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.