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Year Course ID Course
2026-2027 MBA 663

Canadian & International Business Law

This course provides students with an understanding of the legal environment in which Canadian businesses operate. The course focuses on key areas of the legal environment that particularly impact business decision-making. This includes an understanding of the Canadian legal system, risk management, business torts, contractual principles, corporate formation and governance, and employment law. The course also examines the often challenging legal regime within which international businesses operate. This includes an overview of key legal systems around the world, international dispute resolution, understanding treaties and conventions, international contract issues, and intellectual property concerns.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 664

International Finance & Accounting

This course explores important accounting and finance issues for firms operating in a multinational environment. The course provides an overview of international differences in accounting and financial reporting and the need for international harmonization of accounting standards. It particularly examines accounting and finance issues faced by corporations operating in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The course also explores the implication of governments, standard setting bodies, and other regulators in both developed and emerging markets increasingly requiring the use of IFRS either by listed companies or all companies.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MBA 521, 542
2026-2027 MBA 665

Comparative International Management

This course provides a direct introduction to global business practices. The course is normally taught as part of an overseas travel experience. This provides students with experiential as well as classroom learning and enables students to better grasp the differences between cultures, and to understand each culture’s respective management techniques.

Course Credits: 3
NB: There is an additional travel fee for this course.
2026-2027 MBA 670

AI for Business

This course examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is used by managers, entrepreneurs, and innovation leaders to create value, support innovation, and improve organizational performance. The course emphasizes managerial understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and strategic applications rather than technical development. Topics include intelligent automation, generative AI, AI-enabled workflows, and AI-supported decision-making. The course also addresses responsible and ethical use of AI, organizational readiness for AI adoption, and the application of a Christian worldview to evaluating the strategic, operational, and societal implications of AI in business settings.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 671

Enterprise Start-Up & Positioning

This course explores the process of creating a new venture, including opportunity recognition, feasibility analysis, business plan creation, and financing. This course looks at factors that lead towards entrepreneurial success including characteristics of the entrepreneur. Class discussion and case analyses present decision-making techniques and skills required to evaluate business start-up strategies.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 672

Business & Venture Financing

This course focuses on the development of strategies for financing entrepreneurial ventures. It includes analysis of numerous funding sources including debt, venture capital, and private equity financing. It includes a study of the contractual and operational relationships that exist between suppliers of venture capital, intermediaries, and the entrepreneurial firm. The course also assists managers in understanding how to pragmatically structure and negotiate the financing deal.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MBA 542
2026-2027 MBA 673

Strategic Issues in Marketing the Growing Enterprise

This course familiarizes students with writings and research in the areas of e-marketing, global marketing, internal marketing, relationship marketing, services marketing, and sports marketing, particularly with respect to how each impacts the growing enterprise. The rapidly evolving field of marketing requires extensive discussion around these various topics and the ability to connect these seemingly disparate topics together within an integrated theoretical marketing framework.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 674

Leadership, Management & Systems Change

Growing enterprises often encounter leadership, management, and systems problems caused by their growth. To sustain growth, the activities of entrepreneurs usually have to change from innovation to delegation, with greater levels of communication and organization. Different functional and leadership skills are needed at various stages of growth. External supports, such as accountants, lawyers, and investors, often have to be incorporated into the operations of the firm. In addition, corporate systems require significant change as the enterprise grows. This course is designed to identify the reasons for, and the tools to make critical leadership, management, and systems change as the enterprise grows.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 675

The Legal Environment of Business

This course provides students with an understanding of the legal environment in which Canadian businesses operate. The course focuses on key areas of the legal environment that particularly impact business decision-making including the legal system and risk management, contractual principles and issues, corporate formation and governance, partnerships, agency, employment and human rights issues, intellectual property considerations, and business torts.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 676

Go-to-Market & Sales Strategy

This course examines go-to-market (GTM) and sales strategy decisions required to translate innovation into sustainable revenue growth in new or evolving markets. The course explores how organizations design and implement integrated GTM approaches, including target market selection, customer segmentation, positioning, pricing, channels, partnerships, sales strategy, and customer retention. Emphasis is placed on early-stage and growth-stage execution, including market entry decisions, sales pipeline development, and the economic drivers of customer acquisition and retention. The course focuses on evaluating and adapting GTM and sales strategies in dynamic and uncertain market environments.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 677

