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Program Overview
Communication, Media & Film
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor
Program Overview & Highlights
- Co-op Available
- General 3-Year Program
- Honours 4-Year Program
- Thesis Available
- Combined Honours Programs Available
Get the best of all things media with this unique program that offers a combination of communication theory, media research, and hands-on film production courses. You’ll be able to study what interests you – film and television, advertising, social media. From Fortune 500 brands to local small businesses, all organizations need skilled communicators like you. Our graduates can work anywhere.
Customize your degree with a combined-honours, minor, co-op, thesis, or concurrent education degree.
Earn while you learn with Co-op and prepare for a successful career in communications and marketing departments across many different industries, from Fortune 500 companies to non-profits.
One of few programs in Canada that combines critical studies with hands-on digital media production.
Critical analysis of media and critical reading of culture in communications through courses.
All organizations need skilled communicators. Our graduates can work anywhere.
Learn More About Our Program
40,000
FAHSS alumni worldwide in careers that range from marketing and corporate communications, to technical writers and government interpreters, speech therapists, lawyers, doctors, and more.
95%
of our graduates are employed within 2 years.1
1 (OUGS Social Sciences, 2020)
What Lancers Are Saying
When I first started in my program, I did not really know what to expect. However, the farther I go in my journey in UWindsor, the more that I love my program and everything about it; my peers, the classes and material we learn, and the professors. Everything just seems to fall into place, and I have received a huge support from my professors, I am extremely grateful! One major experience also was being on a student film set for the first time, I was there as a production assistant, and I seriously cried of joy when I was going home. I proved to myself once again that my choice was right and that that was the thing I want to do forever. I am now confident in my public speaking, problem solving, research, leadership, videography skill, and many more.
Zeina Abou Haidar
Student
Communication, Media, and Film
Since starting at the University of Windsor, I have had so many rich and exciting experiences that have both contributed to my career and academics. My program has given me a combination of both a theoretical and practical education - with theory-based courses taking place in lecture halls and film courses happening in real film studios and on set. The films I have created in my courses have been used in my professional career as a filmmaker, with submissions being featured at different film festivals across Ontario, and other films streaming on broadcast channels like the CBC. I have also worked for a variety of different departments at the University of Windsor, including the Faculty of Law as a Communication Assistant, a Research Assistant in the Media Art Ensemble (FAHSS), a Production Assistant for PAC, the media coordinator for the Lancers Recover Program, a freelance videographer for the Leddy Library, UWSA, and Lancers Competitive Dance Company. I am also the President of the Communication Student Association (CSA), the on campus club that represents the CMF and BFA Film Production departments. I wouldn’t trade any of these experiences for anything, they’ve taught me countless skills that I have been able to transfer to both my academics and career.
Sean O'Neil
Student
Communication, Media, and Film
The program allows me to truly understand the world around me and how I can make an impact. The hands-on opportunities that CMF offers through creating and participating in films, undergraduate academic research, as well as connections and networking excites me about the future. The faculty and students within the program are proud to be apart of a great community that is always willing to help one another out. I’m very proud to be a part of this program. I have no doubt that when it comes time to graduate, I’ll have no trouble having a successful career with all that I’ve acquired and aspired for at UWindsor.
Adrian Yonan
Student
Communication, Media, and Film
After completing my B.A. in Communication, Media, and Film, I pursued an M.A. in Communication and Social Justice. I later moved over to the energy sector at ENWIN, where I have been for the past two and a half years and am responsible for their marketing, advertising, and public communication needs.
Darko Milenkovic
Communications Coordinator, ENWIN Utilities Ltd.
Communication, Media, and Film, 2016
I'm proud of what I've accomplished post-graduation, from landing a full-time job to co-founding Afroverified, and spearheading a project that aims to raise funds to revamp a school in Lagos and support an orphanage in Malawi through four art-related events in Ontario.
Kevin Fawehinmi
Marketer and Project Manager; Co-founder of Afroverified
Communication, Media, and Film, 2022
Faculty & Staff
Student Recruitment Officer
Selena Randhawa
Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education
Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator
Sheri Lowrie
FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
Selena Randhawa
Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education
Admission Requirements
High School Student from Canada
- Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
- Minimum Average: 70%
- Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
- Note: First-Year Entry Only
High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)
- Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
- Minimum Average: 70%
- Minimum Average (Co-op): 80%; 70% minimum in English
Career Tracks
- Advertising/marketing creative director
- Producer/director
- Communication strategist
- Social media co-ordinator
- Researcher
- Public relations manager
- Account manager
- Administrative assistant
- Business advisor
- Copywriter
- Digital technician
- Director of communications
- Event planner
- Industry instructor
- Journalist
- Marketing manager
- Media planner
- Policy analyst
- Producer/director
- Influencer
- Project manager
- Reporter
- Screenwriter
- Social media co-ordinator
- Sound technician
- Teacher
- Video editor
- Web designer
Related Programs
Communication, Media & Film
Plan Your Program
Term: Fall 2025
Important Notes
- 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. If in co-op, it is recommended to take this course in summer. In its place, take an Open Choice.
- 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. It is recommended that co-op students fulfill this requirement in the summer term. See this link for course options:
Not all Indigenous content courses are offered every term. - Students studying within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are encouraged to review the FAHSS Overview page.
Required Course Notes
Required Major Courses
- CMAF 1010
- FILM 1100
Recommended Course
- 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.)
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.)
