WESTERN COURSES
MIT 1200F/G - Media in Society
This course gives students the necessary tools to interpret a range of texts in various contexts. It is an extended practical application of selected forms of cultural analysis to diverse media and ideas. The course surveys the development of our roles as consumers and participants in media, culture and society.
2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
MIT 1500A/B - The Matter of Technology
The course provides the technical, cultural, and historical background to inform our cultural ideas, myths, and fears about technology. The focus of the course is current and emergent technologies, focusing on the ways those technologies work along with their technical and cultural implications.
2 lecture hours and 2 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
MIT 1700F/G - FYI: Information and Its Contexts
An introduction to the universe of print and electronic information sources. Students examine how information is organized and presented, learn basic information retrieval techniques such as how to search library catalogues, periodical databases and the Internet, and develop information retrieval strategies to support their research.
2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
MIT 2000F/G - The History of Communication
The course examines communication throughout history. It explores the relationship of communication media and technologies to society and culture. The course covers the history of different communication media, such as the printing press, telegraph, radio and television broadcasting, film and sound recording, and the Internet.
Prerequisite: At least 65% in each of MIT 1200F/G, 1500A/B and 1700 F/G.
2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
MIT 2100F/G - Political Economy of Media
This course introduces basic concepts of political economy to the study of contemporary media. By examining corporate, public and alternative media formations, it provides students with the tools to analyze intersections of power and wealth in societies and economies increasingly centered on the profitable exploitation of culture and information.
Prerequisite: At least 65% in each of MIT 1200F/G, 1500A/B and 1700 F/G.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
MIT 2200F/G - Mapping Media and Cultural Theory
The course explores traditions within media and cultural theory, including traditions such as cultural studies, semiotics, hermeneutics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. These traditions arise from debates around such issues as: audience/reader activity, diversity, context, texts and textual determination, ideology and hegemony, discourse, and socio-cultural constructions.
Prerequisite: At least 65% in each of MIT 1200F/G, 1500A/B and 1700F/G.
2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
MIT 2500A/B - The Meaning of Technology: Exploring the Relationship between Technology and Society
Exploration of a number of technologies that lie behind and fuel the technocultural imagination. Introduces contemporary technologies from both a technical and cultural/historical point of view. Topics include: technological systems, issues of technical visualization, representation and interactivity, natural vs. artificial languages, artificial intelligence, robotics, natural and virtual environments, technology as social imperative and cultural metaphor.
Prerequisite: At least 65% in each of MIT 1200F/G, 1500A/B and 1700F/G.
2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course.
Writing 2121F/G - Writing for MIT
This course will improve the writing skills of MIT students, many of whom will find themselves developing written content for a variety of media formats in their professional lives. The focus on the basic principles of grammar and their relation to techniques of good expository writing in professional communication will aid students in developing precise and elegant prose.
Antirequisite: Writing 2101F/G.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
FANSHAWE COURSES
BRJR 1033 - UWO News Documentary 1
BRJR 3005 - UWO News Documentary 2
This third year Broadcast Journalism course (taken over two terms) involves producing a weekly one half hour newsmagazine show entitled "30 Purple Minutes." The 6 students are in 2 groups of 3 and each group produces a show bi-weekly. The show is Western focused, including stories each week on current events, sports and entertainment. Students are graded on each show. The show airs each Sunday (1:00 pm and 7:00 pm) on 106.9FM.