Arts & ScienceThese are not requirements, but recommended collections of courses around particular areas of study or skillsets for students who want to develop more focused expertise within Film and Media. Course descriptions for these courses are available on the Arts & Science Academic Calendar, and specific course offerings for the upcoming 2026-27 academic cycle will be posted on our website in May.
Audiovisual Production and Moving Image Practice
Experience sound design, performance, music video, and audiovisual experimentation.
FILM 250 Fundamentals of Media Production
FILM 257 Film and Media Concept Development
FILM 275 The Frame
FILM 312 Screenwriting
FILM 351 Documentary Production
FILM 352 Production: Issues of Form and Structure
FILM 353 Narrative Film Production
FILM 387 Cinematography and Visual Aesthetics
FILM 389 The Music Video
FILM 392 Video Production
FILM 393 Advanced Video Production
FILM 394 Post-production
FILM 401 Special Effects
FILM 455 Cross Platform Storytelling
MAPP 200 Media and Performance 1
MAPP 300 Media and Performance 2
MAPP 311 Sound Production
MAPP 366 Media Installation Art
MAPP 493 Visual Music
Animation and Digital Media
Explore animation across traditional, digital, immersive, and computational forms.
ANIM 200 Introduction to Animation
ANIM 201 Animation Curation
ANIM 222 Animation Studio History from Disney to Ghibli
ANIM 300 Stop Motion Animation
ANIM 301 Digital Painting and Drawing
ANIM 356 2D Animation
ANIM 368 Animation Theory and Criticism
ANIM 377 3D Animation
ANIM 400 Special Topics in Animation
FILM 200 Introduction to Video Game Studies
FILM 222 Animated Feature Films from Disney to Ghibli
FILM 316 Advanced Video Game History and Theory
FILM 356 Introduction to Animation Production
FILM 368 Animation Theory and Criticism
FILM 369 Advanced Animation Production
FILM 377 Animation for AR and VR
FILM 378 Computational Cinema
FILM 379 Virtual and Augmented Reality App Development
FILM 394 Post-production
FILM 401 Special Effects
Media, Technology, and Communication
Investigate digital culture, media theory, technology, activism, and communication.
FILM 214 Mobile Communications
FILM 240 Media and Popular Culture
FILM 260 Digital Media Theory
FILM 309 Environmental Media
FILM 311 Mediating Misinformation
FILM 317 Art as Technology
FILM 335 Culture and Technology
FILM 338 Contemporary Issues in Communication
FILM 340 Advertising and Consumer Culture
FILM 341 Media and Communication
FILM 390 Open Media
FILM 391 Advanced Open Media
FILM 416 Material Media Studies
Film History, Genre, and Global Cinema
Engage cinema through historical, geographic, and genre-based approaches.
FILM 210 The Horror Film
FILM 215 Science Fiction Cinema
FILM 216 Special Topics in Film Histories
FILM 224 Korean Media and Popular Culture
FILM 225 The Comedy Film
FILM 300 Hollywood: The Dream Factory
FILM 301 Cinemas of the Americas
FILM 302 Genre
FILM 303 World Cinemas
FILM 305 European Cinema
FILM 325 Cinemas in Canada: Anglo-Canadian, Qu茅b茅cois, Indigenous
FILM 327 The Road Movie as Cinema
FILM 422 Canadian Cinema: Special Topic
Media, Power, and Politics
Examine representation, identity, and social transformation.
FILM 309 Environmental Media
FILM 311 Mediating Misinformation
FILM 320 Media and the Arts
FILM 330 Gender and Media
FILM 331 Women and Film
FILM 332 Queer Cinemas
FILM 333 Feminist Film Theory
FILM 336 Film and Politics
FILM 342 Studies in Alternative Media
FILM 388 Indigenous Film and Media
FILM 430 Bodies on Fire: Exploring the Archive of Canadian Lesbian Filmmaking
FILM 435 Culture and Representation: Special Topic
Curation, Archives, and Cultural Representation
Study exhibition, preservation, restoration, and programming.
FILM 310 Archival Remediation and Restoration
FILM 318 Curating Media Practices
FILM 326 Canadian Cinemas: History, Programming, Filmmakers
FILM 350 Moving Images Archives: The Politics of Preservation and Circulation
FILM 420 Advanced Approaches to Media Studies: Media Archaeologies
FILM 430 Bodies on Fire: Exploring the Archive of Canadian Lesbian Filmmaking
Writing and Creative Development
Strengthen research, criticism, and storytelling skills.
FILM 206 Research, Writing, and Presentation Methods
FILM 207 Writing Foundations for Film and Media
FILM 226 Critical Inquiry
FILM 257 Concept Development
FILM 312 Screenwriting
FILM 456 The Video Essay
CWRI 295 Introduction to Creative Writing in Short Fiction & Poetry
CWRI 397 The Literary Screenplay