新闻及香港科大故事

香港科技大学（科大）即将推出一个崭新的课程架构「Major + X」，为本科生提供一个额外的学位课程选择。揉合传统主修课程和新兴热门主题如人工智能（AI），这个全新的课程架构不但为学生提供更大的学习灵活度，并可让大学适时调整课程内容，令现存学科与新兴知识达至更佳融合，切合当下社会需要。 在这全新架构下，大学将于2021/22学年推出两个新课程，分别是理学A 组* -延伸主修人工智能(理学A组+AI) ，以及工程学—延伸主修人工智能（工程+AI）。获上述两个课程取录的学生将会于大学第二年选择理学A组或工程的主修课程，如物理、数学、计算器科学、土木工程或海洋科技等，并同时修读AI课程作为「延伸主修」。  科大本科入学小组委员会主席庞鼎全教授（左）和本科招生及入学事务处处长刘梦琳教授，介绍新课程架构「Major + X」的独特之处。 科大首席副校长倪明选教授表示：「在这数据时代，新科技和知识正以史无前例的速度不断蜕变，我们需把包括AI这种新知识融入现有体系中，让同学懂得如何于现实层面应用这些新兴技术。但就每一个新兴领域推出新课程未必最为有效，以主修物理的学生为例，他们会想学习如何利用AI分析数以十亿计、一瞬即逝的粒子数据；而主修土木工程的学生则希望透过AI找出最适合建筑计划的地点、物料及其相关风险等，这也是我们推出Major+ X的主要原因。」 

When I was in secondary school, my physics teacher, who was among HKUST's first batch of graduates, always encouraged me and my classmates to explore scientific questions according to our interests, even though those questions are outside the syllabus. With his encouragement and guidance, we participated in science competitions in high school, paving the way for my continuation of scientific pursuits ever since. Many of us in the science stream then were lucky to be able to receive comprehensive scientific training and study subjects such as additional maths, biology, physics and chemistry in addition to Chinese, English and maths for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Exam. At the Advanced Level, we could focus on three science subjects in addition to English and Chinese. This gave us plenty of exposure to science subjects and room to explore the areas we liked most.