Courses Offered for Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Journalism and Mass Communication

Minimum Graduation Requirement: 125 Credits
University Requirements (14 Credits)
CHI 101-2 First Year Chinese I & II (Including Practical Chinese Writing)      
ENG 111-2 English Usage I & II      
           
Departmental Core Requirements (9 Credits)
JOUR 100 Introduction to Journalism and Mass Communication      
JOUR 130 Digital Photojournalism      
PRA 130 Principles of Advertising and Marketing      
Departmental Electives / Free Electives (6 Credits)
GE courses  (3 Credits)
(need to complete at least one GE course)
Departmental Electives
JOUR 170 Visual Communication      
JOUR 180 History of Hong Kong Journalism      
JOUR 190 Media Aesthetics      
MDIT 110 Principles of Interaction Design      
GE courses and Free Electives offered from other contributing departments- TBA
Total Credits                                                                                                                                                    32
University Requirements (6 Credits)
ENG 211-2 English Writing      
           
Departmental Core Requirements (18 Credits)
JOUR 201* Audio-Visual Production      
JOUR 203 Communication Research Methods      
JOUR 204 Mass Communication Law      
JOUR 205 Storytelling      
JOUR 206 News Reporting and Writing in Chinese      
JOUR 220 Mass Communication Theories      
Departmental Electives / Free Electives (3 Credits)
GE courses (6 Credits)		    
(need to complete two GE courses)    
Departmental Electives
JOUR 230 Technological Change and Human Communication      
JOUR 231 Sports Communication      
JOUR 250 Introduction to Mass Media in China      
JOUR 260 Computer Graphic Design and Publishing      
JOUR 263 Professional Putonghua in Journalism and Communication      
MDIT 210 Human Centered UX/UI Design       
MDIT 220 Understanding VR/AR (Unity 1 and Unreal 1)      
PRA 200 Public Relations and the Media      

GE courses and Free Electives offered from other contributing departments- TBA

* Pre-requisite for specific field of JOUR 403 Professional Internship
Total Credits                                                                                                                                                    33
Departmental Requirements (12 Credits)
JOUR 302 Media Ethics      
JOUR 303 English News Writing and Reporting      
JOUR 304 Feature Writing      
JOUR 371 Media Practicum      
Departmental Electives / Free Electives (15 Credits)
GE courses (3 Credits)
(need to complete the remaining GE courses)    
Departmental Electives
IDP 301 Creative Media Project      
JOUR 300* News Editing      
JOUR 301* Intermediate Audio-Visual Production      
JOUR 312 Public Opinion Polls      
JOUR 320 News Translation      
JOUR 321 Digital Photography and Post-Production      
JOUR 335 Visualization Analysis and Design      
JOUR 341* Digital News and Information Production      
JOUR 342 Data Journalism and Augmented-Reality-Enhanced News      
JOUR 360 Magazine Writing and Editing      
JOUR 380* Business Reporting and Analysis      
JOUR 381* Advanced Financial News Analysis      
JOUR 390 Computer Animation in Journalism and Communication      
JOUR 395* Social Media and Networked Communication      
MDIT 330 Entrepreneurship and New Product Development for the Information Industry      
MDIT 420 Game Engines for Game Development      
PRA 310* Advertising Copywriting      
PRA 320* Public Relations Disciplines in the Digital World      
PRA 330* Advertising Strategies and Design      
PRA 340* Event Management      
PRA 350* Public Relations Writing for Online and Offline Contexts      

GE courses and Free Electives offered from other contributing departments- TBA

* Pre-requisite for specific field of JOUR 403 Professional Internship
Total Credits                                                                                                                                                    30
Departmental Requirements (6 Credits)
JOUR 403 Professional Internship      
Departmental Electives / Free Electives (24 Credits)
Must choose any 8 courses    
JOUR 400 Editorial and Commentary Writing      
JOUR 420 Press Policy and Law of China      
JOUR 421 Enterprise Journalism      
JOUR 431 Script Writing      
JOUR 440 Entertainment and Pop Culture Production      
JOUR 441-2 Dissertation      
JOUR 450 Honours Project      
JOUR 460 Digitization and Interactive Multimedia      
JOUR 480 China Reporting      
JOUR 490 Documentary and Digital Production      
PRA 420 Integrated Marketing Strategies and Planning      
PRA 430 Audio-Visual Production in PRA      
PRA 440 Advertising Agency Account Planning      
PRA 450 Risk and Crisis Communication      
PRA 460 Media Planning      
PRA 470 Financial Public Relations      

Free Electives offered from other contributing departments - TBA
Total Credits                                                                                                                                                    30
Note 1: The above programme information is for 2022-23 cohort (Year 1) and 2023-24 cohort (Year 1 & 2).

Note 2: For the descriptions of courses not listed under the Department of Journalism and Communication, please refer to their respective Departments for details.