Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (SCM)

School of Creative Media

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

Core Courses for PhD Students (6 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits
SM8402

Research Skills and Methods

3

Core Courses for PhD Students (9 Credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits
SM8405A Professional Practice 3
SM8406

Independent Study for Qualifying Examination

6

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) (3 credits) for 2019 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits
SM8402

Research Skills and Methods

3

Core Courses for MPhil Students (3 Credits):

Code Course Title Credits
SM8402

Research Skills and Methods

3

Electives for PhD Students (3 Credits)/MPhil Students (6 Credits):

Code Course Title Credits
SM5303 Introduction to New Media Arts – Theories, Technologies, Aesthetics 3
SM5306 Cinematic Arts Workshop 3
SM5307 Digital Media and Moving Images 3
SM5308 Art and Technology 3
SM5312 Interactive Media I 3
SM5313 Interactive Media II 3
SM5315 Independent Study I 3
SM5316 Topics in Media Art I 3
SM5317 Digital Sound and Computer Music 3
SM5318 Topics in Media History and Theory I 3
SM5323

Topics in Media History and Theory II

3
SM5325

Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies

3
SM5326 Gender in Popular Media 3
SM5327 Chinese Cinema 3
SM5329 Arts Management and Curatorship 3
SM5330 The Cultures of Disney 3
SM5332 Making Things Blip, Blink and Move: Introduction to Physical Computing 3
SM5333

Prototyping New Cinema: The Future Moving Image

3
SM5334

Social Media Criticism: Technology, Aesthetics, and Culture

3
SM5335

Archaeology of New Media Art

3
SM5336

Art in the Information Age: Creative Act, Art Object, Aesthetic Perception

3
SM5337 Aesthetics Beyond the Anthropocene 3
SM5341 Collecting, Archiving and Digital Preservation 3
SM5343 Law and Digital Cultures 3
SM5344 Abstract and Experimental Animation 3
SM6305 Media Art: Theory and Practice I 3
SM6310 Independent Study II 3
SM6311 Topics in Media Art II 3
SM6316 Media Art: Theory and Practice II 3
SM6317 Research Project in Media Studies 6
SM6319 Privacy and Surveillance in Art and Culture 3
SM6322

The Art Market: Transaction, Activism, Analysis

3
SM6323 Critical Ludology: Games, Playability and New Media Art 3
SM6324 Sensory Ethnography: Critical and Creative Practices 3
SM6325 Philosophy of Technology and New Media 3
SM6328 Analysis and Criticism of Computer Games 3
SM6329 History and Making of Exhibitions 3
SM6331 Digital Media for Curating 3
SM6332 Computer Games and Society 3
SM6333 World-Building in Digital Narrative Media 3
SM6339 Public Programming and Social Media 3
SM6341 Independent Documentary Production 3
SM6344 Technology and Aesthetics 3
SM8405A Professional Practice 3
SM8406 Independent Study for Qualifying Examination 6
SM8407 Thesis Proposal Development* 3

* Suggested course for PhD students in Humanities / Art / Social Sciences and the School will pre-register the course for students concerned.