Minors for Bachelor of Communication Studies
Digital Experience Design
The Digital Experience Design minor is a competitive minor. Students will need to have completed or be enrolled in DESN 242 before declaring a DXD Minor. The program consists of 18 non-duplicative credits. Courses used for DXD minor cannot be used to fulfill other major or minor requirements.
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| DESN 242 | Introduction to Digital Experience Design for Non-Designers | 3 |
| DESN 342 | Digital Experience Design and Usability: Methods and Practices | 3 |
| DESN 344 | Interaction Design I | 3 |
| DESN 442 | Information Architecture and Content Strategy | 3 |
| 6 |
| Digital Experience Design History, Theories and Issues | |
| Web Design & Development I | |
| Service Design Seminar: Principles and Concepts | |
| Immersive Learning I | |
| Web Design & Development II | |
| Interaction Design II | |
| Service Design Studio: From Research to Solutions | |
| Immersive Learning II | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Film
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Film Studies and Narrative | |
| Introduction to Film Narrative |
| 1 | 15 |
| Introduction to Audio and Video | |
| Documentary Film Principles and Practices | |
| Introduction to Screenwriting | |
| Popular Culture and Film Studies: Film Noir | |
| Popular Culture and Film Studies: Science Fiction | |
| Documentary Screenwriting | |
| Classics and Film: Classical Reception in the Cinema | |
| Studies in Screen Narrative | |
| Studies in Film Adaptation | |
| Topics in Film Studies | |
| Scoring for Film and Other Visual Media | |
| Video Production | |
| Philosophy of Film | |
| Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Films | |
| Magical Realism, Subversion and Sexuality in Hispanic Films and Literature | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
¹ Year to year, different topics courses may be permitted for use towards the 15-credit requirement, at the discretion of the department. These courses may include, but are not limited to BCSC 426, CRWR 317, CRWR 404, ENGL 219, ENGL 364, ENGL 368, ENGL 382, ENGL 391, ENGL 398, ENGL 401, ENGL 489, ENGL 498, MUSC 424, and MUSC 427. Please refer to the Film Minor webpage for more information.
Graphic Design
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| DESN 110 | Design Studio I: Visual Organization, Composition and Visual Language | 3 |
| DESN 120 | Design Software I | 3 |
| DESN 131 | Typography I | 3 |
| DESN 203 | Concept Visualization | 3 |
| DESN 150 | Image Structure and Meaning | 3 |
| DESN 171 | History of Visual Communication Design | 3 |
| DESN 205 | Design Studio II: Process, Audience, and Context | 3 |
| DESN 220 | Design Software II | 3 |
| DESN 250 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
| DESN 260 | Video Production I | 3 |
| DESN 261 | Motion Graphics I | 3 |
Professional Communication
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| BCSC 100 | Grammar and Composition Foundations | 3 |
| BCSC 200 | Communication Theory | 3 |
| 1 | 12 |
| Proofreading and Copyediting | |
| Professional Communication | |
| Introduction to Technical Communication | |
| Classical and Modern Rhetoric | |
| Stylistic and Structural Editing | |
| Strategic Communication Planning | |
| Rhetoric of Popular Culture | |
| Technical Communication for Digital Applications | |
| The Media and the Message | |
| Magazine Editing | |
| Book Editing | |
| Print Culture Studies | |
| Editing and Publishing Poetry | |
| Intercultural Communication | |
| Organizational Communication Theory | |
| Technical Communication: Safety Standards and Policies | |
| Technical Communication for Policy Writing | |
| Production Editing and Publication Management | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Minors for Bachelor of Fine Arts
Art History
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| ARTE 214 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ARTE 224 | The Visual Culture of Modernity: Fin-de-siècle to Mid-Twentieth Century | 3 |
| ARTE 225 | Gender and Sexuality in Art | 3 |
| ARTE 234 | Late Modern and Postmodern Art | 3 |
| ARTE 244 | Introduction to Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTE 250 | Special Topics in the History of Art I | 3 |
| ARTE 277 | North American Indigenous Art History | 3 |
| ARTE 304 | Theory in Contemporary Art | 3 |
| AGAD 305 | Curatorial Studies | 3 |
| ARTE 314 | Thinking Photography | 3 |
| ARTE 324 | History of Interdisciplinary Arts | 3 |
| ARTE 350 | Special Topics in the History of Art II | 3 |
| ARTE 376 | First Nation, Metis, Inuit Art Histories | 3 |
| ARTE 377 | Indigenous Art Theories & Methods | 3 |
| ARTE 400 | Art in the Public Sphere | 3 |
| |
| DESN 271 | History of Modern Design and Material Culture | 3 |
| INTA 210 | The Arts in Culture | 3 |
| INTA 220 | Cultural Theory | 3 |
| CLAS 252 | Ancient Art and Architecture | 3 |
| PHIL 280 | Aesthetics | 3 |
Minors for Bachelor of Music
Music Career Management
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| MUSC 362 | The Business of Music | 3 |
| MUSC 476 | Health Issues and the Professional Musician | 3 |
| 9 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Music Education
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| EDUC 100 | Contexts of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 210 | Introduction to Educational Technology | 3 |
| MUSC 341 | Woodwind Techniques | 3 |
| MUSC 344 | Brass Techniques | 3 |
| MUSC 345 | Percussion and Rhythm Instruments | 3 |
| MUSC 431 | Conducting Techniques | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Music Technology and Production
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| MUSC 364 | Applications in Music Technology I | 3 |
| MUSC 366 | Introduction to the Recording Studio | 3 |
| MUSC 465 | Applications in Music Technology II | 3 |
| MUSC 467 | Recording Studio Production | 3 |
| MUSC 468 | Acoustics | 3 |
| Total Credits | 15 |
Songwriting
