Program Overview

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Program Overview & Highlights

Communication, Media and Film / Concurrent Education

Earn two degrees at once and go on to share your love of communication, media, and film with a younger generation. You’ll be able to take a combination of media studies and film production courses in CMF and get lots of hands-on learning opportunities in your education studies. At the end, you’ll be eligible to teach students in grades 7 to 12.

Professional Designation Possible: OCT (Ontario College of Teachers)

Start your in-demand career now: 35% of Ontario secondary schools and 24% of elementary schools are facing daily teacher shortages

One of few programs in Canada that combines critical studies with hands-on digital media production.

Learn the skills you need to communicate effectively in the classroom.

Teachers with a foundation in communication and media are prepared to support students’ essential media literacy skills

Service learning courses in the community and abroad, including in Tanzania where you can help rehabilitate classrooms and teach in schools

Learn More About Our Program

• 10 service learning electives to enhance your experience
• 98.8% of our graduates are employed within 2 years
• 80 days of real teaching experience inside local schools
• 2 degrees in only 5 years!
• Over 5,000 schools around the world with our International Baccalaureate qualification

Faculty & Staff

Student Recruitment Officer

• Selena Randhawa
• Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education

Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator

• Sheri Lowrie
• FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
• Minimum Average: 75%
• Mean Average: 86%

Career Tracks

• Secondary teacher
• Principal
• Special education teacher
• Learning strategist
• Academic administrator
• Educational assistant
• Communications specialist
• Public relations officer
• Consultant

Related Programs

• Consecutive Education
• History / Concurrent Education
• Communication, Media & Film

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

1. ENGL-1010 is required for all FAHSS Majors. Students with 80% or higher in Grade 12 ENG4U (or equivalent) are exempt from this course requirement and will substitute it with an additional course from any area of study.
2. All FAHSS programs require students to take one course with Indigenous content, perspectives, or materials. This can be done at any time during the student’s undergraduate education.
3. EDUC 1199: This 1.0 credit course is required for this Concurrent Education major, but it will be added automatically to your course schedule later in the summer. Please select five courses now from your teachable subject area(s). The addition of EDUC-1199 will not create a course overload.

Required Course Notes

Required Major Courses

• CMAF 1010
• FILM 1100

Other Required Courses

• ENGL 1010

Recommended Electives

• GART 1210 (see note 2)
• Two electives from: ‘Arts’, ‘Language’, ‘Science’ or any other subject outside of Communication, Media and Film

Required Courses

CMAF 1010: Introduction to Media and Society

An overview of major themes, concepts and issues that inform the field of Canadian communication/media studies. Topics may include: the political, economic, historical, and cultural contexts of communication; new media; policy issues and concerns; representation; the role of media in the social construction of reality and the broad interaction between media and society. (3 lecture hours or 2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.)

EDUC 1199: Community Service Education

The course provides students with directed experience in a community service organization such as a service club, a youth club or group, a national park or conservation area, or a science museum. The Faculty of Education Field Experience Office will arrange the Community Service Field Placements, where applicable. Workshops and seminars will prepare students for the Community Service Field Placements and introduce students to the Professional Year Applicant Portfolio as a means of documenting and reflecting on professional learning and practice in the teaching profession. (Open only to students in the Modern Languages, French, English Language and Literature, History, Drama, Visual Art, General Science and Mathematics I/S Concurrent Education programs). (This is an experiential learning course.)

ENGL 1010: Academic Writing

An introduction to the fundamentals of effective writing in academic contexts. Topics may include language, essay writing conventions, critical thinking, research, editing and revising, and academic integrity. (1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory hours per week.) (Arts elective only; does not count for credit in the major or minor Fall 2025 Undergraduate Calendar 104 course requirements of any English or English and Creative Writing degree programs.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1001 or GART 1510.)

FILM 1100: Film Production I

A study of the art and craft of film production through lectures and hands-on exercises. A survey of the stages of production, key artistic roles, and concepts of visualization and cinematic storytelling. (2 lecture hours and 1 laboratory hour per week.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both FILM-1100 and CMAF-1120.)

Recommended Courses

GART 1210: An Introduction into Indigenous Topics

This course introduces students to Indigenous histories, perspectives, and modern realities through an Indigenous lens. The role of colonization is introduced as Indigenous relationships on Turtle Island changed as a result of contact and colonization. This survey course provides a learning opportunity for students to engage in Indigenous pedagogy and worldview as they learn how history impacts the contemporary lives of Indigenous people. Through exploring relationships, this course engages critical reading, writing and thinking skills through course lectures and seminar activities. The history of relations assists in understanding how colonization’s policies and statutory documents thereafter affected Indigenous peoples, such as the Royal Proclamation, Treaties, the Indian Act, the British North America Act (1867), and the Constitution Act (1982). Today, these colonial-state governance documents are a significant part of Indigenous-Crown and Indigenous-settler relations. (2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.) (Also offered as SOSC-1210.)