Graduation

It has been a while since i posted anyhting on this blog. So the first item on the list will be my graduation.

As some of you, or all of you, may know. I have been studying in Hong Kong at the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong since 2006. I studied the BScCm programme. A pioneer in its genre at the time since it combines core courses in creative media and computer science. We have an equal balance between the two subjects and for the creative media courses we have adapted them to be more suitable for more technically inclined people. This does not though mean that we have no creativity and no skills in design and aesthetics.

Over the past year I have been blessed with many opportunities. The first one, chronologically, was the chance to be sponsored to go to the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz Autria. This was sponsored by Cyberport. I was then offered a place as a part-time Research Assistant for Professor Liu until december. In the mean time I got the opportunity to show my BTMS at Cyberport and the Delay No Mall. After Xmas and a scholarship from the school covering my last year of studies, I got offered a place as a part-time student helper, which meant that I got the opportunity to help out Koala with her Installation Class. My role being to cover the dreaded “Menu 5″ of Isadora. The Calculations Menu…….

After that was a succession of roles as a student assistant and research assistant for Professor Liu. I work on improvements of the BTMS with two other students: Kenny and Michael. Really good guys.

So, what come with all this work ? well… decent grades actually…. They are as follows:

Programme: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Creative Media

Course Code   Course Title                                            Credits   Grade      Remarks
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INSTITUTION CREDIT

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Semester A 2006/07
CS2114        Computer Organization for Media                            4      C+
CS2331        Problem Solving & Programming                              3      A-
SM1007        Visual Thinking and Design                                 3      A
SM1012        Creative Writing                                           3      B+
SM1014        Sound Basics and Design                                    3      A-
Earned Hours:  16.00           GPA Hours:  16.00           Points:  53.30             GPA:   3.33

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Semester B 2006/07
CCIV0202      Chinese Civilisation in English II                         3      P
CS2333        Object-Oriented Programming for Media                      3      A
CS3270        Fundamentals of Computer Networks and the Internet         3      A
CS3278        Fundamentals of Internet Programming                       3      A+
SM1008        Art of the Moving Image                                    3      A
SM1016        Moving Image Workshop                                      3      B+
          Dean's List
Earned Hours:  18.00           GPA Hours:  15.00           Points:  58.80             GPA:   3.92

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Summer 2007
SA2943        Critical and Creative Thinking                             3      A-
SS2611        Movies and Psychology                                      3      A-
Earned Hours:   6.00           GPA Hours:   6.00           Points:  22.20             GPA:   3.70

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Semester A 2007/08
CS2303        Data Structures for Media                                  3      A-
CS3342        Software Design                                            3      B+
CS3483        Multimodal Interface Design                                3      B
CTL2996       Basic Cantonese I                                          3      A-
SM2701        Theories of Interactivity                                  3      A-
SM3120        Game Level Design                                          3      B+
Earned Hours:  18.00           GPA Hours:  18.00           Points:  62.10             GPA:   3.45

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Semester B 2007/08
CS3343        Software Engineering Practice                              3      A-
CS3402        Database Systems                                           3      B+
CS4182        Computer Graphics                                          3      B-
EN2861        Spanish 1                                                  3      A
SM1011        Introduction to Contemporary Art                           3      A-
SM2601        Introduction to Narrative Techniques                       3      A-
Earned Hours:  18.00           GPA Hours:  18.00           Points:  63.30             GPA:   3.51

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Summer 2008
EN2862        Spanish 2                                                  3      A-
Earned Hours:   3.00           GPA Hours:   3.00           Points:  11.10             GPA:   3.70

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Semester A 2008/09
CCIV0201      Chinese Civilisation in English I                          3      P
CS3103        Operating Systems                                          3      B-
CS3201        Computer Networks                                          3      B+
SM2251        Multimedia Performance                                     3      A
SM4601        Final Year Project (BSCCM)                                 6      IP
Earned Hours:  12.00           GPA Hours:   9.00           Points:  30.00             GPA:   3.33

The student is in possession of the result of IELTS taken on 15 November 2008 under the
University Grants Committee's Common English Proficiency Assessment Scheme.

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Semester B 2008/09
EN2863        Spanish 3                                                  3      B+
SM2258        Creative Electronics Workshop                              3      A+
SM2607        Games/Interactivity Fundamentals                           3      A-
SM4601        Final Year Project (BSCCM)                                 6      A          Include
Earned Hours:  15.00           GPA Hours:  15.00           Points:  57.90             GPA:   3.86

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                         Earned Hrs           GPA Hrs            Points               GPA
Total Institution            106.00            100.00            358.70               3.58
Total Transfer                 0.00              0.00              0.00               0.00
Overall                      106.00            100.00            358.70               3.58
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