Book and Media Studies program requirements
What the Book and Media Studies Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Book and Media Studies Major
- Arts program
- 6.0 credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASMAJ1300
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(6.0 credits, including at least 3.0 credits at the 300+ level, of which a 0.5 credit must be at the 400-level)
1BMS100H1, BMS200Y1, BMS201H1
2At least 3.5 credits from the following list including at least 2.5 with the BMS/JSM/JWB designator:
BMS300H1/ BMS301H1/ BMS302H1/ BMS303H1/ BMS310H1/ BMS311H1/ BMS312Y1/ BMS314H1/ BMS316H1/ BMS319H1/ BMS320H1/ BMS331H1/ BMS332H1/ BMS333H1/ BMS350H1/ BMS351H1/ BMS352H1/ BMS353H1/ BMS354H1/ BMS381H1/ BMS382H1/ BMS386H1/ BMS387H1/ BMS389H1/ BMS390H1/ BMS391H1/ BMS392H1/ BMS393H1/ BMS394H1/ BMS395Y1/ BMS400H1/ BMS401H1/ BMS402H1/ BMS403H1/ BMS411H1/ BMS422H1/ BMS430H1/ BMS431H1/ BMS432H1/ BMS433H1/ BMS434H1/ BMS494H1/ BMS495Y1/ JSM354H1/ JWB318H1/ ANT253H1/ CAR321H1/ CDN221H1/ CDN355H1/ CHC203Y1/ CHC305H1/ CHC364H1/ CHC367H1/ CHC382H1/ CIN214H1/ CIN364H1/ CIN371H1/ CLT374H1/ CLT380H1/ CRE372H1/ DHU235H1/ DHU236H1/ DHU335H1/ EAS242H1/ EAS243H1/ EAS279H1/ EAS349H1/ EAS355H1/ EAS391H1/ EAS392H1/ EAS394H1/ EAS370H1/ EAS421H1/ EAS488H1/ ENG234H1/ ENG235H1/ ENG287H1/ ENG300H1/ ENG322H1/ ENG357H1/ ENG382H1/ ENV361H1/ FAH252H1/ FAH319H1/ FAH352H1/ FAH382H1/ FAH446H1/ FRE310H1/ FRE324H1/ GER210H1/ GER220H1/ GER251H1/ GER290H1/ GER367H1/ HIS302H1/ HIS393H1/ HPS202H1/ HPS325H1/ INS302H1/ ITA348H1/ LCT306H1/ MCS325H1/ MCS327H1/ MST210H1/ MST212H1/ MST358H1/ MST406H1/ MST435H1/ MUS300H1/ PHL256H1/ PSY427H1/ REN345H1/ REN442H1/ SLA203H1/ SLA266H1/ SLA303H1/ SLA333H1/ SLA346H1/ SMC155H1/ SMC165H1/ SMC188H1/ URB234H1/ WGS271Y1/ WRR303H1
3BMS400H1/ BMS401H1/ BMS402H1/ BMS403H1/ BMS411H1/ BMS430H1/ BMS431H1/ BMS432H1/ BMS433H1/ BMS434H1
Students in this program have the option to complete the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) stream.
Courses these requirements name
- BMS100H1Introduction to Book & Media Studies
- BMS200Y1Book & Media Histories
- BMS201H1Information Literacy, Writing, and Research for Book & Media Studies
- BMS300H1Special Topics in Book & Media Theories
- BMS301H1Special Topics in Book & Media Cultures
- BMS302H1Special Topics in Book & Media Histories
- BMS303H1Special Topics in Book & Media Industries
- BMS310H1
- BMS311H1Open Topics in Book & Media Studies
- BMS312Y1
- BMS314H1Media Revolutions
- BMS316H1Social Media & Digital Platforms
- BMS319H1Media Ethics
- BMS320H1Media and Trauma
- BMS331H1The History of the Book: Elements of Bibliography and Print Culture
- BMS332H1The History of Reading: Readers, Readerships, Reception
- BMS333H1Impacts of Advertising Typography
- BMS350H1Propaganda and Media
- BMS351H1The Illustrated Dante
- BMS352H1Media and the Myths of Romance
- BMS353H1Fandom, Fan Fiction, and Participatory Culture
- BMS354H1Transnationalism and East Asian Media
- BMS381H1Cool Britannia? Popular Music Culture and Postwar Britain
- BMS382H1Fortune-Telling and Media Throughout the Centuries
- BMS386H1Book and Media Internship
- BMS387H1Advertising and Media
- BMS389H1Libraries, Special Collections, and Archives
- BMS390H1Combat in Media and Art
- BMS391H1The Media Franchise
- BMS392H1Media Identities
- BMS393H1Media Ecology
- BMS394H1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS395Y1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS400H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Theories
- BMS401H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Cultures
- BMS402H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Histories
- BMS403H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Industries
