新聞及香港科大故事

香港科技大學（科大）即將推出一個嶄新的課程架構「Major + X」，為本科生提供一個額外的學位課程選擇。揉合傳統主修課程和新興熱門主題如人工智能（AI），這個全新的課程架構不但為學生提供更大的學習靈活度，並可讓大學適時調整課程內容，令現存學科與新興知識達至更佳融合，切合當下社會需要。 在這全新架構下，大學將於2021/22學年推出兩個新課程，分別是理學A 組* -延伸主修人工智能(理學A組+AI) ，以及工程學—延伸主修人工智能（工程+AI）。獲上述兩個課程取錄的學生將會於大學第二年選擇理學A組或工程的主修課程，如物理、數學、計算機科學、土木工程或海洋科技等，並同時修讀AI課程作為「延伸主修」。  科大本科入學小組委員會主席龐鼎全教授（左）和本科招生及入學事務處處長劉夢琳教授，介紹新課程架構「Major + X」的獨特之處。 科大首席副校長倪明選教授表示：「在這數據時代，新科技和知識正以史無前例的速度不斷蛻變，我們需把包括AI這種新知識融入現有體系中，讓同學懂得如何於現實層面應用這些新興技術。但就每一個新興領域推出新課程未必最為有效，以主修物理的學生為例，他們會想學習如何利用AI分析數以十億計、一瞬即逝的粒子數據；而主修土木工程的學生則希望透過AI找出最適合建築計劃的地點、物料及其相關風險等，這也是我們推出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.