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Communication Studies
Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements,
all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major
or minor.
Please consult the appropriate departmental/college/Faculty
calendars for up-to-date listings, course descriptions, prerequisites,
and degree credit exclusions.
Courses in the Communication Studies Program
are organized into four categories as described below. Not all
courses are offered every year and additional courses may be added.
Category A (Core Course):
Category B:
- AS/ANTH 3350 6.0 Culture as Performance
- AS/SOSC
3310 6.0 Communications for Tomorrow
- AS/SOSC 3311 6.0 Communication in Organizations
- AS/SOSC 3313 6.0 Issues in Communication,
Education and Change
- AS/SOSC 3314 6.0 The Economic Structure
of Mass Communications
- AS/SOSC 3315 6.0 Advertising and Society
- AS/SOSC 3316 6.0 TV as Culture and Communication
- AS/SOSC 3320 6.0 Communication Theory
- AS/SOSC 3393 6.0 Feminist Perspectives
on Media and Technology
- AS/SOSC 3991 6.0 Research Methods in
Mass Communications
Category C:
- AS/ANTH 4340 6.0 Advocacy and Social
Movements
- AS/POLS 4180 6.0 Politics and the Mass
Media in Canada
- AS/POLS 4185
6.0 Culture & Communication
- AS/SOSC 4300
6.0 Popular Culture: Explorations in Theory & Practice
- AS/SOSC 4310 3.0 International Communication:
Introduction
- AS/SOSC 4311 3.0 International Communication:
Current Topics
- AS/SOSC 4312 6.0 The Politics of Canadian
Broadcasting
- AS/SOSC 4314 6.0 Media, Publics and
Democracy
- AS/SOSC 4315
6.0 Communication & the
Management of Change in Organizations
- AS/SOSC 4318 6.0 Modes of Communication:
From Orality to Literacy to the Electronic Era
- AS/SOSC 4320 6.0 Seminar on the Electronic
Network Marketplace
- AS/SOSC 4325 6.0 Mediations of Identity
- AS/SOSC 4330 6.0 Seminar in Machine
Mediated Human Communications
- AS/SOSC 4801 6.0 Selected Topics in
Mass Communications
- AS/SOSC 4802 6.0 Selected Topics in
Mass Communications
Category D:
Faculty of Arts Courses:
- AS/ANTH 2120 6.0 Media, Representation
and Culture
- AK/AS/SC/COSC 1520 3.0 Introduction
to Computer Use I
- AK/AS/SC/COSC 1530 3.0 Introduction
to Computer Use II
- AS/HUMA 2740 6.0/FA/FILM 2401 6.0 Film,
TV and Society
- AS/HUMA 2900 9.0 Introduction to Creative
Writing
- AS/HUMA 3430 3.0/FA/FILM 3210 3.0 American
Film I
- AS/HUMA 3431 3.0/FA/FILM 3211 3.0 American
Film II
- AS/LING 2400 3.0 Language in its Social
Context
- AS/LING 2410 3.0 Language and Gender
- AS/LING 2430 3.0 Language and Power
and Persuasion
- AS/LING 2440 3.0 Language and Societies
- AK/AS/SC/MATH 2560 3.0 Elementary Statistics
- AK/AS/SC/MATH 2570 3.0 Elementary Statistics
II
- AS/POLS 2910 6.0 Canadian Government
and Politics
- AS/POLS 3100 3.0 Media, Identity and
Citizenship
- AS/POLS 3155 3.0 Election Campaigns
in Canada
- AS/POLS 3300 6.0/AS/SOCI 3030 6.0 Statistics
for Social Sciences
- AS/PSYC 2020 6.0 Statistical Methods
I and II
- AS/PSYC 2021 3.0 Statistical Methods
I
- AS/PSYC 2022 3.0 Statistical Methods
II
- AS/PSYC 2120 3.0 Social Psychology
- AS/SOCI 3220 6.0 Cultural Sociology
- AS/SOCI 3840 6.0 Mass Communication
- AS/SOCI 3060 6.0 Classic and Contemporary
Issues in Social Psychology
- AS/SOCI 4920 6.0 Communication and Community
- AS/SOSC 2080 9.0 Information and Technology
- AS/SOSC 2311 6.0 Communication in Everyday
Life
- AS/SOSC 2312 6.0 Popular Culture in
Canada
- AS/SOSC 2830 9.0 Music and Society
- AS/SOSC 2840 6.0 Film and Society
- AS/SOSC 3992 6.0 Popular Trials
- AS/SOSC 4340 6.0 Communications Field
Experience
Faculty of Fine Arts Courses:
Note: The following courses are open to communication
studies majors, without prerequisite(s) or permission.
- FA/FILM 2120 6.0 Screenwriting II
- FA/FILM 2401 6.0/AS/HUMA 2740 6.0 Film, Television and Society
Note: No prerequisite is required for the following
courses for communication studies majors who have successfully
completed AS/SOSC 2310 9.0.
