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Other appropriate practical trainings such as internship scheme, media design and production tools and software, and onsite technical visits or seminars will be given to broaden students’ learning. Students are also provided with a general education, especially in communication and business skills to enhance their abilities in their professions and as an allaround person. The programme provides a balanced theoretical studies and practical training to prepare students for careers in the industry, at the same time, it prepares students to advance to higher academic levels, such as bachelor’s degree, or even higher level, programmes in media production, media design, and digital entertainment, either locally or overseas. 3.3 Study Areas The curriculum consists of five supporting components: (1) Media and Post Production mainly focuses on how digital media is designed and produced. (2) Interactive Media and Graphics mainly focuses on graphic application and interactive system development. (3) Computer System and Programming mainly provides students with basic programming and user interface design techniques. (4) Language enables students to be effective communicators. (5) Practice and Ethics provides students with opportunities to practise their learnt skills and gives them a background of professional issues about the media production field. 3.4 Links with Industry The programme is professionally oriented with regular input from professional people of the field, such as CEOs, human resources and training managers, educators, media and advertising experts, such as Heavy Optical Limited, and Digital Magic. 3.5 Career Opportunities Upon graduation, students can enter the digital mediarelated fields, including digital animation, publishing, television, film, advertising, multimedia production, business and manufacturing sectors where highend technologies (visual, sound, special effects, and interactivity) are involved in the production process. Graduate students will be qualified for a wide range of positions, such as animators, multimedia producers, interactive media application developers, sound designers, AScCIMP Programme Handbook 5
effects designers, computer game effect editor, new media designers, and production managers. 4 Programme Structure and Curriculum 4.1 Structure of the Programme The normal pattern of study spans over two academic years on a fulltime basis, starting in Semester A of Year 1 and finishing at the end of Semester B in Year 2. To be eligible for an Associate of Science in Creative and Interactive Media Production award, students should accumulate at least 60 credit units with the following distribution: Credit Units 4.2 Core Studies Core Studies 54 Language Studies 6 60 Course Code Course Title Credit Units CM20300 Entrepreneurship 3 DCO10102 Introduction to Computer Systems 3 DCO10103 Programming in Java 3 DCO10104 UserCentred Design and Testing 3 DCO10105 ObjectOriented Programming and Design 3 DCO10701 Creative Thinking for Media Design 3 DCO10702 Digital Media Design Fundamentals 3 DCO10703 Introduction to Media Production 3 DCO10961 Web Design and Architecture 3 DCO20501 Computer Graphics 3 DCO20503 3D Modeling and Computer Animation 3 DCO20701 Digital Effects and Audio Production 3 DCO20703 Digital Photography and Video 3 DCO20702 or DCO20704 Internship or Media Project DCO20705 Professional Issues in Media Production Industry 3 DCO20962 Multimedia Authoring 3 DCO20963 Interactive Media Design 3 DSS10104 Practical Psychology for Management 3 AScCIMP Programme Handbook 6 3
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