Law for the Digital Age

This course explores the interaction between ever-accelerating technology, innovation, and the law. The course provides students with an understanding of the essential elements of the Canadian legal system with a particular focus on the evolving legal environment surrounding data analytics and artificial intelligence. The course focuses on regulatory compliance and legal risks that particularly impact strategic technological implementation. This will include an understanding of: data privacy frameworks, intellectual property rights, AI regulation, algorithmic liability and bias, cybersecurity governance, and technology related contracts. Students will develop an understanding of how a Christian worldview impacts these challenging and changing areas of law.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 678

Leading Innovation & AI Change

This course examines leadership approaches to innovation and organizational change in environments shaped by artificial intelligence (AI) and rapid technological transformation. The course explores how innovation systems are designed and sustained through strategy, structure, culture, and governance, and how AI adoption reshapes organizational capabilities, work practices, and leadership responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on innovation portfolio management, enterprise-level AI adoption, workforce impact, resistance to change, and ethical leadership. The course also considers stewardship, human dignity, and the application of a Christian worldview in aligning innovation and AI strategies with effective organizational change and long-term performance.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MBA 680

International Finance & Global Capital Markets

This course is designed to develop a critical managerial perspective on key financial management issues confronting firms operating in a global environment. Through developing an understanding of financial markets, systems, and institutions, students will address a wide range of topics including equity, debt, foreign exchange, and credit instruments, as well as the principal derivative products. In a step-by-step fashion, making extensive use of real-world cases and examples, students will engage in such topics as: money markets, foreign exchange, bond markets, cash equity markets, equity valuation techniques, swaps, forwards, futures, credit derivatives, options, option risk management and convertible bonds.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MBA 521, 542
NB: This course is offered as an option for Great Wall MBA students instead of MBA 665.
2026-2027 MBA 684

Business Strategy

The course focuses on competitive strategy at the corporate and business unit level. Strategy development is highly complex and this course helps students develop skills that identify and properly address issues. The format of the class is designed for thought and practice on the part of each student. Key topics include: learning curve, relative market share, value chain; Porter's 5 Forces, BCG, GE, PIMS, EVA, and other such concepts; mission statement, competitive positioning, SWOT and other aspects of analyzing one's own organization; forecasting ' sources of information, trends, and analysis; critically analyzing situations and persuasively presenting solutions to various audiences; ethics and corporate responsibilities; and implementation strategies.

Course Credits: 6
Prerequisite(s): MBA 501, 521, 525, 542, 552, 570, 571, and 593 (593 becomes 594 for the IMBA program)
2026-2027 MCM 690

MACM Practicum

Engages students in a supervised practicum designed to foster ministerial identity and vocational formation through guided field experience. The course integrates mentored ministry practice, theological reflection, and reflective writing within an approved ministry context.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MCM 809

MACM Project Proposal

Guides students through the development of a proposal for the Master of Arts in Christian Ministries graduating project requirement. Students prepare a proposal for either an integrative research paper or an applied project, demonstrating focused topic selection, appropriate methodology, and alignment with program learning outcomes in preparation for MCM 810.

Course Credits: 0
Cross-listed: MCS 809
2026-2027 MCM 810

MACM Graduating Project

Capstone course designed to integrate biblical, theological, spiritual formation, leadership, and ministry studies completed in the Master of Arts in Christian Ministries. Students complete either an integrative research paper or an applied ministry project that demonstrates synthesis of program learning outcomes and capacity for reflective Christian ministry practice. The course emphasizes theological integration, critical analysis, and contextual application appropriate to the student’s vocational ministry setting.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MCM 809
2026-2027 MCOM 111

Introduction to Mass Communication

An investigation into the nature and impact of mass media and popular culture. Students will explore a wide range technological, historical, economic, theological, and other social factors and issues so they will be equipped to answer the central question of the course: how can media users faithfully and critically engage the popular narratives and other media experiences of today's culture?

