(4-year) (New Curriculum)
The aim of the new 4-year programme is to equip students with the knowledge in (i) authentication, identification, quality analysis, quality control and patenting of Chinese medicines (CM); (ii) the new dosage-form design of modern Chinese medicinal products; (iii) fundamental skills in research and development of Chinese medicinal products; and (iv) the regulation and management of the pharmaceutical industry in Hong Kong.
The programme encompasses basic sciences, theories of Chinese Medicine and Western pharmacy, pharmaceutical science of Chinese Materia Medica and practicum training. During the four-year of studies, students are required to complete a 15-week practicum, and in the final year, students are required to carry out an Honours Project before graduation.
Career opportunities of our graduates include quality control and manufacturing, business management, new product development and trading of Chinese medicines. Graduates may also take on further studies by applying for research in Chinese medicines at postgraduate level.
| Major | 93 units |
| Major Required Courses (87 units) | |
| Honours Project (6 units) | |
| Electives | 9 units |
| General Education | 38 units |
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| 140 units | |
| Major Required Courses | 93 units | |||
| BMSC | 1008 | Biomedical Sciences Laboratory I | 1 unit | |
| BMSC | 1009 | Biomedical Sciences Laboratory II | 1 unit | |
| BMSC | 1015 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3 units | |
| BMSC | 1025 | Anatomy & Physiology | 3 units | |
| BMSC | 2006 | Microbiology | 2 units | |
| BMSC | 3035 | Immunology Disease | 2 units | |
| CHEM | 3025 | Chemical Analysis | 3 units | |
| CHEM | 3026 | Chemical Analysis Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| CMED | 1025 | Fundamental Chinese Medicine | 4 units | |
| CMED | 2006 | Chinese Materia Medica | 4 units | |
| CMED | 2007 | Chinese Materia Medica Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| CMED | 2017 | Chinese Medicinal Formulae | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 1005 | Chemistry for Pharmaceutical Sciences I | 2 units | |
| PCMD | 1006 | Chemistry for Pharmaceutical Sciences II | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 1007 | Chemistry for Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 1015 | Medicinal Botany | 4 units | |
| PCMD | 1016 | Medicinal Botany Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 1017 | Pharmaceutical Latin | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 1025 | Supervised Practicum I | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 2006 | Phytochemistry | 4 units | |
| PCMD | 2007 | Phytochemistry Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 3005 | Introduction of Chinese Medicine Practice | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 3006 | Pharmacology & Toxicology | 4 units | |
| PCMD | 3007 | Pharmaceutics in Chinese Materia Medica | 5 units | |
| PCMD | 3015 | Pharmaceutics in Chinese Materia Medica Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 3016 | Authentication of Chinese Materia Medica | 4 units | |
| PCMD | 3017 | Authentication of Chinese Materia Medica Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 3025 | Biopharmaceutics | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 3026 | Herbal Pharmacology | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 3027 | Herbal Pharmacology Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 4005 | Supervised Practicum II | 2 units | |
| PCMD | 4006 | Chinese Medicine Preparation Analysis | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4007 | Chinese Medicine Preparation Analysis Laboratory | 1 unit | |
| PCMD | 4015 | Management of Pharmaceutical Affairs | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4016 | The Development of New Products from Chinese Materia Medica | 2 units | |
| PCMD | 4017 | Unique Processing Methods of Chinese Medicines | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4025 | Supervised Practicum III | 2 units | |
| PCMD | 4898 | Honours Project I | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4899 | Honours Project II | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses | 9 units | |||
| Students must take a total of three Major Elective Courses from the following courses | ||||
| BUS | 2780 | Entrepreneurship & New Venture | 3 units | |
| ECON | 2017 | Medical Economics | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 2036 | Marketing of Chinese Medicines & Legal Aspects of International Business | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 2037 | Resources of Medicinal Plants | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 3035 | Advances in Modern Research of Chinese Materia Medica | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 3036 | Health Care in Chinese Medicine | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4035 | Chinese Medicines Merchandise Science | 3 units | |
| PCMD | 4036 | Guidance of Licenced Pharmacist Examination | 3 units | |
| General Education* | 38 units | |||
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| 140 units | ||||
| * | GE Programme comprises of Core Requirements for a total of 26 units and Distribution Requirements for a total of 12 units. Students are required to take four areas (i.e. Arts, Business, Communication/Visual Arts, Science/Chinese Medicine and Social Sciences) outside of their own Faculty/School/Academy under the Distribution Requirements. For students of this programme, they will take CMED 1005 Ancient Chinese Medical Prose—Classical Chinese (3 units) for fulfilling the requirement of the Arts Category. |
Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2012-2013
Last modified: August 2012
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