.: Graduate Programme

Overview

The Communications and New Media (CNM) graduate programme currently offers both masters and doctoral degrees by research only. We presently have a diverse group of students from various disciplinary backgrounds including journalism, English literature, sociology and engineering. Our research students hail from various parts of the world, including China, India, Indonesia, Canada and Singapore. Click here for interviews with some of our research students.

As a by-research only programme, students need to know what their research interests are before application. Once admitted, all graduate students need to take essential modules, such as NM5101 Research Methods in CNM and NM6770 Graduate Research Seminar, and some additional courses in other departments as required by their adviser. Ph.D students are also required to take NM6101 Advanced Theories in CNM. Other graduate electives are:

NM5201 State & Civil Society in the Information Age,
NM5202 New Media in Emerging Asian Economies,
NM5203 Infocomm Technology Policy,
NM5204 Computer-Mediated Environments,
NM5205 Cognition & Media,
NM5206 Emerging Media Interaction,
NM5207 ICTs and Development,
NM5208 Managing Communication Campaigns,
NM5209 New Media Arts,
NM6201 Communication and Culture, and
NM6202 Technological Embodiments.

They also will need to work closely with their assigned adviser to take supplementary coursework and finalize their master's or doctoral research topics. For faculty specialty, please refer to the CNM Programme webpage under the People> Academic Staff section. The current faculty members have a wide range of research interests from science and technology studies, e-learning, media studies, interface design, cyber-public relations, ICT policy, human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communication.

CNM graduate programme welcomes students with diverse backgrounds in history, political science, sociology, public policy, anthropology, journalism, media studies, mass communication, graphic design, and computer sciences.

The CNM Programme takes a social sciences approach to study the impacts of new information-communications technologies. Applicants interested in the managerial implications of ICTs, applications of ICTs in a business setting, or technical aspects of ICTs should apply directly to relevant programmes in the School of Business or School of Computing.