Film & Media
Learn how film, radio, television, popular culture, the news, and social media influence modern culture. In this specialization you’ll examine the theoretical and historical aspects of film and media while also creating your own portfolio of works. Small intensive workshops in photography, podcasting, filmmaking, visual arts, and game design will help you develop your media literacy and prepare you for a variety of dynamic careers.
Courses
Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a single- or joint-major degree in Cultural Studies may graduate with a Specialization if they have successfully completed 4.0 CUST credits in the chosen Specialization category. The same course may not simultaneously count toward two or more Specializations.
- CUST 1535H: Introduction to Media Studies
- CUST 2035Y/2535H: Media and Society
- CUST 2186H: Workshop: Photography
- CUST-WMST 2210H: Gender and Popular Culture
- CUST 2236H: New Media Literacy
- CUST 2551H: Popular Culture and Modern Thought: Ideology, Language
- CUST 2552H: Popular Culture and Modern Thought: Gender, Globalization, and the Virtual
- CUST 2581H: Introduction to Film I: What Is Cinema?
- CUST 2582H: Introduction to Film II: Film Movements, Film History
- CUST 2650H
- CUST 2805H
- CUST-CAST 3031H: Television in Canada
- CUST 3087Y: Community-Based Research Project
- CUST 3112Y: Workshop: Visual Arts Studio
- CUST 3133H: Workshop: Game Design
- CUST 3139H: Workshop: Radio and Podcast
- CUST 3184H: Workshop: Documentary Film
- CUST 3186H: Workshop: Experimental Film
- CUST-POST 3465H: Politics and Film
- CUST-POST 3475H: Media of Politics
- CUST 3515H: Modernism and the Avant-Garde
- CUST 3530H
- CUST 3531H: Mass Media and War
- CUST-IDST 3532H/3032Y: Issues in Global Media
- CUST 3533H: Game Studies
- CUST 3535H: Television Studies
- CUST 3538H
- CUST 3545H
- CUST 3580H
- CUST 3582H
- CUST 3748H
- CUST 3900Y/3901H/3092H
- CUST 4010Y/4020D
- CUST 4041Y/4541H
- CUST 4091H
- CUST 4136H
- CUST 4302H
- CUST 4523H
- CUST 4535H
- CUST 4538H
- CUST 4565H
- CUST 4580H
- CUST 4586H
- CUST 4900Y/4901H/4902H
Degrees Offered:
- B.A.
- B.A. (Honours)
Locations:
- Peterborough
Resume Boosters:
- Put your media literacy to the test with hands-on workshops in game creation as well as podcast and radio broadcasting
- Use Super-8 and 16mm film to create your own experimental films
Career Paths:
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Communications Specialist
This unit group includes specialists in advertising, marketing and public relations who analyse, develop and implement communication and promotion strategies and information programs, analyse advertising needs and develop appropriate advertising and marketing plans, publicize activities and events, and maintain media relations on behalf of businesses, governments and other organizations, and for performers, athletes, writers and other talented individuals. They are employed by consulting firms, advertising agencies, corporations, associations, government, social agencies, museums, galleries, public interest groups, and cultural and other organizations, or they may be self-employed. Agents such as entertainment, literary and sports agents are included in this unit group.
Career Opportunities
- TV and Radio Producer
- Advertising and Marketing Executive
- Author
- Web Content Manager
- Events Planner
- Game Creator
- Videographer
- Communications Specialist
- Journalist
- Cultural Critic
Admission Requirements
Ontario Secondary School Requirements:
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
- A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program specific prerequisites
Program Requirements:
- A minimum 70% overall final average
- ENG 4U with a minimum of 60%
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