Postgraduate Courses

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Interpret the definitions and principles of environmental health.
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  Identify potential health hazards.
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  Demonstrate the methodologies to assess, prevent and control environmental hazards affecting human health.
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  Contrast the knowledge obtained to everyday life.
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  Assemble the basic ideas and knowledge to prepare for further studies.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify major natural and man-made environmental hazards.
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  Check adjustment and preventive measures for natural hazards.
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  Evaluate the impacts of environmental hazards on the abiotic and biotic environment through various routes and doses of exposure.
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  Apply the principle and knowledge in environmental hazards identification, risk assessment and management to handle hazards emission problems.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Evaluate the scope of ecotoxicology study and recognize the major classes of pollutants.
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  Interpret the major concepts in ecotoxicology study, such as the entry and fate, bioaccumulation and bioavailability.
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  Analyze the ecological and biological responses of pollutants at different levels.
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  Apply methods in conducting ecotoxicology research, such as the kinetic modelling, biomonitoring, toxicity testing, biomarkers and toxicity mechanisms study.
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  Conduct risk assessment in real environmental settings.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Define the role of the physical environments in the dispersal of pathogens and in the  transmission of diseases.
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  Estimate the effects of climate change on disease epidemiology.
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  Analyze the roles of socio-economic factors in the emergence of new diseases and the emergency of antibiotic resistant microbes.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Discuss the problem of foodborne disease in a global context, analyze its cause and identify appropriate control strategies.
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  Critically evaluate the principles behind procedures in risk assessment and management in foodborne diseases.
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  Critically evaluate the national and international legislative and enforcement frameworks and recognize the roles of various international agencies involved in food safety control.
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  Explain how the food surveillance programme is designed to control and prevent food hazards.
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  Identify the food safety management systems principles and requirements in ISO 22000.
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  Appraise approaches to risk assessment and risk management and the implementation of food safety management systems.
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  Identify, investigate and critically evaluate a current issue in food safety by applying selected theory and research techniques.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Explain the relationships between economic development, human health, and environmental sustainability.
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  Associate the legal base and common practice of environmental impact assessment in Hong Kong.
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  Apply the principles and knowledge in environmental and risk impact assessments to solve environmental problems.
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  Compare the practice of environmental impact and risk assessment across different regions, and summarize international trend for assessing the impact of large development project.
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  Exemplify the environmental challenges Hong Kong, China as well as the world is facing and become a responsible citizen to have a positive contribution to the achievement of a sustainable environment.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Define fundamental principles of public health and hygiene.
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  Illustrate risk assessments principles for defining environmental toxicants.
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  Interpret the contemporary efforts in controlling environmental health from global perspectives.
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  Recognize important and basic standards in drug developments and manufacturing, and describe the roles interplayed by the pharmaceutical sector.
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  Formulate important skill-set in presentation and reporting from developing collaborative projects.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Critique the importance of different elements and practices in conserving our biodiversity.
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  Describe the concepts of sustainable development to meet the future needs and balance the objectives between society, economy and environment.
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  Apply relevant ecological principles and management techniques to solve real-life environmental conservation problems.
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  Critically evaluate the merits, limitations and future trends in environmental conservation and sustainable development.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate environmental consequences of air, water, soil and noise pollution.
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  Evaluate air and water quality objectives and standards in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
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  Develop experimental designs and sampling strategies for monitoring programmes and evaluate their effectiveness in pollution monitoring.
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  Explain the importance and principles of pollution control, including the interactions between production, technology and regulation/legislation.
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  Apply relevant ecological and toxicological principles to problems related to pollution control.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Anticipate and recognize common hazards of selected work environment.
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  Find suitable instruments to assess such hazards.
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  Interpret/appraise hazard assessment results.
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  Recommend/critique basic control measures.
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  Describe legal requirements for protection of workers' health and safety.
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  Be recognized for the proficiency in occupational health and safety knowledge and skills via the award of a certificate by HSEO.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Obtain a broad overview of research in ocean science.
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  Demonstrate the ability of researching, critically analysing and summarising scholarly literature.
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  Present research questions, methods, analyses, research data and interpretations to a diverse audience.
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  Learn how to respond to audience questions.
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  Ask relevant and thoughtful questions.
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  Constructively evaluate their peers' presentation and their own presentation.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Carry out a substantial research project in selected areas of environmental health and safety.
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  Demonstrate the initiative and intellectual achievement of the investigation by applying skills and knowledge learnt.
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  Develop expertise and experience of project management and practical training.
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  Analyze data and synthesize research findings.
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  Report research findings in written and verbal forms.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the different career paths in marine science.
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  Get familiar with the research equipment at HKUST for marine science.
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  Appreciate the importance of scientific ethics.
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  Use writing skills for scientific publications.
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  Master the essential elements of a CV.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of ocean science and an ability to identify critical scientific questions in a subfield of ocean science.
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  Develop scientific hypotheses through literature review.
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  Develop research methodology through laboratory or field experiments, or model simulations.
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  Execute reliable data collection and analysis using laboratory, theoretical, and/or computational techniques necessary to test the hypotheses developed.
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  Demonstrate a capability to solve real problems and achieve scientific goals by presenting results in a research seminar, a scientific conference, or an international academic journal.
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  Make a contribution to the advancement of a subfield of ocean science.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate understanding of the fundamentals of ocean science and an ability to identify critical scientific questions in a subfield of ocean science.
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  Develop scientific hypotheses through comprehensive literature review.
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  Develop research methodology through independent laboratory and field experiments, or model simulations, using innovative technologies or novel approaches.
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  Execute reliable data collection and analysis using laboratory, theoretical, and/or computational techniques, and demonstrate the ability to interpret and synthesise the results through critical thinking in the context of the hypotheses developed.
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  Demonstrate a capability to solve complex scientific questions and achieve significant advancements in a subdiscipline of ocean science by successfully defending the dissertation.
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  Develop skills to communicate concepts and research results such as through presentation in scientific conferences and publication of research papers in high impact academic journals.
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  Make a significant contribution to the advancement of a subfield of ocean science and explore its potential impact beyond basic science in terms of benefits to nature and the society.