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Creative Industries Core Elective Table II

For students admitted Fall 2022 to Fall 2024.

Students must choose and complete two of the following Creative-Content Modules. In total, students complete ten (10) courses from Core Elective Table II. The courses on Table II are organized into five-course Creative-Content Modules. Students must complete 2 modules.

Note: The Interior Design: Human-scale for Creative Thinkers module is available only to students admitted Fall 2022 to Fall 2024. Students admitted Fall 2025 and after cannot complete this Creative-Content module.

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • THF 101 Elements of Production I
  • THF 200 Timelines of Performance History I

Plus three (3) of the following:

  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 316 The Global Stage
  • THA 340 Improvisation
  • THD 220 Latin American Dance Forms
  • THD 320 Western Dance Styles
  • THF 201 Timelines of Performance History II
  • THF 325 Musical Theatre
  • THF 403 Landmarks in Canadian Theatre
  • THF 405 Human Development in the Arts
  • THL 100 Theatre and the Canadian Identity

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • MPF 290 Introduction to Film Studies

Plus four (4) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • NNS 101 Introduction to News Studies


Plus four (4) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • CMN 279 Introduction to Professional Communication


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CMN 211 Language and Power
  • CMN 215 Messages, Modalities and Media
  • CMN 216 Communication Revolutions
  • CMN 269 Countercultural Communication
  • CMN 288 Communication and Social Media
  • CMN 305 Strategic Public Relations in ProCom
  • CMN 306 Risk and Crisis Communication
  • CMN 310 Communication with Colour
  • CMN 314 Professional Presentations
  • CMN 315 Organizational Communication
  • CMN 316 Questioning Data
  • CMN 317 Information, Technology, and Control
  • CMN 321 Knowledge Translation
  • CMN 324 Strategic Storytelling in Industry
  • CMN 325 Communication and the Digital Enterprise
  • CMN 408 Proposal and Grant Writing
  • CMN 443 Contemporary Intercultural Communication
  • CMN 448 Visual Communication
  • CMN 450 Participatory Media and Communication

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • GCM 110 Introduction to Graphic Communications


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CRI 420 Book Publishing and Marketing
  • GCM 111 Graphic Communication Technologies
  • GCM 130 Design and Layout
  • GCM 210 Introduction to Packaging
  • GCM 230 Typography
  • GCM 710 The Art of the Book
  • GCM 720 Magazine Production and Publishing
  • GCM 722 Book Production and Publishing
  • GCM 738 Photoshopped! The Art of Image Retouching
  • GCM 740 Accessibility for Graphic Communications
  • GCM 746 Sustainability in Print Packaging  
  • GCM 750 3D Printing
  • GCM 754 Sign and Display Graphics
  • GCM 802 Ebook Production and Publishing
  • GCM 810 Creativity, Clients and Design

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • FCD 240 History of Art and Design
  • HIS 510 Museology and Public History
  • MPC 201 Contemporary Art: Concepts and Theories
  • MPC 203 Modern Art and Theory
  • MPC 210 Introduction to Visual Culture
  • MPI 602 Media Languages: Old and New Vocabularies
  • NPF 506 Art and Modernism
  • NPF 515 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Art
  • NPF 525 Photography in Canada
  • NPF 548 Modern Movements/Issues in Photography
  • NPF 549 History of Photojournalism
  • NPF 553 Advanced Topics in Modern Art and Cinema
  • NPF 555 Experimental Media
  • NPF 559 Advanced Topics in Curatorial Practices
  • NPF 567 Exhibition Practices in Contemporary Art
  • NPF 568 Analogue as Meaning
  • NPF 571 Introduction to Museum and Gallery Studies
  • NPF 572 Curatorial Practices in Toronto
  • NPF 574 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
  • NPF 606 Contemporary Art Theory

Complete five (5) courses from the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

Required Group 1: One (1) course from the following:

Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses of the following:

