PROGRAM AND ADMISSIONS GUIDE
2014/2015
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Programs
Career Tracks
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Education (with additional studies)
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Artsmanagement
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Costume, lighting and set design
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Stagemanagement
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Graduate studies indesign, stagemanagement andacademic theatre
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Related careers: technical direction, production co-ordination and
tour co-ordination
Drama and Communication, Media and Film
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
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Doublemajor offered jointly by the School of Dramatic Art and the
Department of Communication, Media and Film
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Providesknowledgeofandpracticeinmanyfacetsoftheatreproduction
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Includes courses incostume, set and lightingdesign; directing; stage
management and theatreproduction; theoretical andcritical courses
oncommunication industries,media content andmediaproduction
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First-year Dramatic Art courses focus on theatre history, the nature
of theatre and rendering for theatre
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First-year Communication, Media and Filmcourses concentrate on
the history, development and impact of information technologies,
an introduction to communication theory, and the role ofmedia in
society. Courses also offered in production processes
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Includesopportunities inmorespecializedareas in theatreproduction,
performance,media studies andmediaproductionafter first year
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Includes internships andWork Study opportunities at University
Players for advanced students
Career Tracks
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Education (with additional studies)
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Production and design
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Graduate studies
ENGLISH
English Language and Literature
Bachelor of Arts (Honours and General)
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Provides the opportunity to expand and refine critical skills
and cultural awareness, oral and written communication and
knowledge of critical inquiry
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Includes courses in British, Canadian, American and world
literatures in English as well as courses in composition,
rhetoric, textual studies, editing and publishing
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Teaches analytical and critical-thinking skills and provides
experience in research, writing, editing, publishing and teaching
Career Tracks
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Education (with additional studies)
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Law (with additional studies)
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Journalism
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Library science
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Editing
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Publishing
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Business
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Media
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Advertising
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Administration (communications and public relations)
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Public and government services
EnglishLiteratureandCreativeWriting
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
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Combines critical and literary study withworkshops in creative
writing led by published, award-winning authors
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Involves reading and critiquing of creativework in small classes by
establishedwriters and student peers
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Includes consultationswithResident Writing Professional, visiting
authors (including internationally recognized poets, playwrights
and novelists), and/or student Writers-In-Residence, aswell as
professional authors serving as aWriters-In-Residence
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Offers an extensive basis of knowledge through a series of public
readings and talks
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Stimulates the development of thinking and creative skills
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Includes practicumcourses in editing, publishing andweb-based
writing and editing
Career Tracks
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Writing and the creative arts
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Editing
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Publishing
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Media
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Journalism
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Law (with additional studies)
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Communications
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Education (with additional studies)
Digital JournalismandEnglishLanguageandLiterature
Digital JournalismandEnglishLiteratureandCreativeWriting
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
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This combined honours degree in English and Digital
Journalism offers both a full academic degree in English and a
degree concentration in the specific professional skills of web-
based journalism-each year, you will take both English courses
and DJ courses
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English courses will cover a wide range of great writers—both
historic and contemporary—and consider the issues with which
they grappled
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You will enhance your analytic perceptiveness and powers
of written expression, engage in intensive, workshop-based
courses in various genres, and receive training in web-based
editing and publishing
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Journalism courses will cover such key professional issues as
the social role of journalism and ethics, and help you to develop
specific skills such as web-based reporting, podcasting, and
audio-visual production techniques
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Learn skills of reporting, interviewing, compiling, writing,
photography, and editing, producing features and other projects
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Industry professionals are both instructors and guests in the
program, and opportunities for professional internships are a
key element
Career Tracks
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Print, broadcast, or virtual journalism, in both mainstream and
alternative media
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Communications in government or non-government
organizations
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Communications
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Professional writing
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Teaching (with additional studies)
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Law (with additional studies)
HISTORY
History
Bachelor of Arts (Honours or General)
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A study in the great stories of the human past—rulers, constitutions,
wars and liberationmovements aswell as capitalism, migration,
slavery, cities and the everyday lives of women andmen
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Includes topics inEuropean, LatinAmerican, Canadian, African,
MiddleEasternandUShistory frommedieval times to the recent past
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Emphasizeswriting, the study of primary historical documents andan
understandingof howthewritingof history has changedover time
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