Calendar 2002–03

170 Part 5• Department Profiles andProgrammes of Studies emphasison both theory and experiment. Thenewly launched AppliedChemistry with Management Studies Programme offers chemistry students an opportunity to develop man agement sk ills if they are considerin g a career in in dustr ial manag emen t and/or b usiness development. Th e cour se p rov ides a sou nd backgr ound in ch emistry to gether with knowledg e in chemical industry and management science. Postgraduate programmes are research oriented, stressing discovery and creativity. Equipped with modern facilities and staffed by a team of devoted teachers who are active in research, the department is internationally known as a centre of excellence in chemistry. School of Chinese Medicine Tel.:2609 8131 Fax.:2603 7203 E-mail: scm@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/scm The School o f Chinese Medicine offer s a five-year pr ogramme leading to a Bachelor of Chinese Medicine degree, with the aim of pro viding professional training in modern Chinesemedicine. This programme integratesmodern medical knowledge with traditional approaches in Chinese medicine. It includes pre- clinical coursework study and clinical training in Chinese medicine ho spitals and clinics. Upon graduation, graduates have to pass the registration requirements before they can be registered as a Chinese medicine practitioner. The school also offers graduate programmes leading to master and doctorate degrees. The school actively engages in research activities focusing on the development of Chinese medicinal materials and the scientific validation of traditional medical theories. Department of Mathematics Tel.:2609 7729 Fax.:2603 5154 E-mail: dept@math.cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.math.cuhk.edu.hk The department offers both major and minor programmes to provide students with a solid foundation in mathematics at the undergraduate level. Students can choose to specialize in one of the three streams: the mathematics stream , the computational and applied mathematics stream, or the enrichmentstream. Staff memb ers eng age in a wide r ange of resear ch, including n umerical analy sis, optimization theory,algebra,number theory, topology,geometry,severalcomplex variables, differential equations, non-linear waves, b iological mathematics, functional analysis, harmonic analysis, fractals and wavelets.