Abstract: As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to develop rapidly, universities face the challenge of integrating traditional subject education with AI to broaden students’ perspectives, stimulate innovative thinking, and cultivate high-quality, versatile talent for society and the nation. This paper takes the general education course “Materials ‘Meeting’ Artificial Intelligence” as an example to discuss the importance of incorporating AI teaching into general education. It proposes a curriculum design that includes the integration of ideological and political education, the exploration of content linking materials science with AI, and the introduction of cutting-edge scientific cases in materials. The study also suggests improvements in classroom teaching methods and a more diverse evaluation of course effectiveness, offering a reference for reforming traditional general education courses in universities.

Key words: General education course, Artificial intelligence, Curriculum-based ideological and political education, Frontier science