First Year in Film and Media: FILM 110
The world today is saturated with visual media. Movies, television, video, internet, mobile devices, and other forms of mass communication entertain us, inform us, and attempt to persuade us. The first-year course FILM 110 "Film, Culture and Communication" is an introduction to the study of these media and their effects on us. It is both a foundation for further courses in Film and Media and an elective of interest to students in other programs. The course deals with Hollywood movies past and present; Canadian film, television, and video; international cinema; narrative, experimental, and documentary forms. The course looks at advertising, social networks, journalism, and gaming. It goes behind the images to the institutions that produce them, to show why and how the consumption of images has become a defining characteristic of contemporary culture.
Students carry out a variety of written and practical assignments during the year. In the first term, an essay project provides experience in critical writing. In the second term, a narrative storyboard project challenges the creative imagination.

Third-year courses are more specialized. Students can explore important eras in film history, deepen their understanding of film genres or media systems, or probe the kinds of images that influence viewers as consumers and citizens. Production courses integrate criticism, history with production and are offered in the following areas: experimental cinema, animation, documentary.