Program Outline
In response to the aging population and growing awareness of eye care in Hong Kong and Mainland China, the maintenance of professional knowledge at the most updated international standard in ophthalmology is of exceedingly high priority. The Master of Science degree (MSc) program in ophthalmology and Visual Sciences aims to cater for the need of a large number of eye doctors in Hong Kong and Mainland China to equip themselves with up-dated and advanced knowledge in ophthalmology and visual sciences for preparation for career advancement or research development. Professionally qualified optometrists with interest for academic pursuit and research workers in visual sciences will also be benefited from taking the program, which is offered on a 1-year full-time and 2-year part-time basis. The curricula are formed by research and professional strengths of members of DOVS. Experts of other academic departments or institutions will also be invited to contribute to teaching and supervision in their specialized areas. The program will be continually developed in response to new developments in ophthalmology and visual sciences.
Program Director: Deputy Program Director: Program Coordinators: Program Instructor: Program Administrator: A team of distinguished professionals and scientists in various ophthalmic fields and research areas will contribute to the program. Current academic and scientific staff of DOVS will form the core team of teachers for the program. Experts from other academic departments of CUHK and local institutions, as well as our adjunct clinical staff from the Hospital Authority, will be invited to contribute in teaching and research supervision in their specialty areas as appropriate. Overseas experts will also be invited to participate in teaching and supervision. University Eye Center There are 8 teaching courses and a research project during a 49-week (full-time) and 98-week (part-time) study period. In each course there are 40 contact hours of lectures, small-group tutorials, practical workshops, assessment exercise and presentation sessions. Full-time students commence the program in the first week of September each year and finish in the first week of August next year. They will have to complete all the 8 teaching courses in one academic year. Part-time students start the program as full-time students but they only have to complete 4 teaching courses in their first year, courses OVS7120 and OVS7320 are mandatory, and the other 2 freely chosen from the rest 6 courses. In their second year they will complete the other 4 courses with the new batch of full time students. Both full-time and part-time students will start a research project based on clinical or laboratory research by Week 18 on completion of course OVS7320. The research period is 24 weeks for full-time students, who are required to submit a dissertation on Week 42, viva voce examination on Week 49. Part-time students have a research period of 66 weeks, i.e., they carry on their research into the second year and submit the dissertation on Week 36 of the second year, viva voce examination on Week 49.
(a) Method of instruction Instructions will be given in contact hours in form of lectures, tutorials, practical workshops, laboratory sessions, assessment exercises, and PowerPoint or video presentations. (b) Attendance Students must sign attendance for all scheduled or selected sessions, more than 75% attendance is required for graduation. (c) Assessment Assessments of students are based on performance in essays (1 per course, 1,000 words each), PowerPoint presentations (a presentation of 20 minutes per course), and a written examination for each course. Topics for essays will be available after Week 1. Students should select one topic and submit the essay within Week 5. For the research project, students will have to obtain a pass in the dissertation (between 10,000 - 15,000 words in the text), viva voce examination, and research seminar of 30 minutes. (d) Consequences of Not Fulfilling Requirements Failure of assessment (<Grade C-), but satisfactory attendance: Candidates will be allowed one further attempt at the assessment, and should pay HK$1,000. Candidates who fail the reassessment will be required to take the required courses again.
All students are required to attend a written examination for every course, submit a dissertation on the research project, and attend a viva voce examination.
Students are required to complete 28 credits for graduation: (a) obtain a pass in all assessments and examinations, in courses OVS7120 to OVS7820, and (b) obtain a pass in the dissertation, viva voce examination and research seminar of the research project OVS7920.
In addition to the general qualifications required for admission to the Graduate School, CUHK, applicants should have:
All applicants must fulfill the “English Language Proficiency Requirement” as stipulated by the Graduate School before being considered for admission. Please refer to the “Postgraduate Prospectus 2006-07” or Homepage: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss for details on such requirement.
Application materials are obtainable at the Graduate School Office (4/F, Academic Building No.1, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong). Completed application forms and the required supporting documents should be returned to DOVS. Applicants may also make their applications via the Internet, http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss. They should quote the "Application Number" generated for their applications when they send the hardcopies of their supporting documents to DOVS. Application result will be posted on the homepage of the Graduate School (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss) from April to August 2006. Successful applicants will receive the offer letter by May 2006.
Tuition fee for intake in 2006 will be HK$68,000, to be paid in two installments for full time students and four installments for part time students.
We offer scholarships to amount up to the full tuition fees to full-time students of high scholastic caliber and potential.
Ms Michelle Lai Mailing Address: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 3/F Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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