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.