blended learning.
This programme admits students in alternate years.
Aims and Characteristics
Programme Aims
The Doctor of Social Work (DSW) programme aims to provide first-rate education for social workers, welfare administrators and social work educators with substantial professional experience and a commitment to pursuing and integrating a higher level of research, practice and education to advance the framework of knowledge and practice and further social betterment.
The programme is specifically designed to cater to the needs of those who seek to develop and advance their academic, professional and reflective capacity and capability as practitioner-researcher-educators in a rapidly changing social setting.
The programme also offers a platform for local-global dialogue on critical social work practices, helping those enrolled to develop mastery of conceptual, methodological, analytical and practice skills with an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective.
It is the aim of the programme is to inspire students to uphold a reflexive perspective that emphasizes critical reflections on current local and international wisdom and professional practices in social work.
Programme Features
Practice Research and Practice Education
- Development of a critical mass of future social work leaders in practice and practice teaching
- Integration of reflective practice, practice research, and professional education
Integration of Theory and Practice
- Integration of theory and practice in social work with consideration of relevance, practicality and the specific social and governance setting
- Embodiment of a reflective approach in theory-practice integration
- Incorporation of cutting edge knowledge in innovative practice
Dialogue between International Perspective and Local Setting
- Engagement in critical dialogue between local and global community
- Development of comparative perspective in understanding local and international social and welfare issues
- Exploration of culturally sensitive and appropriate social work practices for indigenous and international setting
Individual Concerns and Social Consideration
- Recognition of complexities of external forces impacting on professional practices
- Adoption of a cross-disciplinary, inter-professional and holistic approach in problem solving in social work
