SM4140 Graduation Thesis (09 - 10)

Instructions effective October 2009

Coordinator for Graduation Thesis (GT) administration: Yue Jin Ho

Weight: 3 credits


"Graduation Thesis"

1. "Graduation Thesis" is comprised of two parts: Final Year Project (FYP, 80%) and Portfolio (20%). FYP is a major project of your three-year-study at the CIL, School of Creative Media. It is a project to testify to your achievement and degree of excellence at the end of your BACM program; Portfolio is a collection of your major and significant works (including FYP) and it is used to represent what you have done in these three years. The grade of the FYP is given by adviser of each FYP project (and one CIL staff member concerning the FYP final oral presentation), and Portfolio is evaluated by an internal CIL staff.

2. Of FYP, students need to work with adviser ASAP. We expect students seeking potential advisor between September and mid November 2009, and students should confirm the project adviser before 9 December 2009. We strongly advise students having ONE adviser. If you have reasons for getting two advisers, please write to Yue Jin Ho for approval.

3. The size of FYP should be a manageable one.

4. The Final Year Project is a research-based and process-oriented work.

5. We welcome students' free deployment of media. Although students need to choose FYP format from 8 categories (see below), these 8 categories are used for equipment and resources planning. Media format should not be seen as a constraints for any FYP.

Schedule (some important deadlines):

    Class Deadlines Notes
Sem A 1/12

1 How-to handle equipment request (by Prod. Center)

2 GT Website

   "How-to" fill in the on-line equirment form
Sem A 9/12  

1. FYP proposal (with consent from adviser, hard copy)

2. OBTL worksheet (hard copy)

 

  
Sem A 14/12  

1. Launch your Graduation Thesis website

2. Fill in on-line equipment form:
(equipments from both production center & IT team) https://webbook.scm.cityu.edu.hk/SCM/;
submit the hard copy with advisers' endorsement to production center

  
     

 

You should start working on your GT during the winter semester break. Start trying the theories and plans you have proposed in the proposal and then revise it. Do documentation of your process during this period and post it on your GT website.

 

  
Week 1 15/1

1. Introduction: Basic mechanics of Graduation Thesis + Report on Equipment needs

2. LASSI

    
Week 2 22/1

1. Alumni Talk (Prevous GT examples)

2. GT Website

3 Arrange Mid-term presentation

 

 

  
  29/1      
Week 3 5/2


On or before 5/2:

I. Submit the followings to Yue Jin

a. Progress Report & FYP format*

b. Graduation Thesis website

II. Fill in on-line equipment form
(equipments from both production center & IT team) https://webbook.scm.cityu.edu.hk/SCM/;
submit the hard copy with advisers' endorsement to production center

*FYP format:
1. Story based video & narrative games
2. Video essay / investigative video research / Experimental video
3. documentary / visual ethnography
4. video projection / video installation / photography
5. Installation (site-specific) / performance
6. Code-based programmed art / animation
7. Book & book-making
8. Web archive / Scholarly thesis
* You can choose one or more formats from above

 
Week 4 12/2

Mid-term Presentation of final draft

(Schedule Week 4 - 9)

   From Week 4:
Meeting with advisor about project work in progress
Week 5 19/2 Mid-term Presentation of final draft    
Week 6 26/2 Mid-term Presentation of final draft    
Week 7 5/3 Mid-term Presentation of final draft    
Week 8 12/3 Mid-term Presentation of final draft    
Week 9 19/3 Mid-term Presentation of final draft Submit the draft of the research-theoretical text to Yue Jin.
Please submit the hard copy outside general office.
Due time: 3pm		  
Week 10 26/3      
Week 11 2/4   On or before 2/4, Installation students should book venue through GO (with adviser's signature) and submit proposed venue for graduation presentation to Yue Jin.

Week 11 - Week 13
Present Final Draft Revision (or trial exhibition for installation works) to your advisor.
Week 12 9/4 Thu Writing "Research Theoretical Text" 1:30 pm - 3:30pm
CIL LAB

By Linda Lai [ppt]

    Deadline: 21 Apr 2008 Book equipment (both production center & IT team) for FYP final oral presentation [IMPORTANT NOTE]
Week 13 23/4
Thu		 Guest Lecture: "Professionalism in setting up an installation event"
7:00 pm - 9:00pm
TV Studio		 By Stella Fong
    Deadline: Last day (24/4) to send request to FMO (through General Office) to help set up installation
Week 14 30/4  

On 30/4: Submit 3 copies of the finished project (except Installation*) and 3 copies of the research-theoretical text to GO before 3:30pm.

*For installation work: attach a floor-plan and a short description with your research-theoretical text

For details on GT Submission

  
Week 15 4/5 - 8/5

Oral Presentation (Schedule)

Notes

    
   

Deadline: 21 May 2008: Submit 3 copies of the e-portfolio (in DVD format) to GO before 3:30pm.

Notes

26-28 May 2008 CIL faculties assessment of student portfolio

 

Assessment

The revised assessment scheme below is to communicate two principles:
(1) that the process (research, continuous progress and quality of consultation sections) is as important as the final work; and
(2) that the semester grade will be given by your adviser involved in each project.

- Proposal submission in semester A: 10% (9 Dec)
- GT Website Mid-term assessment 10% (5 Feb)
- Mid-term presentation: 10% (Week 4 - Week 9)
- Finished project + research-theoretical text + three times advisement + oral defense (semester A, weeks 5-9, weeks 11-13 final draft revision): 25%
- Finished project + research-theoretical text + oral defense + GT Website 25% (graded by an external reviewer)
- CIL faculties assessment of student portfolio: 20% (21 May)

* You can find the description of the grade in the student guide. http://www.cityu.edu.hk/intranet/menu/studguide.htm

 

Forms

1. Equipment requests form for production center:
 https://webbook.scm.cityu.edu.hk/SCM/ (fill in the form, return the hard copy with adviser's signature to production center )

2. Book venue for installation presentation through GO

3. Request FMO helping set up through GO

 

 
Postponement of Graduation Thesis