Faculty of Fine Arts
Print Studio (Without a Press)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of printmaking without a press. Students explore concepts, materials, tools, and processes such as woodblock, linocut, and silkscreen.
Equivalent:Art 3005 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2005 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Print Studio (With a Press)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of printmaking with a press. Students explore concepts, materials, tools, and processes such as monotype, pouchoir, stencil, and intaglio.
Equivalent:Art 3006 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2006 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Drawing Studio I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of drawing. Students explore the principles, practices, vocabularies, tools, materials and methods of drawing within the context of contemporary art.
Equivalent:Art 2031 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2010 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Art Studio (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
Thematic courses in contemporary art studio are offered on a rotating basis. Examples include: Artist Books; Painting the Body; Performance Art; Installation Art; Digital Fabrication; Embodied Textiles; Handmade Cinema; Clay Studio.
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2015 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Painting Studio I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of painting. Students explore the principles, practices, vocabularies, materials, tools and methods of painting within the context of contemporary art.
Corequisite(s):Art 2010
Equivalent:Art 3022 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2023 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Photography Studio I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of photography. Students explore light, camera obscura, pinhole and film cameras, black and white darkroom processes, analogue materials, digital capture and image processing, display technique and presentation design within the context of contemporary art and visual culture.
Equivalent:Art 3026 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2027 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Spatial Practice I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of three-dimensional form and space. Technical, aesthetic, material and theoretical issues are explored within the context of contemporary sculpture. Diverse approaches to object-making are investigated through a range of hands-on assignments in materials such as clay, plaster, textiles, wood and found materials.
Equivalent:Art 2032 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2033 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Media Arts (Digital Sketchbook)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to media arts. Concepts, processes, and technical skills required for creating a range of digital and media projects in sound, still and moving images, and two- and three-dimensional design, are explored in relation to contemporary media spaces for art.
Equivalent:Art 3060 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2060 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Media Arts (Video Sketchbook)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to video art. Concepts, processes, and technical skills required for creating video art, including the camera, lighting, editing, production and post-production technique are addressed. Screenings, readings and group discussions focus student projects as single and multi-channel, interdisciplinary, immersive and other spatialized video presentations.
Equivalent:Art 3061 (prior to 2022/2023)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2061 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Art 2350/Indigenous Studies 2350
Indigenous Art Studio I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course provides an introduction to both traditional and contemporary forms of Indigenous creative and cultural practices, with a focus on the concepts, theories, and processes of contemporary Indigenous Art in North America. Topics include: assertions of Indigenous identity, truth and reconciliation, the colonial context in Canada, and connections to the land. Students will consider the critical intent of their work as it relates to current affairs and important cultural, social, and political issues. Students of all levels and backgrounds welcome.
Equivalent:Art 2350/Native American Studies 2350 (prior to 2019/2020)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 2350/Indigenous Studies 2350 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Print Studio III
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports independent and collaborative studies in printmaking. Traditional, experimental and interdisciplinary techniques and processes are explored.
Prerequisite(s):One of Art 2005 or Art 2006 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3007 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Drawing Studio II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This intermediate level course builds upon the fundamentals of drawing. Students further explore mark making, form, perception and description, image analysis, content development, methods of display and dissemination. Diverse approaches and media are investigated within the context of contemporary art.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2010
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3010 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Drawing Studio III (Expanded Field)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports independent exploration in drawing and related practice. Drawing installation, embodied practice, scale, site, process, collaboration and duration are critically examined. Diverse materials and approaches to drawing are explored within the context of contemporary art.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2010 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Recommended Background:
Art 3010
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3011 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Art Studio (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
Thematic courses in contemporary art studio are offered on a rotating basis. Examples include: Artist Books; Painting the Body; Performance Art; Installation Art; Digital Fabrication; Embodied Textiles; Handmade Cinema; Clay Studio.
