The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will launch its first Summer Institute to provide to Secondary 4 and 5 (Grades 10 and 11) students with 27 credit-bearing courses offered by its four Schools - Science, Engineering, Business and Management, as well as Humanities and Social Science.
Prof Kar Yan Tam, HKUST Associate Provost and Dean of Students, said, "Apart from providing quality education to undergraduates and postgraduate students, HKUST is also keen on providing senior secondary school students with interesting, useful and easy-to-comprehend courses in various subjects. The students will also have an early experience of university life and even get a taste of how university professors deliver lectures."
The School of Science will offer 5 courses, covering physics, chemistry, calculus, game theory and the appreciation of nature. The School of Engineering will provide 12 courses, encompassing robot fundamentals, electronics, the multimedia world, great structures in history, computer-aided drawing, electric vehicles, wind power for lighting, and environmental engineering.
The School of Business and Management will offer 8 courses covering language of accounting, marketing, management, finance, price theory, information systems and decision-making skills. Meanwhile, the School of Humanities and Social Science will provide 2 courses - on appreciation of western architecture, as well as violence, sins and demythologized heroes in modern Chinese history.
The HKUST Summer Institute will comprise two modules - from 18 to 29 July 2011, and from 1 to 12 August 2011, respectively. Morning classes will be from 10 am to 12 noon, while afternoon classes will be from 2 pm to 4 pm. In other words, a student can take a maximum of 4 courses during a summer, and these courses can be selected from different Schools.
Each course will carry one credit. If a student joins HKUST, he / she is entitled to use his / her credit(s) for partial fulfillment of his / her credit requirement for graduation.
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