This course aims to:

a) provide students with opportunities to engage intensively with existing or emerging areas of human-computer interaction, particularly those shaped by new technologies and evolving technical and artistic practices;

b) offer flexibility in curriculum planning by accommodating topical seminars and workshops and unplanned opportunities in HCI not covered by regularly listed courses;

c) foster students' technical literacy, critical discourse, and creative capacities in response to contemporary developments in art, media and technology;

d) enrich students' learning through exposure to artists-in-residence and visiting scholars who may be in temporary residence in Hong Kong.