Master of Science in Environmental and Public Health Management環境及公共衛生管理碩士

(Two-year Part-time or One-year Full-time)

The health of this generation and generations to come greatly depends upon our ability to manage our resources

• Operating Parties
• Introduction
• Course Aims and Objectives
• Salient Features
• Awards of the Course
• Tuition Fee
• Admission Requirements
• Structure of the Course
• Course Duration
• Course Requirement
• Enquiry

Operating Parties

1. Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University
2. Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

Introduction

The need for broadly educated engineers, technologists, health professionals, managers who understand why environmental infrastructure deteriorates, why SARS broke out and how the effects of this can be controlled effectively has been recognized internationally and in particular, Hong Kong. In response to the growing demand from employers in this rapidly developing field, Hong Kong Baptist University, Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences launched a new MSc in Environmental and Public Health Management in 2001.

This post-graduate programme is intended to meet the needs of graduate engineers, health professionals, architects, business administrators, community leaders and other professionals whose work is concerned with environmental quality and public health.

The masters programme is designed to conform to an interdisciplinary approach where the environmental, technical, economic and social aspects of the concerned issues will be adequately covered. Other than completing the programme in totality, selective study of individual modules is well-suited to professionals who intend to gain thorough knowledge of new areas in environmental and public health management.

Course Aims and Objectives

The major objective of the course is to incorporate management techniques into the technical aspects of environmental protection and effective maintenance of a healthy environment using an interdisciplinary approach. The course will focus on sustainable management and, environmental health and risk management.  In addition to the conventional issues of environmental protection, the relationships among economics, regulation and policy, management techniques, health risk analysis, social and ethical value and environmental conservation will be explored in detail.

Salient Features

1. Validated by international and local experts;
2. Recognized nationally (the State Environmental Protection Administration, P.R. China) and internationally;
3. Choice of two-year part-time or one-year full-time study schedule;
4. Subjects are also offered as stand alone courses.

Awards of the Course

There are two classifications for the degree awarded. They are

• Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental and Public Health Management

• Master of Science in Environmental and Public Health Management

Students have to complete 6 subjects (total 18 units) and MSc Dissertation (6 units), perform satisfactorily on the continuous assessments and written examination and earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.50 to qualify for the MSc degree. Students are eligible for the Postgraduate Diploma if they have fulfilled all the requirements, with the exception of the MSc Dissertation.

Tuition Fee

• Fee for the full MSc course is HK$100,000

• Fee for taking individual subjects is now HK$13,000 per subject

Admission Requirements

1. A bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university or comparable institution;

OR

2. A qualification deemed to be equivalent.

Applicants such as higher diploma holders who do not possess a formal degree qualification, but have substantial documented relevant and working experience in environmental management (normally, 5 years or above) may be considered. Applicants may be required to prove their language ability in English by means of interviews and/or written examination or, for those not available in Hong Kong, by means of performance on acceptable language indicators such as having a TOFEL score of at least 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based), or the Member of Institute of Linguists (MIL) examinations.

Structure of the Course

Most of the lectures will be conducted on weekday evenings. Some subjects, especially those involving instructors coming from overseas, will be run in short, intensive course (three days).

Course Duration

The course is to be offered on a part-time basis, normally, spanning two years. Extension of the study period of up to 4 years is possible. In order to provide students with maximum flexibility in time management, a 12-month full-time program is possible.

Course Requirement

Enquiry

Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University

Tel: 34117746

Fax: 34117743

Email: cies@hkbu.edu.hk

Website: www.cieshk.org/training_and_education.asp