{"id":12452,"date":"2014-11-10T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12452"},"modified":"2019-08-05T00:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T04:01:05","slug":"i-am-the-epitome-of-communication-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12452","title":{"rendered":"i am the epitome of communication AND culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! So i have a couple questions regarding the Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology program.<\/p>\n<p>First of all is there anyway i can get more information on the program from UTM? I wasn&#8217;t able to attend the fall information day and I&#8217;ve already looked on the website at the program description, but i would like to know a little more about it if possible. So if there&#8217;s a number i can call or an email i can contact that would be great! Or if you know anything about the program please further enlighten me on it! I am aware that within the CCIT program there are a multiple interdisciplinary specialist programs, The one i&#8217;m interested in is the IDM (Interactive Design Media). On the UTM website it said that i have to apply after my first year of CCIT and that spaces are limited. So my next question is when applying on the ouac website do i just select IDM or select CCIT and then after my first year reapply to IDM? Also, if i do not get accepted into the IDM program after my first year, what happens? Do i continue on doing CCIT as a major? Im just really confused about the admission process. My last question is does the IDM specialization have coop\/ internship opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry about all of these questions! I really hope you can help me out with this because i don&#8217;t know where else i can contact for more information about this stuff. Thank you so much!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>i don&#8217;t know much about Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology, to be honest with you. i would read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/iccit\/about-us\/iccit-brochure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brochure<\/a> if you haven&#8217;t already. also, it&#8217;s always interesting to go on a little google odyssey on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/iccit\/faculty-staff\/faculty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the professors that teach in your department of interest<\/a>; their research can tell you a bit about the kinds of things you might be learning.<\/p>\n<p>there&#8217;s also this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/careers\/careers-by-major-ccit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">careers by major thing<\/a> which UTM does that i am super jealous of. also take a look at the websites of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iccitcouncil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">student<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demsociety.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groups<\/a> related to CCIT &#8211; they&#8217;ve got some helpful information on there (also, their websites are beautifully designed. figures). you can even contact the execs of the student groups for advice; i&#8217;m sure they&#8217;d be more than happy to answer your questions.<\/p>\n<p>otherwise, you can always <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/iccit\/contact\/iccit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">call the ICCIT<\/a> directly.<\/p>\n<p>as for admissions: CCIT is an institute &#8211; as in, the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/iccit\/programs\/programs-offered\/ccit-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute of Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology<\/a>.&#8217; the institute itself offer a few different programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/student.utm.utoronto.ca\/calendar\/program_group.pl?Group_Id=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the CCIT major, the DEM specialist, or the IDM specialist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>you don&#8217;t enrol into specific programs until second year at uoft. when you&#8217;re applying out of high school, you just pick a stream. see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/sites\/files\/default\/public\/shared\/registrar\/pdfs\/UTMProgramChart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a>? the green headings are streams, the things listed under each heading are programs. your stream would be CCIT, and that&#8217;s what you&#8217;d pick on OUAC.<\/p>\n<p>again, that doesn&#8217;t make you a CCIT major, just a student in the Institute. you pick your program after first year. <a href=\"https:\/\/student.utm.utoronto.ca\/calendar\/calendar_detail2.pl?Topic=Program%3A%20Definition%2C%20Enrolment%2C%20Types%2C%20Requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comprende<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>if you&#8217;re not accepted into the IDM specialist after first year, then you would enrol in one of your backup programs instead. you need to be in <em>a<\/em> program after first year to continue taking courses.<\/p>\n<p>and i don&#8217;t want to hear any of this nonsense about not having <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/backing-up.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backups<\/a>. life is gonna throw you some curveballs, y&#8217;know; it&#8217;s always a good idea to know what you&#8217;re going to do when and if they happen. (however, i do think applying to the CCIT major is a pretty good backup).