About the certificate program
Media Studies is an interdisciplinary certificate program at the University of Victoria (UVic). It offers you a credential in media literacy to expand your career options and enrich your studies in any discipline. Our courses focus on experiential learning and the people skills of media, communication and culture. The program is open to all UVic students, and there are no prerequisites to enter it.
Please note: the tuition rate for Media Studies is the same as the per-unit rate for any other UVic undergraduate course.
Course requirements (10.5 units)
Students in our certificate program must take 10.5 units of coursework, including at least three Media Studies (MDIA) courses and one Indigenous Studies (IS) course.
The certificate is quite flexible, with technical and nontechnical options as well as paths to focus your advanced studies on cultural analysis, specific media (like comics or games) or television and film.
You will gain skills in:
- media practice and content creation
- critical, innovative and decolonial thinking
- anti-racist, inclusive and collaborative communication
- managing and stewarding source materials (both digital and analog)
- mutual understanding and informed engagement
- Indigenous-engaged practices that promote respect through reciprocity
- lifelong learning that adapts to change over time
You will have opportunities to study games, radio, television, film, comics, books, animation, zines, photography, social media, podcasts, blogs and more.
Careers in Media Studies
The Media Studies certificate expands your career paths by combining research and experiential learning with your personal and occupational interests. Careers in the field include:
- writer or content creator
- communications specialist
- community coordinator
- game developer
- interaction, experience or narrative designer
- journalist
- editor or copywriter
- media critic or theorist
- media preservationist or historian
- collections or archives manager
- engagement advisor or campaign manager
- research or policy analyst
- educator or community education specialist