  • CRI 520 Design Management
  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 240 History of Art and Design: Global Survey
  • FCD 558 Intro to Design Thinking  
  • FCD 815 Design Solutions Supercourse I
  • FCD 825 Design Solutions Supercourse II
  • IDE 309 Sustainable Design
  • IDE 400 Africa and Beyond: Decolonizing Design Culture
  • IDE 500 Selected Topics in Interior Design
  • IDE 501  Selected Topics in Interior Design
  • IDF 100 Elements and Principles of Design
  • IDF 200 Introduction to the World of Design
  • IDF 250 Contemporary Art and Design
  • IDF 300 Strategic Thinking and the Deep Dive
  • IDF 500 Leaping Fences: New Directions in Design
  • IRL 100 Intro to World Art I: Pictorial Arts

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • RTA 101 Introduction to Media Theory and Practice
  • RTA 315 Business of Creative Media


Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • BPM 905 History and Culture of Popular Music
  • BPM 927 Business of Music I


Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses of the following:

  • CMN 211 Language and Power
  • CMN 230 Trans Studies and Communication
  • CMN 269 Countercultural Communication
  • CMN 279 Introduction to Professional Communication
  • CMN 306 Risk and Crisis Communication
  • CMN 472 Political Communication and Race
  • CRI 570 Creative Industries: International Lab
  • CRI 760 Diversity in Creative Industries
  • DST 501 Rethinking Disability
  • DST 506 Principles and Practices of Accessibility
  • DST 508 Cripping the Arts in Canada
  • DST 509 Disability Arts and Culture
  • DST 510 Death and Everyday Life
  • DST 605 Sexuality, Desire, and Disability
  • DST 614 Community, Access, and Technology
  • EUS 102 Environment & Sustainability
  • EUS 180 Global Water Issues
  • EUS 202 Sustaining the City’s Environment
  • EUS 450 Responses to Climate Change
  • EUS 550 Sustainable Cities: Politics & Equity
  • EUS 850 Sustainability in Organizations
  • FCD 309 Design for Sustainability
  • FFS 120 Fashion and Race
  • FMF 240 Indigenous Craft Practices
  • FSN 223 Fashion Theory
  • FSN 504 Fashioning Feminism
  • FSN 525 Indigenous Fashion
  • FSN 600 Design Justice
  • FSN 605 Fashioning he/she/they
  • FSN 620 Black Fashion
  • FSN 631 Fashion and Popular Culture in East Asia
  • INP 900 Understanding the Nonprofit Sector
  • INP 901 Effective Nonprofit Organizations
  • INP 913 Leadership in Nonprofits
  • INP 914 Diversity in Nonprofits
  • INP 916 Nonprofits on the Global Stage
  • POG 316 Social Policy
  • POL 377 Urban Sustainability Policy
  • POL 601 Social Movements and Politics
  • POL 607 Politics of Technology and Globalization
  • POL 609 Global Justice
  • PPA 124 Indigenous Politics and Governance

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CRI 450 Appreciating Creativity in Practice
  • CRI 630 Advertising Theory and Practice
  • CRI 680 Celebrity
  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 816 Global Campus Studio Supercourse I
  • FCD 826 Global Campus Studio Supercourse II
  • NMA 220 New Media Art History
  • NMA 928 Introduction to Game Design
  • NMA 939 Indigenous Media
  • RTA 310 Media Aesthetics and Culture
  • RTA 912 Media Audiences
  • RTA 920 Visual Storytelling: Video Production
  • RTA 945 Writing for Factual and Reality Programs
  • RTA 956 Children's Programming
  • RTA 988 International Media Storytelling

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • MPC 210 Introduction to Visual Culture


Plus four (4) courses from the following:

  • CRI 450 Appreciating Creativity in Practice
  • CRI 540 Marketing Creative Industries
  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 240 History of Art and Design: Global Survey
  • FCD 558 Intro to Design Thinking
  • FCD 815 Design Solutions Supercourse I  
  • FCD 825 Design Solutions Supercourse II
  • MPC 103 Reframing Art History
  • MPC 201 Concepts and Theories
  • MPC 203 Modern Art and Theory
  • NPF 188 From Page to Screen
  • NPF 504 Technology, Culture and Communication
  • NPF 515 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Art
  • NPF 525 Photography in Canada
  • NPF 548 Modern Movements/Issues in Photography
  • NPF 553 Advanced Topics in Modern Art and Cinema
  • NPF 555 Experimental Media
  • NPF 562 Media and Communication
  • NPF 568 Analogue as Meaning
  • NPF 569 Disaster Images: Memory and Response
  • NPF 570 Advertising and Consumer Culture
  • NPF 573 Video Games: History, Theory, Culture
  • NPF 574 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
  • NPF 606 Contemporary Art Theory
  • NPF 607 Cultural Studies
  • NPF 705 Thinking Through Diversity

For students admitted Fall 2025 and after.

