Course Description

Program Description Gain the diversity of knowledge today's employers are looking for by studying and specializing in not one, but two academic disciplines. Media Studies The dynamic Media Studies program at Trent takes a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of media practices and effects, giving you a platform to gain practical multimedia experience and flex your creative muscles. Here, you'll draw from an interdisciplinary curriculum including a wide variety of different subjects, including hands-on workshops in film, and a variety of other new media. You can create a portfolio of your work with innovative new media, including: writing zines, coding video games, programming radio shows, and more. Psychology Psychology at Trent Durham is the perfect fit for students who wish to develop a better understanding of how and why people act, think, and feel the way they do. You'll study the principles of psychology and a variety of specialized subjects ranging from personality, human development and abnormal psychology in your first two years, to advanced subjects such as gender, health, memory, dreams and dreaming, and atypical development studied in the latter half of your degree. Here, you can participate in research with leading experts in areas such as cognitive neuroscience, sexuality, dreams and dreaming, anxiety, health, development, mental health, language impairment, perception, and memory. Resume Boosters: Chart your own path taking courses from a dozen contributing departments including Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Computing Systems, and Political Studies Take workshop, internship, and community-based research courses with professors and media professionals Create a portfolio of your work with media new and old: write zines, compose music, code videogames, report the news, program radio shows, and more Undertake an undergraduate independent research thesis or research practicum and work one-on-one with award-winning faculty Apply the skills you learn in the classroom to a real-world healthcare setting through unique new research placement on aging Get excellent reference letters from your profs for grad school or your first job thanks to our highly-personalized learning environment

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