Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (COM)

Department of Media and Communication

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Code	Course Title	Credits
COM8000	Communication and Society	3
COM8001	Social Science Theories in Communication	3
COM8007	Multivariate Analysis in Communication Research	3

Code	Course Title	Credits
COM8005	Quantitative Research Methods in Media and Communication	3

Code	Course Title	Credits
COM8000	Communication and Society	3
COM8001	Social Science Theories in Communication	3
COM8002	Proseminar in Communication Studies	3
COM8003	Communication Theories and Social Change	3
COM8004	Media in Greater China	3
COM8006	Qualitative Research Methods in Media and Communication	3
COM8007	Multivariate Analysis in Communication Research	3
COM8008	Selected Issues and Topics in Communication: Seminar on Risk, Crisis, Strategic Communication, and Societal Culture	3
COM8009	Independent Studies	3
COM8010	Computational Social Science Methods	3
COM5101	Communication Fundamentals #	3
COM5102	Global Media in the Digital Era #	3
COM5103	Policy and Regulation of New Media #	3
COM5104	Research Methods for Communication and New Media #	3
COM5105	Media Economics and Management #	3
COM5106	Integrated Marketing Communication #	3
COM5108	Psychological Processing of New Media #	3
COM5110	Public Communication Campaign Management #	3
COM5401	Advertising Production and Management #	3
COM5402	Public Relations Strategies #	3
COM5403	Crisis Communication and Management #	3
COM5501	Internet Communication #	3
COM5502	Multimedia Communication #	3
COM5503	Dynamic Web Communication #	3
COM5504	Advanced Multimedia Communication #	3
COM5505	Digital Media for E-marketing #	3
COM5506	Social Network Analysis for Communication #	3
COM5507	Social Media Data Acquisition and Processing #	3
COM5508	Media Data Analytics #	3
COM5602	Directed Studies #	3

# Subject to approval by the program leader on a case-by-case basis.

updated in January 2026