Media Studies

Program Overview

With competencies in theory, research, and application, the Media Studies program prepares you for a rewarding and dynamic career in media, whether your aspirations are academically- or professionally-oriented. Dissecting how meaning is represented and mediated, the program’s courses and expanded learning opportunities promote critical thinking, reflection, and analysis, equipping students to become socially engaged scholars and makers that use media to contribute to the greater good as creative agents of transformation. Required courses include a purposeful disciplinary core covering a diverse range of media perspectives and methodologies, including: Art History and Visual Art Creative Writing Journalism Cinema Studies and Film Production Computer Science Information Studies English and German Studies The BMS bridges disciplinary boundaries in the classroom through its MDIA courses, most of which are exclusive to the program. With multiple expert instructors and professionals from the field teaching together, you and your cohort will engage in media production, critically investigating and applying your learning in an environment that models the collaborative environment of workplaces across the field. In addition to required courses, you’ll expand the depth of your knowledge and skills in one media studies area of focus, chosen between visual, narrative, and data. Starting in second year, these additional courses allow you to dive deeper into the theory and production of media—and how each informs the other—of your area of focus. In fourth year, you’ll have the opportunity to enroll in a hands-on Digital Media project class at the Centre for Digital Media, and other course options available to Media Studies students. Subject to an evaluation of your supplemental portfolio submission by an admissions committee, and competitive academic average, you can apply for entry to the four-year program direct from high school, or, with one year of postsecondary studies and prerequisite coursework completed, you may apply to transfer into the program for entry into the second-year cohort.

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