Course Description 课程描述

Our first course, Introduction to Cosmetic and Skincare Science, provides a bird’s eye view of the cosmetics landscape, from cosmetics’ role in human culture and ancient remedies to the present-day multibillion-dollar industry. We aim to give you an overview of the historical, cultural, and technological aspects of cosmetic product development. We cover topics such as skin biology, skin conditions and treatments, cosmetic raw materials and choice of ingredients, and the scientific principles that drive the creation of a cosmetic formula. You will also get a strong sense of how important safety considerations are to ensure the wellness of our consumers.
我们的第一门课程《美容与护肤科学导论》，提供了对化妆品行业的宏观视角，从化妆品在人类文化和古代疗法中的作用到当今价值数百亿美元的产业。我们旨在为您概述美容产品开发的历史、文化和技术方面。我们涵盖的主题包括皮肤生物学、皮肤状况和治疗、化妆品原料及成分选择，以及驱动化妆品配方创建的科学原理。您还将深刻体会到安全考量对于确保消费者健康的重要性。

Course Objectives 课程目标

When you have completed this course, you should be able to
当你完成这门课程时，你应该能够

1. recognize the impact of the historic cosmetic practices and the scope of modern-day developments within the cosmetic industry landscape,
   认识到历史美容实践的影响以及现代美容行业发展的范围，
2. identify the key biological structures of human skin,
   识别人体皮肤的关键生物学结构，
3. identify the role of key cosmetic components in creating cosmetic formulas,
   识别关键美容成分在创建美容配方中的作用，
4. name the factors that determine and shape the process of creating a cosmetic formulation, and
   说出决定和塑造美容配方创建过程的因素，并
5. show awareness of common skin conditions in considering product recommendations.
   在考虑产品推荐时，应展现对常见皮肤状况的认识。

Required Course Resources 必需的课程资源

This course requires you to watch plenty of videos. For the best experience, ensure that you have consistent access to a high-speed internet connection. If you are able to watch videos from a streaming service or platform (such as YouTube) without difficulty, you should be fine.
本课程要求您观看大量视频。为获得最佳体验，请确保您能够持续访问高速互联网连接。如果您能够无困难地从流媒体服务或平台（如 YouTube）观看视频，则应没有问题。

Course Structure and Activities 课程结构与活动

There are four weeks in this course. Assignments are generally due at the end of the week unless otherwise noted. Be sure to check the syllabus and assignment pages for due dates. You have the opportunity and are encouraged to look ahead at the final assignments in order to best plan your time.
本课程共有四周。作业通常在一周结束时提交，除非另有说明。请务必检查课程大纲和作业页面以获取截止日期。您有机会并且被鼓励提前查看最终作业，以便最佳规划您的时间。

Make sure you mark your calendar accordingly to avoid missing deadlines and reference the Submission of Work section below regarding assignment deadlines.
确保相应标记您的日程表，以避免错过截止日期，并参考下方“作业提交”部分关于作业截止日期的信息。

This course includes the following required activities:
本课程包括以下必做活动：

• Graded assessments in the form of a checkpoint quiz for each module.
  每个模块的 checkpoint 测验形式的评分评估。
• Weekly practice quizzes  每周练习测验
• In-video questions  视频中的问题
• Discussion boards  讨论区
• A course project  一个课程项目

Discussion Board Guidelines 讨论区指南

This course incorporates discussion board assignments, which provide opportunities to engage with your peers in discussions about weekly themes and topics.
本课程包含讨论区作业，这为学生提供了参与讨论每周主题和话题的机会。

If you are the first to post, be sure to provide careful analysis and open-ended questions that invite dialogue. Be sure to check back to see if anybody has responded to you. Does someone’s comment make you think twice about your view? Help keep the conversation going and move the dialogue along. Introduce new ideas, but also build on what others have said.
如果你是第一个发帖的人，务必提供细致的分析和开放性问题，以促进对话。确保回来查看是否有人回复了你。是否有人评论让你重新思考你的观点？帮助保持对话的进行，推动讨论的进展。提出新观点，但也要基于他人已经说过的话进行建设。