Prerequisite(s):Four of: [Art 2005 or Art 2006], Art 2010, Art 2015, Art 2023, Art 2027, Art 2033, [Art 2060 or Art 2061], or Art 2350/Indigenous Studies 2350 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3015 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Painting Studio II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This intermediate level course builds upon the fundamentals of painting. Students further explore colour, pictorial space, form, composition, image analysis, content development, and methods of display. Diverse approaches and media are investigated within the context of contemporary art.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2023
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3023 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Painting Studio III (Expanded Field)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports independent exploration in painting in the expanded field. Painting installation and painting as it extends to textiles, photography, objects and space are critically examined. Diverse approaches and media are explored within the context of contemporary art.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2023 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Recommended Background:
Art 3023
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3024 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Photography Studio II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This intermediate level course builds upon the fundamentals of photography. Students gain critical and practical skills in both analogue and digital photography including medium and large format film cameras, studio lighting, advanced film development and printing, digital capture and image processing, colour and Inkjet printing. Projects focus studio and field based activity for public display and dissemination.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2027
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
Film, digital and video cameras, tripods, and other equipment can be rented for a fee. Students are required to purchase photographic paper and film. Contact art studio technicians or your instructor for specifics.
Photography Studio III
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports independent and collaborative projects in photo-based practice. Students gain critical insight into the aesthetic and cultural debates that inform their work while expanding their practical skills in both analogue and digital processes. Thematic workshops may include digital montage, computational photography, narrative, time-based media, non-silver processes, photo-essay, photo-installation, projection, publications, and public sphere. Collaborative and individual projects focus studio and field-based activity for public display and dissemination.
Prerequisite(s):Art 3027 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
Film, digital and video cameras, tripods, and other equipment can be rented for a fee. Students are required to purchase photographic paper and film. Contact art studio technicians or your instructor for specifics.
Spatial Practice II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This intermediate level course builds upon the fundamentals of three-dimensional form and space. Students gain analytic, critical and practical skills in object making, fabrication, construction, installation design and display. Diverse processes, media and methods are explored within the context of contemporary sculpture and spatial practice.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2033
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3033 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Spatial Practice III (Expanded Field)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports exploration in contemporary sculpture and spatial practice. Installation design, site, process, digital and time-based media are critically examined through readings, visual presentations, field trips, discussions and hands-on production. Projects focus independent and collaborative activity for public display and dissemination. Students will respond to thematic assignments using an open choice of materials.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2033 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Recommended Background:
Art 3033
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3034 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Social Practice in Art
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced studio course supports exploration in social practice in art. Working in the public sphere on individual and collaborative projects, students consider the intent and impact of their work on current cultural, social, ecological, ethical, and political issues. Approaches in artmaking as varied as urban interventions, performance art, time-based and interactive media, will be examined through readings, visual presentations, field trips, discussions and hands-on production. Students will engage with diverse communities in order to stimulate critical dialogue and social transformation.
Prerequisite(s):Four of: [Art 2005 or Art 2006], Art 2015, Art 2023, Art 2027, Art 2033, [Art 2060 or Art 2061], or Art 2350 AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3035 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Media Arts III
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course supports independent and collaborative projects in media arts. Time-based, performative, historical and emergent media are explored in the context of thematic workshops that may include alternative screens, apparatus design, creative electronics, kinetic art, media installation, print media, public sphere, radio, sensoria, sound, video, virtual and immersive environments. Applied and experimental approaches are supported alongside an examination of the histories and concepts of technology, communication, obsolescence and emerging media.
Prerequisite(s):One of Art 2060 or Art 2061, AND
15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3062 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Architecture and Design NOW I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Other hours per term: 0-0-10
Aspects of recent and contemporary architecture and design introduced through a series of presentations by practicing architects, designers, architectural historians, critics and writers on design.
Prerequisite(s):Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Attendance requirement.
Art NOW
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Built upon a series of guest lectures by nationally and internationally recognized artists and art professionals, this course covers a wide range of current topics in contemporary art. Lecture presentations are supplemented by readings, visits to local art exhibitions and discussion.
Prerequisite(s):Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Art NOW
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Built upon a series of guest lectures by nationally and internationally recognized artists and art professionals, this course covers a wide range of current topics in contemporary art. Lecture presentations are supplemented by readings, visits to local art exhibitions and discussion.
