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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:
EURO*1100 [0.50] European Cinema
HIST*3260 [0.50] Cinema and the Moving Image
THST*2500 [0.50] Contemporary Cinema
THST*3530 [0.50] Canadian Cinema
At least 0.50 credits from Computing and Information Science:
CIS*1200 [0.50] Introduction to Computing
CIS*1500 [0.50] Introduction to Programming

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*2170 [0.75] User Interface Design
EURO*1100 [0.50] European Cinema
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*2020 [0.50] The Criminal Mind in Italian Cinema
HUMN*3190 [0.50] Experiential Learning
HUMN*3470 [0.50] Holocaust & WWII in German Lit. & Film
HUMN*4190 [0.50] Experiential Learning
MUSC*2100 [0.50] Creating Music on the Computer
MUSC*2150 [0.50] Music and Popular Culture
MUSC*2220 [0.50] Electronica: Music in the Digital Age
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] Digital Media I: Using Vector and Raster Images
SART*2710 [0.50] Digital Media II: Animation
SART*3750 [0.50] Photography II
SART*3480 [0.50] Digital Media III: Creating Content for the Web
THST*1040 [0.50] Introduction to Performance
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 Cinema

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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