Visual Arts

Chair

Shawn Serfas

Professor Emerita

Merijean Morrissey

Associate Professors

Keri Cronin, Derek Knight, Murray Kropf, Shawn Serfas, Linda Steer, Donna Szoke

Assistant Professors

Amy Friend

Adjunct Professors

Donna Akrey, Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea, Lorene Bourgeois, Candace Couse, Michael Ferguson, Elysia French, Julie Gemuend, Judith Graham, Max Holten-Andersen, David Hucal, Natalie Hunter, Jessica Mace, Arnold McBay, Kristin Patterson, Denise St Marie, Tracy Van Oosten

Media Resources Technician

Max Holten-Andersen

Studio Facilities Technician

Arnold McBay

Academic Advisor

Michael Gigante

General Information

Administrative Assistant

Monika Lederich

905-688-5550, extension 3214

Marilyn I. Walker 328

brocku.ca/visualarts

The Department of Visual Arts, part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, is concerned with the nature, function and history of visual arts, from the classics to popular culture, from ancient drawings and rituals to the avant-garde. Through critical analysis of classic works and personal creative development, the student will gain an awareness of the ways in which artistic media function. Our aim is to contribute to the vitality of the arts by developing sensitive, creative and articulate artists, teachers, audiences and graduates who are disciplined and adaptable, with both research skills and experience in studio practice.

The Visual Arts program consists of courses in studio and in the history of art and visual culture. In both cases, our courses provide a practical and critical understanding of the visual arts emphasizing personal development. To this end students are introduced to a range of historical, theoretical and critical approaches to art-making and to the investigation of cultural documents. Students are encouraged to extend their experience through exposure to events sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. Students are also offered opportunities to visit galleries and exhibitions through field trips organized by the Department of Visual Arts or in the context of specific course curriculum.

Students may take their degree in either History of Art and Visual Culture or Studio Art.

Studio activities that include intuitive, analytical and conceptual approaches are designed with the aspirations of the student artist in mind. Options are encouraged in the studio with introductory or advanced courses in drawing, painting and interdisciplinary workshops; additional courses in sculpture, photography and digital media broaden the experience and introduce the photographic, video or electronic medium to students. Student learning is facilitated by artist-teachers who have professional experience and standing in the disciplines they teach.

History of Art and Visual Culture courses examine the development of artistic styles as well as the critical and aesthetic issues that these styles bring into play. Major artists and movements are related to their cultural contexts and artistic traditions with the goal of developing critical as well as aesthetic acumen. With the choice of a Major or Minor in the History of Art and Visual Culture, students can explore the cultural, theoretical or practical methods involving the interpretation or exhibition of works of art.

The BSc (Honours) in Computer Science and Visual Arts program is tailored to students who may be interested in career paths in software development and digital media. The degree gives a solid foundation in computer technology and software science, as well as essential foundations in visual arts, emphasizing digital media.

Enrolment in most studio courses is limited to between 15 and 18 students, depending upon the course. VISA 4F06 is restricted to 8 students due to space limitations.

Facilities

Visual Arts facilities include a computer commons with access to digital editing, printers, scanners and equipment lending kiosk. The facilities also include painting, drawing, foundation studios, a wood working shop, an art store, a digital media lab, a photography lab/darkroom, a digital printer lab and a gallery. Studio facilities for Honours Students are located at Rodman Hall Arts Centre.

Entrance Requirements for Studio Majors

Students wishing to major in Studio Art (3-Year Pass Degree), Studio Art (4-Year Honours Degree) and Concurrent Education (Honours) Intermediate/Senior (Visual Arts major) are required to submit a portfolio of work as part of their application. See Department for details.

Summer Studies in Italy

The Department of Visual Arts offers a summer course in Italy in conjunction with the Italian section of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Contact the Department for information and registration.

Program Notes

Honours Program

History of Art and Visual Culture (Honours only)

Year 1

	VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99
	one Sciences context credit
	one Social Sciences context credit
	two elective credits

Years 2 and 3

	Six credits from VISA 2P41, 2P50, 2P51, 2P53, 2P88, 2P89, 2P90, 2P92, 2Q98, 3M00-3M04, 3M05-3M10, 3M20-3M29, 3P01, 3P05, 3P06, 3P08, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P41, 3P42, 3P50, 3P52, 3P90, 3P91, 3P97, 3P98, 3P99, 3V30-3V39, 3V95-3V99, 4P01
	four elective credits (see program note 9)

Year 4

	Four credits from VISA 3P90, 3P91, 3P92, 3P97, 3P98, 3P99, 3Q91, 3V95-3V99, 4F40, 4F41, 4F99, 4P01, 4P68, 4P72, 4P90, 4V30-4V39, 4V70-4V79
	one elective credit

Studio Art

Year 1

	VISA 1P93, 1P94, 1P95, 1P96, 1Q98 and 1Q99
	one Sciences context credit
	one elective credit