Course Credits: 3
NB: Fulfills University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Required of all media studies stream majors in first year.
2026-2027 MCOM 140

Introduction to Game Design

An intelligent, playful course in which students will apply the history, theory and practice of game design to the creation of games. While the material of this course is relevant to video game design, students will primarily focus on board and card games.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: GAME 140
2026-2027 MCOM 171

Introduction to Communication

This course is designed to introduce students to key questions in the field of communication studies regarding human interconnectedness. Beginning with social scientific and humanistic models of inquiry it proceeds to survey theories and research, and requires students to investigate questions and formulate answers to personal, social, and global issues.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Fulfills University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Required of all Media + Communication majors in first year.
2026-2027 MCOM 172

Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

An introduction to basic self-awareness and interpersonal communication skills. Students learn about the nature of the communication process. The emphasis is on developing and practising the ability to communicate effectively with others. As part of the course requirements, students are expected to share personal (but not necessarily private) experiences with others.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 MCOM 190

Communication Colloquium

This course gathers the entire department together on a weekly basis to talk about important issues facing communication students and professionals, and to help prepare students for finding and building their careers after graduating, which is accomplished by bringing in guest speakers from a variety of professions. These sessions also give an opportunity for students to consider the integration of faith and career. Another goal is to build connections and community within the department and the School of the Arts, Media and Culture.

Course Credits: 0
NB: Required of all students majoring in media and
communication every semester through the duration of
their program (eight times).
2026-2027 MCOM 191

Research & Writing in Communication

This writing-intensive course orients students to the demands of academic research and writing within the Media + Communication major. By course completion, the diligent student should be able to write lucid, academic, and researched prose in the genres of cultural critique, scientific reporting, and term papers. Central to the course are the twin emphases of critical thinking strategies and research methods in the information age.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Required of all Media + Communication majors in second year.
2026-2027 MCOM 192

Communication Colloquium: Professional Preparation

This course operates in conjunction with MCOM 190 “Communication Colloquium.” Students gather with the entire department together on a weekly basis to talk about important issues facing communication students and professionals, consider the connections between their faith and their careers, build community in the program, and prepare to find and build their careers after graduating. Students dive deeper into this last goal of professional preparation in this course than MCOM 190.

Course Credits: 1
2026-2027 MCOM 211

Introduction to Film Studies

Course covers the art of cinema as it explores issues and ideas related to the study of film as an aesthetic, moral, textual, social, and technical art. In doing so, it will help students investigate and discover how to read and interpret narrative film from a variety of perspectives. It will also give students the opportunity to create short films that explore cinematic expression from a hands-on perspective. Though the emphasis will be on traditional narrative approaches to cinema the course will also compare and contrast this approach with experimental, alternative, and transgressive cinemas that challenge the status quo and offer unconventional and unorthodox perspectives. Ethical and spiritual considerations from a Christian perspective will also be explored.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Viewing fee. Required of all film concentrations and minors.
2026-2027 MCOM 221

Digital Filmmaking I

This introductory course in the art and craft of digital video production familiarizes students with the classical approach to cinematic aesthetics and techniques. Students work individually and collaboratively as they produce, shoot, and edit short films. Emphasis is placed on analyzing films from a filmmaker's perspective.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Lab fee. Fulfils university core requirement for aesthetic and performance inquiry. Fulfils departmental visual creativity competency requirement; required of all film concentrations and minors.
2026-2027 MCOM 231

Fundamentals of Digital Design

An active exploration of graphic design essentials, creative ideation methods, and visual communication techniques. Students use creative thinking methodologies to experiment with a wide range of design approaches, evaluate the aesthetic and conceptual value of specific design solutions, and sharpen their creative, critical thinking, and perceptual skills.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Lab fee. Fulfils university core requirement for aesthetic and performance inquiry. Fulfils departmental visual creativity requirement. (Priority given to media and communication students.)
Cross-listed: ART 250
2026-2027 MCOM 240

Game Design for Video Games

A continuation of GAME 140 “Introduction to Game Design." Students focuses on applying game design principles explicitly to the video game medium. By engaging in constant design projects and exercises, students will broaden their knowledge of design theory and develop the necessary skills to rapidly prototype and test game design ideas.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GAME/MCOM 140
Cross-listed: GAME 240
2026-2027 MCOM 251

