Academic Calendar 2023-2024

Media and Performance Production– Specialization (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

MAPP-P-BAH

Subject: Administered by the Dan School of Drama and Music and the Department of Film and Media.
Plan: Consists of 84.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2022-2023 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Thinking Locally
and Acting Globally
Introduction to Theatre
The Republic to Rationalism: History, Arts, and Performance l
and Listening to Revolutions: History, Arts, and Performance ll
B. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Thinking Locally
FILM 104
Film, Media and Screen Cultures
Mobile Communications
C. Complete the following:
FILM 250Fundamentals of Media Production3.00
D. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Introduction to Theatre Production
Technical Practicum
Drama Practicum
Introduction to Digital Audio Recording, Editing, and Mixing
Music Practicum
E. Complete the following:
MAPP 200Media and Performance I3.00
F. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Media and Performance II
and
3.00 units from the following:
3D Animation
Virtual and Augmented Reality App Development
Sound Production
Special Topics in Media and Performance
Visual Music
G. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Theatre and Pop Culture
Studies in Mass Media
Studies in Alternative Media
Music and Mass Media
Research Methods in Performing Arts
Research Methods in Performing Arts Education
Performance in Times of Crisis
H. Complete the following:
MAPP 400Media and Performance Major Project6.00
2. Option
A. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
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B. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
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C. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
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D. Complete 9.00 units from the following:9.00
ANIM at the 300-level or above
DRAM at the 300-level or above
ENIN at the 300-level or above
FILM at the 300-level or above
MUSC at the 300-level or above
MUTH at the 300-level or above
E. Complete 9.00 units from the following:9.00
ANIM at the 200-level or above
DRAM at the 200-level or above
ENIN at the 200-level or above
FILM at the 200-level or above
MUSC at the 200-level or above
MUTH at the 200-level or above
Electives
Elective Courses36.00
Total Units120.00

3. Notes

A. FILM 250: Fundamentals of Media Production is the prerequisite course for all upper-year FILM production courses and therefore should be taken in second year. FILM 257:  Film and Media Concept Development is the prerequisite for FILM 312.

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. 

Media and Performance Production Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

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MAPP Performance Options
DRAM 237Elementary Acting I - The Actor's Instrument3.00
DRAM 238Elementary Acting II - Theories and Styles of Acting3.00
DRAM 239Special Topics in Performance I3.00
DRAM 273Medieval Drama Performance3.00
DRAM 331Playing Shakespeare3.00
DRAM 332Performing with Masks3.00
DRAM 335Acting for the Screen3.00
DRAM 339Special Topics in Performance II3.00
DRAM 373Scene Study at the Shaw Festival3.00
MAPP 401Special Topics in Media and Performance3.00
MUSC 100Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 112Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 115Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 124Applied Music I6.00
MUSC 200Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 212Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 215Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 224Applied Music II6.00
MUSC 2721.50
MUSC 300Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 312Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 315Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 324Applied Music III6.00
MUSC 400Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 412Medium Ensemble1.50
MUSC 415Large Ensemble1.50
MUSC 424Applied Music IV6.00
MUTH 210Physiology and Production of the Voice3.00
MUTH 211Dance for Music Theatre3.00
MUTH 310Dancer-Singer in Music Theatre3.00
MUTH 333Music Theatre Creation Lab3.00

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MAPP Media Production Options
ANIM 201Animation Festival Programming3.00
ANIM 400Special Topics in Animation3.00
CWRI 393Intermediate Writing in Prose3.00
ENIN 140Design Thinking3.00
FILM 214Mobile Communications3.00
FILM 257Film and Media Concept Development3.00
FILM 310Archival Remediation and Restoration of Time-based Media3.00
FILM 312Screenwriting3.00
FILM 318Curating Media Practices3.00
FILM 351Documentary Production3.00
FILM 352Production: Issues of Form and Structure3.00
FILM 356Animation Production3.00
FILM 369Advanced Animation Production3.00
FILM 370The Experimental Tradition3.00
FILM 3773D Animation3.00
FILM 387Cinematography and Visual Aesthetics3.00
FILM 390Open Media Production3.00
FILM 391Advanced Open Media Production3.00
FILM 392Video Production3.00
FILM 393Advanced Video Production3.00
FILM 394Post-Production3.00
FILM 401Special Effects3.00
FILM 451Production: Special Topic3.00
FILM 455Cross-Platform Storytelling3.00
FILM 456The Video Essay3.00
FILM 459Film and Media Practicum3.00
MAPP 395Internship3.00
MAPP 493Visual Music3.00
MUSC 151Introduction to Instrumental Composition3.00
MUSC 152Introduction to Vocal Composition3.00
MUSC 156Introduction to Digital Audio Recording, Editing, and Mixing3.00
MUSC 255Electroacoustic Music Composition6.00
MUSC 352Electroacoustic Composition3.00

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MAPP History, Media and Culture Options
DRAM 200Theatre History and Literature I6.00
DRAM 220Play Reading and Analysis3.00
DRAM 235Stand-up Comedy3.00
DRAM 251Introduction to Playwriting3.00
DRAM 303Indigenous Playwrights3.00
DRAM 306Drama and its Performance in Canada3.00
DRAM 311Theatre for Young Audiences3.00
DRAM 350Playwriting III6.00
DRAM 371Modern Drama at the Shaw Festival3.00
FILM 200Introduction to Video Game Studies3.00
FILM 201Transnational Media3.00
FILM 206Research and Writing Methods for Film and Media3.00
FILM 207Writing Foundations for Film and Media3.00
FILM 216Historical Inquiry3.00
FILM 217Film and Media History and Theory Pre-19603.00
FILM 218Film and Media History and Theory Post-19603.00
FILM 226Critical Inquiry3.00
FILM 313Film and Media Professional Writing and Presentation3.00
FILM 314Media and the Global South3.00
FILM 316Video Games and Culture3.00
FILM 317Art as Technology3.00
FILM 320Media and the Arts3.00
FILM 324Canadian Film and Media: Documentary/Experimental/Animation3.00
FILM 325Cinemas in Canada: Anglo-Canadian/Quebecois(e)/Indigenous3.00
FILM 330Gender and Media3.00
FILM 332Queer Cinemas3.00
FILM 339Media and Culture at the End of the 20th Century3.00
FILM 341Studies in Mass Media3.00
FILM 342Studies in Alternative Media3.00
FILM 343Speculative Media Studies: Fictions, Fans, and Franchises3.00
FILM 345Television: Structure and Function3.00
FILM 346Television and Seriality3.00
FILM 378Computational Cinema3.00
FILM 388Indigenous Film and Media3.00
FILM 389The Music Video3.00
FILM 401Special Effects3.00
FILM 476Social Documentary in Latin America3.00
FILM 477Black Aesthetics and Politics in Media: Studies in Race, Culture, and Art3.00
MUSC 171Social History of Popular Music3.00
MUSC 210Western Art Music: Crusades to Colonialism3.00
MUSC 211Western Art Music: Industrialization to the Internet3.00
MUSC 240Music of Video Games3.00
MUSC 491Music and Mass Media3.00
MUTH 110The Republic to Rationalism: History, Arts, and Performance l3.00
MUTH 111Listening to Revolutions: History, Arts, and Performance ll3.00
MUTH 250Structures of Music Theatre3.00
MUTH 251Issues in Music Theatre3.00
MUTH 271Medieval Literature in the Performing Arts3.00
MUTH 375Theatre and Music of Africa and the Diaspora3.00