Media Studies Electives

Below is a list of approved MST electives for Spring/Summer 2025 and Fall 2025/Winter 2026. To view lists of approved MST electives from previous years, please visit the MST Approved Electives Archive.

Please note:

  • It is important to follow the program requirements for the year you were admitted. See the archive and select the appropriate year.
  • Below are the courses from the approved calendar list of electives that are running in Spring/Summer 2025 and Fall 2025/Winter 2026.
  • Courses with an asterisk (*) are also approved for the specified term, but are not yet in the . Once you have successfully completed one of these courses, it will be manually moved on your Academic Requirements Report.
  • Check Bear Tracks carefully for specific enrollment instructions and course information, and contact the department offering the class if you have further questions.

 

Spring 2025

Approved Electives:

  • ART 134 Art Fundamentals
  • DES 135 Design Fundamentals
  • ENGL 385
  • HADVC 256 History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture in the Contemporary Era
  • HIST 115 Technology and History *
  • MUSIC 245 Introduction to Music Technologies
  • WGS 101 Representations of Girls and Women

 

Summer 2025

Approved Electives:

  • DES 135 Design Fundamentals

 

Fall 2025

Approved Electives:

  • ANTHR 103 Introductory in Anthropology (LEC A1; Topic: Anthropology and the Media)*
  • ANTHR 230 Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Environment
  • ART 134 Art Fundamentals
  • ART 323 Printmaking: Introductory Studies (Intaglio/Relief)*
  • ART 350 Media Arts: Digital Media I
  • ART 450 Media Arts: Digital Media II*
  • DES 135 Design Fundamentals
  • EASIA 372 K-Pop and Korean Culture
  • ENGL 398 Histories of Reading
  • ENGL 483 Studies in Popular Culture
  • FS 201 Introduction to Film History I
  • FS 203 Television from Broadcasting to Screen Cultures
  • FS 399 Special Topics in Film Studies (LEC A1 only; Topic: Action Cinema)*
  • FS 416 Analyzing Television
  • HIST 115 Technology and History *
  • MLCS 210 Approaches to Cultural Studies *
  • MST 350 Understanding Video Games
  • MST 351 Understanding Video Games
  • MUSIC 103 Introduction to Popular Music
  • MUSIC 245 Introduction to Music Technologies
  • MUSIC 488 Studies in Music and Media (LEC A1; Topic: Popular Music & Streaming Media)
  • PHIL 383 Film and Philosophy
  • SOC 226 Surveillance Studies
  • SOC 302 Topics in Sociology (LEC A1 only; Topic: Media and Society) *
  • SOC 444 Critical Media Studies
  • STS 200 Introduction to Studies in Science, Technology and Society
  • WGS 101 Representations of Girls and Women
  • WGS 220 Feminism and Popular Culture
  • WGS 321 Feminism and Film

 

winter 2026

Approved Electives:

  • ART 134 Art Fundamentals
  • ART 323 Printmaking: Introductory Studies (Intaglio/Relief)*
  • ART 350 Media Arts: Digital Media I*
  • ART 450 Media Arts: Digital Media II*
  • C LIT 228 Literature, Popular Culture, and the Visual Arts
  • DES 135 Design Fundamentals
  • EASIA 260 Popular Culture and Contemporary Japanese Society
  • FS 202 Introduction to Film History II
  • FS 215 Introduction to Film Theory
  • FS 330 Documentary Film*
  • FS 340 Making Television: Production Cultures
  • FS 412 Topics in Film Studies
  • HADVC 257 History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture in Canada
  • HIST 115 Technology and History *
  • HIST 191 Video Games, History, and Storytelling *
  • HIST 293 History of Science, Technology and Medicine: Key Moments
  • INT D 350 Game Design Principles and Practice
  • INT D 450 Computers and Games
  • MLCS 210 Approaches to Cultural Studies *
  • MST 299 Special Topics in Media Studies (LEC B1 Topic: Language and the Internet) 
  • MST 399 Special Topics in Media Studies (LEC B1 Topic: Trans and Queer Game Design)
  • MUSIC 103 Introduction to Popular Music
  • MUSIC 203 Issues in Popular Music Studies
  • MUSIC 445 Electroacoustic Music
  • POL S 298 (LEC B01 only)*
  • POL S 448 Gender Politics and Mass Media
  • SOC 226 Surveillance Studies
  • STS 200 Introduction to Studies in Science, Technology and Society
  • WGS 101 Representations of Girls and Women

 

An asterisk (*) denotes that class will not automatically show up as an Approved Elective on your Academic Requirements Report and will be added manually upon successful completion and a final grade has been posted.

If your Academic Requirements Report does not reflect a course you have successfully completed, please contact the Undergraduate Advisor (mtsug@ualberta.ca).