Honours Multimedia (B.A.)

Multimedia

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Offered as a Single or Combined Honours program, Multimedia unites new media with traditional arts and humanities subjects. Through experiential learning, students in this program will engage with the creative, theoretical and critical aspects of digital media and develop both the practical and theoretical skills necessary to pursue careers in Multimedia.

Admission

Enrolment in this program is limited and possession of the published minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. Selection is based on academic achievement in MMEDIA 1A03  but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level I program and a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including a grade of at least C in MMEDIA 1A03 . (See Notes below.)

Notes

1. Applicants must have completed any Level I program including the course MMEDIA 1A03  by April of the year in which application is made. Decisions regarding admission into the Multimedia program are made in May when final grades for the previous Fall and Winter terms are known.
2. Application for this program must be made during the program/plan selection process at the end of the Winter term. Please see Application to Level II Programs under Academic Regulations in this section of the Calendar for information with regard to the application procedure. Serious applicants are advised to rank the Multimedia program as their first program of choice for Level II.
3. Students entering Multimedia should be aware that, due to course sequencing and prerequisites, it takes a minimum of THREE years beyond Level I to complete program requirements. Students must register for the following required Multimedia courses in the following sequence:

Course List 1

• ART 3IP3 - Media Installation and Performance
• ART 3PB3 - Photography Beyond the Frame
• MMEDIA 3AN3 - Animation
• MMEDIA 3C03 - Interactive and Spatial Audio
• MMEDIA 3EE3 - Graphic Design
• MMEDIA 3H03 - Time-Based Media II
• MMEDIA 3I03 - Narrative Strategies
• MMEDIA 3L03 - Game Design
• MMEDIA 3P03
• MMEDIA 3PC3 - Photographic Collage and Composite Images
• MMEDIA 3Q03 - Emerging Media
• MMEDIA 3S03 - Sound and Image
• MMEDIA 3VA3 - Video Art and Digital Cinema
• MMEDIA 4F03 - Topics in Multimedia Production

Course List 2

• CMST 3B03 A/B S - Practical Aspects of Media Production
• CMST 3Z03 - Mobile Practices, Technologies and Art
• MMEDIA 3A03
• MMEDIA 3K03 - Game Studies
• MMEDIA 3MU3 - Musics, Technologies and Audio Cultures
• THTRFLM 2BB3 - Designing as Devising
• THTRFLM 3OP6 A/B - Organizing the Performance Space
• THTRFLM 3PR3 - Text-based Devising: Research and Development
• THTRFLM 3PS3 - Devising New Plays: Research and Development
• THTRFLM 3S06 - Major Production Workshop

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I