Curriculum Structure
School Core Courses
Minor
Student Handbook 2016 |
Curriculum Structure
Programmes in the new curriculum will require at least 128 units for graduation, which are distributed into three key components, Major, General Education, and Electives as follows:
Four-year Curriculum Structure
Study Schedule For 2015 and previous intakes: Journalism Major Chinese Journalism Concentration (including Broadcast Journalism)
Financial Journalism Concentration 
International Journalism Concentration
Public Relations and Advertising Major
For 2016 intake onwards:
Film Major
General Education (GE) In keeping with HKBU’s Whole Person Education, the General Education Programme is broad-based in design. Students of the School of Communication will study GE core courses in their first two years of study, and study GE distribution courses selectively in their four years of study. For more details, please refer to the GE Website: http://ge.hkbu.edu.hk
Taught Postgraduate Courses Students with senior standing and a minimum GPA of 3.0 will be allowed to take at most two taught postgraduate courses. Year 4 students with a GPA 3.0 or above and Year 3 students with a high GPA (e.g. 3.4) are allowed to enroll on the following taught postgraduate courses:
1. MA in Producing for Film, Television and New Media
CTV7230 Graduate Seminar on Chinese New Waves Cinema
2. MA in International Journalism Studies
JOUR7270 Entrepreneurial Journalism
3. MA in Communication and MSocSc in Media Management COMM7050 Media and Communication in Chinese Societies |
