• Demonstrate critical and intellectual awareness of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia through design practice. This includes politics, economics and the environment.
• Engage in creative research practice in order to develop one's understanding of Communication Design as a tool, process and/or evidence of research inquiry.
• Produce a communication design project that clearly integrates design practice with the social and cultural context of Southeast Asia.
• Demonstrate ability to conceptualise and execute a communication design project that expresses advanced intellectual thought, creativity and techniques.
• Articulate clearly in writing and verbally the concerns of one's individual practice in relation to the contemporary design discourse[s].
• Present one's individual practice using the appropriate visual, organisational and auditory tools, and include considerations of target audience.
• Recognize and engage with on-going academic and professional networks relevant to one's individual practice.

CommMA functions with small class-sizes and one-on-one tutorials in order to develop the individual potential of our students. Teaching and learning is project-based and concerned with bringing creative practice together with academic knowledge. All teaching is seminar-led and includes reading assignments and coursework in academic writing.

In order to graduate, all students submit a Thesis. The progress of the thesis consists of three stages. The first is the proposal of a thesis outline, in a format specified, and usually after the student has completed initial research. The second is a presentation of progress towards the thesis. And the third is a thesis defense exam.

The thesis has two parts: a form of design project with or without design works as outcome[s]; and a book formatted according to guidelines from the Chulalongkorn University Graduate School. Upon completion students must present their work to the public either through exhibition or conference.