Professional Writing and Communication
Professional Writing and Communication (PWC) graduates are critical thinkers and flexible, reflective writers and editors who apply their knowledge of rhetoric and language across a range of academic disciplines and professional practices. Students examine the way written and oral communication work in professional, academic, artistic, personal and public settings. Program courses emphasize the multicultural, multi-modal and team-oriented character of professional writing practice. Workshop-style classes give PWC students experience with creative nonfiction, cross-cultural communications, and research-based writing.
Honours Bachelor of Arts
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- Public Relations Specialist
- Sports Marketer
- Screenwriter
- Production Assistant
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Buzz Around Campus
A night on the town ends with a young woman channeling a Hindu goddess of war to save a friend from attackers. This moment is the turning point in a short story by author Serah Louis, a U of T Mississauga student who is channeling her own South Asian heritage as a notable new voice in Canada’s literary scene.
When Reem El-Ajou (HBA, ‘20) graduated in the middle of a pandemic, she didn’t expect to see her alma mater again so soon. The U of T Mississauga grad is back on campus, where she is playing an important role supporting the largest mass public vaccination initiative in Canadian history.
Whether revealing the true identity of an anonymous columnist or unearthing the origins of a renowned theatre program, student journalists are preserving U of T Mississauga history, one story at a time. Now those stories live on in the 2020 edition of Compass, a journal produced by students in UTM’s Professional Writing and Communication (PWC) program.
Sample Courses
This course examines principles and practices in journalistic investigation and writing, and provides an introduction to the main socio-political issues related to contemporary journalism.
This course offers the skills and techniques needed to script, record and publish podcasts to the Web. Students will design and carry out original primary research to script, edit and produce independent podcasts.
Examines principles, procedures and practices in book publishing. Students, working collaboratively, will collect material for, design, edit, typeset, print and assemble books.
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Communication, Culture, Information & Technology
Communication, Culture Information & Technology (CCIT) is an undergraduate interdisciplinary major program, the curriculum for which provides students with a foundation in the analysis, evaluation and interpretation of communication and digital media using appropriate methodologies. CCIT provides students the opportunity to design a range of communication media and digital artifacts suitable for collaboration, communication, learning, and exploration.
Digital Enterprise Management
Digital Enterprise Management (DEM) is a specialist program, providing students with the skills and knowledge for utilizing digital technologies to solve business management and organizational problems in creative and innovative ways. Students study, build, and critically analyze enterprise-grade emerging technologies in addition to studying the traditional managerial fields such as finance, law, economics, organizational studies, risk management, design, and project management.
Technology, Coding & Society
The Technology, Coding, and Society (TCS) major program focuses on the impact of technologies, including hardware, platform and associated software, on people and on society more generally. Students learn essential computer coding skills, are taught theories on the use of digital platforms from humanistic and social science perspectives, learn to analyze the data that digital platforms produce, and then apply these concepts through practical labs and through optional work-integrated learning opportunities.