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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

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Media & Cinema Studies (MCST)

College of Arts

This minor considers the various approaches to media, communication, and culture. By examining conventions used across media forms and texts, students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between form and content, media and society, technology and culture. Attention will be given to cinema, sound/music, visual culture, and digital/Internet texts and practices. The minor in Media and Cinema Studies (MCST) guides students to an understanding of the pertinent questions at stake in today’s technological and information-focused environments.

Minor (Honours Program)

A minimum of 5.00 credits is required, including:

ARTH*2220 [0.50] The Visual Arts Today
THST*1200 [0.50] The Languages of Media
At least 0.50 credits from Media Studies:
THST*2450 [0.50] Approaches to Media Studies
THST*2650 [0.50] History of Communication
At least 0.50 credits from Cinema Studies:
HIST*3260 [0.50] Cinema and the Moving Image
THST*2500 [0.50] Contemporary Cinema
THST*3530 [0.50] Canadian Film
At least 0.50 credits from Computing and Information Science:
CIS*1200 [0.50] Introduction to Computing
CIS*1500 [0.50] Introduction to Programming
CIS*2050 [0.50] Computers and Society

2.50 additional credits from:
ARTH*2290 [0.50] History of Photographic Media
CIS*1200 [0.50] Introduction to Computing
CIS*1500 [0.50] Introduction to Programming
CIS*2050 [0.50] Computers and Society
CIS*2170 [0.75] User Interface Design
EURO*1100 [0.50] European Film
HIST*2020 [0.50] Film as History
HIST*3260 [0.50] Cinema and the Moving Image
HIST*4170 [1.00] Exploration of Digital Humanities
HUMN*3190 [0.50] Experiential Learning
HUMN*3470 [0.50] Holocaust & WWII in German Lit. & Film
HUMN*4190 [0.50] Experiential Learning
MUSC*2150 [0.50] Music and Popular Culture
MUSC*2380 [0.50] Classical Music from Concert Hall to Cinema
SART*1150 [0.50] Contemporary Artistic Practice
SART*2610 [0.50] Photography I
SART*2700 [0.50] Introduction to Computer Graphics
SART*2710 [0.50] Drawing Graphics on the Computer
SART*3750 [0.50] Photography II
SART*3480 [0.50] Web Development and Design
THST*2450 [0.50] Approaches to Media Studies
THST*2500 [0.50] Contemporary Cinema
THST*2650 [0.50] History of Communication
THST*3530 [0.50] Canadian Film

At least 1.00 credits must be at 3000 level or higher

Note: Some courses may also have prerequisites which are identified in course descriptions in the academic calendar.

University of Guelph
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Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Canada
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