Communication and Digital Media Studies – Advanced Entry

General information

The Communication and Digital Media Studies Advanced Entry program provides college graduates with the opportunity to apply their college diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, Broadcast for Contemporary Media, Contemporary Web Design, Digital Photography, Digital Video Production or Interactive Media Design toward a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Communication and Digital Media Studies.

Students enrolled in Communication and Digital Media Studies Advanced Entry will enter directly into third year of the Communication and Digital Media Studies degree program at our university and will follow a modified program map that will allow students to complete the program in two years of full-time study.

Admission requirements

Admission is competitive. The specific average or standing required for admission varies from year to year. Students are selected by taking into consideration a wide range of criteria including school marks, distribution of subjects taken, and performance in subjects relevant to the academic program. Possession of the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Preference will be given to applicants with the best qualifications.

To qualify for the Communication and Digital Media Studies Advanced Entry program, the minimum entrance requirement is a two-year Ontario college diploma (or equivalent) in a communication and digital media studies relevant program.

Advanced Entry completion requirements [60 credit hours]

Students accepted into the Advanced Entry program will complete the following courses.

• COMM 1100U – Introduction to Communication and Digital Media Studies
• COMM 1420U – Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society
• COMM 2110U – Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks
• COMM 2210U – Researching Communication and Digital Culture
• COMM 2311U – The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power
• COMM 2410U – Social History of Communication and Media Technologies
• COMM 2411U – Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy for an era of Digital Disruption
• COMM 3110U – Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good
• COMM 3610U – Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion and Propaganda
• COMM 3720U – Knowing Your Audience: Audience Studies for Media Professionals and Creators
• COMM 4130U – Capstone Creator Project

• Seven of:

• COMM 2220U – The Media, Creativity and Culture in Canada
• COMM 2240U – Television
• COMM 2270U – Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World
• COMM 2530U – Advertising as Social Communication
• LBAT 2413U – Science Communication: Media for creative, fun, and effective STEM communication
• COMM 3250U – Pop Culture and Entertainment
• COMM 3310U – Communication for Social Change, Community and Development
• COMM 3350U – Environmental Communication: Media and Tech for Sustainability
• COMM 3410U – Designing Hits: Storytelling in the Digital Age
• COMM 3510U – Work in the Creative and Tech Industries
• COMM 3710U – Media, Identity and Intercultural Communication
• COMM 3740U – Video Games, Media and Culture
• COMM 4120U – AI, Ethics and Communication
• COMM 4140U – Ways of Seeing: Visual Communication Arts and New Media
• COMM 4210U – Special Topics in Communication and Digital Media Studies
• COMM 4261U – Online Creator-Entrepreneurs: YouTubers, Influencers, and Streamers
• COMM 4420U – Political Communication, Digital Media and Democracy
• COMM 4510U – Public Relations: Social Power, Social Media Platforms, and Social Responsibility
• COMM 4530U – Media Activism and Protest Cultures
• COMM 4610U – The Struggle is Real: Transformation for Communication, Conflict, and Peace
• COMM 4710U – Global Media, the Internet and International Relations
• POSC 3751U – Media, War and Conflict
• Any two FSSH electives at the 2000-, 3000- or 4000-level