Programmes

From AY2019/20 intake onwards, undergraduate students under the Faculty of Social Sciences are required to fulfil a 3-unit requirement of Social Sciences Experiential Learning in Action (SOSC ELA) under Social Sciences Common Core (SSCC) by taking either SOSC3005 Community and Civic Engagement or SOSC3006 Global Outreach in their Year 3 or 4 of study. 

SOSC3006 Global Outreach (3 units)

This Experiential Learning course aims to enrich students’ awareness of and respect for the diversity of cultures and people across the globe. Students are required to engage in 4+ weeks (or equivalent) of non-local experiential learning activity. They are expected to spend roughly 120 hours (6 hours per day, 30 hours per week) and the total workload may include the time spent on field trips/visits, services, research, data collection, conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures, tutorials, assignments/reports, etc. Through the non-local outreach experience, students are expected to develop global perspectives on various social, political, economic and environmental issues across different cultures and geographical regions.

Students are required to initiate their own global outreach activities (physical or virtual) on either an individual or a group basis. Proposal of the self-initiated global outreach activity will be vetted by the Faculty.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOS)

1. Compare and contrast the home and host communities with respect to their economic, political, and social systems, cultures, and norms
2. Demonstrate awareness of and respect for the diversity of cultures and people in the world through designing and implementing a self-initiated non-local experiential learning project
3. Recognize the social responsibility of an individual within the global community by reflecting on their own commitment to the society
4. Identify creative solutions to authentic problems relevant to the local, regional or the global community by integrating knowledge from a variety of disciplines

Social Issues

Through the non-local outreach experience, students are guided to address the social issue(s) identified in the following areas:

• Environmental and Urban Systems
  (e.g. Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development, Urban Renewal)
• Populations and Well-being
  (e.g. Public Health, Child & Youth Development, Social Welfare, Education Needs, Ageing, Gender, Ethnicity and Equal Opportunities, Social Inequity, Human Rights)
• Learning, Praxis and Governance
  (e.g. Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Community Collective Memory, Political Governance)

Course Assessment

• Proposal of the self-initiated non-local experiential learning programme (20%)
• Reflection Report (40%)
• Communication with Experiential Learning Coordinator/ Supervisor (20%)
• Oral Presentation (20%)

For the Course Outline, please go to the BUniPort (Programme & Courses Information > Course Information > Undergraduate)

The course is double-listed as two course types: (1) Social Sciences Experiential Learning in Action and (2) GE Capstone with two different course codes for respective groups of target students.

*Remarks: Please check the GE Capstone courses list for double-counting towards SOSC ELA and respective replacement courses list on GEO’s website

Normally, students will be invited to submit the course application in the semester preceding the course offering period.

Course Application

Please refer to the section of SOSC3006 Global Outreach under the FAQ section.

Faculty of Social Sciences

Hong Kong Baptist University

Tel : (852) 3411 2681, (852) 3411 5367

E-mail: soscela@hkbu.edu.hk