Students must choose and complete two of the following Creative-Content Modules. In total, students complete ten (10) courses from Core Elective Table II. The courses on Table II are organized into five-course Creative-Content Modules. Students must complete 2 modules.

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • THF 101 Elements of Production I
  • THF 200 Timelines of Performance History I

Plus three (3) of the following:

  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 316 The Global Stage
  • THA 340 Improvisation
  • THD 220 Latin American Dance Forms
  • THD 320 Western Dance Styles
  • THF 201 Timelines of Performance History II
  • THF 325 Musical Theatre
  • THF 403 Landmarks in Canadian Theatre
  • THF 405 Human Development in the Arts
  • THL 100 Theatre and the Canadian Identity

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • MPF 290 Introduction to Film Studies

Plus four (4) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • NNS 101 Introduction to News Studies


Plus four (4) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • CMN 279 Introduction to Professional Communication


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CMN 211 Language and Power
  • CMN 215 Messages, Modalities and Media
  • CMN 216 Communication Revolutions
  • CMN 269 Countercultural Communication
  • CMN 288 Communication and Social Media
  • CMN 305 Strategic Public Relations in ProCom
  • CMN 306 Risk and Crisis Communication
  • CMN 310 Communication with Colour
  • CMN 314 Professional Presentations
  • CMN 315 Organizational Communication
  • CMN 316 Questioning Data
  • CMN 317 Information, Technology, and Control
  • CMN 321 Knowledge Translation
  • CMN 324 Strategic Storytelling in Industry
  • CMN 325 Communication and the Digital Enterprise
  • CMN 408 Proposal and Grant Writing
  • CMN 443 Contemporary Intercultural Communication
  • CMN 448 Visual Communication
  • CMN 450 Participatory Media and Communication

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • GCM 110 Introduction to Graphic Communications


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CRI 420 Book Publishing and Marketing
  • GCM 111 Graphic Communication Technologies
  • GCM 130 Design and Layout
  • GCM 210 Introduction to Packaging
  • GCM 230 Typography
  • GCM 710 The Art of the Book
  • GCM 720 Magazine Production and Publishing
  • GCM 722 Book Production and Publishing
  • GCM 738 Photoshopped! The Art of Image Retouching
  • GCM 740 Accessibility for Graphic Communications
  • GCM 746 Sustainability in Print Packaging  
  • GCM 750 3D Printing
  • GCM 754 Sign and Display Graphics
  • GCM 802 Ebook Production and Publishing
  • GCM 810 Creativity, Clients and Design

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:


Plus four (4) of the following:

  • FCD 240 History of Art and Design
  • HIS 510 Museology and Public History
  • MPC 201 Contemporary Art: Concepts and Theories
  • MPC 203 Modern Art and Theory
  • MPC 210 Introduction to Visual Culture
  • MPI 602 Media Languages: Old and New Vocabularies
  • NPF 506 Art and Modernism
  • NPF 515 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Art
  • NPF 525 Photography in Canada
  • NPF 548 Modern Movements/Issues in Photography
  • NPF 549 History of Photojournalism
  • NPF 553 Advanced Topics in Modern Art and Cinema
  • NPF 555 Experimental Media
  • NPF 559 Advanced Topics in Curatorial Practices
  • NPF 567 Exhibition Practices in Contemporary Art
  • NPF 568 Analogue as Meaning
  • NPF 571 Introduction to Museum and Gallery Studies
  • NPF 572 Curatorial Practices in Toronto
  • NPF 574 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
  • NPF 606 Contemporary Art Theory

Complete five (5) courses from the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

Required Group 1: One (1) course from the following:

Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • RTA 101 Introduction to Media Theory and Practice
  • RTA 315 Business of Creative Media


Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

Two (2) Required courses:

