Communication and Digital Media Studies minor

General information and requirements

Communications and digital media are everywhere and in everything. Journalists, public affairs officers, content creators, entertainment makers, branding experts, digital storytellers, social media influencers, consumers, activists and citizens use all kinds of media every day to create, send, and receive messages and images about the world, with the goal of changing it in some way. The open minor in Communication and Digital Media Studies focuses on the drivers, roles, uses, goals, and impacts of all kinds of communication and media forms in relation to the dynamics, problems and changes of modern society. It consists of seven courses (21 credit hours) and is available to students of other majors at our university. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in the minor courses is required to successfully complete the Communication and Digital Studies minor.

Minor requirements

• Three of:

• COMM 1100U – Introduction to Communication and Digital Media Studies
• COMM 1420U – Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society
• COMM 2311U – The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power
• COMM 2620U – Professional Communication
• COMM 3610U – Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion and Propaganda

• Four of:

• COMM 2110U – Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks
• COMM 2210U – Researching Communication and Digital Culture
• COMM 2220U – The Media, Creativity and Culture in Canada
• COMM 2240U – Television
• COMM 2270U – Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World
• COMM 2410U – Social History of Communication and Media Technologies
• COMM 2411U – Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy for an era of Digital Disruption
• COMM 2530U – Advertising as Social Communication
• LBAT 2413U – Science Communication: Media for creative, fun, and effective STEM communication
• COMM 3110U – Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good
• 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 3720U – Knowing Your Audience: Audience Studies for Media Professionals and Creators
• 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 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

• Note: not all courses listed are available each year and are offered due to scheduling availability.