Prerequisite(s):Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Art 3350/Indigenous Studies 3350
Indigenous Art Studio II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This advanced course is focused on both traditional and contemporary forms of Indigenous creative and cultural practices within a studio environment. Students will be expected to independently apply their conceptual, technical, and creative skills in the research and production of artistic projects in a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices. Understanding that art making is linked with academic explorations, students will examine their artwork in relation to significant fields of contemporary thought, while focusing on specific themes introduced in this course.
Prerequisite(s):Art 2350/Indigenous Studies 2350
Equivalent:Art 3350/Native American Studies 3350 (prior to 2019/2020)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3350/Indigenous Studies 3350 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Art 3355/Indigenous Studies 3355
Landmarks
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
This course focuses on conceptual, technical and creative skills in the research and production of contemporary art projects. Students engage photo, video, drawing, spatial, performance, installation, and interdisciplinary practices. At its core, this course is about embodied storytelling, and the ways in which we might participate with the landscape while exploring our individual relationships with the living archive of a specific location, and its rich cultural histories.
Prerequisite(s):15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Equivalent:Art 3850 (Landmarks) (prior to 2021/2022)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 3355/Indigenous Studies 3355 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Art Studio (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 5-0-0 or
6-0-0
Other hours per term: 6-0-0
Thematic courses in contemporary art studio are offered on a rotating basis. Examples include: Artist Books; Painting the Body; Performance Art; Installation Art; Digital Fabrication; Embodied Textiles; Handmade Cinema; Clay Studio.
Prerequisite(s):Will be specified (including any recommended background) for individual offerings
Equivalent:Any offering as an Art 4850 topics course with the same title as the offering in the Art 4015 Series
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
For sections where Art 4150 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Senior Studio I
Credit hours: 6.00
Contact hours per week: 10-0-0
This double-credit course offers self-directed study focused on conceptual and material development in contemporary art practice. Students are provided individual studio space within a community of peers, access to studio facilities, technical support, instruction and critique.
Prerequisite(s):Four of: Art 3007, Art 3010, Art 3011, Art 3015, Art 3023, Art 3024, Art 3027, Art 3028, Art 3033, Art 3034, Art 3035, Art 3062, Art 3350, Art 3355
Corequisite(s):Art History 3001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
Senior Studio II
Credit hours: 6.00
Contact hours per week: 10-0-0
Building on Senior Studio I, this double-credit course offers self-directed study focused on conceptual and material development in contemporary art practice. Students are provided individual studio space within a community of peers, access to studio facilities, technical support, instruction and critique.
Prerequisite(s):Art 4048
Corequisite(s):Art 4994
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Studio course.
Architecture and Design NOW II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Other hours per term: 0-0-10
Discussion of principal discourses, ideas and ideologies generated since mid-century. Issues and debates related to the design profession in our time.
Prerequisite(s):Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Attendance requirement.
Professional Practice for Artists
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
This seminar/studio course offers senior art students a comprehensive survey of professional practice in the visual arts. Through assignments, workshops, guest lectures and gallery visits, students are guided through a range of practical activities such as creating a digital portfolio, preparing a CV, writing artist statements, and developing proposals suitable for exhibitions, grants, residencies, and publications. Students will consider community development and social networking, identify research goals, and formulate strategies for dissemination of art production.
Prerequisite(s):Four of: Art 3007, Art 3010, Art 3011, Art 3015, Art 3023, Art 3024, Art 3027, Art 3028, Art 3033, Art 3034, Art 3035, Art 3062, Art 3350, or Art 3355
Corequisite(s):ARHI 3001
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Undergraduate Thesis
Credit hours: 6.00
Contact hours per week: 10-0-0
A studio course in which students research and produce a body of work. Public presentation of the project, an expanded artist statement, and an oral presentation are required. In consultation with their Studio Supervisor, students will define and produce a project and formulate a presentation plan.
Prerequisite(s):Fourth-year standing (a minimum of 90.0 credit hours) AND
A cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher AND
Art 4049 AND
Art 4994 AND
Application to the Department of Art
Note:Studio course.
Students should be aware that this course involves regular contact with the Thesis Supervisor as well as considerable independent work.