Lingnan University

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Course Plan

Assessment & Graduation Requirement

Teaching and Administrative Staff

Beyond the Classroom

Venues for Classes

MCS Awards and Scholarship

Application for Course Auditing

Forms

Office Hours

Some University Regulations and Programme Regulations

Classes Arrangements on the Approach of Typhoon/Rainstorms

Our Programme
課程特色

We Offer Something Different, as the MCS programme…

1	Helps students to reflect on, and devise alternative ways to approach, current practices
2	Deals with two broad themes – ‘The Popular as Critical Culture’ and ‘Education in Cultural Studies’
3	Adopts an interdisciplinary and cooperative learning approach
4	Links local and international scholarship

MCS課程…不一樣的特色

1	協助學生反思現行的文化實踐及尋找另類的可能性 
2	著重兩大主題 – "普及文化的批判面向"及"文化研究中的教育實踐"
3	採用跨學科及合作學習模式
4	重視本地與國際間的學術聯繫及交流

Our students get something different from the MCS programme…

1	Equip themselves with up-to-date theoretical and practical knowledge essential to their area of interest
	or work
2	Learn to develop critical perspectives for understanding aspects of everyday life and contemporary
	cultural phenomena.
3	Network and share ideas with fellow students and alumni from mixed academic and working background.

修讀文化研究碩士……不一樣的經驗

1	增進理論及實踐知識，有助日常工作需要及實現個人追求。 
2	學習從批判角度，重新理解日常生活中的各種範疇及當代文化現象。
3	與來自不同學術及工作背景的同學及畢業生，建立網絡關係，分享意見及經驗。

Our MCS Students

1	They come from mixed academic and working background, which enables a broadening of 
	everyone’s horizon and stimulate their thinking through classroom and peer discussion.
2	The professional fields of MCS students and graduates include, but are not limited to:
	Media and Creative Industries Education Civil Society and Community Work Professionals : Lawyer, Translator and Engineer etc.

MCS學生……不一樣的工作背景

1	修讀文化研究碩士課程的同學來自各行各業，不同背景的同學可以藉課堂內外的討論，
	擴闊視野，刺激思維。
2	修讀文化研究碩士課程的學生較多來自以下專業範疇:
	傳媒及創意工業教育公民社會組織及社區工作專業界別: 法律、翻譯及工程等

OBJECTIVES

The MCS programme is designed to enable students:

1. to acquire up-to-date theoretical and practical essentials, as well as their linkages, in cultural studies;

2. to broaden their intellectual horizon across the boundaries of academic and professional disciplines;

3. to form critical perspectives for understanding the complex processes of contemporary cultural production;

4. to be equipped with the necessary skills to analyze the constraints and potentials of their respective professional practices in the rapidly changing contemporary context; and

5. to apply cultural studies in practicing critical pedagogy in various fields.

Learning Outcomes for Taught Postgraduate Programmes

On successful completion of a taught postgraduate programme, students are expected:

1. to have up-to-date, in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of a specific discipline area, as well as a broad range of general knowledge;

2. to be able to apply knowledge at an advanced level in professional contexts or to solve problems;

3. to be able to think critically and creatively; and

4. to have the ability to articulate ideas clearly and coherently both in written and oral forms of a variety of information.

Learning Outcomes for Master of Cultural Studies Programme

The intended learning outcomes of the programme are in alignment with the University’s mission of enabling “students to think, judge, care and ultimately act responsibly in the changing circumstances of Hong Kong, the region and the world.” Students, after the completion of this programme, will be able to

1. demonstrate a refinement of the professional and cultural resources they already have to better understanding the complex processes of cultural works today, and

2. to deal with the constraints and potentials, as well as new challenges and emergent problems, of their respective professional practices in the rapidly changing contemporary context.

Profile of the Ideal Lingnan Graduate

Liberal arts education at Lingnan University aims to instil a sense of civic duty in our students and to cultivate skills, competences and sensibilities that enable graduates to pursue their goals in a rapidly changing social, cultural and economic environment. Lingnan graduates will have breadth and depth of vision, the desire and capacity for public service, an awareness of the complexities that characterise enduring human dilemmas, and, accordingly, maturity of judgement. Excellent as leaders and employees, Lingnan graduates will be the beneficiaries of a multi-dimensional approach to learning.

For taught postgraduate programmes, Lingnan graduates are expected to:

1. have up-to-date, in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of a specific discipline area, as well as a broad range of general knowledge;

2. be able to apply knowledge at an advanced level in professional contexts or to solve problems;

3. be able to think critically and creatively; and

4. have the ability to articulate ideas clearly and coherently both in written and oral forms of a variety of information.