Community Outreach

With the collaboration of local or non-local NGO and support from the School of Engineering, students enrolled in this program would be provided an opportunity to engage themselves in community service. Lectures, talks or training sessions will be provided to students to build up their communication skills and / or broaden their horizon. Students should also fulfill the requirements set by the NGO. At the end of the Program, students are required to submit report, reflective paper, group projects or to make a presentation as appropriate. They may also be required to make evaluation. Cantonese may be used in off-campus trainings, in some situations. Enrollment in this course requires instructor's approval. Students may not repeat the course for credits. Graded P or F. Maybe graded PP. 

Course Intended Learning Outcomes: 

1. Identify the problems that the service providers is facing  
2. Demonstrate empathy for people in need and reflect on their roles and responsibilities as a responsible citizen  
3. Plan, organize and conduct community project(s) in collaboration with community organizations  
4. Communicate with people who are involved including classmates, service providers and the beneficiary  
5. Appreciate the value of social responsibility, cultural diversity and active citizenship  
6. Evaluate the methods used in providing community service  
7. Critique on the role of Engineers 

The course is offered in a form of a community project at a designated non-governmental organization (NGO) under the supervision of the School. Students are required to attend all the training sessions, design and implement the service project / participate in the service learning tasks as instructed by the host NGO and / or the course instructors. By the end of the course, students have to submit a reflective statement in the format of a paper, a group project report or a presentation to demonstrate the attainment of all intended learning outcomes, in addition to other requirements of the relevant NGO as appropriate. Approval from the course coordinator is needed prior to enrolling in the course. Graded PP, P or F. Students may repeat the course for credits if different topics are taken.

This course aims to increase students' involvement in community services and provide them learning opportunities through the social services programs such as fund-raising events, greening the society and elderly services. Under the supervision of the School, students will gain experience from developing a plan, marketing through implementation of projects at a designated non-governmental organization (NGO). Instructor's approval required. Graded P or F. May be graded PP.

This Project course gives HKUST undergraduate students the opportunity to work in teams from different schools, to serve identified community group (i.e. primary and secondary school students / South Asian youths etc.), to understand limitations on the served groups and to learn how to apply theoretical knowledge on the building of under-water robots. Throughout the project, HKUST undergraduate students will act as teachers by transferring their skills of under-water robot building to primary and secondary school students and / or South Asian youths. HKUST undergraduate students will also learn the skills of event management throughout the project. Students must obtain prior approval from course coordinator for enrolling in the course. May be repeated for credits, if different topics are taken. Graded P or F. May be graded PP. 

Course Intended Learning Outcomes: 

1. To learn the multi-disciplinary basic knowledge of underwater robot design from instructors and peers 
2. To design custom-made learning guides for different served groups 
3. To transform from apprentices of underwater robots to become coaches of the served groups  
4. To experience the limitations of different served groups (i.e. primary and secondary school students / SEN students) 
5. To organize workflow of a two-day event on underwater robot design competition 
6. To participate in the team’s work with idea exchange and cooperation between different tiers.

This common core course is offered by Student Innovation for Global Health Technology (SIGHT) at HKUST, and is a project-based, experiential course that exposes students to tackle global health problems using design thinking as an innovation process. The goal of this course is to develop students’ critical thinking, understand the needs of different communities around the world, and improve communication, design skills through a multi-disciplinary, team-based design experience. Each team will set objectives at the beginning of the semester after getting the needs of communities via the project partners. There will be several task-based assessments throughout the semester to check the progress of each project team, as evaluated by the teaching team, faculty advisors, and project partners. At the end of the semester, students need to showcase their output as a roadshow. This common core course is open to students from any academic background looking for practical experience in design thinking and motivation to tackle global health issues.

Selected students from UCOP 3200 will take part in an overseas study trip, in which they visit the low-resource communities served by partner NGOs. The trip will be packed with on-site observations, data collection, interviews with stakeholders, and intensive brainstorming sessions. The students will also serve the underprivileged by conducting health workshops and implementing the products already developed in the prior semester. At the conclusion of the trip, the teams will present to partner NGO and receive feedbacks, and summarize their experience in learning portfolios.