What+is+CCIT

=CCIT=

toc CCIT is an acronym for **C**ommunication, **C**ulture, and **I**nformation **T**echnology. It is an honours degree program that is taught by the [|University of Toronto at Mississauga] (Wikipedia, 2006). CCIT is taught jointly between the Erindale Campus and Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. CCIT is an intertwined discpline with academically challenging areas such as arts and sciences and hands on courses in digital media and technology(Thompson). In the 21st century technology has taken over many different areas which emphasizes the reason of study in order to respond to the increasing rate of technological development. CCIT gives special emphasis on the way in which technologies interrelate with different areas such as commerce, health, culture and communication(Thompson). According UTM's [|CCIT website], CCIT students can expect to find jobs in various fields, ranging from business management that utilizes digital communications, to a career in professional writing. A small list from the CCIT website lists several prospective career fields that will be open to CCIT graduates:

• Running your own e-business • Communication specialists • E-commerce managers • E-commerce developers • Project managers • Education and instructional designers • Technical writers • New media product producers • Speech and language pathologists • E-publishing and web page publishers • Technology policy makers (public and private sectors) • Multi-media producers • Interactive media developers • Public relations officers • Web designers • Adaptive communication consultants

Courses
CCIT offers various ways to acquire a degree. Students have the option to major or specialize upon acceptance into the CCIT Program (after completing the introductory courses History of Communication Technologies, and Contemporary Communication Technologies). The strands for specialization are as follows: - [|Digital Enterprise Management (DEM)] - [|Health Sciences Communication (HSC)] - [|Human Communication and Technology (HCT)] - [|Visual Culture and Communication (VCC)]

CCIT offers a comprehensive amount of courses that allow students to experience the social and technical sides of information technology in today's society. A list of courses from the [|CCIT Course Listings] (the list and descriptions of each course is available in its entirety in the external link):


 * CCT379H5** Speech Perception and Production
 * CCT380H5** Human-Computer Interaction and Communication
 * CCT383H5** Digitally Mediated Communication
 * CCT384H5** Universal Design and Access
 * CCT390H5** Field Experiences in CCIT
 * CCT391H5** Introduction to Data and Information Visualization
 * CCT392H5** Introduction to Biocommunication Visualization
 * CCT400H5** Advanced Project
 * CCT405H5** Individual Project
 * CCT410H5** CCIT Internship I
 * CCT411H5** CCIT Internship II
 * CCT421H5** Advanced Audio Production
 * CCT422H5** Advanced Video Production
 * CCT424H5** Special Topics in the Management of Digital Enterprises
 * CCT425H5** Visual Forensic Demonstrative Evidence
 * CCT490H5** Topics in Communication, Culture and Information Technology
 * HSC300H5** Health Communication
 * HSC301H5** Introduction to Data and Information Visualization
 * HSC302H5** Introduction to Biocommunication Visualization
 * HSC400H5** Advanced Visual Media for Scientific Communication Project
 * HSC401H5** Web-Based Health Communication Design
 * HSC402H5** E-Learning Environments
 * HSC403H5** Visualization of Forensic Demonstrative Evidence
 * HSC404H5** Advanced Visual Media for Anthroplogical Data
 * MGD327H5** Advanced Legal Issues
 * MGD328H5** Project Management
 * MGD415H5** E-Business Strategies
 * MGD420H5** Global Digital Industries
 * MGD421H5** Technological Entrepreneurship
 * MGD422H5** Management of Technological Innovation
 * MGD423H5** Technology in Organizations
 * MGD425H5** Macroeconomics and the Knowledge Economy
 * MGD426H5** Risk Management for Digital Industries
 * VCC201H5** Introduction to Visual Culture
 * VCC207H5** Urban Sites and Sounds
 * VCC302H5** Visual Culture through the Post-Colonial Lens
 * VCC304H5** Visual Culture and the Construction of Identity
 * VCC306H5** Gender and Visual Representation
 * VCC308H5** Activism in Visual and Media Culture
 * VCC336H5** North American Consumer Culture: 1890-Present
 * VCC390H5** Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
 * VCC400H5** Advanced Project
 * VCC403H5** Contemporary Asian Visual Culture
 * VCC405H5** Individual Project
 * VCC411H5** Real Space to Cyberspace
 * VCC412H5** The Corporate Eye
 * VCC415H5** Theory and Criticism of Photography and New Media
 * VCC425H5** Art and Media Culture
 * VCC490H5** Topics in Visual Culture and Communication

**Course Instructors**
Gail Benick (Professor and Co-ordinator CCIT and Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Tracey Bowen (Internship Co-ordinator) Marcel Danesi Sara-Jane Finlay Mike Jones Louis Kaplan (Assistant Professor and Co-ordinator Visual Culture and Communication) Elizabeth Littlejohn (Professor) Pascal Michelucci (On Sabbatical) Joel Moody (Professor) Ann Szeto (Professor) Bill Thompson (Director of CCIT - on leave)
 * CCT200 Intercultural Communication
 * CCT205 Digital Innovation and Cultural Transformation
 * CCT210 Signs, Referents, and Meaning
 * VCC201Introduction to Visual Culture
 * CCT205 Digital Innovation and Cultural Transformation
 * CCT260 Web Culture and Design
 * CCT351 Theory and Practice of Animation
 * CCT100 History of Commincation
 * CCT101 Contemporary Communication
 * CCT100 History of Communication
 * CCT101 Contemporary Communication
 * CCT204 Design Thinking
 * CCT305 Design and Implementation of Multimedia Documents
 * CCT352 History and Practice of Design

Anthony Wensley (Associate and presently Acting Director of CCIT - Professor and Co-ordinator Digital Enterprise Management)
 * CCT206 Law, Technology, and Culture

Linda Wilson-Pauwels (Professor and Director of Biomedical Communications)