Communication and Digital Media Studies

Year 2

Fall

• COMM 2110U – Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks
• COMM 2210U – Researching Communication and Digital Culture
• COMM 2530U – Advertising as Social Communication
• COMM 2620U – Professional Communication
• Year 2 Communication elective (fall or winter)

Winter

• COMM 2220U – The Media, Creativity and Culture in Canada
• COMM 2311U –  The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power
• COMM 2410U –  Social History of Communication and Media Technologies
• COMM 2411U – Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy of an era of Digital Disruption
• General elective (fall or winter)

2nd-year Communication electives

• COMM 2240U – Television (winter)
• COMM 2270U – Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World (fall)
• LGLS 2500U – Information and Privacy Law (winter)
• SSCI 2900U – Research Methods (fall)
• SSCI 2910U – Data Analysis (winter)
• SSCI 2920U – Qualitative Research Methods (winter)

Communication electives and general electives are interchangeable by term, provided the number of electives listed above are taken over the two terms.

Year 3

Fall

• COMM 3110U – Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good
• COMM 3710U – Media, Identity and Intercultural Communication
• Year 3 Communication elective (can be taken in fall or winter)
• General elective (2000-level or higher, not COMM)
• General elective

Winter

• COMM 3250U – Pop Culture and Entertainment
• COMM 3410U – Designing Hits: Storytelling in the Digital Age
• COMM 3510U –  Work in the Creative and Tech Industries
• COMM 3610U –  Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion and Propaganda
• COMM 2411U – Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy for an era of Digital Disruption

3rd-year Communication electives

• COMM 3740U – Video Games, Media and Culture(fall)
• COMM 3350U - Environmental Communication: Media and Tech for Sustainability (winter)
• LGLS 3520U – Law and Technology (winter)

Communication electives and general electives are interchangeable by term, provided the number of electives listed above are taken over the two terms.

Year 4

Fall

• One of:
  • COMM 4120U – AI. Ethics and Communication or
  • SSCI 4101U – Honours Thesis I
• COMM 4261U – Online Creator-Entrepreneurs: YouTubers, Influencers, and Streamers
• COMM 4420U – Political Communication Digital Media and Democracy
• Year 4 Communication elective -   COMM 4140U – Ways of Seeing: Visual Communication Arts and New Media
• FSSH General Elective (2000-level or higher, not COMM)  (fall or winter)

Winter

• One of:
  • COMM 4130U – Capstone Creator Project or
  • SSCI 4201U – Honours Thesis II
• COMM 4510U – Public Relations: Social Power, Social Media Platforms, and Social Responsibility
• COMM 4610U –  The Struggle is Real: Transformation for Communication, Conflict and Peace
• COMM 4710U – Global Media, the Internet and International Relations
• Year 4 Communication elective (fall or winter)

4th-year Communication electives

• COMM  COMM 4140U – Ways of Seeing: Visual Communication Arts and New Media
• CRMN 4032U – Mediation and Conflict Resolution (winter)
• POSC 4000U – International Politics and Policy (winter)
  • Note: This course is available to students who have previously successfully completed POSC 2000U, or POSC 2100U or POSC 2200U
• SSCI 4098U – Practicum (fall or winter)
• SSCI 4103U – Internship (fall or winter) 
  • Note: SSCI 4098U and 4103U require a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and pre-approval. Please contact ssh.elo@ontariotechu.ca for more information. 

Communication electives and general electives are interchangeable by term provided the number of electives listed above are taken over the two terms.