Higher Diploma in Health Sciences
Programme Director: Dr. POON, Popsy
The Higher Diploma in Health Sciences aims to provide fundamentals of nursing skills, essential clinical skills for clinic support, and dietary and health assessment to students, while also integrating the knowledge of health products and supplements, health promotion and education, key concepts of pharmaceutical science, food safety, and public health management. Students must complete 64 units which normally require two years of full-time study.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Core Language Courses |
9 units |
| II) | General Education (GE) Level 1 Foundational Courses | 13 units |
| III) | Specialisation Courses | 36 units |
| IV) | Elective Studies Courses | 6 units |
| 64 units |
Requirements
| I. | Core Language Courses | 9 units |
| Students should complete a total of 9 units from the following two categories: | ||
| English Language (6 units) | ||
| HDGS0301 English for Business | 3 units | |
| HDGS0306 Writing Academic English | 3 units | |
| Chinese Language (3 units) | ||
| CCLC1200P Elementary Chinese* | 3 units | |
| HDGS0303C Practical Chinese Writing | 3 units | |
| HDGS0303P Practical Chinese Writing^ | 3 units | |
| ^ For Mainland Students. | ||
| * For Non-Chinese Speaking Students (as per EDB guideline). | ||
| II. | General Education (GE) Level 1 Foundational Courses | 13 units |
| Students should complete one course under each of the following categories: | ||
| AI Literacy | ||
| FCAL1100 AI Literacies: Foundations, Applications, and Implications | 2 units | |
| Culture and Civilisation | ||
| FCCC1300 The Rise of the Modern Global Economy | 3 units | |
| FCCC1401 Understanding Media and Entertainment Industry in Hong Kong | 3 units | |
| FCCC1502 The Rise of Asian Cities | 3 units | |
| FCCC1503 Hong Kong Landscapes and Buildings | 3 units | |
| Values and the Meaning of Life | ||
| FCVM1200 Film and Moral Philosophy | 3 units | |
| FCVM1300 Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace | 3 units | |
| FCVM1400 Buying or Dying? Media, Consumption and the Making of Self | 3 units | |
| FCVM1500 Life and Death: Dialogue between Science, Religions and Philosophy | 3 units | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| FCQR1100 Making Sense of Data and Statistics in the Information Age | 3 units | |
| FCQR1300 Quantitative Analysis for the Business World | 3 units | |
| FCQR1400 Data and the Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | 3 units | |
| Healthy Lifestyle | ||
| FCHL1500 Active Team Ball Games – Basketball | 2 units | |
| FCHL1501 Active Team Ball Games – Volleyball | 2 units | |
| FCHL1502 Conditioning in Health and Fitness | 2 units | |
| FCHL1503 Developing Active Lifestyle – Badminton | 2 units | |
| FCHL1504 Developing Active Lifestyle – Table Tennis | 2 units | |
| FCHL1505 Stretch Your Body, Relax Your Mind | 2 units | |
| FCHL1506 Water Fun 101 | 2 units | |
| III. | Specialisation Courses | 36 units |
| ELSS2113 General Chemistry | 3 units | |
| ENCS2103 General Biology | 3 units | |
| HESC2100 Contemporary Health Sciences | 3 units | |
| HESC2101 Essentials of Pharmaceutical Science | 3 units | |
| HESC2102 Food Safety and Public Health Management | 3 units | |
| HTSC2100 Dietary and Health Assessment | 3 units | |
| HTSC2101 Essential Clinical Skills for Clinic Support | 3 units | |
| HTSC2102 Final Year Project for Health Sciences μ | 3 units | |
| HTSC2103 Fundamentals of Nursing Skills | 3 units | |
| HTSC2104 Health Education and Health Promotion | 3 units | |
| HTSC2105 Health Products and Supplements | 3 units | |
| HTSC2106 Internship for Health Sciences μ | 3 units | |
| LFSC2103 Human Physiology | 3 units | |
| μ Students are required to take ONE out of these two courses. | ||
| IV. | Elective Studies Courses | 6 units |
| Students should complete a total of 6 units from the list below: | ||
| HESC2104 Introduction to Environmental Health and Toxicology | 3 units | |
| LFSC2100 Biochemistry and Techniques | 3 units | |
| NUFM2104 Nutrition through the Life Cycle | 3 units | |
| SOWS2502 Fundamentals of Health Psychology | 3 units | |
| 64 units |
