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.

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

Code Course Title Credits 2024-2025
Semester / Term
COM8000 Communication and Society 3 A
COM8001 Social Science Theories in Communication 3 B
COM8007 Multivariate Analysis in Communication Research 3 B

Research Methodology and Ethics Course for MPhil / PhD: (3 credits)

Code Course Title Credits 2024-2025
Semester / Term
COM8005 Quantitative Research Methods in Media and Communication 3 A

Electives for PhD/MPhil Students:

Code Course Title Credits 2024-2025
Semester / Term
COM8000 Communication and Society 3 A
COM8001 Social Science Theories in Communication 3 B
COM8002 Proseminar in Communication Studies 3 -
COM8003 Communication Theories and Social Change 3 -
COM8004 Media in Greater China 3 -
COM8005 Qualitative Research Methods in Media and Communication 3 A
COM8007 Multivariate Analysis in Communication Research 3 B
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 A
COM5102 Global Media in the Digital Era # 3 B
COM5103 Policy and Regulation of New Media # 3 A
COM5104 Research Methods for Communication and New Media # 3 A
COM5105 Media Economics and Management # 3 B
COM5106 Integrated Marketing Communication # 3 A / B
COM5108 Psychological Processing of New Media # 3 B
COM5110 Public Communication Campaign Management # 3 B
COM5401 Advertising Production and Management # 3 A
COM5402 Public Relations Strategies # 3 A
COM5403 Crisis Communication and Management # 3 B
COM5501 Internet Communication # 3 A
COM5502 Multimedia Communication # 3 B
COM5503 Dynamic Web Communication # 3 -
COM5504 Advanced Multimedia Communication # 3 B
COM5505 Digital Media for E-marketing # 3 Summer
COM5506 Social Network Analysis for Communication # 3 B
COM5507 Social Media Data Acquisition and Processing # 3 A
COM5508 Media Data Analytics # 3 B
COM5602 Directed Studies # 3 -

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

updated in August 2024