Year 2

	Two credits from VISA 2F05, 2P03, 2P04, 2P26, 2P27, 2P99, 2M90-2M99, 2P61, 2P93, 2P94, 2P96, 2P97, 2P99, 2Q95, 3F50 (not taken in year 1)
	one credit from VISA 2P41, 2P50, 2P51, 2P53, 2P88, 2P89, 2P90, 2P92, 2Q98, 3M00-3M04, 3M05-3M10, 3M20-3M29, 3P01, 3P05, 3P06, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P50, 3P52, 3P92, 3P97, 3P98, 3Q99
	one Social Sciences context credit
	one elective credit

Year 3

	Two VISA studio credits numbered 2(alpha)90 to 3(alpha)99
	one VISA studio credit
	two elective credits (see program note 8)

Year 4

	VISA 3P90 and 3P91
	two VISA studio credits numbered 3(alpha)90 to 4(alpha)99
	two elective credits (see program note 8)

Concurrent BA/BEd Program

The Department of Visual Arts and the Faculty of Education co-operate in offering two Concurrent BA (Honours)/BEd programs. The Visual Arts BA (Honours)/BEd program combines the BA Honours program or the BA Integrated Studies Honours program with the teacher education programs for students interested in teaching at the Intermediate/Senior level (grades 7-12) and at the Junior/Intermediate level (grades 4-10). Refer to the Education - Concurrent BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) or Education - Concurrent BA Integrated Studies (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) program listings for further information.

Pass Program

Studio Art

Year 1

	VISA 1P93, 1P94, 1P95, 1P96, 1Q98 and 1Q99
	one Sciences context credit
	one elective credit

Year 2

	Two credits from VISA 2F05, 2M90-2M99, 2P03, 2P04, 2P26, 2P27, 2P61, 2P93, 2P94, 2P96, 2P97, 2P99, 2Q95, 3F50 (not taken in year 1)
	one Social Sciences context credit
	two elective credits

Year 3

	One credit from VISA 2P41, 2P50, 2P51, 2P53, 2P88, 2P89, 2P90, 2P92, 2Q98, 3M00-3M04, 3P01, 3P05, 3P06, 3P08, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P50, 3P52, 3P90, 3P91, 3P92, 3P97, 3P98, 3Q99, 3V30-3V39
	one VISA studio credit numbered 2(alpha)90 to 3(alpha)99
	one VISA studio credit
	two elective credits

Combined Major Program

A student in Visual Arts may combine either an Honours or Pass program in History of Art and Visual Culture or Studio Art and a second discipline. For requirements in the other discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all department/centres provide a combined major option.

Honours

History of Art and Visual Culture

	VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99
	seven credits from VISA 2P41, 2P50, 2P51, 2P53, 2P88, 2P89, 2P90, 2P92, 2Q98, 3F99, 3M00-3M04, 3M05-3M10, 3M20-3M29, 3M90-3M95, 3P01, 3P05, 3P06, 3P08, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P41, 3P42, 3P50, 3P52, 3P90, 3P91, 3P92, 3P97, 3P98, 3P99, 3Q91, 3V30-3V39, 3V95-3V99, 4F40, 4F41, 4F99, 4P01, 4P68, 4P72, 4P90, 4V30-4V39, 4V70-4V79

Studio Art

	VISA 1P93, 1P94, 1P95, 1P96, 1Q98 and 1Q99
	four VISA studio credits (see program note 9)

Pass

Studio Art

	VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99
	four VISA credits

BSc Visual Arts and Computer Science (Honours only)

Consult the Computer Science entry for a listing of program requirements.

Minor Program

Minor in The History of Art and Visual Culture

Students in other disciplines can obtain a Minor in The History of Art and Visual Culture within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:

	VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99
	two credits from VISA 2P41, 2P50, 2P51, 2P53, 2P88, 2P90, 2P92, 2Q98, 3P01, 3P08, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P52
	one credit from VISA 3P05, 3P06, 3P42, 3P50, 3P90, 3P91, 3P92, 3P97, 3P98, 3P99, 3Q91, 3V95-3V99, 4P01, 4P72, 4P90, 4V70-4V79

Minor in Studio Art

Brock/Colleges Articulation Agreements

Sheridan College Art Fundamentals Program graduates who have achieved a minimum 75 percent overall average will be granted up to three credits, as determined by the Office of the Registrar at Brock, towards their BA (Honours) History of Art and Visual Culture, (Honours) Studio Art or BA (Pass) Studio Art degree.

Course Descriptions

Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details.

# Indicates a cross listed course

* Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.

VISA 1P20

Introduction to Photography for Non-majors

Photography as fine art medium emphasizing visual aesthetics and concept development. Historical and contemporary work, and concepts in photography will support studio discussions and processes. Critical analysis and photo theory.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week; field trips.

Note: students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required, students are expected to pay their own expenses. Students are required to have a digital camera (point and shoot, SLR, cell phone camera). Available to non-VISA majors. Major credit will not be granted to History of Art and Visual Culture, Studio Art, and Visual Arts majors.

