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	2024-2025 Semester / Term
SM8402	Research Skills and Methods	3	A

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

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
SM8405A	Professional Practice	3	A
SM8406	Independent Study for Qualifying Examination	6	A&B

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

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
SM8402	Research Skills and Methods	3	A

Core Courses for MPhil Students (3 Credits):

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
SM8402	Research Skills and Methods	3	A

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

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
SM5303	Introduction to New Media Arts – Theories, Technologies, Aesthetics	3	A
SM5306	Cinematic Arts Workshop	3	A
SM5307	Digital Media and Moving Images	3	A
SM5308	Art and Technology	3	B
SM5312	Interactive Media I	3	B
SM5313	Interactive Media II	3	A
SM5315	Independent Study I	3	A / B / S
SM5316	Topics in Media Art I	3	A
SM5317	Digital Sound and Computer Music	3	B
SM5318	Topics in Media History and Theory I	3	A
SM5323	Topics in Media History and Theory II	3	A
SM5325	Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies	3	A
SM5326	Gender in Popular Media	3	B
SM5327	Chinese Cinema	3	B
SM5329	Arts Management and Curatorship	3	A
SM5330	The Cultures of Disney	3	---
SM5332	Making Things Blip, Blink and Move: Introduction to Physical Computing	3	B
SM5333	Prototyping New Cinema: The Future Moving Image	3	---
SM5334	Social Media Criticism: Technology, Aesthetics, and Culture	3	A
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	B
SM5341	Collecting, Archiving and Digital Preservation	3	---
SM5343	Law and Digital Cultures	3	---
SM5344	Abstract and Experimental Animation	3	B
SM6305	Media Art: Theory and Practice I	3	B
SM6310	Independent Study II	3	A / B / S
SM6311	Topics in Media Art II	3	A
SM6316	Media Art: Theory and Practice II	3	A&B
SM6317	Research Project in Media Studies	6	A&B / B&S / S&A
SM6319	Privacy and Surveillance in Art and Culture	3	---
SM6322	The Art Market: Transaction, Activism, Analysis	3	A
SM6323	Critical Ludology: Games, Playability and New Media Art	3	A
SM6324	Sensory Ethnography: Critical and Creative Practices	3	---
SM6325	Philosophy of Technology and New Media	3	B
SM6328	Analysis and Criticism of Computer Games	3	B
SM6329	History and Making of Exhibitions	3	A
SM6331	Digital Media for Curating	3	A&B
SM6332	Computer Games and Society	3	A
SM6333	World-Building in Digital Narrative Media	3	A
SM6339	Public Programming and Social Media	3	---
SM6341	Independent Documentary Production	3	---
SM6344	Technology and Aesthetics	3	---
SM8405A	Professional Practice	3	A
SM8406	Independent Study for Qualifying Examination	6	A&B
SM8407	Thesis Proposal Development*	3	B

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