  • BPM 905 History and Culture of Popular Music
  • BPM 927 Business of Music I


Plus three (3) of the following:

Complete five (5) courses of the following:

  • CMN 211 Language and Power
  • CMN 230 Trans Studies and Communication
  • CMN 269 Countercultural Communication
  • CMN 279 Introduction to Professional Communication
  • CMN 306 Risk and Crisis Communication
  • CMN 472 Political Communication and Race
  • CRI 570 Creative Industries: International Lab
  • CRI 760 Diversity in Creative Industries
  • DST 501 Rethinking Disability
  • DST 506 Principles and Practices of Accessibility
  • DST 508 Cripping the Arts in Canada
  • DST 509 Disability Arts and Culture
  • DST 510 Death and Everyday Life
  • DST 605 Sexuality, Desire, and Disability
  • DST 614 Community, Access, and Technology
  • EUS 102 Environment & Sustainability
  • EUS 180 Global Water Issues
  • EUS 202 Sustaining the City’s Environment
  • EUS 450 Responses to Climate Change
  • EUS 550 Sustainable Cities: Politics & Equity
  • EUS 850 Sustainability in Organizations
  • FCD 309 Design for Sustainability
  • FFS 120 Fashion and Race
  • FMF 240 Indigenous Craft Practices
  • FSN 223 Fashion Theory
  • FSN 504 Fashioning Feminism
  • FSN 525 Indigenous Fashion
  • FSN 600 Design Justice
  • FSN 605 Fashioning he/she/they
  • FSN 620 Black Fashion
  • FSN 631 Fashion and Popular Culture in East Asia
  • INP 900 Understanding the Nonprofit Sector
  • INP 901 Effective Nonprofit Organizations
  • INP 913 Leadership in Nonprofits
  • INP 914 Diversity in Nonprofits
  • INP 916 Nonprofits on the Global Stage
  • POG 316 Social Policy
  • POL 377 Urban Sustainability Policy
  • POL 601 Social Movements and Politics
  • POL 607 Politics of Technology and Globalization
  • POL 609 Global Justice
  • PPA 124 Indigenous Politics and Governance

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

Plus four (4) of the following:

  • CRI 450 Appreciating Creativity in Practice
  • CRI 630 Advertising Theory and Practice
  • CRI 680 Celebrity
  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 816 Global Campus Studio Supercourse I
  • FCD 826 Global Campus Studio Supercourse II
  • NMA 220 New Media Art History
  • NMA 928 Introduction to Game Design
  • NMA 939  Indigenous Media
  • RTA 310 Media Aesthetics and Culture
  • RTA 912 Media Audiences
  • RTA 920 Visual Storytelling: Video Production
  • RTA 945 Writing for Factual and Reality Programs
  • RTA 956 Children's Programming
  • RTA 988 International Media Storytelling

Complete five (5) courses as follows:

One (1) Required course:

  • MPC 210 Introduction to Visual Culture


Plus four (4) courses from the following:

  • CRI 450 Appreciating Creativity in Practice
  • CRI 540 Marketing Creative Industries
  • CRI 860 The Big Night
  • FCD 240 History of Art and Design: Global Survey
  • FCD 558 Intro to Design Thinking
  • FCD 815 Design Solutions Supercourse I  
  • FCD 825 Design Solutions Supercourse II
  • MPC 103 Reframing Art History
  • MPC 201 Concepts and Theories
  • MPC 203 Modern Art and Theory
  • NPF 188 From Page to Screen
  • NPF 504 Technology, Culture and Communication
  • NPF 515 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Art
  • NPF 525 Photography in Canada
  • NPF 548 Modern Movements/Issues in Photography
  • NPF 553 Advanced Topics in Modern Art and Cinema
  • NPF 555 Experimental Media
  • NPF 562 Media and Communication
  • NPF 568 Analogue as Meaning
  • NPF 569 Disaster Images: Memory and Response
  • NPF 570 Advertising and Consumer Culture
  • NPF 573 Video Games: History, Theory, Culture
  • NPF 574 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
  • NPF 606 Contemporary Art Theory
  • NPF 607 Cultural Studies
  • NPF 705 Thinking Through Diversity