- BMS411H1Advanced Open Topics in Book & Media Studies
- BMS422H1The Power of the Press: Materials and Histories of Print Media
- BMS430H1Mindful Media
- BMS431H1Media and Environmental Justice
- BMS432H1The Game Industry
- BMS433H1Video Games and Culture
- BMS434H1Boys’ Love and the Culture of Desire
- BMS494H1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS495Y1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- JSM354H1Stone Books to Sky Books: The Book as Institution, Commerce and Art
- JWB318H1The Art of Journalism: Literary Approaches to Reporting
- ANT253H1Language & Society
- CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
- CDN221H1Culture and the Media in Canada
- CDN355H1Digital Media, Digital Makers
- CHC203Y1Christianity and Society Through the Ages
- CHC305H1Christianity and Popular Culture
- CHC364H1The Christian Book
- CHC367H1Christianity, Literature, and Theatre
- CHC382H1Literature and the Christian Child
- CIN214H1New Media Forms
- CIN364H1Theories of Media
- CIN371H1(New) Media Aesthetics
- CLT374H1The Celtic Book
- CLT380H1Staging Britishness from Shakespeare to the BBC
- CRE372H1Reviewing, Reception, and Reading Communities
- DHU235H1Introduction to Digital Humanities
- DHU236H1Virtual Worlds: Introduction to Spatial Digital Humanities
- DHU335H1From Book to Map to Video Game: Texts and their Digital Transformations
- EAS242H1Japanese Cinemas I: Film Form and the Problems of Modernity
- EAS243H1Japanese Cinemas II: Film Form and the Problems of Modernity
- EAS279H1East Asian Ecocinema
- EAS349H1Soundscapes and Modern China
- EAS355H1The Art and Politics of Video in Japan
- EAS391H1Transnational East Asian Cinema
- EAS392H1East Asian Television
- EAS394H1Film Culture in Contemporary China
- EAS370H1Media, Cultural Citizenship, and the Korean Diaspora
- EAS421H1History of the Chinese Book
- EAS488H1Fandom, Transmedia, and the Korean Wave
- ENG234H1Children's Literature
- ENG235H1The Graphic Novel
- ENG287H1The Digital Text
- ENG300H1Chaucer
- ENG322H1The Rise of the Novel
- ENG357H1New Writing in Canada
- ENG382H1Literary Theory
- ENV361H1Social Media and Environmentalism
- FAH252H1Introduction to the History of Photography
- FAH319H1Illuminated Manuscripts
- FAH352H119th Century Photography
- FAH382H1Art Writing
- FAH446H1Arctic Anthropocene? Image Cultures of Arctic Voyaging
- FRE310H1Relations between Text and Other Media
- FRE324H1French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization
- GER210H1Poets and Power: Art, Media, and the Nazis (E)
- GER220H1Great Works of German Literature in Translation (E)
- GER251H1German and European Cinema (E)
- GER290H1Global Issues - German Contexts (E)
- GER367H1Topics in Yiddish or German Jewish Literature and Culture [E]
- HIS302H1Material Culture in Victorian Britain
- HIS393H1Digital History
- HPS202H1Technology in the Modern World
- HPS325H1Modern Science and Holy Texts last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- ITA348H1Mass Media in Italy: The European Context
- LCT306H1Culture and Media
- MCS325H1Media Semiotics
- MCS327H1Digital Material Culture
- MST210H1The Early Medieval Tradition
- MST212H1The Later Medieval Tradition
- MST358H1The Medieval Book
- MST406H1Medieval Seminar II
- MST435H1Independent Studies in Medieval Studies
- MUS300H1Music, Media and Technology
- PHL256H1Philosophy of the Internet
- PSY427H1Media Psychology
- REN345H1Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era
- REN442H1The Renaissance Book
- SLA203H1Faking It
- SLA266H1War and Culture
- SLA303H1Literary Imagination and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe
- SLA333H1Animated Film in Europe
- SLA346H1Communism and Culture
- SMC155H1SMC One: The McLuhan Seminar in Creativity and Technology
