Upon successful completion of this Programme, students should be able to:

1. Recognize, analyze, and evaluate the different cultural and aesthetic forms of creative media and their roles in historical and contemporary societies.
2. Describe the tools, the production process, and the business models of media industries.
3. Differentiate among local, regional, and global media contexts, and synthesize critical analyses of the dynamic relationships among these contexts.
4. Apply digital media to game design, curating, and other creative industries.
5. Apply the analytic and research skills acquired in the programme to the theory and practice of new media forms, practices, and contents.
6. Reflect on and theorize the historical trajectory and future possibilities of media technologies.
   
   

Stream-specific Aims and Outcomes

A. Media Cultures (MC) Stream

Stream Aims

This stream aims to equip students with the skills in critical inquiry and analysis required of future leaders of the media industry, as well as related professions in which knowledge of media history and methodologies for analyzing media texts and institutions are increasingly beneficial.

MC Stream Intended Learning Outcomes (SILOs)
Upon successful completion of this Stream, students should be able to:

1. Recognize, describe, and analyze key methodological concepts from the fields of media and cultural studies.
2. Apply historical information and critical concepts from media and cultural studies to the analysis of contemporary media texts and institutions.
3. Describe the cultural aspects of the media industries in local, regional, and international contexts.
4. Describe and assess the aesthetic and technological relationship between traditional media forms and new media, recognizing new challenges and formulating strategies to address them.
5. Communicate relevant ideas concerning both contemporary and historical media environments to a wide range of audiences, including industry, scholars, and the general public.
6. Recognize the parameters of substantial media studies research, and imagine and formulate original research in both industrial and academic settings.

B. Playable Media and Game Studies (PMGS) Stream*

     (* Deferment of introducing the PMGS Stream in 2017/18 and 2018/19)

Stream Aims

This stream aims to provide the graduates with the theoretical, conceptual, and creative foundations that are necessary for careers in industries related to computer games and playable media, and for further studies in the fields of computer games and new media in general. The stream aims to instill in its graduates the curiosity to discover new opportunities for creative, artistic, cultural and critical expression and intervention using playable media, and to equip its graduates with the knowledge needed to innovate new forms of computer games and playable media.

PMGS Stream Intended Learning Outcomes (SILOs)
Upon successful completion of this Stream, students should be able to:

1. Recognize, describe, and analyze the cultural forms of games and play and their roles in both historical and contemporary societies.
2. Apply the practical skills acquired in the programme to create drafts, designs, and prototypes of computer games and/or artworks and applications using playable media that innovate beyond the existing genres and canons, and/or engage in social critique and/or intervention.
3. Describe and evaluate the tools, the production process, and the business models of playable media industry in different local, regional, and international contexts.
4. Describe and evaluate the aesthetics, the canon, and the conventional genres of computer games and playable media.
5. Describe the potential of computer games and playable media for artistic expression, social critique and intervention independently, and in relation to other forms of new media.
6. Analyze and evaluate computer games and artworks of playable and interactive media in relation to aesthetical, cultural, and commercial aspects using the vocabulary of computer game studies, and formulate substantial research projects.

C. Curating Art and Media (CAM) Stream

Stream Aims

This stream aims to develop the creative, intellectual, and technological competence required of future leaders in art and media curating sector, with an emphasis on the impact of digital media on all aspects of art, with a focus on developing capabilities in using new technologies in curating, exhibiting, and communicating art. Graduates will gain a critical understanding of key issues in contemporary practice of art and media, as well as solid skills in research, curating, collection, and exhibition to become successful in their careers or further studies in MPhil and/or PhD programmes.

CAM Stream Intended Learning Outcomes (SILOs)
Upon successful completion of this Stream, students should be able to:

1. Recognize, describe, and analyse the various aspects of the professional process of curating art and media.
2. Apply the research, analytic and creative skills acquired in the programme to fulfil curating responsibilities.
3. Recognize and communicate the challenges faced by art institutions in the digital media age and articulate possible strategies to address them.
4. Design, Plan and execute innovative curatorial projects to communicate effectively via digital media.
5. Describe, analyse, and evaluate media art exhibition projects.
6. Devise and execute substantial research projects in the field of media arts administration.