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Timetables:
- CNM Graduates Modules Offering at a Glance for AY 2009/2010
- CNM Graduates Modules Offering at a Glance for AY 2008/2009
- CNM Graduates Modules Offering at a Glance for AY 2007/2008
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This module will expose students to advanced topics in state-society relationship and governance within the context of rapid changes in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It addresses how the notions of 'community', 'citizenship', and 'democracy' have been changed by the creation of a transnational public sphere due to ICTs. The module will also address how the emergence of an informational economy changes the role of the state, especially in terms of preparing society for the challenges ahead. Works of John Urry, Manuel Castells, Bob Jessop, Frank Webster and David Lyon, among others, will be discussed and critiqued.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This module will apply major theoretical developments in new media and information and communications technology studies and their relevance to emerging Asian Economies. New media such as Internet, mobile communications, and cable and satellite broadcasting are changing emerging Asian Economies. The rapid diffusion of these technologies have impacted upon various facets of society in these countries - governance, political participation, business, education, social and family relations and leisure habits. This thematically-based module will focus on specific issues such as governance in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, social relations in China, Japan and Malaysia, leisure in Korea and Singapore, business and economy in India, Thailand and Vietnam etc.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This module examines public policies and the regulation of information and communication technologies in Singapore and its Asian neighbors as well as in Europe, Australia, African nations and the Americas. Its aim is to help students understand the legal, political, and cultural foundations of policymaking. The module will examine various nations' selected ICT policies and the impact those policies can have on technological growth and innovation, e-commerce, and society at large.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This course is designed to help students explore current issues related to Computer-Mediated Environments (CMEs) such as online communities, virtual organizations, e-learning communities, virtual reality, etc. Students will critically analyze theories and conceptualize the impacts of ICTs on the way people communicate, work, socialize, play, and learn in CMEs. Students will review theories, models, and empirical studies on various topics such as social identity, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), online community, Computer-Mediated social networks and social capital, human computer interactions, and online collaboration in business and education.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-3-4
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs.
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This course will introduce important theories on how people process information from the media and how media affects individuals. Based on empirical social science research, this course will examine the effects of mass media on user's cognition, attitude, and behaviour. While the focus of the course will be on how media, both traditional and new media, affects individual users, the effects of mass media on groups and society will also be discussed.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-3-4
Pre-requisites: For any undergraduate who has accumulated 120 MCs.
Concentrates on issues related to, and methods for, the design and analysis of emerging interactive digital media with focus on a human-computer interaction (HCI) perspective. It provides students with knowledge and skills to compare, critique and apply traditional and emerging methodologies with focus on user-centered design, experience-centered design and activity-centered design The module explores technological developments and trends in interactive digital media supporting a variety of activities—from entertainment, education, artistic creation, communication, mobile to work-related—and provides an appreciation of the impact of interactive digital media over individual, societal and cultural activities, and how our social and cultural environment and activities can inform design.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This module examines the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in shaping economic transformation and enhancing development communication in the context of developing countries from a comparative angle. It addresses important concerns such as poverty, gender, social exclusion, digital divide, governance, development policy etc. in a multidisciplinary perspective of political economy, development communication and economic sociology. The module will also expose students to major eva luation techniques and methods in assessing the costs, benefits and impacts of ICT-based development projects.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-2-0-4-4
Pre-requisites: For any undergraduate who has accumulated 120 MCs.
This course will cover major artistic threads, such as networked art, that involve large numbers of geographically distributed participants, large-scale public works as well as virtual and augmented reality works that blur the distinction between real-world and synthetic information. The course will focus on interactive works where media consumers participate in creating their own artistic experience. It will also cover the historical development of ideas, put them into a social context and examine contemporary critical reflections about art. A hands-on component will allow students to experiment with creating interactive works. The course will culminate in the study of several works by some of the most important emerging new media artists.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-4-3
Pre-requisites: For any undergraduate who has accumulated 120 MCs.
This module will introduce different structural models of mind, media, computation, and design. It will also examine how these different models can and do inform different approaches to the design of interactive media. The module is designed for arts and humanities students and does not assume any previous experience in computer or cognitive science.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-1-3-4
Pre-requisites: For any undergraduate who has accumulated 120 MCs.
New and emerging media, interactive digital media, games and serious games for learning are being used to inform, educate, train, persuade, influence and change. Their immediacy, accessibility and portability could complement existing teaching tools, methods and resources, and do so economically, reaching students in all communities, including the underrepresented and underprivileged. This module will provide an appreciation of the increasing emergence of interactive learning media, games and serious games for purpose, the current trends in their development and use, and the social, cultural and ethical considerations in their wide adoption.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 3-0-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: (a) For CNM major who has accumulated 120 MCs
(b) For CNM, FASS, and SoC graduate students.
