school is starting 9 days time!!! this is not really a nightmare for me... but what worry me is the bidding of modules! *gaga*

round 1a bidding has ended... managed to get 3 modules... now i'm left with 1 module to bid.. but in round 2c... i hope i have enough points to bid for the marketing module... *keeping my fingers cross*

this semester... i managed to plan no morning lessons! yeah... dread the heavy traffic very morning from Thomson Road all the way to Marymount Road... can sleep longer too... hehe...

Let's have a look at what I'm studying this semester...

This module will enable students to extend their existing visual communication skills to meet challenges in designing content for new technologies in visual media. The module will train students to understand the technical skills involved in visual communication, incorporating text and images; demonstrate ability to identify, analyse and resolve design problems; develop professional presentation techniques; demonstrate proficiency in working individually or in teams for design problem solving; demonstrate some degree of professionalism in their approach to the design process; and demonstrate proficiency in the use of appropriate graphic/media tools.

Lecture: Thursday 1200 hrs to 1400 hrs

Copyright and New Media

This course will introduce students to fundamental principles of copyright law in the field of new media. The module will focus on copyright issues as they apply to content producers confronted with ongoing technological developments in information and communications technologies. It will review copyright issues from a socioeconomic, legal and policy perspective, and will cover issues such as fair-use exceptions, the open-source movement, digital rights management and anticircumvention and peer-to-peer file sharing.

Sectional Teaching Class: Wednesday 1800 hrs to 2100 hrs

The Nature of Language

This introductory overview of linguistics aims at equipping students with a solid foundation in the object, methods and goals of the science of spoken language, the prime tool of human communication. Through a principled analysis of patterns of sound, form and meaning at the levels of word, sentence and text, students will gain insight into what it means to say that language is a rule-governed system and an organic whole. The results of this exploration will be useful to those interested in the relationship between language and mind, society and culture.

Lecture: Monday 1400 hrs to 1600 hrs

1:59 AM