Future Students

This is an undergraduate degree for students who want to work on the business side of the creative sectors, combining their creative interests with a strong business education. This is a program that students can design and curate to their specific interests while building a career ready skillset. By choosing any two creative-content modules—from fashion to music, publishing to performance—students engage in a mix of media, communication, cultural, and business studies that provide insight to understand creative organizations from both creative and commercial perspectives. 

Our integrated professional development program culminates in an internship in the creative sector. This is where theory meets practice. And this is how students gain rock-solid professional experience and build a professional network that they can leverage across sectors following graduation.

For students admitted Fall 2025 and after:

A module is defined as a sequence of five courses consisting of varying combinations of required and elective courses in a discrete subject area.

As a Creative Industries student you’ll select one module halfway through your 1st year and a second at the start of 2nd year.

Students must choose and complete two of the following Creative-Content Modules. In total, students complete ten (10) courses from Core Elective Table II. The courses on Table II are organized into five-course Creative-Content Modules. Students must complete 2 modules.

Delivered by the eight professional schools within The Creative School and one from the Ted Rogers School of Management, each module will cover the basic historical, theoretical and production aspects of a creative field while also examining how that field functions as a business.

These modules will give you the opportunity to meet and participate in courses together with students specializing in each creative field. You’ll have several modules to choose from, as provided below.

For details of the courses and tables below, see the course calendar.

Electives

These elective courses, required of all Toronto Metropolitan University students, are intended to broaden your education beyond your specific program of study. You will take one elective each term in your first three years. Typically students choose from a wide variety of courses offered in such areas as English, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Economics.

For details of the courses and tables below, see the course calendar.

Creative Industries Electives (Core Elective Table I)

A minimum of 2 courses are to be selected from the following list in years 3 and/or 4:

• CRI 410: Beggars, Choosers: C.I. Advocacy
• CRI 420: Book Publishing and Marketing
• CRI 430: Canadian Media and Entertainment Industries
• CRI 450: Appreciating Creativity in Practice
• CRI 510: Art and Business of Gaming
• CRI 520: Design Management
• CRI 530: Talent Management
• CRI 540: Marketing the Creative Industries
• CRI 560: Topics in Creative Industries
• CRI 570: Creative Industries: International Lab
• CRI 590: Storytelling Indigenous People
• CRI 620: Concert and Festival Management
• CRI 630: Advertising Theory and Practice
• CRI 670: Music and Brands
• CRI 680: Celebrity
• CRI 720: Media Regulation and Communication Policy
• CRI 730: Strategic Leadership in Creative Industries
• CRI 750: Emerging Technologies in Cyberspace
• CRI 760: Diversity in Creative Industries
• CRI 770: Trendwatching
• CRI 780: Your Creative Self
• CRI 820: Global Licensing and Distribution Agreements
• CRI 830: Youth Cultural Production
• CRI 840: Management of Soft Innovation
• CRI 850: Directed Reading Course
• CRI 860: The Big Night
• EID 100: Digital Skills and Innovation
• FCD 222: Coding for Creatives
• FCD 240: History of Art and Design: Global Survey
• FCD 362: Introduction to UX/UI Design
• FCD 551: Digital Media and Cultures
• FCD 580: Project in Creative Technology
• FCD 815: Design Solutions Supercourse I
• FCD 816: Global Campus Studio Supercourse I
• FCD 825: Design Solutions Supercourse II
• FCD 826: Global Campus Studio Supercourse II
• FCD 962: Designing Interactions
• THF 470: Black Creative Practices
• ZON 100: Zone Learning Project I (Zone Learning Elective)

University Open Electives

Selecting from any discipline in 3rd and 4th years will enable you to explore areas of personal interest or to gain additional depth in areas that you think are valuable to your chosen career path. You may also elect to devote these electives to the completion of a minor.

For a complete listing of the Open Electives please consult the Open Elective Table of the calendar.

Minors

While pursuing your Creative Industries degree you may wish to combine it with a minor that enhances your career preparations. A minor is a grouping of six courses that will uniquely complement your degree by adding knowledge and skills in a related field.  These are among the minors available to students who wish to devote some of their open and breadth electives toward this goal:

• Accounting
• eBusiness
• Economics
• English
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Global Management
• Law
• Marketing
• Organizational Leadership
• Politics
• Public Administration
• Psychology
• Sociology

For a full list of Minors and the current Minor Policy please see the Minors Policy/Minors page in the current Academic Calendar.

Course descriptions are available in the Toronto Metropolitan University Academic Calendar. 

Detailed outlines will be available shortly after the start of term.