Students will learn the technical fundamentals and performance skills of audio storytelling and explore best practices before researching, interviewing, reporting, editing and producing original podcasts of professional journalistic quality.

Students will build on the skills in the Visual Storytelling course from the previous semester and focus on the creation and distribution of short- and long-form video for mobile devices and social platforms. Emphasis will be placed on refining interviewing skills and performance and producing documentary-style journalism.

In Field Placement, students use theoretical knowledge and applied skills in professional journalistic environments. Through individual work and as team members, students create editorial content on various platforms and undertake academic research and writing assignments that require them to reflect upon issues arising from their work placement experience. This course is taught at Centennial College and is open only to students in the Specialist (Joint) program in Journalism.

The forms of Journalism are being challenged as reporting styles diverge and change overtime, across genres and media. New forms of narrative experimentation are opened up by the Internet and multimedia platforms. How do participatory cultures challenge journalists to experiment with media and language to create new audience experiences?

The nexus between journalism, civic engagement and changing technologies presents opportunities and challenges for the way information is produced, consumed and shared. Topics range from citizen and networked journalism, mobile online cultures of social movements and everyday life, to the complicated promises of the internet’s democratizing potential and data-based problem solving.

New media technologies enable more production and distribution of culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse voices than ever before. Who produces these diverse voices and how accessible are these media? This course explores various types of diasporic media from century-old newspapers to young and hip news and magazine blogs, produced by and for members of a multicultural society.

Same as MDSC34H3

This course explores themes of labour in news media and new media. Topics include labour conditions for media workers across sectors; the labour impacts of media convergence; and the global distribution of media labour including content generation and management. The course is structured by intersectional analyses, studying how race and racism, class, gender, sex and sexism, sexuality, nationality, global location and citizenship status, Indigeneity and religion shape our experiences of media, journalism and labour.
Same as MDSC37H3

Understanding the interests and goals of audiences is a key part of media production. This course introduces communication research methods including ratings, metrics, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. The focus of class discussion and research project is to use these methods to be able to understand the nature of audiences’ media use in the digital age.

Same as MDSC25H3

A project-oriented capstone course requiring students to demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary for contemporary journalism. Students will create a project that will serve as part of a portfolio or as a scholarly exploration of the state of the mass media. This course is open only to students in the Journalism Joint Program.

Focusing on independent research, this course requires students to demonstrate the necessary analysis, research and writing skills required for advanced study. This seminar course provides the essential research skills for graduate work and other research-intensive contexts. Students will design and undertake unique and independent research about the state of journalism.

Journalism is a field that influences – and is influenced by – politics, finance, and civil society.  This course raises contentious questions about power and responsibility at the core of journalism’s role in society.  Challenges to the obligations of responsible journalism are examined through changing economic pressures and ties to political cultures.

There is a technological and strategic arms race between governmental, military, and corporate entities on the one hand and citizens, human rights workers, and journalists on the other. Across diverse geopolitical contexts, journalistic work faces systematic surveillance alongside the censorship of free speech and a free internet. This course examines those threats to press freedom and how the same technologies support collaboration among citizens and journalists–across borders, languages, and legal regimes­– to hold abuses of power to account.

Beginner Korean I is an introductory course to the Korean language. Designed for students with no or minimal knowledge of the language, the course will first introduce the Hangeul alphabet (consonants and vowels) and how words are constructed (initial, medial, final sounds). Basic grammar patterns, frequently used vocabulary, and common everyday topics will be covered. Weekly cultural titbits will also be introduced to assist and enrichen the language learning experience. The overall aim of the course is to give students a strong grasp of the basics of the Korean language as well as elements of contemporary Korean culture.

Beginner Korean II is the continuation of Beginner Korean I. Designed for students who have completed Beginner Korean I, the course will build upon and help to solidify knowledge of the Korean language already learnt. Additional grammar patterns, as well as commonly used vocabulary and expressions will be covered. Further weekly cultural titbits will also be introduced to assist and enrichen the language learning experience. The overall aim of the course is to give students a stronger grasp of beginner level Korean, prepare them for higher levels of Korean language study, increase their knowledge of contemporary Korean culture and enable them to communicate with Korean native speakers about daily life.

A comprehensive introduction to Modern Standard Chinese (also known as Mandarin) as a foreign or second language for students with minimal or no previous knowledge of any Chinese dialect. This course emphasizes integrated practical Chinese in listening, speaking, reading, writing (from characters to compositions) and translation.

A continuation of LGGA60H3. This course will build on the skills learned in LGGA60H3.

An introduction to Modern Standard Chinese for students who speak some Chinese (any dialect) because of their family backgrounds but have minimal or no literacy skills in the language. Emphasis is placed on Mandarin phonetics and written Chinese through reading, writing and translation.

A continuation of LGGA64H3.

An elementary course for students with no knowledge of Hindi. Students learn the Devanagari script and the Hindi sound system in order to start reading and writing in Hindi. The course also develops listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials. Course materials are enhanced by audio-visual and computer-based activities.

A continuation of LGGA70H3.

This is an intensive elementary course for students with no knowledge of Hindi. It combines the materials taught in both LGGA70H3 and LGGA71H3. Students will learn the Devanagari script and the Hindi sound system in order to start reading and writing in Hindi. The course also develops listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials. Course materials are enhanced by audio-visual and computer-based activities.

An elementary course for students with minimal or no knowledge of Tamil. Students learn the Tamil script and sound system. The course also develops listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials. Course materials are enhanced by audio-visual and computer-based activities.

A continuation of LGGA74H3.

An intensive elementary course for students with minimal or no knowledge of Tamil. Students learn the Tamil script and sound system. The course also develops listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials. Course materials are enhanced by audio-visual and computer based activities.

This is an elementary course for students with no knowledge of Bengali. Students will learn the Bengali script and sound system in order to start reading and writing in Bengali. The course also develops listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials. Course materials are enhanced by audio-visual and computer based activities.

A beginning course for those with minimal or no knowledge of Japanese. The course builds proficiency in both language and culture. Language practice includes oral skills for simple daily conversation; students will be introduced to the Japanese writing systems and learn to read and write simple passages.

Continuation of Introductory Japanese I.

This course is an intensive elementary course for those with minimal or no knowledge of Japanese. It combines the materials taught in both LGGA80H3 and LGGA81H3, and builds on proficiency in both language and culture. Language practice includes oral skills for simple daily conversation. Students will also be introduced to the Japanese writing systems and learn to read and write simple passages.

This course is an intensive elementary course in written and spoken Spanish, including comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. It is designed for students who have no previous knowledge of Spanish. The course will develop listening and speaking skills through culturally-based materials, which will be enhanced by audio-visual and computer-based activities.

An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of standard Arabic - the language common to the Arab world. Classroom activities will promote speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Special attention will be paid to reading and writing in the Arabic script.