Graduate Program in Communication & Culture

Field of Study: Technology in Practice: Applied Perspectives

Focusing on the development, application and influence of historical, current and emerging communication technologies in cultural production, both personal and organizational.

There are 3 foundation courses and about 30 elective courses offered in this field of study. For a full listing download the full program course listings.

Foundation Courses

MA students are required to take one half-course (3.0 credits) foundation course in each of their Major and Minor fields of study.
PhD candidates are required to take a foundation course in each of two fields. Candidates must select a major field from those offered by the program and a minor field, either from the program offerings, or in a related program (with permission of the program director).

CMCT 6500 3.0: Advanced Communication Technology.
This course is an exploration of the major current issues for communication and culture raised by contemporary and emerging communication technologies and their applications. It builds on the more basic materials covered in Communication & Culture: Understanding Communication Technologies.
Foundation course. Same as Ryerson CC 8960.

CMCT 7500 3.0: Technology, Communication, and Culture.
Employing the insights of the Toronto School and other classical/ contemporary perspectives, this course explores the interrelationship between technology and culture, with an emphasis on the historical development of communication technologies and the critical theorization and empirical study of questions of media technology and culture. This course aims to reintroduce polyvalence to the word 'technology' to produce a mapping and reappraisal of Innis's and McLuhan's projects, and to familiarize students with other historical and philosophical approaches to media of communication and modernity. The course concludes by sampling new directions in contemporary technocultural studies. Students will lead seminar discussions of selected readings.
Foundation Course [Doctoral Level]. Same as Ryerson CC 9921.

Courses Menu

Overview

Core Courses
• MA - Core Courses
• PhD - Core Courses

Fields of Study and related Foundation Courses
•  Media & Culture
•  Politics & Policy
•  Technology in Practice
•  Independent Study Courses

Elective Courses
• All Program Courses
• York University Courses

Time Tables

• Winter 10 *

• Summer 10 *

* Subject to change *