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BSc (Hons) in Vision Science & Secondary Major

The options of Secondary Major in AI and Data Analytics or Innovation and Entrepreneurship are only available to students of BSc (Hons) in Vision Science. 

Aims of the Secondary Majors:

Artificial intelligence and data analytics (AIDA) are the most prevailing technologies across various disciplines, and have become a de-facto standard approach to enrich business, advance technology and achieve breakthroughs in virtually all fields. Therefore, it is essential for students to possess expertise in AIDA and other underpinning technologies. 

 

Intended learning outcomes of the Secondary Majors:

On successful completion of AIDA, students will be able to:

  1. Understand the fundamentals of AIDA, and have the ability to apply them.
  2. Design AIDA systems, components and processes to meet given specifications and constraints.
  3. Identify, formulate and solve problems relevant to AIDA.
  4. Use modern IT tools appropriate to AIDA practice.
  5. Know the contemporary issues, and understand the impact of AIDA solutions in a global and societal context.

Aims of the Secondary Majors:

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE) takes a cross-disciplinary approach that aims to instil in students from different disciplines the spirit and mindset of innovation and entrepreneurship, whether it is applied to the commercialisation of technologies specifically or to problem-solving in general. Through the cross-disciplinary design, students are equipped with knowledge and techniques critical to the analysing, planning, and implementing of financially-viable and technically-feasible innovation and entrepreneurship. Students are provided with hands-on experience in innovative and entrepreneurial activities.

 

Intended learning outcomes of the Secondary Majors:

Upon completion of IE, students are expected to be able to:

  1. Develop an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset in exploring a business solution
  2. Critically assess business environments, as well as identify opportunities and innovative ideas with the support of professional-specific skills and knowledge
  3. Demonstrate an understanding on the applications and implications of the latest technologies to inform or support entrepreneurship and innovation
  4. Align the resources and interests of different stakeholders in the knowledge transfer process through effective communication
  5. Identify and respond appropriately to ethical issues as they arise in different business settings
     

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