Programme/ Stream Code |
73416 - SDS (Senior Year Admission) |
Mode of Study |
Full Time |
Number of Credits |
60 |
Normal Period of Study |
2 years |
Tuition |
Local Student: HK$42,100 per academic year |
Nurturing Creative Changemakers for a Better Society
Programme/ Stream Code |
73416 - SDS (Senior Year Admission) |
Mode of Study |
Full Time |
Number of Credits |
60 |
Normal Period of Study |
2 years |
Tuition |
Local Student: HK$42,100 per academic year |
This programme attempts to expand the scope of design beyond
the current commercialised and compartmentalised professional
practices by orienting towards the ‘social dimension of design’,
with emphasis on civic participation, social engagement and
collaborative design practices. Dedicated to the promotion of social
and cultural sustainability, the programme focuses on the realisation
of social innovations and civic goals through the framework of
design thinking and solution prototyping.
The programme aims to:
Upon successful completion of this Programme, students will be able to:
The BA (Hons) in Social Design is divided into two levels:
Level 3 (Year 1) - learn to research and apply knowledge and skills
Students are expected to broaden their critical knowledge and analytical ability through contextual research, design thinking and integrate conceptual and technical skills into the development and communication of creative ideas in projects and other opportunities.
Level 4 (Year 2) - learn to be collaborative, initiative and resourceful
Students are expected to incorporate knowledge, insights, design skills and social resources into creative and meaningful projects that will potentially generate positive impacts on societal systems. Students shall identify issues critical to future professional and social conditions and take the initiative to tackle them in collaboration with corresponding partners or stakeholders.
Senior year students are required to complete a total of 60 credits in order to graduate; including 9 credits earned from General University Requirements subjects, 9 from Common Compulsory Subjects, and 42 from Discipline-Specific and Elective Subjects.
Senior Year Curriculum |
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General University Requirement |
9 (Credits) |
Service-learning |
✓ |
Cluster-Area Requirements (CAR) |
✓ |
Language and Communication Requirements (LCR)* |
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Common Compulsory Subjects |
9 (Credits) |
Introduction to Design Theories and Culture |
✓ |
Cooperative Project |
✓ |
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Discipline-specific Compulsory Subjects |
33 (Credits) |
Professional Communication in Chinese for Design |
✓ |
Professional English for Design Communication |
✓ |
Researching People, Things and Contexts |
✓ |
Visualizing Network, Media and Community |
✓ |
Creative Citizenship in Practice |
✓ |
Participatory Design and Innovation in an Ageing Society (with APSS) |
✓ |
Design for Social and Cultural Business |
✓ |
Co-creation and Project Proposal Writing |
✓ |
Capstone Project 1: Research, Planning and Prototyping |
✓ |
Capstone Project 2: Realization, Documentation and Evaluation
|
✓ |
Elective Subjects (Social Design elective or other disciplines with at least one APSS subject and one SD subject) |
9 (Credits) |
Internship |
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Communication Design to Foster Sustainable Behavior |
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Service and Experience Design |
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Public Facility and Street Furniture Design |
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Interactive Media and Marketing |
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Information Design |
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Overseas Study Trip |
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Design for Ageing and Silver Industries |
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Inclusive and Universal Design |
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Social Capital |
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Corporate Social Responsibility |
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Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise |
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✓ Compulsory Subjects
*Senior Year Students who fail to meet the equivalent standard of the Undergraduate Degree LCR will be required to take up to 9 credits of degree LCR subjects.
_〈誰要做個 Social Designer?〉蕭競聰 (in Chinese)
_〈設計改變社會 2017 Beyond Social Innovation〉 Credit: U Magazine, 30 December 2016 (PDF format, in Chinese)
_ Video: "Designing with Community?"
An introductory talk on what Social Design does by Mr Chan Kam Fai (in Cantonese)
Answering to the emerging design demands and market for social innovations globally and in Hong Kong, the School of Design strives to expand its spectrum of design so as to contribute to the newly developed international movement of Social Design. Since social design is transdisciplinary by nature, this top-up programme of the senior year curriculum is set to admit candidates from a broader spectrum of disciplines, ranging from different areas of design to other social or service fields. The programme aspires to breed a generation of well-rounded dynamic designers and project coordinators who will become design practitioners, consultants and changemakers in service of social needs.
Graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary in professional design practice to help sustain the creative and social economy. They have a wide choice of careers as designers in mainstream industries or in alternative creative and social enterprises. Graduates can become designers not only in design consultancies, but also project coordinators and producers in the fields of social and cultural business, nongovernmental organisations or the public sector, etc.
Michael Chan is an architect, the Management Council Member, and Project Leader of the Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation who work with the village development and improvement projects in China and Japan since 2003.
In the past 18 years, Michael has successfully completed over 23 projects, including 14 footbridges, 7 village centers, and a series of community enrichment projects in various provinces in China such as Sichuan, Chongqing, Xian, Yunnan. Lanzhou and Guizhou. Besides, Michael also buildup the village projects in Keihoku, Soni, Tango, and Nishijin, Japan since 2018
The project brings different university students to work closely with the professionals in conducting research, design, and construction projects with the remote villages located in different provinces in Mainland China and Japan. All projects were supported by the China and Japan governments.
The projects were worked by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Team with the students from School of Design and Faculty of Construction and Environment (Civil Engineering, Building Construction, and Land Survey).
Through encouraging university student volunteers from Hong Kong and Mainland China in design and build footbridges and village facilities in remote and poor villages in the Mainland with green concepts.
Email: sdmicc@polyu.edu.hk
Please click HERE for application details.