Bachelor's in Screen Studies and Popular Culture

Screen Studies and Popular Culture is a Bachelor program taught at Mount Allison University, Canada. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Screen Studies and Popular Culture is the study of film, television, and popular culture from critical and technical perspectives. Mount Allison University states that students study how screen media works through genre, style, and mode, so they can interpret how films, shows, series, documentaries, and social media inform, entertain, manipulate, or captivate viewers.

The minor focuses on media arts and popular culture and their impact on our world. Students take courses across areas such as Canadian Studies, Drama Studies, English, Fine Arts, French Studies, German Studies, Religious Studies, and Sociology, alongside screen studies courses including SCRN 1001, ENGL/SCRN, SCRN 4001, ENGL 3621, CANA 2211, FREN 2801, and SOCI 3451.

Mount Allison University states that this minor is available as minor only. The university also says the minor prepares students for careers in areas including cultural history, arts administration, film critic/reviewer, journalism, archives, advertising, teaching, exhibition design, script reading/editing/supervision, public relations, editing, acting, and filmmaking/documentary filmmaking.

Modules

• SCRN 1001 — Introduction to Screen Studies
• ENGL/SCRN 2001 — Adaptation Studies: Page to Screen
• SCRN 4001 — True Crime on Screen
• ENGL 3621 — Reading Films
• CANA 2211 — Media and Popular Culture in Canada
• FREN 2801 — Film from the French and Francophone World
• SOCI 3451 — Dynamics of Popular Culture

The minimum requirements for admission in Screen Studies and Popular Culture at Mount Allison University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Mount Allison University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Mount Allison University as pre-requiste for admission in Screen Studies and Popular Culture.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Academic prerequisites for this program generally include a high school diploma with a focus on English and humanities subjects. Additionally, students are encouraged to demonstrate a keen interest in media and popular culture through related coursework or extracurricular activities. It is also beneficial for applicants to have strong analytical and communication skills, which are essential for success in the field.

Please check detail of study units at https://mta.ca/academics/programs-and-degrees/screen-studies-and-popular-culture

• cultural history
• arts administration
• marketing and communication
• film critic/reviewer
• journalism
• archives
• advertising
• teaching
• exhibition design
• script reading/editing/supervision
• public relations
• editing
• acting
• filmmaking/documentary filmmaking
• storyboarding

51 fully funded scholarships are listed for Canada. See Canada scholarships.