The way we process information is evolving; storytelling and communications must keep up. Blend a historical investigation of contemporary media spanning everything from social media to gaming to virtual reality. Gain practical media-making skills and a hands-on media industry placement that will prepare you for a meaningful career in an impactful industry.

Explore the many cultural effects of innovative technology and its intersection with traditional cinema and media in York University’s Media Arts program. You will join the next generation of digital communicators to combine critical thinking about cinema history, criticism and theory with practical, technological training. Learn to create multimedia digital publications, produce interactive documentaries and write trans-media stories spanning film and game platforms.

York University’s program prepares students for a long-term success in a creative career from day one through its media industry placement opportunities and hands-on education where you create your own projects across many digital technologies. Enter a diverse, rewarding career directing AI films, creating content and beyond.

The resulting BFA will offer students a broad, expansive view on multiple types of contemporary practice including television, Internet practices, mobile media, gaming, interactive media, and cutting edge digital technologies such as 3D and virtual reality. Students will graduate with the ability to blend curatorial, producing, and media-making abilities with the historical investigation of contemporary media, especially screen-based and social media.