- FA/FILM 2040 6.0 Video and Film-Making
- FA/FILM 2401 6.0 AS/HUMA 2740 6.0 Film
Television and Society
- FA/FILM 3210 3.0/AS/HUMA 3430 3.0 American
Film I
- FA/FILM 3211 3.0/AS/HUMA 3431 3.0 American
Film II
- FA/FILM 3220 3.0 European Cinema
- FA/FILM 3300 3.0 Television/Video: Theory
and Criticism I
- FA/FILM 3310 3.0 Studies in the Documentary
- FA/FILM 3320 3.0 The Experimental Tradition
- FA/FILM 3321 3.0 Alternative Cinema
- FA/FILM 3401 3.0 Canadian Films and
Television
- FA/FILM 3610 3.0/AK/FILM 3750 3.0 Studies
in National Cinema
- FA/FILM 3810 3.0/AK/FILM 3230 3.0 Women
and Film I
- FA/FILM 3811 3.0 Women and Film II
- FA/FILM 3910 3.0 Jewish Film
Note: FA/FILM 1400 6.0 is a required prerequisite
for the following: FA/FILM 2400 6.0 Theories of Film Making, FA/FILM
3250 3.0 Director's Cinema, FA/FILM 3420 3.0 Studies in Genre,
FA/FACS 2900 6.0 Arts, Societies, Histories, FA/FACS 2930 6.0 Interactive
Multimedia.
Atkinson Courses:
- AK/FA 2100 6.0 Art and Technology
- AK/FILM 2340 6.0 Video and Film Production
- AK/FILM 2400 6.0 Critical and Theoretical
Approaches to the Art of Film
- AK/FILM 2430 6.0 The Hollywood Cinema
- AK/FILM 3230 3.0 Images and Women
- AK/FILM 3231 3.0 Women and Film II
- AK/FILM 3600 6.0 Television and Society
- AK/FILM 3750 3.0/FA/FILM 3610 3.0 Studies
in National Cinema
- AK/FILM 4500G 6.0 Third Cinema: Race
and Representation
- AK/HUMA 3980 6.0 Popular Culture in
the 20th Century
- AK/POLS 3320M 6.0 Politics and the Mass
Media
- AK/POLS 3420 6.0 Canadian Government
and Politics
- AK/SOCI 3340E 6.0 Ideology and Communication
- AK/SOCI 3560 6.0 Social Interaction
- AK/SOSC 3330 6.0 Technology, Communication
and the Canadian Mind
- AK/SOSC 3490 6.0 Mass Media and the
Socialization of Children
- AK/SOSC 3540 6.0 Schools, Critical Pedagogy
and Mass Media
- AK/SOSC 3560 6.0 Mass Media and Ideology
- AK/SOSC 4770 6.0 Mass Media, The State
and Freedom of Expression
- AK/STS 3500 3.0 The Global Information
Society
- AK/STS 3510 3.0 Networks and Intellectual
Property Rights
- AK/STS 3520 3.0 Intelligence and AI
- AK/STS 3700A 6.0 History of Technology
- AK/STS 3700B 6.0 History of Computing
and Information Technology
Note: Faculty of Arts communication studies
majors may not take AK/SOSC 2410 6.0 for major credit (degree credit
exclusion: AS/SOSC 2310 6.0) except in specific years. Check with
the Communication Studies Office, 301 Calumet for further details.
Specialized Honours BA Program
The Communication Studies Program offers a limited
enrolment Specialized Honours BA program. Admission to the program
requires that students achieve a B (6.0) average in AS/SOSC 2310
9.0 and at least six other communication studies credits, and a
cumulative grade point average of at least C+ (5.0). Continuation
in, and graduation from, the program requires that students maintain
a cumulative grade point average of C+ (5.0) as well as at least
a B (6.0) average on all 54 communication studies credits.
Because of limited space, admission is not guaranteed
for all students who meet the minimum requirements. For more information
regarding application information, please contact the Communication
Studies Program Office.
Students majoring in the program must complete
at least 54 credits in communication studies, as outlined below:
- AS/SOSC 2310 9.0;
- AS/SOSC 3320 6.0;
- AS/SOSC 3991 6.0;
- six additional credits at the 3000 level
from category B;
- 12 credits at the 4000 level from category
C;
- 18 additional approved communication studies
credits from category B, C, or D.
Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Program
The Communication Studies Program is an Honours
Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Communication studies
majors must co-major in another department/discipline in the Faculty
of Arts, or with a major in fine arts cultural studies or film
and video (film studies) in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Students
must take at least 36 credits in the Communication Studies Program
and at least 36 credits in the co-major according to the requirements
and regulations specified by each department/discipline for an
Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Courses taken
to meet communication studies requirements cannot also be used
to meet the requirements of the departmental/divisional major.
Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total
of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six
credits in communication studies and six credits in the departmental/divisional
major. For further details of requirements, see the listings for
specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.
The 36 credits in communication studies must
include the following:
- AS/SOSC 2310 9.0;
- six credits at the 3000 level from category
B;
- six credits at the 4000 level from category
C;
- 18 additional approved communication studies
credits from category D.
Students must arrange their program of study
in consultation with an adviser in the program and with the department/division.
Students interested in co-majoring in fine arts
cultural studies or film and video (film studies) must consult
with the appropriate department in the Faculty of Fine Arts and
with the coordinator of the Communication Studies Program.
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