Media Arts and Cultures

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The major in Media Arts and Cultures has three essential components: critical, creative and technical.

The first places the study of the media in an intellectual and social context by exposing students to theoretical, analytical and critical questions about the social and cultural implications of media.

The second encourages the student to develop creatively as an individual and to appreciate the various dynamics of working in a team.

The third aspect of the degree seeks to ensure that the student has an appropriate technical awareness and a sufficient level of competence for today's workplace.

Bachelor of Arts

The Media Arts and Cultures program is available as a major, double major or honours option as part of a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree. Arts is a four year program and covers a broad range of subject areas concerned with the study of human beings and the evolution and nature of global societies, ideas, and institutions. In your first two years of the program, you will select courses in fields like humanities, languages, social sciences as well as science and business to provide you with a broad foundation for advanced study in your chosen subject area during the final two years.

Combine courses

The Media Arts and Cultures program allows students to choose from courses ranging from theoretical to technical. You can choose your technical and theoretical courses broadly based on interest, or you can focus on a particular field to develop a concentration (eg. cinema).