- SMC165H1SMC One: The Boyle Seminar in Scripts and Stories
- SMC188H1SMC One: The Gilson Seminar in Faith and Ideas
- URB234H1Cities in Popular Culture
- WGS271Y1Gender in Popular Culture
- WRR303H1Digital Rhetoric
Book and Media Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASMIN1300
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including 1.5 credits at the 300+ level)
1BMS100H1, BMS200Y1, BMS201H1
2At least 2.0 credits from the following list including at least 1.5 with the BMS/JSM/JWB designator:
BMS300H1/ BMS301H1/ BMS302H1/ BMS303H1/ BMS310H1/ BMS311H1/ BMS312Y1/ BMS314H1/ BMS316H1/ BMS319H1/ BMS320H1/ BMS331H1/ BMS332H1/ BMS333H1/ BMS350H1/ BMS351H1/ BMS352H1/ BMS353H1/ BMS354H1/ BMS381H1/ BMS382H1/ BMS386H1/ BMS387H1/ BMS389H1/ BMS390H1/ BMS391H1/ BMS392H1/ BMS393H1/ BMS394H1/ BMS395Y1/ BMS400H1/ BMS401H1/ BMS402H1/ BMS403H1/ BMS411H1/ BMS422H1/ BMS430H1/ BMS431H1/ BMS432H1/ BMS433H1/ BMS434H1/ BMS494H1/ BMS495Y1/ JSM354H1/ JWB318H1/ ANT253H1/ CAR321H1/ CDN221H1/ CDN355H1/ CHC203Y1/ CHC305H1/ CHC364H1/ CHC367H1/ CHC382H1/ CIN214H1/ CIN364H1/ CIN371H1/ CLT374H1/ CLT380H1/ CRE372H1/ DHU235H1/ DHU236H1/ DHU335H1/ EAS242H1/ EAS243H1/ EAS279H1/ EAS349H1/ EAS355H1/ EAS391H1/ EAS392H1/ EAS394H1/ EAS370H1/ EAS421H1/ EAS488H1/ ENG234H1/ ENG235H1/ ENG287H1/ ENG300H1/ ENG322H1/ ENG357H1/ ENG382H1/ ENV361H1/ FAH252H1/ FAH319H1/ FAH352H1/ FAH382H1/ FAH446H1/ FRE310H1/ FRE324H1/ GER210H1/ GER220H1/ GER251H1/ GER290H1/ GER367H1/ HIS302H1/ HIS393H1/ HPS202H1/ HPS325H1/ INS302H1/ ITA348H1/ LCT306H1/ MCS325H1/ MCS327H1/ MST210H1/ MST212H1/ MST358H1/ MST406H1/ MST435H1/ MUS300H1/ PHL256H1/ PSY427H1/ REN345H1/ REN442H1/ SLA203H1/ SLA266H1/ SLA303H1/ SLA333H1/ SLA346H1/ SMC155H1/ SMC165H1/ SMC188H1/ URB234H1/ WGS271Y1/ WRR303H1
Courses these requirements name
- BMS100H1Introduction to Book & Media Studies
- BMS200Y1Book & Media Histories
- BMS201H1Information Literacy, Writing, and Research for Book & Media Studies
- BMS300H1Special Topics in Book & Media Theories
- BMS301H1Special Topics in Book & Media Cultures
- BMS302H1Special Topics in Book & Media Histories
- BMS303H1Special Topics in Book & Media Industries
- BMS310H1
- BMS311H1Open Topics in Book & Media Studies
- BMS312Y1
- BMS314H1Media Revolutions
- BMS316H1Social Media & Digital Platforms
- BMS319H1Media Ethics
- BMS320H1Media and Trauma
- BMS331H1The History of the Book: Elements of Bibliography and Print Culture
- BMS332H1The History of Reading: Readers, Readerships, Reception
- BMS333H1Impacts of Advertising Typography
- BMS350H1Propaganda and Media
- BMS351H1The Illustrated Dante
- BMS352H1Media and the Myths of Romance
- BMS353H1Fandom, Fan Fiction, and Participatory Culture
- BMS354H1Transnationalism and East Asian Media
- BMS381H1Cool Britannia? Popular Music Culture and Postwar Britain
- BMS382H1Fortune-Telling and Media Throughout the Centuries
- BMS386H1Book and Media Internship
- BMS387H1Advertising and Media
- BMS389H1Libraries, Special Collections, and Archives
- BMS390H1Combat in Media and Art
- BMS391H1The Media Franchise
- BMS392H1Media Identities
- BMS393H1Media Ecology
- BMS394H1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS395Y1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS400H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Theories
- BMS401H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Cultures
- BMS402H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Histories
- BMS403H1Advanced Topics in Book & Media Industries
- BMS411H1Advanced Open Topics in Book & Media Studies
- BMS422H1The Power of the Press: Materials and Histories of Print Media
- BMS430H1Mindful Media
- BMS431H1Media and Environmental Justice
- BMS432H1The Game Industry
- BMS433H1Video Games and Culture
