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As I see it, technology has built the house in which we all live. The house is continually being extended and remodelled. More and more of human life takes place within its walls, so that today there is hardly any human activity that does not occur within this house. All are affected by the design of the house, by the division of its space, by the location of its doors and walls. Compared to people in earlier times, we rarely have a chance to live outside this house. And the house is still changing; it is still being built as well as being demolished.  — Dr. Ursula Franklin, The Real World of Technology

Integrated Media (INTM) is an innovative digital and time-based area that encourages an interdisciplinary exploration of media practices. Students are asked to question how they position themselves in the world in relation to technology. The Integrated Media program examines the role that technology plays in our culture and emphasizes our need for critical engagement. Students are exposed to a wide range of media practices that include film, video, robotics, electronics, performance, web, installation, interactivity, animation and audio. Students graduate from the program as independent thinkers and practitioners. Our graduates have gone on to careers as media artists, curators and theorists, and practitioners in the film and television industries, as well as to graduate schools and international and local residency programs.

Equipment and Facilities Access
Students have access to equipment and facilities for specified production courses only. Access is limited to the duration of a student’s enrolment in that course and is subject to the rules and regulations as outlined in the Integrated Media Policies Handbook. Co-requisites are recommended for specific courses where technical instruction on equipment is not provided. INTM Thesis students have access to equipment and facilities based on prior levels of learning and/or concurrent enrolment. Materials fees apply to certain Integrated Media courses.

Note: Students in Integrated Media are required to purchase their own external hard drive in order to transfer and store their digital media.

Integrated Media Program Guide

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree students must complete the requirements listed below for their program, including the minimum 5.0 liberal studies credits. 

Associate of the Ontario College of Art & Design (AOCAD) diploma students must complete the requirements listed below for their program, including the minimum 4.0 liberal studies credits. Diploma students admitted to OCAD 2002 fall/winter or earlier, may replace up to 1.5 of the 4.0 required liberal studies with studio-seminars. 

See the Liberal Studies requirements that pertain to you.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	DEGREE	DIPLOMA
200 Level Requirements
INTM 2B22 ***	Contemporary Issues: Art Today (STU/SEM)	0.5	0.5**
INTM 2B34 ***	Hybrid Media Lab	0.5	0.5
200 Level	INTM Option Studio or STU/SEM courses	2.0	2.0
200 Level	Faculty of Art electives	0.5	1.5
	Liberal Studies courses	1.5*	0.5*
Total Credits		5.0	5.0
300 Level Requirements
INTM 3B39	Media Research Projects (STU/SEM)	0.5	0.5**
300 Level	INTM Option Studio or STU/SEM courses	2.0	2.0
200 or 300 Level	Faculty of Art electives	1.5	2.0
	Liberal Studies courses	1.0*	0.5*
Total Credits		5.0	5.0
Recommended:
INTR 3B01	Virtual Communities
PHOT 3B16	Light & Shadow
400 Level Requirements
INTM 4C01	INTM Studio Thesis: Research	1.0	1.0
INTM 4C02	INTM Studio Thesis: Presentation	1.0	1.0
400 Level	INTM Option Studio or STU/SEMcourses	1.0	1.0
200, 300 or 400 Level	Faculty of Art electives	1.0	1.5
	Liberal Studies courses	1.0*	0.5*
Total Credits		5.0	5.0

All Liberal Studies courses are available to students and a wide range of study is encouraged. Integrated Media students who are seeking Liberal Studies courses to deepen their disciplinary knowledge may be interested in the following courses.

(Please note that all courses may not be offered every year)

SOSC 2B02	Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies
VISC 2B07	History of Modern Art
VISC 2B08	Film Studies: An Introduction
VISC 2B09	History of New Media Art
VISC 3B18	Television Criticism
VISC 3B23	Technology and Digital Culture
VISC 4B02	Performance and Performativity
VISC 4B03	Contemporary Documentary Media
VISC 4B05	Cosmopolis: New Narrative in Contemporary Media
VISC 4B06	Global Mesh: Internet, Networks and Globalization
VISC 4B07	Images and Practices of Technology

*See the Liberal Studies requirements for Degree & Diploma Stream.

**1.0 credit of the 2.5 upper-level Liberal Studies credit requirements may be fulfilled by Studio-Seminars (diploma only).

*** Students enrolled in INTM 2B22 Contemporary Issues and INTM 2B34 Hybrid Media Lab must register for the corresponding labs that are linked to those courses.


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