Courses

Please note that not every course listed is offered each year and students should consult STU Self Service for current course offerings.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

DIGM-2013. Digital Media Creation

This course introduces students to the creation of stories using videography, sound recording and platforms to showcase creative artistic works. Students are introduced to the creation opportunities in the campus digital studio and be trained on new technologies and equipment. The course is required for students planning to complete an Interdisciplinary Major in Digital Media and Creative Arts. No prerequisite.

DIGM-2023. Digital Media Production

This course introduces students to producing and editing video and audio stories. It follows the Digital Creation course, shifting from creation to production. The course introduces students to the integration of social media in digital production. This is a required course for students planning to complete an Interdisciplinary Major in Digital Media and Creative Arts. Prerequisite DIGM 2013.

DIGM-3013. Digital Photography

This course explores the use of still photography in digital media production, and how true stories can be told through digital images. It gives students a background in the aesthetics of photography, explores theories of the image, and explores the ethical issues surrounding the manipulation of digital images. The course requires students to produce and edit digital images using a mix of digital photographic equipment and editing software. No prerequisite.

DIGM-3023. Documentary Film: Creation and Production

This course explores documentary film as a storytelling medium and how to create and produce documentaries. The course requires students to study influential films and produce and edit original documentary projects. It also introduces students to theories of documentary and the power of non-fiction storytelling. No prerequisite.

DIGM-3033. Podcasting

This course explores the creative art of podcasting and narrative storytelling with sound. Students will listen to podcasts and develop the technological skills to create and distribute podcasts. The course requires students to produce and edit their own podcasts using a mix of digital equipment and editing software, as well as learning and utilizing recording studio techniques. No prerequisite.

DIGM-3043. AI & Creative Digital Arts

This course introduces students to the theoretical, ethical and practical applications of artificial intelligence. As AI becomes a more prominent part of our everyday lives, its capacity as a digital media, creative and communicative tool will continue to grow. The course introduces students to the theories that have developed as AI technology has shifted from a science fiction construct to a reality. It also considers the ethical challenges this new technology poses. It offers students the opportunity to engage and use AI software in practical ways. No prerequisite.

Approved Electives* 

*Other courses may be approved by program faculty advisors

 

ANTH 3693 Media Anthropology

COPP 1013 Introduction to Communications

COPP 2023 Policy Making in the Information Age (POLS 2333)

COPP 3033 Public Policy and the Media (POLS 3213)

COPP 3043 Business Communications and Marketing

CRIM 3263 Crime and the Media

CRIM 3273 Crime in Popular Film

ENGL 1203 Introduction to Film Studies

ENGL 1233 Digital Literacy

ENGL 2113 Creative Writing: Skills

ENGL 2123 Creative Writing: Strategies

ENGL 2163 Envisioning Environmental End Times

ENGL 2213 Acting and Theatre Production I

ENGL 2223 The Page and the Screen

ENGL 2233 Acting and Theatre Production II

ENGL-2253 e-lit: Digitally Born Literature

ENGL-2393 Literature, Technology, and Culture

ENGL 2523 The Study of Drama: An Introduction

ENGL 2693 Reading Popular Culture

ENGL 2723 Fiction, Drama, and Film: A Study of Narrative I 

ENGL 3163 Queer Medias and Mediating Queer

ENGL 3213 Art Cinema

ENGL 3216 Advance Acting and Theatre Production

ENGL 3223 Auteur Cinema

ENGL 3233 Digital Projects and Digital Reading

ENGL 3243 Race and Media

ENGL 3483 Irish Film

ENVS 3213 Media and Politics in Canada

FNAR 2113 Visual Art and Aesthetic Literacy

FNAR 2763 Film Production

FNAR 2963 Acting for Film and TV

FNAR 3613 Music in Film and TV

GERO 3093 Images of Aging in Film

GRBK 2206 Human Nature and Technology (HMRT 2216)

GRBK 3406 Philosophy and Art

HIST 1783 Screening History

HIST 3603 Disney and World History

HMRT 2216 Human Nature and Technology (GRBK 2206)

HMRT 3153 Popular Culture and Human Rights

HMRT 3203 Human Rights Advocacy through Social Media

JOUR 1113 Fundamentals of Effective Writing

JOUR 2033 Local Reporting, Global Media

JOUR 2063 Media Ethics and the Law

JOUR 2113 The Toolbox 1: New Media

JOUR 2123 The Toolbox 2: Mobile Media

JOUR 3013 Through the Lens

JOUR 3023 Radio and Podcasting

JOUR 3143 Documentary

JOUR 3153 Digital Journalism

JOUR 3163 New Media and Social Change (COPP)

JOUR 3173 Interviewing and the Art of the Inquiry

NATI 2703 Invented Traditions

NATI 3333 Colonial Cartography and Indigenous Nations

PSYC 4253 Psychology, the Internet, and the Digital World

RELG 3583 Media and Ethics

SOCI 2323 Sociology for Cyborgs: The Social Organization of the Internet

SOCI 2513 Sociology of Communication

SOCI 3573 Sociology of Art and Culture

 

NOTE: Not all courses listed are offered each year. Please consult with the  Program Director for more information about current and planned course offerings.