Media is entertaining, educational, poetic, and a dialectic tool that requires an ability to discern the messages behind content. Media, Meaning, Ethics, and Faith takes students through formats and platforms to study how meaning is embedded in media, ways media impact faith, and employ ethical principles to assess the moral value of the message. Students develop media projects to critically reflect on faith and values in modern media. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

Because sound is emotive, not seen or easily rationalized, it tends to be a hidden art in media. Media Sound explores different ways sound is used in narrative and documentary films, podcasts, and as a design for media presentations. Students are introduced to a number of sound design approaches, styles, and techniques. By the end of the course students will demonstrate skills they have developed by creating sound for a variety of media projects. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

An essential skill in creating media is learning to research well and assess statistical information. Research Skills and Statistics provides an overview of research approaches and statistical analysis particular to media as students develop professional practices involved in working with businesses, non-profit organizations, government, and media platform. At the end of the course students will demonstrate their research abilities and understanding of statistical methods by creating video essays on a broad number of topics related to their particular interests. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

Many graduates will become entrepreneurs and start their own business because of the contractual nature of media projects. Media producers need to have a working knowledge of standards, operations, and practices to successfully turn their creativity into a business. With exercises that ensure students understand and possess necessary introductory financial and management skills, this course takes students through steps required to start and operate a small media business. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

An extension of the introductory filmmaking course, Social Media Production is an exploratory overview of how social media tells stories, engages audiences, and is used by businesses. Using techniques described in lectures and demonstrations, the course focuses on advanced artistic techniques. Students create projects for different social media platforms and practice different approaches to express unique messages related to their interests. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

Film is worldwide, practiced in every nation and culture over the past one-hundred-plus years. This course looks at the major social-political movements, national and regional films, and the stories of filmmakers. Students research and create video essays that compare the use of media between eras, countries, and ideas, demonstrating how media is a form of cultural and historical expression. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

Directors are responsible for what ends up on screen, including performances and audio-visuals. Producing involves leadership and logistics to create content. Advanced Directing and Producing takes students through a series of increasingly complex exercises as they learn by studying master-directors while developing their workflow, project management, and producing skills. At the end of the course students will demonstrate an ability to direct and produce media based on the kind of specifications and expectations that they will professionally encounter. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

Artificial Intelligence is the most important and controversial development of technology in the 21st century. As AI increasingly contributes to media creation, it poses either a challenge or opportunity for creativity. As a generative tool, AI still requires human creativity to prompt meaningful stories. Students study the development and ethics of Artificial Intelligence while using AI tools to explore, research, and create media productions. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 2XX.

The Practice of Film Theory is a survey of the aesthetic, cultural, and social ‘isms’ of the 20th century. Students learn about modern movements as represented through media theory. Putting theory into practice, students create weekly media projects that reflect and demonstrate ideologies and theoretical movements in creative ways. Students expand their filmmaking skills as they are rehired to use unique aesthetic techniques and approaches with these projects. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

Media creation is a team-activity that requires organized workflow to manage people to complete projects. Advanced Project Management for Media takes students through a series of workshops to appreciate what needs to be done to produce media, organize people, and manage deliverables. Students demonstrate their project management skills as they produce projects that require effective attention to schedules, creativity, quality assurance, and workflow. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

Ethnography is the anthropological study of human development and practices. Media has become an important means used to record and understand our world. Similar to what was learned in documentary filmmaking, Ethnography and Media uses techniques to observe and assess behaviour. At the end of this outcome, students will create projects that they both shoot and collect to generate ideas about behaviour related to the practice of ethnography. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

Filmmakers have always used film as a vehicle to explore and express beliefs. Christians have used film as a means to evangelize and confirm Biblical and theological perspectives. Film as Christian Witness; Apologetics analyzes narrative and documentary films to recognize apologetic approaches in films. Students assess Christian themes and meaning behind films, comparing aesthetic approaches and effectiveness as apologetic art that reveals truth. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

As a business, media producers must understand financial and cash flow management. Expanding on Introduction to Business Skills for Media, students develop the knowledge to manage money and operate the finances involved in running a media business. Exercises, real- world scenarios, and challenges related to their mock business gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to manage the finances of a media business. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

Initially meant to show the process of thought on screen, experimental media has pushed the boundaries of what media can achieve and represent in both narrative and reality-based film and design. The History and Practice of Experimental Media explores media art, taking students through exercises that mimic techniques as they create projects that push original ideas and possibilities with experimental media approaches. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

An internship involves 120 hours of work in a professional setting outside of the school. The internship is an opportunity for students to practice a skill they feel they want to continue into their media career. Students work for a corporate, not-for-profit, broadcast, or media production business to assist in creating and managing their media. Under the supervision of the host company, the internship can be paid or unpaid. Students work with their instructor to determine appropriate internships. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX. Permission required.

A representation-of and influence-on culture, media shapes how people understand theology. Media as Culture; The Theology of Making reflects how media influences modern culture before exploring the theological implication of creativity. Students analyze contemporary topics where media is used to shape public theological thought, while creating corresponding content that demonstrates constructive ways that media develops theology and spiritual contemplation. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX.

Students create a project based on their personal focus at the end of their degree. This calling-card media represents their skills and interests to potential employers. Students apply what they have studied to develop fifteen minutes of media screen-time (or related project for non- time-based interests), a producer’s pitch deck, and written/graphic visualizations of the project. Prerequisites: MEDA 111 or 113, and 3 credit hours in MEDA 3XX. Application required.

Teaches the building blocks of standard musical notation for the reading and writing of music. Students will study scale modes, chords, rhythm, key signatures, time signatures, transposition and common musical terms, drawing primarily from the standard repertoire of classical music.

Explores the array of guitar repertoire in the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. Student will engage in an in-depth study of iconic works and also lesser known pieces of each era, analyzing scores and critically listening for the composer’s intentions. Students will have the opportunity to play for one another in class and engage in interpretative discussions.

Designed as a beginner group instruction piano class for music majors whose primary instrument is voice or guitar. Students will strengthen their skills and technique by studying simple piano literature, sight reading, five-finger patterns, scales, harmonization, transposition, and improvisation. Prerequisite: Music Major only. Exclusion: Music – Performance (Piano) track.

Explores the array of piano repertoire in the Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras. Students will engage in an in-depth study of iconic works and also lesser known pieces of each era, analyzing scores and critically listening for the composer’s intentions. Students will have the opportunity to play for one another in class and engage in interpretative discussions.

Serves the Tyndale University community as a course meant to further develop the skills of talented musicians who will serve in Chapel services and at various campus events. The band is a campus-wide ensemble, meeting regularly for rehearsals with performances and ministry opportunities throughout the semester. Band members will play for Chapels on rotation as well as other campus-wide and external engagements, as invited. Students must audition for this course near the beginning of the semester.

The Tyndale Community Choir (TCC) serves as Tyndale’s primary vocal ensemble. TCC is both a campus-wide and community-based ensemble connecting Tyndale University’s students, staff and faculty with multi-generational singers throughout the GTA. The choir meets regularly for rehearsals throughout the semester with a variety of ministry and performances opportunities both on campus and at external events throughout the city. This choral course will serve the Tyndale University community as well as the community at large as a course meant to further develop the skills of talented singers who will represent Tyndale University and act as a ministry team in the GTA. Singers must audition for this course near the beginning of the semester.

Provides individual weekly lessons in drum/ percussion-playing and techniques. The content will vary between students based on their individual goals and needs. Students will review the rudiments of drum/percussion-playing with a focus on tone production, repertoire, improvisation, notation, rhythm, and overall musicality. Students must undergo an assessment at the beginning of the semester.