Combined Honours in Media Arts and Another Subject (B.A.)

Media Arts

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Offered as a Single or Combined Honours program, Media Arts is a production-oriented program uniting new media with traditional arts and humanities subjects. Through experiential learning, students in the program will engage with the creative, theoretical and critical aspects of digital media production and develop both the practical and conceptual skills necessary to pursue careers in Media Arts.

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 MEDIAART 1A03  (or MMEDIA 1A03, if taken previously) 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 MEDIAART 1A03  (or MMEDIA 1A03, if taken previously). (See Notes below.)

Notes

1. Applicants must have completed any Level I program including the course MEDIAART 1A03  (or MMEDIA 1A03, if taken previously) 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 Media Arts program as their first program of choice for Level II.
3. Students entering Media Arts 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 Media Arts courses in the following sequence:

Course List 1

• ART 3IP3
• ART 3PB3 - Photography Beyond the Frame
• MEDIAART 3AN3 - Animation
• MEDIAART 3C03 - Interactive and Spatial Audio
• MEDIAART 3EE3 - Graphic Design
• MEDIAART 3EW3 - Environmental and Wildlife Photography
• MEDIAART 3H03 - Time-Based Media II
• MEDIAART 3I03 - Narrative Strategies
• MEDIAART 3L03 - Game Design
• MEDIAART 3PC3 - Photographic Collage and Composite Images
• MEDIAART 3Q03 - Emerging Media
• MEDIAART 3S03 - Sound and Image
• MEDIAART 3VA3 - Video Art and Digital Cinema
• MEDIAART 4F03 - Topics in Media Arts Production
• MMEDIA 3AN3
• MMEDIA 3C03
• MMEDIA 3EE3
• MMEDIA 3H03
• MMEDIA 3I03
• MMEDIA 3L03
• MMEDIA 3P03
• MMEDIA 3PC3
• MMEDIA 3Q03
• MMEDIA 3S03
• MMEDIA 3VA3
• MMEDIA 4F03

Course List 2

• CMST 3B03 A/B S - Practical Aspects of Media Production
• CMST 3Z03 - Mobile Practices, Technologies and Art
• HUMAN 2DH3 - Creative, Collaborative, Critical: Approaches to Digital Scholarship
• MEDIAART 3B03 - Digital Cultures
• MEDIAART 3BB3 - New Media Art Practices
• MEDIAART 3K03 - Game Studies
• MEDIAART 3MU3 - Musics, Technologies and Audio Cultures
• MMEDIA 3A03
• MMEDIA 3B03
• MMEDIA 3BB3
• MMEDIA 3K03
• MMEDIA 3MU3
• THTRFLM 3S06 - Major Production Workshop
• 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

Requirements

Students who entered the Combined Honours Multimedia (B.A.) program prior to September 2021 should refer to the 2020-21 Undergraduate Calendar and their personal Advisement Report for program requirements.

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