MEDA 100
3 credits
Introduction to Media Arts
Prerequisite(s): None.
Introduces students to careers, practices, opportunities, challenges, and modes of thinking in the field of Media Arts. Field trips to visit creative industries in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley are required.
MEDA 222
3 credits
Design Ethos and the Creative Practitioner
Prerequisite(s): None.
Explore and experience the role of the creative practitioner in the marketing process and as an agent of change. Discover how design brings value to products, services, causes, or events; create persuasive marketing experiences; implement in the field; and assess their impact.
MEDA 260
3 credits
Exploring Creativity
Prerequisite(s): 15 university-level credits.
Introduces strategies and techniques for developing creative ideas and working effectively as part of a creative team. Students will learn how to generate ideas both individually and collectively, how to engage in a creative process that includes planning, experimentation, and revision, and how to analyze and critique creative work constructively to improve quality and effectiveness.
MEDA 350
4 credits
Critical Studies in Digital Media in Canada
Prerequisite(s): MACS 130 or MACS 110.
Note: MACS 230 or 45 university-level credits recommended.
Covers the critical debates in the emerging field of new media studies, focusing on the forms of computer-mediated communication that have emerged since the late 1980s. The shape and character of the digital media industries in Canada are examined, along with the ways in which they have changed how content is created. This course also addresses the question of how traditional freedoms of the press and individual artistic expression fare in this new “borderless” world.
Note: Students with credit for MACS 350 cannot take this course for further credit.
MEDA 360
4 credits
Professional Practices for Creative Digital Industries
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, including MEDA 260 and 3 credits of ENGL or CMNS.
Corequisite(s): MEDA 350 recommended.
Students will undertake independent research to identify the particular skills needed in the digital industries, prepare a professional portfolio, represent themselves to employers, manage self-employment, and conduct themselves professionally in creative digital occupations.
MEDA 395
4 credits
Special Topics in Media Arts
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, including MEDA 100.
Provides students with an opportunity to explore a topic or specific area of media arts and will vary with the instructor.
Note: This course will be offered under different letter designations (e.g. C-Z) representing different topics, and may be repeated for credit provided the letter designation differs.
MEDA 401
4 credits
Media Arts Integrated Project I
Prerequisite(s): 90 credits of the Bachelor of Media Arts program, including MEDA 260, MEDA 350, and MEDA 360.
The first course of a two-course capstone project for the Bachelor of Media Arts. Students will apply their skills, in teams, to a creative project, typically for an organization or business. After consulting with a faculty advisor, students will develop a detailed project proposal. Once the proposal is approved, students will take MEDA 402, typically working in the same creative team and consulting with the same faculty advisor, to implement their approved project.
Note: MEDA 401 is normally offered in the Fall semester and MEDA 402 in the Winter semester. MEDA 401 and MEDA 402 must be taken in the same academic year unless special arrangements are made with the course instructor.
MEDA 402
4 credits
Media Arts Integrated Project II
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 401.
The second course in a two-course capstone project for the Bachelor of Media Arts. Students will apply their skills to a team-oriented project in a creative environment and/or business venture related to media arts. The creative team approach is integral to this experience. Students continue to work with local businesses or industries on this project in the same creative team as MEDA 401.
Note: MEDA 401 is normally offered in the Fall semester and MEDA 402 in the Winter semester. MEDA 401 and MEDA 402 must be taken in the same academic year unless special arrangements are made with the course instructor. Students who complete MEDA 401 in a different academic year may have to repeat MEDA 401 for no additional credit.
MEDA 469
3 credits
Design Thinking for Creative Leadership
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits.
Design thinking is a collaborative, human-centred interactive process used for problem solving. Students work together on real-world projects to empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test solutions while discovering their leadership abilities and creative potential to innovate.
MEDA 490
4 credits
Directed Studies in Media Arts
Prerequisite(s): MEDA 360.
Students have the opportunity to pursue in-depth independent study of a particular issue, problem or topic in media arts not otherwise offered. Students develop detailed individual course proposals in consultation with a faculty member, indicating the readings or other study to be undertaken and how the course will be assessed.
Note: Students may take this course for credit more than once provided it is under different topics.
