McMaster University Faculty of Humanities
Hons. Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts
Hamilton, Canada
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Hons. Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) blends new media with arts and humanities. Offered as a single or combined honours programme, it teaches digital production and media theory through experiential learning. You'll create multimedia works using audio, video, animation and text, study cultural, theoretical and ethical issues, and develop technical, creative and critical skills. Enrolment is limited.
Career Outcomes:
Career opportunities include: directing, film production, radio and television production, journalism, scriptwriting, multimedia and web design, graphic and interface design, music and sound production, teaching, editing, research, legal and documentary work, media management.
Our society has witnessed an explosion of interest in the Internet and multimedia computing, and the ability to create and use information technology and multimedia has become invaluable.
Media Arts at McMaster is an innovative program, which examines computer-based works that integrate multiple media into an artistic whole. Students both study and create multimedia works that use audio, video, animation, and text in an informative and artistically interesting fashion.
Offered as a single or combined honors program at McMaster, Media Arts allows students to unite new media computing knowledge with traditional arts and humanities subjects. As a Media Arts student, you’ll learn how to use the latest media arts technologies; study the effects of technology integration in the arts and humanities; consider the cultural theoretical and ethical issues of media arts; create media art works; contribute to building new modes of digital representation; and apply media arts to other areas of the arts and humanities.
Enrollment in this program is limited.
Media Arts
Offered as a Single or Combined Honours program, Media Arts unites new media with traditional arts and humanities subjects. Through experiential learning, students in this program will engage with the creative, theoretical and critical aspects of digital media and develop both the practical and theoretical skills necessary to pursue careers in Media Arts.
Enrolment in this program is limited and possession of the published minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
Potential Careers
Skills Gained
- Learn how to work efficiently, accurately, and organize information.
- Communication skills, both in verbal and written expression.
- Communication skills, in image and sound.
- Experiential learning.
- Critical understanding of performance in both live and recorded media.
- Artistic expression.
- Creative, technical and critical skills.
- Research and analysis.
- Presentation skills.
- Master new skills in digital media.
Careers in Media Arts & Mass Communications
- Directing.
- Radio and television producer.
- Journalism.
- Filmmaker.
- Scriptwriting.
- Creative writing.
- music production/editing/composing.
- Video production/editing.
- Animation.
- Musician.
- Multimedia productions.
- Web design/development.
- Graphic design.
- Interface design.
- Website management.
- Documentary and legal research.
- Copy-editing, editing.
- Teaching.
- Lawyer.
