1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will survey how technological advances affect how we perceive, frame, and present our world and how they change social relationships. We will look closely at a range of topics, such as the importance of printing technology, the significance of realism and perspective in Renaissance paintings, the invention of photography that spurred the Impressionist movement, all the way to how artists and makers use digital technology to create alternate and new realities. By focusing on how artistic and technological developments correlate and examining them in relation to critical theories, the course attends to the interconnected nature of art, craft, and technology.

1 Term; 3 Credits

This course aims to introduce the arts, culture and heritage with Hong Kong as a vantage point. Hong Kong, being a crossroad of cultures and civilisations, is not only drawn into the global cultural economy, but is also a space where cultural hybridity flourishes. Where creative talents, cultural elements, and historical experiences cross geographical borders, how are the arts, culture and heritage configured and reconfigured. This course considers the notion of Hong Kong as a cultural metropolis by examining: i) Chinese and Western influences on Hong Kong’s arts scene; ii) the regional and global dissemination and influence of Hong Kong’s popular culture; and iii) Hong Kong’s postcolonial heritage.

1 Term; 3 Credits

This course explores traditions and developments in interconnected genres of visual and performing arts including music, dance, theatre, and visual arts. Instead of viewing these genres as separate domains, it emphasizes the relationships between the performative and the visual, while still exposing students to distinct elements of these traditions around the world, with an emphasis on Asia. It also situates performing and visual arts as practices embedded within communities and societies, and students will analyse how these practices both shape and reflect diverse perspectives about social structures, cultural and religious beliefs, and political and economic systems. 

1 Term; 3 Credits
This is an introductory course to creating, acquiring, processing, and manipulating 2D and 3D digital data. It aims to provide students with the fundamentals of digitisation through a series of progressive contents that examine the nature of the digital, how it works, its limitations and physical transcendence, and the digital representations of objects. This involves the foundations of computation and the use of digital devices and software tools. Core concepts in 3D data processing extends 2D foundations by introducing 3D coordinate systems, vertex, polygons, UV mapping and general 3D modelling and manipulation techniques. The final segment of the course will guide students through the process of structured-light scanning and close-range photogrammetry. The course has a theoretical basis but leans towards the practicality of digitisation, 2D image manipulation and 3D skills.

1 Term; 3 Credits
With the advent and popular use of digital technology, the tools available for social research have expanded the scope of research methods significantly. The course introduces students to these tools, as well as the appropriate contexts for using them to complement conventional research methods. Students will also consider the ethical dimensions of using such tools and methods.