<\/p>\n<p>you can browse every program offered by UTM <a href=\"https:\/\/student.utm.utoronto.ca\/calendar\/program_list.pl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CCIT is not offered as a co-op program, but there are some 400-level CCIT courses which are either just internships or can incorporate an internship into their structure: take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/student.utm.utoronto.ca\/calendar\/list_courses.pl?Depart=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCT409H5, CCT410H5, CCT411H5 and CCT413H5<\/a>. also, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cln.utoronto.ca\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career centre<\/a>, which is available to all uoft students, provides lots of experiential opportunities across all three campuses. also, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utm.utoronto.ca\/iccit\/iccit-professional-development-skills-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a>. or you can just go door to door and beg to do people&#8217;s programming grunt work for free.<\/p>\n<p>and don&#8217;t worry that you&#8217;re asking too many questions, dude. i&#8217;m here all night. i have nobody to go home with and am very lonely, so&#8230;yeah. i&#8217;m here all night. also they sometimes have free food here.<\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! So i have a couple questions regarding the Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology program. First of all is there anyway i can get more information on the program from UTM? I wasn&#8217;t able to attend the fall information day and I&#8217;ve already looked on the website at the program description, but i would like to know a little more about it if possible. So if there&#8217;s a number i can call or an email i can contact that would be great! Or if you know anything about the program please further enlighten me on it! I am aware that within the CCIT program there are a multiple interdisciplinary specialist programs, The one i&#8217;m interested in is the IDM (Interactive Design Media). On the UTM website it said that i have to apply after my first year of CCIT and that spaces are limited. So my next question is when applying on the ouac website do i just select IDM or select CCIT and then after my first year reapply to IDM? Also, if i do not get accepted into the IDM program after my first year, what happens? Do i continue on doing CCIT as a major? Im just really confused about the admission process. My last question is does the IDM specialization have coop\/ internship opportunities? Sorry about all of these questions! I really hope you can help me out with this because i don&#8217;t know where else i can contact for more information about this stuff. Thank you so much! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i don&#8217;t know much about Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology, to be honest with you. i would read the brochure if you haven&#8217;t already. also, it&#8217;s always interesting to go on a little google odyssey on the professors that teach in your department of interest; their research can tell you a bit about the kinds of things you might be learning. there&#8217;s also this careers by major thing which UTM does that i am super jealous of. also take a look at the websites of the student groups related to CCIT &#8211; they&#8217;ve got some helpful information on there (also, their websites are beautifully designed. figures). you can even contact the execs of the student groups for advice; i&#8217;m sure they&#8217;d be more than happy to answer your questions. otherwise, you can always call the ICCIT directly. as for admissions: CCIT is an institute &#8211; as in, the &#8216;Institute of Communication, Culture, Information &amp; Technology.&#8217; the institute itself offer a few different programs: the CCIT major, the DEM specialist, or the IDM specialist. you don&#8217;t enrol into specific programs until second year at uoft. when you&#8217;re applying out of high school, you just pick a stream. see this? the green headings are streams, the things listed under each heading are programs. your stream would be CCIT, and that&#8217;s what you&#8217;d pick on OUAC. again, that doesn&#8217;t make you a CCIT major, just a student in the Institute. you pick your program after first year. comprende? if you&#8217;re not accepted into the IDM specialist after first year, then you would enrol in one of your backup programs instead. you need to be in a program after first year to continue taking courses. and i don&#8217;t want to hear any of this nonsense about not having backups. life is gonna throw you some curveballs, y&#8217;know; it&#8217;s always a good idea to know what you&#8217;re going to do when and if they happen. (however, i do think applying to the CCIT major is a pretty good backup). you can browse every program offered by UTM here. CCIT is not offered as a co-op program, but there are some 400-level CCIT courses which are either just internships or can incorporate an internship into their structure: take a look at CCT409H5, CCT410H5, CCT411H5 and CCT413H5. also, the career centre, which is available to all uoft students, provides lots of experiential opportunities across all three campuses. also, there&#8217;s this. or you can just go door to door and beg to do people&#8217;s programming grunt work for free. and don&#8217;t worry that you&#8217;re asking too many questions, dude. i&#8217;m here all night. i have nobody to go home with and am very lonely, so&#8230;yeah. i&#8217;m here all night. also they sometimes have free food here. xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissions","category-utm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}