Media and Technology Studies
Welcome to Media and Technology Studies!
Media and Technology Studies (MTS) is a unit in the Faculty of Arts, comprising undergraduate and graduate programs and an undergraduate certificate. MTS boasts unique strengths in digital humanities, media and communication studies, digital society and culture, science, technology, and society and game studies. Our students are leading media, communication, technology and digitalization experts of the future. They are champions of our fast expanding online world, and carry the skills, knowledge and critical insights needed to navigate and provide leadership in today's algorithmic society. Our programs uniquely equip learners to shape landscapes of information exchange and digital culture in the years to come.
Programs
Media Studies Undergraduate Degree Program
Media Studies (MST) is the study of how to navigate, analyze, critically evaluate and contribute ethically to today's global media landscape. This multidisciplinary major examines the content, history and effects of media on our social, political and cultural systems.
Science, Technology + Society Undergraduate Degree Program
The Science, Technology and Society (STS) program is the place where science and technology are examined with the tools of philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. It equips students to understand where science and technology come from, how science and technology have changed over time, and how these areas are embedded in and affect society.
Computer Game Development Undergraduate Certificate
The certificate in Computer Game Development is a joint certificate between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science and is open to any undergraduate student at the University of Alberta. The certificate is intended to complement discipline-specific studies with courses that give opportunities to work in multidisciplinary teams, build complete small and medium-scale games and interact with industry.
Digital Humanities Master of Arts Program
The Digital Humanities program integrates computational methods and theories with research and teaching in the Arts and Humanities. It addresses the demand for Arts graduates to be able to work either in the realm of research and teaching or in the emerging job markets of information management and content delivery over the internet.
Communications + Technology Master of Arts Program
The MA in Communications and Technology (MACT) program offers a theoretical, historical and practical examination of communications in the era of the Internet, social media and the mobile device. The degree is designed for both emerging and established professionals involved with media and communications in their organizational roles.
Media + Technology Studies at a Glance
We live in a media-saturated world and that complex relationship between politics, economics, culture and the media is an important part of our lives. Developing a background in media studies gives students an opportunity to enter a variety of fields where technology and media are involved in one way or another. Watch the video for a brief introduction to our programs and facilities!
winter Term 2024
online synchronous
MST 399 SEM 850 - Special Topics in Media Studies: Science Communication
This course is in partnership with the University of Central Asia.
Learn about the practice of science communication for non-scientific audiences, such as writing for both online and print outlets, podcasting and short video production. Students will develop a critical understanding of the wider societal context of both science and communication. They will examine how communication practices can address contemporary science communication challenges and enhance public understanding of science.
Prerequisite: MST 100 or Consent of the Media Studies Area Coordinator
Please email the Media Studies Area Coordinator, Dr. Russell Cobb (rcobb@ualberta.ca) and MTS Undergraduate Advisor, Amanda Khamvongsa (mtsug@ualberta.ca) for more information.
Winter term 2024
Online synchronous
MST 499 SEM 850 - special topics in media studies: political communication
This course is in partnership with the University of Central Asia.
This course focuses on modern political communication as purposeful communication about politics, government, and governance in both the overall global and specific Central Asian context. It will start out with the history and hybrid nature of political communication as a social science and applied discipline. It will then move to examining political communication as messaging about acquisition, distribution, exercise of and challenge to power in a society as it is exercised by both current and aspiring power holders, as well as those who are subjected to power.
Prerequisite: MST 100 or Consent of the Media Studies Area Coordinator
Please email the Media Studies Area Coordinator, Dr. Russell Cobb (rcobb@ualberta.ca) and MTS Undergraduate Advisor, Amanda Khamvongsa (mtsug@ualberta.ca) for more information.
News + Events
New courses - Information session video
Media and Technology Studies at the University of Alberta has partnered with the University of Central Asia to offer online courses in political communication and science communication in Winter term 2024. Learn more by watching the information session.
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