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.

Please refer to the University Home Page for historical catalogue information. (CityUHK > Academics > Programme and Course Catalogue > Research Degree Programmes > Archives)

Core Courses for PhD Students (12 Credits) for 2026 cohort and thereafter:

Code Course Title Credits
SM8402  Research Skills and Methods  3 
SM8405A Professional Practice 3
SM8406

Independent Study for Qualifying Examination

 6

Core Courses for PhD Students (9 Credits) for 2019 cohort to 2025 cohort:

Code Course Title Credits
SM8405A Professional Practice 3
SM8406

Independent Study for Qualifying Examination

 6

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

Code Course Title Credits
SM8402 Research Skills and Methods 3

Research Methodology and Ethics Course(s) (3 credits) for 2019 cohort to 2025 cohort:

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 (2 Credits)/MPhil Students (4 Credits) for 2026 cohort and thereafter:

Research degree students can choose courses at postgraduate level offered by SCM to fulfil the coursework requirement, which are listed on the University website (CityUHK homepage -> Academic -> Programme and Course Catalogue -> Research Degree Programme OR Master's Programme -> Courses -> School of Creative Media).  Apart from those courses, students can choose to take other postgraduate courses offered by academic units at CityUHK or by other local tertiary institutions under the Cross-Institutional Course Enrolment Scheme.  Students should note that some courses are offered specifically under a certain programme.  Course selection are subject to approval by research supervisor and the School.

(Note for PhD Students only):
SM8407 Thesis Proposal Development is a suggested course for PhD students in Humanities / Art / Social Sciences and the School will pre-register the course for students concerned.

Electives for PhD Students (3 Credits)/MPhil Students (6 Credits) for 2025 cohort or before:

Code Course Title Credits
SM5303 Technofutures: Critical Approaches to the Metaverse, AI, and Blockchain 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

Navigating Social Media: Culture, Aesthetics, and Technology

 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
SM5358
 Qualitative Research in Social Computing and Art Technology
  
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 Making: Artistic Strategies for Contingent Systems 3
SM6339 Public Programming and Social Media 3
SM6341 Independent Documentary Production 3
SM6344 Technology and Aesthetics 3
SM6351
 Information Visualization
  
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.

Please refer to the University Home Page for historical catalogue information. (CityUHK > Academics > Programme and Course Catalogue > Research Degree Programmes > Archives)