Digital Arts Communication Specialization
Within the Faculty of Arts, the Honours Arts and Business Co-op academic plan offers a specialization in Digital Arts Communication. This specialization is available to students who wish to study the design of digital communication using hypertext, image, sound, and video. The specialization emphasizes the design of digital communication, and especially its role in meeting the needs of different audiences, rather than computer programming or the use of particular software applications.
Only students in the Arts and Business Co-op academic plan can apply for the Digital Arts Communication Specialization. To be considered for admission to this specialization, students must have completed DAC 201 or DAC 202 with a grade of 75% or better and be in satisfactory standing in the Honours Major and Arts and Business Co-op academic plans. Due to limitations of resources, fulfilment of these minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee admission to the Digital Arts Communication Specialization.
In February of Year Two, Arts and Business Co-op students can apply for the specialization. A committee will make the final selection of candidates being accepted to the specialization after assessing the student's digital portfolio.
Requirements
The Digital Arts Communication Specialization requires successful completion three academic course units (six courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
For further information, please contact the Digital Communication Specialization Director or the Academic Advisor - Arts and Business.
International Trade Specialization
The globalization of the world economy, arising from the much accelerated process of economic integration, implies that Canada will increasingly demand people with education and skills in areas related to international trade. As an integral part of the Honours Arts and Business Co-op academic plan in the Faculty of Arts, the International Trade Specialization provides students with a broadly-based education in the liberal arts combined with courses targeted to international trade.
Enrolment in the specialization is limited. Honours Arts and Business Co-op students apply for admission to the International Trade Specialization during their 2A academic term through a process of a formal written application and a personal interview.
Requirements
The International Trade Specialization requires successful completion four academic course units (eight courses) divided between required and elective courses, and the seminar milestone with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:
- ECON 102
- ECON 231
- PSCI 281
- one of PSCI 334, 387, 389
- Second Language: Additional language course (second half of Arts and Business language requirement)
- INTTS 400 (Milestone; Fall term only)
- Three elective courses:
- Option A: Two from Category A + one from Category B
- Option B: One from Category A + two from Category B
- Category A: Cultures, Peoples, Geography, and History
- Category B: Economics and Political Science
- Economics: ECON 201, 202, 304, 332, 436
- Peace and Conflict Studies: PACS 311, 324
- Political Science: PSCI 231, 255, 282, 350, 355, 382, 434, 485
- Students are expected to arrange to spend two terms working or studying abroad.
Notes:
- Up to three courses can be double-counted towards the completion of the specialization as long they are required by the two academic plans.
For further information, please contact the International Trade Specialization Director or the Academic Advisor - Arts and Business.