Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Practical Courses to Enhance Competitiveness, Extensive Resources for Development

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) provides a range of programmes with distinctive features and strengths, placing equal emphasis on teaching, research, and application. FHSS has established various education and research units, including the Department of Innovative Social Work, Institute of Analytic Psychology, General Education Department, Foreign Language Education and Research Center, offering eight programmes at the bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and PhD levels, and actively cooperates and exchanges with renowned institutions, universities and businesses at home and abroad, providing a broad platform for industry-academia collaboration.

 

 

 

 

General Education programmes promote whole person development

• FHSS has established the General Education Department (GED) to provide undergraduates with over 50 courses through a three-dimension learning model of “Core Module + Elective Module + Interdisciplinary Module” in five different areas, namely Intercultural Communication, Science and Technology Prospect, International Understanding, Artistic Cultivation, and Humanities Reflection. The department is committed to fostering students’ initiative and enthusiasm for independent learning, helping them to master the knowledge and soft power, and promoting students’ all-round intellectual development to carry out the “Whole Person Development”.
• GED organises the City Cup English Public Speaking Competition every year and provides training workshops for students to improve their speaking techniques and enhance their confidence and professionalism.
• GED also undertakes various language competitions for English-language courses, including debate competitions, vocabulary and spelling competitions and business English speech competitions. In addition, the department has launched the peer observation programme to help teaching members reflect on their teaching methodologies and learn from each other.

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Practical courses to accommodate social needs

• The Bachelor of English programme is designed to cater to the needs of English education and translation professionals in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The programme features a teaching model of “Language Expertise + Professional Field” to provide students with a career option of high school English education or Chinese-English/English-Chinese translation. During their studies, students will have the opportunities for exchanges at home and abroad, access to a wide range of multifaceted training to obtain certifications and participate in internships to gain workplace experience.
• The Bachelor of Portuguese programme takes “Language Expertise + Professional Field” as education features, helping students develop comprehensive Portuguese-language skills and professional knowledge in law, economics, business, tourism, and accounting to add value to their career and further studies.
• The Bachelor of Social Work programme emphasises practical skills and the development of students’ social work values and attitudes. The compulsory courses are intertwined with extensive social work practices such as casework and counselling, group project and community services in its curriculum design. Teachers will also adopt flexible and innovative teaching approaches, including PBL (Problem-Based Learning or Project-Based Learning), outdoor learning, and role-playing, to enhance students’ professional knowledge and practical application techniques.

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Diverse activities to expand students’ learning resources

• FHSS also forges cooperation and organises exchange activities with renowned institutions, higher education institutions, and enterprises at home and abroad, seeking to provide a larger platform for industry-academia-research development. In recent years, the faculty has established close partnerships with the College of Chinese Language and Literature at Fujian Normal University, the General Union of Neighbourhood Association of Macao, Shenzhen Chuan Jin Dai Yin Co Ltd, the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), and the Good Shepherd Centre. It has worked with these entities on international forums, joint training of talent, internships and exchanges, and academic research, and has achieved successful cooperation.
• The Department of Innovative Social Work (DISW) collaborates with around 200 social welfare organisations in Macao and the Greater Bay Area to provide experiential services and hands-on learning opportunities. Students are required to complete 1,100 hours of fieldwork over two semesters to lay solid foundation for career development. According to their interests, they can choose to take up roles in health care, care institutions, seniors and children's welfare organisations, mental health, and specialised community services.

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Professional seminars aim to serve the Macao community

• FHSS continues to organise talks on different topics to promote healthy living to the public in response to social development. Starting on 4 May 2022, the FHSS will organise the “Healthcare and Wellness Seminar Series” for six consecutive weeks (every Wednesday) to help teaching members, students, and the general public gain understanding of the “Big Health” (Chinese: 大健康) topic.
• With the theme of “Serving the Macao Community, Caring for the Elderly and Children”, the Healthcare and Wellness Seminar Series invited experts and academics from University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, International Research Centre for Child Language Development (Chinese: 在助國際兒童語言發展研究中心), Metropolitan University of Hong Kong and City University of Macau to give six science popularisation seminars on various topics, namely “Secrets behind Effective Language Development among Children”, “Child Language Disabilities”, “Autism Spectrum”, “Dysphagia among Senior Citizens”, “Anxiety under COVID-19 Pandemic”, “Trauma-Informed Care, Communication, and Bonding”.

All bachelor’s degree programmes are now open for applications. We invite you to join our Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences! FHSS will help you enrich your humanities knowledge, cultivate humanistic sentiments, and enhance your competitiveness to in line with social development.

Source: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences