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Media Production Core Elective Table I

A Concentration is a structured plan of study within a program (6 to 12 core or core electives) that provides an opportunity for advanced or in-depth study in a particular area of interest. Students must declare their concentration prior to applying to graduate. Courses used to fulfil the requirements of a concentration cannot also be used to fulfil the requirements of a minor.

The following optional Concentrations may be selected from within Core Elective Table I (opens in new window) . Concentrations are optional, but must be formally declared and completed before graduation to be noted on the academic transcript.

Concentration in Critical Media Theory

Students will complete RTA 101, plus five (5) of the following:

  • RTA 220 New Media Art History
  • RTA 323 Contemporary Strategies in New Media
  • RTA 903 News and Current Affairs Theory
  • RTA 938 Digital Popular Cultures
  • RTA 939 Indigenous Media
  • RTA 940 Canadian Televisual Studies
  • RTA 946 Issues in New Media Theory/History

Concentration in Digital Media

Students will complete six (6) of the following:

  • RTA 221 Experiential Media/Interdisciplinary Practice
  • RTA 222 Intro to Computational Arts or FCD 222 Coding for Creatives
  • RTA 223 Designing Material Experiences
  • RTA 317 Media For Participatory Audiences
  • RTA 320 Interactive Storytelling
  • RTA 321 Intro to Tangible Media
  • RTA 832 Cybernetics and Body Centric Technologies
  • RTA 838 Generative Processes
  • RTA 842 Data as Material
  • RTA 925 Making Objects
  • RTA 928 Introduction to Game Design
  • RTA 929 Multi-platform Narrative
  • RTA 930 Social Practices in Hybrid Media Spaces
  • RTA 933 Hacking, DIY and Open Source Studio
  • RTA 934 Virtual Identities and Communities
  • RTA 948 Interactive Spaces
  • RTA 953 Mobility and Mixed Reality
  • RTA 954 Empathy Machines
  • RTA 958 Networked Art
  • RTA 961 2-D and Object Animation
  • RTA 962 Interaction Design or FCD 962 Designing Interactions
  • RTA 963 Web Design
  • RTA 965 Advanced New Media Topics
  • RTA 967 Interactivity and Networking
  • RTA 968 Emerging New Media Practices
  • RTA 975 Video Compositing and Visual Effects
  • RTA 982 Advanced Digital Media Production

Concentration in Media Business

Students will complete six (6) of the following:


*RTA 960 is only available as a course for the Media Business Concentration for students admitted Fall 2021 and before. 

Concentration in Radio & Sound

Students will complete RTA 311, plus five (5) of the following:

Concentration in Screenwriting

Students will complete RTA 212 , plus five (5) of the following:

Concentration in Social Media

Students will complete six (6) of the following:

  • RTA 521 Media for Social Change
  • RTA 848 Esports and Online Streaming Production
  • RTA 902 Social Media
  • RTA 917 Public Relations
  • RTA 930 Social Practices in Hybrid Media Spaces
  • RTA 933 Hacking, DIY and Open Source Studio
  • RTA 934 Virtual Identities and Communities
  • RTA 967 Interactivity and Networking

Concentration in Television & Video

Students will complete either RTA 313 or RTA 314*, plus four (4) of the following:

* RTA 313 and RTA 314 have a GPA weight of 2.00 and a course count of 2.00.

 

Concentration in Video Game Design

Students must take 6 of the following courses: