Media Arts and Culture BA
How do you see the world? Study how art, architecture, and media technologies have shaped our understanding of culture throughout time with this Media Arts and Culture program at University of Windsor.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
January, May, September
Tuition Fee
CAD 15,100 per semester
Location
Windsor, Canada
About the program
Studio art classes are complemented by unique academic courses. When you don’t have a brush or pencil in your hand, you’ll be involved in events, exhibitions, and workshops where you can learn through experience. The Media Arts and Culture program is offered at University of Windsor.
What will I learn?
- Expressing oneself confidently, assertively and purposefully through visual imagery
- Creating works of visual art using a variety of techniques, practices, and media
- Organizing visual information effectively using appropriate technological methods and software packages
- Developing visual literacy: the ability to understand the powerful role of images in contemporary media contexts and to convey one’s own ideas and arguments thoughtfully through the creation of new images, works of art, film or architecture
- Designing, staging, managing, and overseeing effective visual campaigns and productions
- Analyzing and assessing works of visual art for formal/technical quality of expression; grouping and curating disparate works logically and meaningfully
- Understanding and evaluating the rhetorical function of visual advertising materials
Career Tracks: Arts administrator, creative director, museum director, cultural journalist/critic, research co-ordinator
Courses Included
- Studio Practice and Ideas (Space, Image, Drawing)
- Contemporary Architecture
- Stories of the City
- Border Culture