Academic Calendar 2024-2025

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 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Thinking Locally
and Acting Globally
or
Introduction to Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies
or
Music, Meaning, and Society
and Introduction to Digital Audio Recording, Editing, and Mixing
B. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Film Form and Modern Culture to 1970
and Mobile Communications
or
Film, Media and Screen Cultures
or
Film, Media, and Screen Cultures: History and Aesthetics
and Film, Media, and Screen Cultures: Theory and Practice
C. Complete the following:
FILM 250Fundamentals of Media Production3.00
D. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Introduction to Theatre Production I
Introduction to Theatre Production II
Ear Training for Production
Amplified Sound in Live Contexts
Sampling and Beatmaking
Creative Production: Beats, Songs, and Soundtracks
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
Research Methods in Performing Arts
Performance in Times of Crisis
Studies in Mass Media
Studies in Alternative Media
Research Methods in Performing Arts
Performance in Times of Crisis
Music and Mass Media
Research Methods in Performing Arts Education
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 110 has been replaced by FILM 111 and FILM 112.

B.  FILM 250 is the prerequisite course for all upper-year FILM production courses and therefore should be taken in second year. FILM 257 is the prerequisite for FILM 312.

C. 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 offered by Smith Engineering.

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 237Introduction to Acting3.00
DRAM 238Elementary Acting3.00
DRAM 239Special Topics in Practice and Performance I3.00
DRAM 241Design and Theatre3.00
DRAM 294Dance for Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 311Theatre for Young Audiences3.00
DRAM 323Practical Concerns in Directing3.00
DRAM 330Intermediate Acting6.00
DRAM 331Playing Shakespeare3.00
DRAM 332Performing with Masks3.00
DRAM 335Acting for the Screen3.00
DRAM 339Special Topics in Practice and Performance II3.00
DRAM 344Scenography3.00
DRAM 346Introduction to Props Design3.00
DRAM 347Puppetry3.00
DRAM 348Mask Making3.00
DRAM 373Scene Study at the Shaw Festival3.00
DRAM 384Dancer-Singer in Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 389Music Theatre Creation Lab3.00
DRAM 422Directing Practicum I3.00
DRAM 431Advanced Acting3.00
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 300Small Ensemble1.50
MUSC 280Vocal Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 281Woodwind Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 282Exploring Global Music in the Classroom3.00
MUSC 283Brass Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 284Keyboard Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 285String Techniques and Methods3.00
MUSC 287Percussion Techniques and Methods3.00
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

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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
DRAM 251Introduction to Playwriting3.00
DRAM 351Playwriting and Dramaturgy III3.00
ENIN 140Design Thinking3.00
FILM 214Mobile Communications3.00
FILM 257Film and Media Concept Development3.00
FILM 275The Frame3.00
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 370The Experimental Tradition3.00
FILM 3773D Animation3.00
FILM 379Virtual and Augmented Reality App Development3.00
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 39616mm Film Production3.00
FILM 397Sound Techniques for Film and Video Productions3.00
FILM 401Special Effects3.00
FILM 451Production: Special Topic3.00
FILM 455Cross-Platform Storytelling3.00
FILM 456The Video Essay3.00
FILM 457Film and Media Practicum l3.00
FILM 458Film and Media Practicum ll3.00
FILM 469Advanced Animation Production3.00
MAPP 395Internship3.00
MAPP 493Visual Music3.00
MUSC 151Introduction to Instrumental Composition3.00
MUSC 152Introduction to Vocal Composition3.00
MUSC 254Composition in the Sonic Arts Studio3.00
MUSC 256Developing Sound Practices in the Sonic Arts Studio3.00
MUSC 353Intermediate Composition Intensive6.00
MUSC 358Jazz and Popular Music Arranging3.00
MUSC 397Introduction to MIDI Orchestration3.00
MUSC 453Advanced Composition Intensive6.00

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MAPP History, Media, and Culture Options
ANIM 200Introduction to Animation3.00
DRAM 200Theatre History and Literature I6.00
DRAM 211Introduction to Theatre for Young Audiences3.00
DRAM 220Play Reading and Analysis3.00
DRAM 235Stand-up Comedy3.00
DRAM 290Structures of Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 303Indigenous Playwrights3.00
DRAM 306Drama and its Performance in Canada3.00
DRAM 321Histories and Theories of Directing3.00
DRAM 371Modern Drama at the Shaw Festival3.00
DRAM 383Theatre and Music of Africa and the Diaspora3.00
FILM 200Introduction to Video Game Studies3.00
FILM 201Transnational Media3.00
FILM 206Academic Research and Writing Methods for Film and Media3.00
FILM 207Writing Foundations for Film and Media3.00
FILM 210The Horror Film3.00
FILM 215Science Fiction Cinema3.00
FILM 216Historical Inquiry3.00
FILM 217Film Theory and History3.00
FILM 218Media Theory and History3.00
FILM 220Animated Feature Films from Disney to Ghibli3.00
FILM 224Introduction to Korean Media and Popular Culture3.00
FILM 225The Comedy Film3.00
FILM 226Critical Inquiry3.00
FILM 311Mediating Misinformation3.00
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 350Moving Images Archives: The Politics of Preservation and Circulation3.00
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 290Structures of Music Theatre3.00
MUSC 383Theatre and Music of Africa and the Diaspora3.00
MUSC 491Music and Mass Media3.00