BA (Hons) in Digital Media
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As a top up program, the strategic planning for the two years is meant to strengthen certain core areas and then lead students to an idea-driven perspective. Explorations of new opportunities are highly encouraged.

YEAR ONE:
Students study trends and aesthetics and explore media concepts through studio labs.

YEAR TWO:
Students gain extra experience through professional practices and spend the year mainly to focus on developing and completing their capstone project.

Subjects include:

University Requirement (6 credits)
2 Profession-specific language training subjects (total 4 credits)
1 General Education subject (either China Studies or a broadening subject) (2 credits)

Compulsory Subjects (48 credits)
Production Process (2 credits)
Story Telling (2 credits)
Sound Design (2 credits)
Creative Thinking (2 credits)
Applied Media Aesthetics (2 credits)
From Ideas to Market (2 credits)
Entrepreneurship for Content Designers (3 credits)
Character Design (3 credits)
Final Year Project Development (3 credits)
Digital Media Studio I - Digital Video Production (6 credits)
Digital Media Studio II - Animation (6 credits)
Co-operative Project (6 credits)
Final Year Project (9 credits)

Two Electives (6 credits)
Advanced Animation (3 credits) or
Advanced Digital Video Production (3 credits) or
Advanced Visual Effects (3 credits)
 
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