Author:
Chiu Wing Kai Stephen,Hui Lai Hang Dennis
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to offer authors’ humble yet unique experiences about developing an undergraduate sociology programme in an increasingly divided city.
Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the authors reflect upon the development of a new sociology programme in Hong Kong in which a wide spectrum of expectations from different stakeholders, together with their own sense of mission towards sociology education, have set a very challenging stage.
Findings
Developing an undergraduate sociology programme has never been easy, and there is no self-complacence as far as developing a programme that is of both academic and social values.
Originality/value
This paper offers a first-hand account of how sociology educators have developed a new sociology programme in a unique social context.