Curriculum Structure

You are required to take, in two years, 20 - 22 subjects in total, comprising 12 - 14 General Education Subjects and 8 Discipline-specific Subjects.

General Education Subjects

8 - 9 Compulsory Subjects

• Chinese Communication for College Students^@ OR Elementary Chinese^~
• Creative and Critical Thinking
• Elementary Statistics  
• English for Academic Studies (Health Studies) I
• English for Academic Studies (Health Studies) II
• Fundamental Psychology for Health Studies 
• Information and Communication Technology 
• Practical English for College Students^{^}
• Sociology for Health Studies

^@Taught in Putonghua
^~Students who are non-Chinese speakers, or whose Chinese standards are at junior secondary level or below are required to take this subject.
^{^}Students with Level 3 or above in HKDSE English are exempted from taking this subject.

4 - 5 Elective Subjects^*# (from the following cluster areas)

• Community, Organisation and Globalisation
• History, Cultures and World Views
• Human Nature, Relations and Development
• Language and Communication
• Science, Technology and Environment

^*Students with Level 3 or above in any one HKDSE subject (other than English) only need to take four General Education elective subjects.

For the full list of more than 50 General Education subjects, please click here.

Discipline-specific Subjects

5 Compulsory Subjects

• Basic Health Assessment and Clinical Skills
• General Microbiology
• Human Biology I
• Human Biology II
• Introduction to Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

3 Elective Subjects^# (from the following subjects)

Nursing Science

• Child and Adolescent Health
• Field Practice – General Health Care Setting
• Field Practice – Mixed Health Setting
• Fundamental Concepts of Health and Nursing
• Fundamentals of Chinese Medicinal Therapy

Rehabilitation and Health Management

• Field Practice – Mixed Health Setting
• Introduction to Social Services in Hong Kong
• Science of Human Movement

Applied BioScience

• Basic Laboratory Techniques and Safety
• Cell Biology
• Field Practice – Mixed Health Setting
• General Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology

^#Offering of individual elective subjects is subject to resources and quota availability.