Sample First Year: Global Media and Communication

Core Courses Language* Specialization/Stream
Electives** Total
GINS 1000 (0.5 credit):
Global History
1.0 credit COMS 1001 (0.5 credit):
Foundations in Communication and Media Studies
1.0 credit FYSM + 0.5 credit electives 5.0 credits
GINS 1010 (0.5 credit): International Law and Politics COMS 1002 (0.5 credit):
Current Issues in Communication and Media
GINS 1020 (0.5 credit): Ethnography, Globalization and Culture
GINS 1300
(0.0 credit)
International Experience Requirement Preparation

Students who are applying for the language requirement exemption should take an additional 1.0 credit in elective courses instead.

** Students are strongly encouraged to take a First Year Seminar (FYSM), though it is not mandatory.