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DIGITAL & MEDIA STUDIES 

The postgraduate certificate in Digital & Media Studies offers an exciting opportunity for students to improve their critical writing and analytical skills. A focus on contemporary history and theory enables students to integrate new technologies and digital practices into their work as a natural progression of their learning. The Digital & Media Studies postgraduate certificate provides students with the critical background and breadth necessary to broaden their understanding of the changing forms of digital media technology as they prepare for graduate studies either in studio or academic programs.

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the 2014/2015 schedule for up to date current offerings.

Course Code Course Title Credit
Required: Choose one of the following 0.5 credit core courses:   0.5
VISM 2B41 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies


VISM 2B08 
Introduction to Film Studies


VISM 2B09 
History of New Media Art

VISM 2B20
Web Theory


Take five courses from the list below:

(At least three out of the five courses must be taken at the 300 or 400 level)
2.5
ENGL 3B04 Science and Technology in Literature


ENGL 4B04  Diasporic Writings
 

HUMN 3B01 Reading Popular Culture

HUMN 3B07  Ethics and the Visual Arts (not offered 2014/2015)
 

HUMN 3B08 Ethics, Advertising and Design  

SCTM 2B06  Introduction to Computer Science: Logic & Coding  

VISA 2B13
History of Photography
 

VISA 3B43
Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism
 

VISA 3B29
Methods in Visual and Critical Studies
 

VISM 2B08  Introduction to Film Studies  

VISM 2B09  History of New Media Art  

VISM 2B15  Introduction to Games Studies  

VISM 2B20  Web Theory  

VISM 2B41
Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies  

VISM 3B01
Critical Play

VISM 3B18  Television Criticism (not offered 2014/2015)
 

VISM 3B23 Technology and Digital Culture (not offered 2014/2015)


VISM 3B33  Canadian Cinema (not offered 2014/2015)


VISM 3B34  Japanese Cinema (not offered 2014/2015)
 

VISM 3B39 Latin American Cinema (not offered 2014/2015)


VISM 4B01 Experimental Film and Media


VISM 4B02
Sound, Politics, & Media Art (not offered 2014/2015)
 

VISM 4B03  Contemporary Documentary Media  

VISM 4B04
Re-presenting Women: Feminist Film and Video (not offered 2014/2015)
 

VISM 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives
 

VISM 4B06 Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance
 

VISM 4B07 Images and Practices of Technology (not offered 2014/2015)


VISM 4B24 The Body & the Machine: Interrogating the Posthuman in Art & Design
 

Special Topics upon approval by Associate Deans in Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Visit Special Topics for more information.

Total Credits

3.0



Important notes:

  • Courses previously coded as VISC have been changed to VISA, VISD, or VISM.
  • Carefully check anti-requisites to ensure you do not repeat courses.
  • If you are unsure about requirements for this postgraduate certificate, please make an appointment with a Student Advisor in the Student Advising Centre.


Students interested in Film/Video may want to take courses from this list:


VISM 2B08 Introduction to Film Studies

VISM 3B18 Television Criticism (not offered 2014/2015) 

VISM 3B33 Canadian Cinema  (not offered 2014/2015)

VISM 3B34 Japanese Cinema (not offered 2014/2015)

VISM 3B39 Latin American Cinema

VISM 4B01 Experimental Film and Media (not offered 2014/2015)

VISM 4B03 Contemporary Documentary Media

VISM 4B04 Re-presenting Women: Feminist Film and Video (not offered 2014/2015)

VISM 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives

 

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