Annual Report 2000–01

二零零零至二零零一年度外出中大交換生留學地區 Host Countries for Outgoing CUHK Students in 2000-2001 二零零零至二零零一年度外出中六交換生分布圖（按學院劃分） Outgoing CUHK Students by Faculty in 2000-2001 courses catering to the needs of students of differen t disciplines. During the year more than 40 elective language courses were offered by various language teaching units . The four colleges also continued to provide a wide variety of non-formal language enhancement activities such as workshops and overseas study tours . Following the introduction of a new policy in 1999 t o require newly admitted students to achieve a prescribed level of IT proficiency before graduation, the University produced a web-based courseware to facilitate the acquisition of IT competence by students. The on-line version of the courseware with narration in Cantonese was completed in September 1999, in time for use by new students admitted in that year. Shortly afterwards, a CD ROM version was made available for the convenience of all students. A CD ROM with narration in putonghua was also produced in 2000 for putonghua-speaking students. And this year, seven teachers in all, one from each faculty, were presented the Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award in recognition of their outstanding performance in teaching. The award scheme was first introduced i n 1999- 2000 to stress the importance of quality teaching at The Chinese University. Inter-disciplinary Programmes To broaden students' scope of knowledge and in respons e to changing social demands, the University started to offer inter-disciplinary programmes in as early as 1993-94, when the Faculty of Science introduced the B.Sc. Programme in Environmental Science, which was jointly offered by the Departments of Biochemistry, Biology, and Chemistry. This was followed by the introduction of th e B.Sc. Programme in Molecular Biotechnology by the Department s of Biochemistry and Biology, and the M.Phil. Programme i n Gender Studies in 1998-99. In the year unde r review, the M.Sc. Programme in E-commerce (Business Programme) was jointly offered by the Faculty of Business Administration and the Faculty of Engineering, and preparations were finalized for the introduction of th e B.Eng. Programme in Internet Engineering by the Department of Informatio n Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 2001-2. 14 學術發展 ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT