About the MIT Program

Information technologies directly affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives - the way we learn, consume, do business, construct communities and engage in leisure and cultural activities. These technologies have an impact upon the way we think, create, relate to others, and behave. They shape our world - or do we shape our world using these technologies? Where is the boundary between the technology and the active agency of human users?

If you are looking to be involved in the area of communication and information in society, Western's innovative program in Media, Information and Technoculture may be right for you. The program is interdisciplinary and flexible, and allows you to combine your interests with other disciplines. It will give you the theoretical, critical and practical skills that you need to allow you to expand your horizons and further your particular interests.

As a student in the MIT program, you will have the opportunity to think about and explore the nature and impact of information technologies in today's world. You will engage in courses that develop your media and information literacy, and that encourage you to be an informed and critical analyst of the media and image-saturated social environment all around you. In particular, you will examine the convergence of communication technologies, as print, video and audio join together in cyberspace to create new methods of communication and information dissemination. You will also discover how media content is derived, filtered, edited, produced, owned and presented in its various cultural forms. As well, eligible students are able to undertake internship experiences which enhance their academic learning.