The Department of Sociology offers an undergraduate degree programme: BSocSc (Hons) in Sociology. The programme emphasizes students acquiring an intellectual foundation in sociological theory and social research methods, as well as familiarity with the main features of social development and social organizations in China and Hong Kong. In addition to required courses, students are free to choose from a wide variety of electives. These electives may be grouped into three broad categories - occupational and industrial sociology, family and gender studies, population and development.