Annual Report 2000–01

理學院重要發展 Major Events in the Faculty of Science •材料科學課程及分子生物技術學課程均於本年度誕生首批學士學位畢業生，並將於二零零一至二零零二年分別 開辦相關的碩士及博士學位課程，供畢業生進修。各項材料科學課程亦將易名為「材料科學與工程學」。 •統計學系的風險管理科學組，於今年升格為主修課程，收生十五人；化學系之化學與管理組亦會於下年度升格 為主修課程，並易名為「應用化學與管理學」，收生十八人。 •自本年度開始，新生如於高級程度會考高級補充程度「中國語文及文化」科中考獲 「E9」 或以下等級者，均須選 修一科一學分的中國語文科目。 •為增強學生的科普知識，學院今年開設了兩個通識科目：「宇宙論」及「相對論與量子力學概念介紹」；明年再 會增開五科：「生命的化學」、「海洋探秘」、「氣象學概論」、「風險管理學與當今社會之展望」及「從常理思 維到統計思維」。 • 學院年內成立兩所中心，以促進科學敎育： —「科學敎育促進中心」的使命是全面推廣及提倡喜愛科學的文化，以提升香港社會的創造力。 —「科學模型與計算中心」的宗旨是推廣跨科硏究工作。中心的超級電腦終端機由該院敎授自行組裝。 • T he B.Sc. Programmes in Materials Science and Molecular Biotechnology produced their first batch of graduates in the summer of 2001. These students could further their studies in the same discipline by enrolling in M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes to be launched in 2001-2. Both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in material science would be renamed 'Materials Science and Engineering' programmes from 2001-2. • The Risk Management Science stream in the Statistics major programme became a full-fledged programme in 2000-1 with an intake quota of 15. The Chemistry with Management Studies stream was retitled 'Applied Chemistry with Management Studies', and would be converted into a full-fledged programme in 2001-2 with an intake quota of 18. • Students admitted in 2000-1 and thereafter were require d to take a one credit unit course in Chinese in the Faculty Language Enhancement Programme if they obtained grade E9 or below in the AS 'Chinese Language and Culture' paper of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination. • To stimulate student interest in science-related subjects, two general education courses were introduced: 'Cosmology' and 'Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Introduction'. Five more courses were planned for 2001-2: 'Chemistry of Life', 'Exploring the Enigmatic Oceans', 'Perspectives in Meteorology: 'Perspectives in Risk Management and Modern Society', and 'Statistical Reasoning: Beyond Common Sense'. • Two new centres were established in 2000-1 to promote the cause of science education ： 一 The Centre for Promoting Science Education ( www.cuh k.edu.hk/cpse) was set u p to promote a culture of science in Hong Kong as the foundation of education reform and a knowledge-based economy, and to nurture such a culture through science education in schools, universities, and the community. — The Centre for Scientific Modelling and Computation was set up with a mission to promote and manage interdisciplinary research in scientific modelling and computation. The centre holds computer clusters of a supercomputer buil t by members of the Faculty. 28 學術發展 ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT