这是一个关於媒介与流行文化的研究课程，目的在於探讨媒介文化跟日常生活、社会及地缘政治的牵连，阐释广告、摄影、漫画、电视、光碟技术、流行音乐、音乐录影、电脑网络、报刊与印刷等文化产品的历史发展、生产模式、社会接收和政治效应。课程的重点除了教授学生不同的文化理论如符号学、意识形态批评、性别再现、文化政策等，并会深入日常媒体批评的实践，同时也著重讨论媒介文化与资本主义、商业体制、消费主义、个人生活风格和大众娱乐消闲的关系。

CULS5214 Politics of Culture Identities 文化身份的政治
 

This course dwells on various topics in the field of cultural identities, from its historical origin and theoretical ground in the West, to its contemporary phenomena and ramifications across the globe, ranging from Europe, North America, to Chinese and local contexts. The course ends with a discussion of the situation in post-colonial Hong Kong.
本课程细论「文化身份」领域的各种议题，由其历史起源、理论基础，到当代的发展及全球现象，涵盖欧洲、北美、中国及本土情境，最后以香港后殖民身份问题探讨作结。

CULS5215 MA Research Paper 研究硕士报告
 

Research on an approved topic for writing a graduation paper under individualized supervision. Consent of teacher required.
学生在个别指导下撰写毕业论文，须获老师同意方可选修。

CULS5216 Queer Movements and Sexual Politics 酷儿运动与性政治
 

This course aims to examine the historical trajectory of queer movements as well as the issues and debates pertinent to them so as to make sense of the complexity of sexual politics in the late modern society. It also poses challenges to the commonly held division between academy and social activism by examining their intertwined but not very smooth relationship.
本科将探究酷儿运动的历史流变，并讨论与之相关的种种议题与论争，以求理解晚期现代社会下性政治的错综复杂。此外，本科亦会探讨学术与社会运动互相纠结但不甚顺畅的互动关系，藉此挑战学术与社运必然二分的常识习见。

CULS5217 Civil Society, Cultural Work and Youth in the Digital Age 数码时代的公民社会、文化工作与青年
 

This course focuses on how the development of civil society interacts with strategic uses of information and communication technology (ICT). The central discussion consists of: 1) an understanding of the origins and rationales of different endervours; 2) an evaluation of the success or failure of particular projects and the reason behind; 3) a distinguishment between the ephemerality and sustainability of different efforts; and 4) a study of the potentials and limitations of ICT for civil society development. The course will invite veteran as well as emerging practitioners of digital projects as guest speakers and will use real world projects and cases for study.
本课程探讨公民社会的发展和资讯媒体科技的用法和策略。课程主要课题包括∶一）了解不同行动和志业的起源和根据；二）评论不同项目的成败之处及其原因；三）分析持续或短暂出现的话题或概念；以及四）研究资讯媒体科技对推动公民社会发展的潜力和限制。本课程亦会邀请数码项目策画人客席讲课，有资深的、亦有新进的。学生可以接触到真实的案例，亦会获得讲师的指导，写作或创作更有力的用家内容，和有见识地参与公民社会。

CULS5218 Practical & Critical Film Criticism Writing 实用影视批评写作
 

This course focuses on exploring different ways, approaches and theories to write film criticism, primarily on narrative film. There are mainly three teaching objectives the course aims to achieve:1) Examining various critical approaches and techniques of film criticism (humanism, auteurism, genre, social science, historical, esthetics, etc.) and studying functions of each approach, its brief history and its development; 2) Exploring and criticizing the hidden ‘conspiracy’ and ideologies behind the visual and auditory representations; and 3) In popular press, evaluating and reviewing films currently playing in theaters in your own style.
本课程主要集中教授不同的敍事电影批评的理论、路径与方法，以达到三个教学目标∶一）用不同的批判技巧与方法，对电影文本做人文主义、导演主创论、类型学、社会科学、历史及美学等的分析，掌握每种批评方法的历史与发展；二） 作为文化工作者，将不同的文化理论与电影文本进行对读，将文本与特定的语境互相对读，剖析、拆解、批判形色的影像背后的意识形态「阴谋」；以及三）如何在流行的杂志期刊中，将对电影的感性体验与理性思考结合起来，用自己独特的风格，评价和介绍近期的影视作品。

CULS5219 Chinese Society, Culture and Politics 中国社会、文化与政治
 

This course aims to think through some of the contradictions and issues concerning developmental transition, culture and politics in mainland Chinese society through texts on cultural theories, Chinese studies, local and oversea. The course is divided into three sections. The first reviews cultural debates and social concerns in the late 70s and 80s of China. The second investigates the emergence of sharp inequalities arising from developmental contradictions, class stratification and the intellectual debates surrounding these issues. Last the course looks at the latest studies on topics such as new religions, ethnic conflicts, middle class desires and the web media in contemporary China.