When responding to others, look for posts that contradict or support your own thoughts or posts that seem to fall short on an aspect that is important to you. In your response, you can also turn your own thoughts into questions, offer your position, or play the devil’s advocate.
在回复他人时，寻找与你自己的思想相矛盾或支持，或者似乎在对你重视的某个方面有所欠缺的帖子。在你的回复中，你也可以将自己的想法转化为问题，表达自己的立场，或者扮演反对者的角色。

There are two discussion boards, one of which is required to continue the course.
有两个讨论区，其中一个是完成课程所必需的。

Submission of Work 作业提交

Guidelines for completing and submitting each assigned course activity are posted along with the assignment.
完成并提交每项指定课程活动的指南与作业一同发布。

Schedule and Grade Distribution 日程安排和成绩分布

Please note: For more information about specific assignments and due dates, see instructions within the course site every week. Typically, you will complete checkpoints at the end of each module. A checkpoint is a graded quiz of ten questions. Although the discussion board in Module 3 and the course project in Module 5 do not have grades attached, their completion is compulsory for every student to complete the course successfully.
请注意：有关具体作业和截止日期的更多信息，请每周查看课程网站内的说明。通常，你将在每个模块结束时完成检查点。检查点是一个包含十个问题的评分测验。尽管模块 3 的讨论板和模块 5 的课程项目没有评分，但每个学生都必须完成它们才能成功完成课程。

Ungraded Practice Activities 不计分的实践活动

Throughout the course, you may be asked to complete ungraded practice activities, such as practice quiz questions or discussion exercises that serve to help reinforce recall of the content and concepts contained within. Though these are not graded, they are an important part of your learning experience and will help you succeed in other areas of the course.
在整个课程中，您可能会被要求完成不计分的练习活动，例如练习测验题或讨论练习，这些活动旨在帮助巩固课程内容和概念的记忆。虽然这些活动不计分，但它们是您学习体验的重要组成部分，并将帮助您在课程的其他领域取得成功。

Communication Tools 沟通工具

Coursera Discussion Forums
Coursera 讨论区

Coursera discussion forums are highly valuable for learners. They provide a space for learners to interact with one another and with faculty to share resources and help answer questions about course material or assessments. Please feel free to utilize these forums throughout the semester.
Coursera 讨论论坛对学习者来说非常有价值。它们为学习者提供了一个相互交流以及与教师分享资源、帮助解答有关课程材料或评估问题的空间。请随时在学期期间使用这些论坛。

Use the Learner Help Center link to access Coursera support.
请使用学习者帮助中心链接访问 Coursera 支持。

Academic Integrity and the Use of AI 学术诚信与人工智能的使用

Please be particularly aware of plagiarism. Plagiarism involves representing anyone else’s words or ideas as your own. It doesn’t matter where you got these ideas—from a printed article or book, on the web, AI Chat, and related tools. In any of these cases, you must cite clearly and specifically the origin of this content.
请特别注意剽窃问题。剽窃是指将他人的言语或思想据为己有。无论这些思想来自何处——印刷文章或书籍、网络、AI 聊天机器人及相关工具——在任何情况下，都必须明确且具体地注明该内容的来源。

AI is an important part of the innovation landscape. We encourage you to use such tools when appropriate, but in no case can you allow an AI Chatbot or related tool to do your writing for you, whether it is for an individual assignment or a group project. If you use AI tools of any kind, cite them appropriately.
人工智能是创新版图中的重要组成部分。我们鼓励您在适当的时候使用此类工具，但无论如何，您都不能允许 AI 聊天机器人或相关工具为您代写，无论是个人作业还是小组项目。如果您使用任何形式的 AI 工具，请适当引用。

All learners will be asked to complete an academic integrity and AI attestation at the beginning of the course in order to access weekly module content. 
所有学习者将被要求在课程开始时完成学术诚信和人工智能声明，以便访问每周模块内容。

Copyright Statement 版权声明

This course material is copyrighted, and all rights are reserved by Coursera. No part of this course material may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the express prior written permission of the University.
本课程材料受版权保护，所有权利均由 Coursera 保留。未经大学事先书面许可，不得以任何形式或任何方式（包括但不限于电子、机械、磁性、光学、化学、手工或其他方式）复制、传播、转录、存储在检索系统中或翻译成任何语言或计算机语言。

Next, you’ll have the opportunity to review some strategies and tips on how to complete this course successfully.
接下来，您将有机会复习一些成功完成本课程的方法和技巧。