Faculty of Social Sciences

Minor Programme in Sociology (3-year)

Students seeking to pursue the study of a minor programme would need to fulfil 15 units of courses specified by the offering department/programme, and note that no registration priority will be given to enrolment in minor courses. Upon completion of the 15 units required for the minor programmes, students should apply to the Academic Registry for approval.

Requirements

Required Course				3 units
	SOC	1110	Invitation to Sociology	3 units

Elective Courses				12 units
	One of the following courses:			12 units
	SOC	1150	Hong Kong Society	3 units
	SOC	1610	Social Problems	3 units
	SOC	1620	Hong Kong: Cultures, Politics & Communities	3 units
	One of the following courses:
	SOC	2240	Modern Chinese Society	3 units
	SOC	2250	Traditional Chinese Society	3 units
	SOC	2690	Understanding Chinese Society in Hong Kong & the Mainland	3 units
	Two of the following courses:
	SOC	2220	Population Studies	3 units
	SOC	2230	Sociology of Marriage & the Family	3 units
	SOC	2260	Popular Culture & Society	3 units
	SOC	2610	Modernization & Social Change	3 units
	SOC	2620	Work & Society	3 units
	SOC	2630	Social Stratification & Mobility	3 units
	SOC	2640	Political Sociology	3 units
	SOC	2650	Global Social Transformation	3 units
	SOC	2660	Critical Urban Studies	3 units
	SOC	2680	Sociology of Health & Illness	3 units
	SOC	2700	Self & Society	3 units
	SOC	3610	Social Networks & Chinese Society	3 units
	SOC	3620	The Internet & Society	3 units
	SOC	3630	Sociology of Media	3 units
	SOC	3640	Cultural Sociology	3 units
	SOC	3680	Chinese Social Thought	3 units
	SOC	3710	Demographic Analysis	3 units
	SOC	3760	Sex, Gender & Society	3 units
	SOC	3770	Social Movements	3 units
	SOC	3780	Management, Organization & Society	3 units
	SOC	3790	Population of China	3 units
	SOC	3810	Sociological Issues in Urban & Rural Development	3 units
	SOC	3850	Chinese Family & Kinship	3 units
	SOC	3860	Women in China	3 units
	SOC	3870	Careers & Life Courses	3 units
	SOC	3880	Globalization & Development Studies	3 units
	SOC	3890	East Asia: Economic Miracles & Social Change	3 units
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				15 units