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 Calendar 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 University Calendar. 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).