Graduate Electives

Graduate elective courses open to all students at The Creative School for the current term can be found below.

• This list is updated at the start of each term.
• Courses are offered subject to faculty availability and are subject to change without notice.
• Preference will be given to students enrolled in the program offering the course.

1. Review available courses below and identify the course you are interested in.
   
2. Reach out to your Supervisor/Advisor and Program Director to get permission to take the course for credit in your program.
3. Complete the  (PDF file) Course Substitution form (opens in new window) , it must be signed by your Supervisor/Advisor* and Program Director.
   
4. Complete the Enrollment Request Form (link below) and submit the signed Course Substitution form**.

*If you don't have a Supervisor/Advisor, your Program Director can sign on behalf of both. 

** Submit one form per course request.

Deadline to submit request: Winter 2025 - January 10, 2024

The Admin team will review your enrollment request, and confirm via email.
It may not be possible to accommodate late requests.

Communication & Culture courses require an additional step to enroll

(ie: CC8849, CC8960, CC8921, CC8828, CC8836, CC8838)

1. Complete the Course Substitution form (same as above).
   
2. Submit the Enrollment request form (same as above).
   
3. Your request will be reviewed and you will be contacted via email about next steps. 
   

Unless shown below, course descriptions can be found in the YSGPS calendar.

For your convenience, the links to each graduate program calendar at The Creative School are listed below. 

CC8849 – Selected Topics in Politics & Policy (Politics and Race)

Explore the intersections of race, politics, and communication in this thought-provoking course. CC8849 offers a critical examination of how colonial legacies, imperialism, and racism shape both historical and contemporary political identities. We will analyze how these factors influence current Western liberal-democratic policies and practices addressing race, alongside ongoing debates around the inclusion and representation of racialized and Indigenous groups in political spaces.
Students will engage with critical theories and research methods, developing tools to advocate effectively for progress on race and racism in political and organizational contexts.

DG8116 Zone Learning Project I

DG 8116 allows you to get course credit towards your graduate degree and connect with a community of like-minded students from across the university. This new elective course from Zone Learning allows graduate students to launch and grow a project under the guidance of an instructor. The course also offers a very hands-on experience to gain deeper insights into the highly transferable skills and competencies needed to launch and grow projects and ventures.

Visit the course website to learn more: torontomu.ca/dg8116

PC8106 Special Topics: Critical Health Communication

This course introduces students to a growing field of critical health communication that explores the  ideological processes underpinning the meanings of health, illness, and well-being. Drawing on Canadian  and international examples, the course nurtures students’ ability to critically analyze health practices,  messages, and artifacts, while paying close attention to the issues of power, ethics, and equity. Lecture  (asynchronous, 1hr) & Interactive tutorial (in-person, 2hr).  

PC8106 Special Topics: Political Communication and Race

This course provides students with an opportunity to pursue advanced studies of the construction of social differencessuch as race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in professional communication through a range of theoretical lenses and in a variety of institutional contexts (e.g., media, education, law, health). Students also engage with communication in activist, advocacy and social justice contexts, including the theories and philosophies that inform communication practices in these contexts.