This module provides a survey of public affairs/issues management and communication management theories with an emphasis on strategic issues, cross-cultural perspectives, and critical analyses. The course examines how communication management theories are related to other areas of the communication discipline with emphasis on organizational, mass, and international communication as well as rhetoric, persuasion and social movements.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-4-3
Pre-requisites: CNM graduate students, or CNM majors who have accumulated 120 MCs
This module provides students with a broad understanding of organizational communication. It will examine the process of communication as individuals work, collaborate, build relationships, and influence each other within organizations. It will also explore the impact that new media has on communicative processes within organizations. In this module, “organizations” include corporations, governments, non-profit organizations, religious groups, social movements, political parties, universities, communities, and families.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: Minimum 10 hours per week. The precise breakdown of contact hours, assignment and preparation is to be worked out between the lecturer and the student, subject to Department approval.
Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Communications and New Media in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-4-3
Pre-requisites: CNM graduate students, or CNM majors who have accumulated 120 MCs
Topics in Interactive Media Design introduces special, advanced or rotating topics currently not included in the graduate-level Communications and New Media curriculum. Topics in this module offer instruction in the various specializations of the interactive media design field, more advanced instruction on the basic skills and knowledge covered in the current modules, and/or research, discussion and analysis of issues of current interest in the field of interactive media design.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-4-3
Pre-requisites: CNM graduate students, or CNM majors who have accumulated 120 MCs
Topics in Communication Management introduces special, advanced or rotating topics currently not included in the graduate-level Communications and New Media curriculum, or builds on the basic modules in the communication management sequence. Topics in this module offer instruction in the various specializations of the communication management field, more advanced instruction on the skills and knowledge covered in the current modules, and/or research, discussion and analysis of issues of current interest in the field of communication management.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-3-4
Pre-requisite: Nil
In this module, students will review classical and contemporary readings in communications and new media studies, including key concepts and areas of investigation. It will provide students with a comprehensive and critical overview of theoretical frameworks of communications and new media. Students will also examine the role of theory in the research process.
*Note:
NM6101 is offered only in Semester 1 of every academic year.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 1-2-0-2-5
Pre-requisites: For CNM and FASS graduate students.
Preclusion: NM5101
This course will prepare graduate students for their dissertation writing by delving into selected quantitative and qualitative methods in depth in the area of communications and new media. Students will have hands-on experience in developing their own research agenda, designing methodologies and conducting independent fieldwork.
*Note:
NM6102 is offered in Semester 1 & 2 of every academic year. If you are a Ph.D. student, you must take NM6770 (Graduate Research Seminar) and NM6101 (Advanced Theories in CNM) in Semester 1 because they are both compulsory and CNM only offers them in Semester 1 of each academic year. Hence you are strongly encouraged NOT to take NM6102 in semester 1. Please take NM6102 (Research Methods in CNM) in Semester 2 instead (after taking NM6770 and NM6101).
If you are a masters student, you must take NM6770 in semester 1 and you can choose to take NM6102 concurrently with NM6770 or take NM6102 in Semester 2 instead. It will be your choice.
While masters students are not required to take NM6101 (Advanced Theories in CNM), you are strongly encouraged to take this course. It will be very useful to take NM6101 as you work on your research proposal (in NM6770).
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-3-4
Pre-requisite: Nil
Preclusion: Nil
The media play tremendously important roles in our lives: by our ubiquitous, daily interactions with them; by the ways they shape the political and cultural landscape within the public sphere; or by engendering possibilities for communication. In this module we will consider questions such as: How should we understand the relationships among media and the social and cultural contexts in which they operate? How should we think through the relationship of technology and communication? What is new about new media technologies? How do certain cultures create and naturalize particular modes of media form and content? How do media technologies interact with/create forms of community and identity?
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-3-4
Pre-requisite: Nil
The module targets advanced students in the arts and social sciences interested in the study of the social, cultural, political and aesthetic impact of new technologies on conceptions of human embodiment. Students will critically engage the field of human-machine interaction, particularly related to research on concepts, visions and technologies of interfacing 'human' and 'machine': internet, cyborg, wearable and ubiquitous computing, and immersive virtual reality (gaming in particular). Apart from developing students' interdisciplinary skills, this module aims to link the discourse of new media and technology with that of the body, where idea of 'the body and its boundaries' itself is not assumed but carefully scrutinized.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: Minimum 10 hours per week. The precise breakdown of contact hours, assignment and preparation is to be worked out between the lecturer and the student, subject to Department approval.
Independent research plays an important role in graduate education. The Independent Study Module is designed to enable the student to explore an approved topic in Communications and New Media in depth. The student should approach a lecturer to work out an agreed topic, readings, and assignments for the module. A formal, written agreement is to be drawn up, giving a clear account of the topic, programme of study, assignments, evaluation, and other pertinent details. Head's and/or Graduate Coordinator's approval of the written agreement is required. Regular meetings and reports are expected. Evaluation is based on 100% Continuous Assessment and must be worked out between the student and the lecturer prior to seeking departmental approval.
Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-0-7
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
This is a required module for all research Masters and Ph.D. students admitted from AY2004/2005. The module provides a forum for students and faculty to share their research and to engage one another critically in discussion of their current research projects. The module will include presentations by faculty on research ethics and dissertation writing. Each student is required to present a formal research paper. Active participation in all research presentations is expected. The module may be spread over two semesters and will be graded "Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory" on the basis of student presentation and participation.
*Note:
NM6770 is offered only in Semester 1 of every academic year.
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