- BMS434H1Boys’ Love and the Culture of Desire
- BMS494H1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- BMS495Y1Independent Study in Book and Media Studies
- JSM354H1Stone Books to Sky Books: The Book as Institution, Commerce and Art
- JWB318H1The Art of Journalism: Literary Approaches to Reporting
- ANT253H1Language & Society
- CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
- CDN221H1Culture and the Media in Canada
- CDN355H1Digital Media, Digital Makers
- CHC203Y1Christianity and Society Through the Ages
- CHC305H1Christianity and Popular Culture
- CHC364H1The Christian Book
- CHC367H1Christianity, Literature, and Theatre
- CHC382H1Literature and the Christian Child
- CIN214H1New Media Forms
- CIN364H1Theories of Media
- CIN371H1(New) Media Aesthetics
- CLT374H1The Celtic Book
- CLT380H1Staging Britishness from Shakespeare to the BBC
- CRE372H1Reviewing, Reception, and Reading Communities
- DHU235H1Introduction to Digital Humanities
- DHU236H1Virtual Worlds: Introduction to Spatial Digital Humanities
- DHU335H1From Book to Map to Video Game: Texts and their Digital Transformations
- EAS242H1Japanese Cinemas I: Film Form and the Problems of Modernity
- EAS243H1Japanese Cinemas II: Film Form and the Problems of Modernity
- EAS279H1East Asian Ecocinema
- EAS349H1Soundscapes and Modern China
- EAS355H1The Art and Politics of Video in Japan
- EAS391H1Transnational East Asian Cinema
- EAS392H1East Asian Television
- EAS394H1Film Culture in Contemporary China
- EAS370H1Media, Cultural Citizenship, and the Korean Diaspora
- EAS421H1History of the Chinese Book
- EAS488H1Fandom, Transmedia, and the Korean Wave
- ENG234H1Children's Literature
- ENG235H1The Graphic Novel
- ENG287H1The Digital Text
- ENG300H1Chaucer
- ENG322H1The Rise of the Novel
- ENG357H1New Writing in Canada
- ENG382H1Literary Theory
- ENV361H1Social Media and Environmentalism
- FAH252H1Introduction to the History of Photography
- FAH319H1Illuminated Manuscripts
- FAH352H119th Century Photography
- FAH382H1Art Writing
- FAH446H1Arctic Anthropocene? Image Cultures of Arctic Voyaging
- FRE310H1Relations between Text and Other Media
- FRE324H1French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization
- GER210H1Poets and Power: Art, Media, and the Nazis (E)
- GER220H1Great Works of German Literature in Translation (E)
- GER251H1German and European Cinema (E)
- GER290H1Global Issues - German Contexts (E)
- GER367H1Topics in Yiddish or German Jewish Literature and Culture [E]
- HIS302H1Material Culture in Victorian Britain
- HIS393H1Digital History
- HPS202H1Technology in the Modern World
- HPS325H1Modern Science and Holy Texts last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- ITA348H1Mass Media in Italy: The European Context
- LCT306H1Culture and Media
- MCS325H1Media Semiotics
- MCS327H1Digital Material Culture
- MST210H1The Early Medieval Tradition
- MST212H1The Later Medieval Tradition
- MST358H1The Medieval Book
- MST406H1Medieval Seminar II
- MST435H1Independent Studies in Medieval Studies
- MUS300H1Music, Media and Technology
- PHL256H1Philosophy of the Internet
- PSY427H1Media Psychology
- REN345H1Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era
- REN442H1The Renaissance Book
- SLA203H1Faking It
- SLA266H1War and Culture
- SLA303H1Literary Imagination and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe
- SLA333H1Animated Film in Europe
- SLA346H1Communism and Culture
- SMC155H1SMC One: The McLuhan Seminar in Creativity and Technology
- SMC165H1SMC One: The Boyle Seminar in Scripts and Stories
- SMC188H1SMC One: The Gilson Seminar in Faith and Ideas
- URB234H1Cities in Popular Culture
- WGS271Y1Gender in Popular Culture
- WRR303H1Digital Rhetoric
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