Data and Media Communication Concentration
Requirements
| Concentration Courses | ||
| Concentration Required Courses |
15 units | |
| COMP3925 Data Analysis Studio | 1 unit | |
| COMP4115 Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization | 3 units | |
| JOUR2085 English News Reporting and Writing | 3 units | |
| JOUR2107 Introduction to Journalism and Communications | 3 units | |
| JOUR3155 Investigative Reporting for Data and Media Communication | 2 units | |
| JOUR4046 Integrated Data-driven Storytelling | 3 units | |
| Concentration Elective Courses* | 3 units | |
| COMP4015 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 units | |
| COMP4027 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 3 units | |
| COMP4045 Human Computer Interaction | 3 units | |
| COMP4075 Social Computing and Web Intelligence | 3 units | |
| COMP4125 Visual Analytics | 3 units | |
| COMP4909 Data Media Project II | 3 units | |
| COMP7930 Big Data Analytics | 3 units | |
| JOUR2005 Broadcast Reporting and Production | 2 units | |
| JOUR2086 Multiplatform Journalism | 2 units | |
| JOUR2105 Visual Journalism | 3 units | |
| JOUR3096 Current Affairs and News Analysis | 3 units | |
| JOUR3115 Media Management | 3 units | |
| JOUR3285 Financial Data and Market Sentiment Analysis | 3 units | |
| JOUR3287 Social Media Content Management | 3 units | |
| JOUR4005 Theory and Practice of Journalism in Greater China | 3 units | |
| * Any course as approved by the Department of Computer Science and Department of Journalism. | ||
| II. | Projects | 3 units |
| COMP4908 Data Media Project I | 3 units | |
| V. | Free Electives#^ | 24 units |
| # Students are encouraged to take additional Concentration Elective Courses (beyond the 3-unit Concentration Elective Requirement) from the above Concentration Elective Courses List and the following Elective Courses by using the free elective units to develop different areas of specialisation for the specific preference on future development. | ||
| ^ Students who plan to pursue research degrees are encouraged to take at least one course from S5. | ||
| S1: Web Technology and Data Engineering | ||
| COMP4017 Computer and Network Security | 3 units | |
| COMP4035 Database System Implementation | 3 units | |
| COMP4047 Internet and World Wide Web | 3 units | |
| COMP4087 Selected Topics in Web Technology and Data Engineering | 3 units | |
| COMP4105 Web Search Principles and Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4127 Information Security | 3 units | |
| S2: Digital Media and Mobile Technology | ||
| COMP4025 Interactive Computer Graphics | 3 units | |
| COMP4036 Digital Media Computing and Communications | 3 units | |
| COMP4055 Medical Image Processing and Applications | 3 units | |
| COMP4076 Selected Topics in Digital Media and Mobile Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4097 Mobile Computing | 3 units | |
| S3: Intelligent Informatics | ||
| COMP4027 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 3 units | |
| COMP4045 Human Computer Interaction | 3 units | |
| COMP4075 Social Computing and Web Intelligence | 3 units | |
| COMP4085 Selected Topics in Intelligent Informatics | 3 units | |
| COMP4125 Visual Analytics | 3 units | |
| S4: Enterprise Systems and Business Intelligence | ||
| COMP3035 Health Information Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4016 Clinical Decision Support and Information Systems | 3 units | |
| COMP4046 Information Systems Control and Auditing | 3 units | |
| COMP4077 Selected Topics in Enterprise Systems and Business Intelligence | 3 units | |
| COMP4096 Business Intelligence and Decision Support | 3 units | |
| COMP4106 E-Business Technology | 3 units | |
| COMP4126 Health Informatics: Technology and Practices | 3 units | |
| S5: Computer Science Theory and Other Advanced Topics | ||
| COMP3045 Advanced Algorithm Design, Analysis and Implementation | 3 units | |
| COMP3046 Advanced Programming for Software Development | 3 units | |
| COMP4015 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 units | |
| COMP4026 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 3 units | |
| COMP4066 Principles of Programming Language | 3 units | |
| COMP4067 Theory of Computation | 3 units | |
| COMP4086 Selected Topics in Theoretical Computer Science | 3 units | |
| Other Elective Courses | ||
| COMP3005 Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 units | |
| COMP3027 Enterprise Information Systems | 3 units | |
| COMP4005 Information Systems Theory, Methodology and Architecture | 3 units | |
| COMP4037 E-Technology Architectures, Tools and Application | 3 units | |
| COMP4056 Nature-Inspired Computing | 3 units | |
| COMP4065 Performance Modelling and Analysis of Computer Systems | 3 units | |