Introduction to Journalism

The journalistic principle of serving the public interest has been understood as serving one's own public, social class or nation. With the global reach of media, journalism's public becomes the citizens of the world. How are ethical principles of objectivity, balance and independence understood in a global context? How can journalism help citizens understand local, national, and global problems such as poverty, environmental degradation, technological inequalities and political instability? Students examine Canadian and international media, evaluate the news process, consider the role of reporters in this process, and learn basic news writing.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MCOM 191
NB: Course fee. Fulfils University core requirement for social and global inquiry.
2026-2027 MCOM 252

Introduction to Public Relations

In this course, students examine the role of public relations within and among various sectors of society including business, government, and nonprofit organizations. Case studies are used to illustrate the profession and practice of public relations where possible, and ethical standards in public relations are emphasized. Media, consumer, employee, and community relations, as well as ethical standards in the public relations industry are examined.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 MCOM 261

It's Personal: Introduction to Narrative Nonfiction

You can't make this stuff up. Narrative nonfiction’s creative tools bring true stories to life. In this introductory workshop-style course, students analyze examples of compelling published literary memoir, personal narrative, and critical writing about pop culture. They interpret the author’s craft, study general editorial requirements, and formulate aesthetic principles for their own feature material. Students will write several pieces in a variety of nonfiction genres; critique each other’s work; and revise their own—with the intent to publish. Fulfills departmental writing competency requirement.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MCOM 191
NB: Required of all Professional Writing stream majors and Professional Writing minors.
2026-2027 MCOM 271

Introduction to Leadership Communication

Leadership Communication introduces students to the art, science, and practice of influencing and being influenced by others in diverse contexts. The course explores the role of communication in building credibility, exercising power, motivating, and expressing one's leadership style. It also considers the topics of followership, the ethics of leadership, leadership development, and leading in times of crisis. The course serves as a foundation for future studies in the leadership communication stream within the Department of Media + Communication.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Required of all Leadership stream majors in second year.
2026-2027 MCOM 272

Organizational Communication

This course introduces students to the importance of communication within organizations. Organizational communication theory is discussed as it relates to climate, dyads, small group, public, and mediated communication. Students apply theory in several business writing and speaking assignments.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Course fee
2026-2027 MCOM 281

Public Speaking

This course requires students to research, create, and deliver speeches on topics and issues that reflect personal beliefs and values. In doing so they discern diverse materials, consider logical and ethical demands, and analyze their audience in order to create socially and globally responsible rhetorical messages.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Fulfils University core requirement for experiential and embodied inquiry. Required of all students majoring in this department.
2026-2027 MCOM 290

Introductory Special Topics in Media & Communication

Topics vary from year to year.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Possible fee
2026-2027 MCOM 311

Television & Culture

This course provides an in-depth look at television as a mass medium with particular financial and cultural constraints. Students examine the decision-making process behind television programming, learn criteria for viewing television critically, and ask how Christians may respond to television responsibly.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing
NB: Course fee. Not offered every year.
2026-2027 MCOM 312

Video Games & Culture

This course considers the social and cultural impact of video games in contemporary culture from a Christian perspective. Students play, read about, write about, and critically engage a wide variety of computer and video games.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing
NB: Lab fee. Not offered every year.
2026-2027 MCOM 313

Social Media: Theory & Practice

Prepares students to use social media professionally and to culturally engage these same tools of communication with a critical perspective. The course invites students to discover and analyze best practices in social media marketing and community building, as well as to apply theory to critical investigations of the cultural roles and impacts of current digital media, both in North America and around the world, with the goal of helping students become both effective communicators and highly-ethical and faithful global citizens who can positively impact their profession and their society.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing
NB: Fulfils University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Not offered every year.
2026-2027 MCOM 314

Hollywood & the Superhero

This course explores the nature and development of the Superhero figure and myth from its ancient origins to the contemporary Hollywood blockbuster craze. Emphasis will be placed upon exploring the Superhero as myth, archetype, icon, moral hero, and anti-hero, and investigates why the Superhero type figure has been a perennial character and what the current emphasis on superheroes might tell us about contemporary social, moral, political, gender, and cultural concerns.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing
NB: Viewing fee
2026-2027 MCOM 315

Film History II

Emphasizes the role films and filmmakers have played in impacting culture and reflecting their historical milieu, especially as they relate to the events and traumas of World War II and the Cold War. Students explore key post-World War II film movements including Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, the rise of art house and nationalist cinemas, and the moral and social rebellions of the 1960s and 70s.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Viewing fee. Fulfils University core requirement for social and global inquiry. Not offered every year. Required of film concentrations and minors.
2026-2027 MCOM 317

