MASTER OF ARTS IN THE FIELD OF CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS (MACC)

2025-26 Full-Time 2024-25 Full-Time

Programme Structure

The Master of Arts in Creative Communications programme programme is a one-year course that runs over two semesters. In Semester 1, student will take two foundation courses and a course on creative perspectives. In Semester 2, students will complete two courses that centre on the history and practice of creative communications and a capstone course, where students have the opportunity to design and produce their own creative project. In addition, students are required to take a full-year History of Practice course to develop their career trajectories as creative practitioners and leaders. 

Programme Requirements for The Main Creative Communications

Reference of 2024-25:

 

Courses Credits
1. Full Year Courses

  • ENGL7514 The History of Practice
 9 Credits
2. Semester 1 Courses

  • ENGL7507 Creative Foundations I: Macro Structure and History
  • ENGL7508 Creative Foundations II: Microscope on the Given and the Made
  • ENGL7512 Constructing and Staging Creative Perspective
 30 Credits
3. Semester 2 Courses (including a programme capstone course)

  • ENGL7509 Creative Life Stories: Narrating the Life Story of a Project, Person or Dream
  • ENGL7510 Workshopping Your Creative Vision
  • ENGL7995 Capstone Experience: The Happiness Project (Capstone Experience)
 30 Credits
Total (1)+(2)+(3) 69 Credits
Full Year Course
Course Code Programme Credits
ENGL7514 The History of Practice 9 Credits
Semester 1 Courses
Course Code Programme Credits
ENGL7514 The History of Practice 9 Credits
Semester 2 Courses
Course Code Programme Credits
ENGL7514 The History of Practice 9 Credits

Programme Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the Master of Arts in Creative Communications programme , students should be able to: 

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of history and contemporary practices in the field of creativity and creative communications in English, with a focus in the field for the multilingual and global creative professional.
  2. Analyze with critical and creative skills in the practices of creativity and creative communications internationally, across contemporary and fluid developments of genre and multimedia platforms.
  3. Analyze the problems and productive junctures of period, expectation and craft in acts of creative staging and communications, along with the identifying major and pivotal moments in making creative decisions for both development and impact of a growing project
  4. Identify and practice critical and creative strategies of macro and micro revisions through collaborative workshops and studios, developing expertise in creative construction and impact
  5. Preparations and stagings of original creative signature in multilingual contexts eligible for presentations, projects, artistic works, and professional development.
  6. Prepare for creative participation in a professional field or personal project through guided work in the ‘built environments’ of contemporary creative media and communications for greater distinction, impact and leadership.

Programme Fee and Scholarships

Programme Fee

2025-26: HK$280,800 per annum
Candidates who have accepted a conditional offer will be asked to pay the 1st instalment of tuition fees.

*Once you have paid the initial deposit to secure your place on the programme, please note that it is NOT transferable to other Taught Postgraduate Programmes at HKU or refundable in any way.

Scholarships

The School of English is pleased to let you know that we offer new scholarship opportunities for TPg students admitted in 2025-26 as follows:

 

Name Eligibility Place Awards Amount Application
Entrance Scholarship for the Master of Arts in the Field of Creative Communications (NEW) Full-time local and non-local students Determined by the Selection Committee each year Determined by the Selection Committee each year No need to submit a separate application form for this Scholarship, as all eligible local and non-local applicants are automatically considered upon their submission of a full admission application by 12:00 noon (GMT +8) March 31, 2025, on the basis of academic merit.
Faculty of Arts Scholarship for Local Students(NEW) Full-time local students Determined by the Selection Committee each year Up to 20% of the total tuition fee No need to submit a separate application form for this Scholarship, as all eligible local applicants are automatically considered upon their submission of a full admission application by 12:00 noon (GMT +8) March 31, 2025, on the basis of academic merit.

 

Update: November 22, 2024

Credit Unit Statement

FAQs

Does the MA in Creative Communications offer a part-time study mode?

At the moment we only offer a full-time option for the MA in the field of Creative Communications. 

Can I write to you in Chinese?

At the moment we only offer a full-time option for the MA in the field of Creative Communications. 

I have been accepted to your programme and have made my deposit, but I have changed my mind. Can I get a refund of my initial deposit?

At the moment we only offer a full-time option for the MA in the field of Creative Communications.