Ethics, Morals & Media

This course focuses on understanding the nature of ethics and morals in the media. Through reading, on-going discussion, case studies, guest lecturers, on-site observation and media analysis, students develop their own framework for moral and ethical decision-making.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least third-year standing or instructor’s consent
2026-2027 MCOM 321

Digital Filmmaking II

This advanced production course focuses on the key components necessary for making creative and compelling narrative and non-narrative short films. Topics include concept and script development, cinematography techniques, effective mise-en-scene integration, and production workflow. A key component also includes writing, producing, shooting, and editing short films.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MCOM 221
NB: Lab fee
2026-2027 MCOM 322

Digital Film Post-Production

This course examines the art and theory of digital film editing and the post-production process. The goal is to help students understand the role editing plays in the filmic and television viewing experience, especially the way shot selection, pacing, rhythm, sound, etc., impact a scene's development and how various editing techniques and aesthetics relate to dramatic and narrative storytelling. Historical, theoretical, and critical dimensions are addressed as students research seminal examples of film and video editing. This intense workshop offers a real world simulation component as students work under strict deadlines to edit and complete digital film projects.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MCOM 221 or instructor's consent
NB: Lab fee. Not offered every year.
2026-2027 MCOM 323

Digital Recording I

An introduction to various aspects of the recording arts with emphasis on working within the digital (virtual) studio environment with Cubase and other Virtual Instrument software.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 226 or third-year standing
NB: Lab fee
Cross-listed: MUSI 340
2026-2027 MCOM 331

Imaging & Illustration Design

This course explores the conception, production, and analysis of imagery in graphic communication design, including photos, illustrations, and graphic marks. Imagery-based problems are investigated in multiple design contexts and formats. Specialized rendering techniques, digital studio practices, and iconographic style development are considered.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 250 or MCOM 231. Recommended: MCOM 111, ART 181, 182
NB: Lab fee
Cross-listed: ART 361
2026-2027 MCOM 332

Symbol & Typography Design

An exploration of integrated conceptual thinking and formal experimentation with type and related symbol systems in graphic communications. Emphasis is placed on type as image, principles of typesetting, hierarchy and structure. The complex interaction of type in relation to other graphic elements in multiple design contexts and formats is considered.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 250 or MCOM 231. Recommended: MCOM 111, ART 181, 182
NB: Lab fee
Cross-listed: ART 362
2026-2027 MCOM 333

Format & Layout Design

An exploration of integrated conceptual thinking and formal experimentation with the structural and organizing systems at work in graphic communications. Emphasis is given to the development of unified graphic systems spanning multiple design contexts and formats.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ART 250 or MCOM 231. Recommended: MCOM 111, ART 181, 182
NB: Lab fee
Cross-listed: ART 363
2026-2027 MCOM 334

Interaction Design

Introduces students to the design of interactive digital experiences with a focus on website design, User Experience (UX) design, and User Interface (UI) design. Students will learn the core concepts and principles of interaction design by working through technical and design projects using industry standard design software. Students leave this course with the ability to build basic websites and design digital experiences that follow current interaction design standards and methodologies.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two or more upper-level studio or design courses
NB: Lab fee
Cross-listed: ART 364
2026-2027 MCOM 340

Advanced Game Design

An in-depth look at game design theory and aesthetic criticism pertaining to video games. Through the use of significant projects, students will further develop practical design skills, and investigate theoretical topics such as the ability of games to communicate, simulate and persuade. Students will examine the connections between game design and faith, spirituality, ethics, morality, and the Christian tradition in order to become game designers who are thoughtful shapers of culture rather than simply entertainment technicians.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GAME 240/MCOM 240
Cross-listed: GAME 340
2026-2027 MCOM 341

Interactive Storytelling

An in-depth look at the various forms of writing for video games. Students will study and practice game story scripting, writing for interface, dialogue and narration, as well as video game technical writing. Students will develop skills to handle the many writing tasks necessary for a game development project. Students who are not part of the Game Development program will also benefit from taking this course, as it is also applicable to non-game forms of media production.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One of ENGL 207, 208; MCOM 261, 351, 361, 362, 461
Cross-listed: GAME 341