VISA 1P93

Introduction to Drawing

Fundamental principles of drawing. Analytic, creative and graphic notation.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 1P94

Figure Drawing

Fundamentals of drawing the figure anatomically and expressively.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent).

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 1P95

Digital Foundation

(also offered as IASC 1P95 and STAC 1P95)

Technical foundations of digital images, media methods and concepts including web-based, digital photography, image processing software; foundations of digital media in video, audio and computational production and post-production. Contemporary digital practices within the broader history of visual and media arts.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), COSC (single or combined), IASC (single or combined), MCMN and STAC majors.

Note: students will need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 1P96

Studio Foundation

(also offered as IASC 1P96)

Basic aesthetic and conceptual processes that underlie visual art production. Two- and three-dimensional formal principles, fundamental critical issues and stylistic/material development. Examples from historic and contemporary art practice provide context for studio projects and readings.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and IASC (single or combined) majors.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Production and Design Concentration students may register. Contact the Department. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

#VISA 1P99

The Culture of Noise

(also offered as IASC 1P99, MUSI 1P99 and STAC 1P99)

Role of noise in music, social space and art. Exploration of discursive issues concerning the value of sound studies.

Lectures/seminar, 3 hours, online.

*VISA 1Q98

Introduction to Visual Culture

(also offered as IASC 1Q98)

Overview of visual culture, its vocabulary, technologies and structures within varied cultural contexts. Problems of meaning, functions of visual culture in contemporary society, the role of galleries and museums, and the impact of imagery in advertising, popular media and consumer culture. Contemporary critical methodology.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours week.

Note: no studio work. May be offered online. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LART 1Q98.

*VISA 1Q99

Introduction to the History of Western Art

(also offered as IASC 1Q99)

Analysis of key monuments and on the prerequisite technology, as well as on various ways of looking at the visual past and present. Focus on the visual arts from prehistory through the early 20th century.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours week.

Note: no studio work. May be offered online. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LART 1Q99.

VISA 2F05

Introduction to Sculpture

Fundamentals of three-dimensional work: design, construction and formal analysis. Emphasizing modelling techniques and principles of assemblage including mold or form making, casting and fabrication.

Lectures, studio work, 10 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Note: offered in Spring session only. Materials fee required. Students may need additional materials which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in STAC 2F05.

VISA 2M90-2M99

Special Studies in Studio

Studies in a specialized area of the visual arts.

Lectures, studio work, field trip, 5 hours per week.

VISA 2P03

Painting Fundamentals

Fundamentals of painting: introduction to colour theory, media and methods.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor. VISA 1P93 recommended.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in VISA 2P02 and STAC 2P03.

VISA 2P04

Figurative Painting

Fundamentals of conceiving and painting the figure: introduction to the anatomic, narrative and expressive concepts of the human form.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P03 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in STAC 2P04.

VISA 2P26

Photography: Camera and Darkroom Process

Fundamentals of 35mm photography: camera, exposure and processing of black and white film and basic darkroom processes. History of photography, critical analysis and photographic theory.

Lectures, lab, 5 hour per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students will need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Students should provide their own 35 mm analog (film) camera with manual and automatic settings. Limited number of loaner cameras are available. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 2P27

Introduction to Digital Photography

Principles in digital imaging: digital cameras and image capture; digital negatives; colour management; image adjustment and enhancement; and image output. History of photography, imaging and critical analysis of visual culture.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P26 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students will need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Students must provide their own digital camera with a mega pixel rating of 12 minimum. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 2P41

Power and Politics: Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe

European art, architecture and visual culture from the 15th to the 18th century. Role of imagery in religious contexts, exploration of the natural world, the Enlightenment and development of nation states.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 2P50

Canadian Identities: Art and Visual Culture in Canada Before 1960

First Nations cultural production. Influence of French and British art on Canadian art history. Historical identity, cultural definition and ideas of nationalism in art.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: student must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 2P51

Contemporary Issues in Canadian Visual Culture

Thematic explorations of art, visual culture, cultural production, museums and exhibitions in Canada from the mid 20th century through to the present day.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: student must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 2P53

The History of Photography

History of photography from its inception to the present day. Emphasis on the ways in which photographs produce meaning and are mobilized as visual culture as well as analysis of contemporary art practices.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: student must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

*VISA 2P61

Website Creation

(also offered as APCO 2P61 and STAC 2P61)

Creative approaches to basic technical and design foundations of website design and development. Processing and management of images and other media assets, structuring websites, development tools and applications, web hosting and dissemination strategies. Contemporary web-based art practices within the broader history of cultural production.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), STAC majors and APCO minors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1P95 (minimum 60 percent) and 1P96 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: students will need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 1P95 recommended. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 2P88

Introduction to Contemporary Art: Twenty-first Century

Thematic, contextual and critical evaluation of current trends in visual art.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: student must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

#VISA 2P89

Medieval Art, Architecture and Society

(also offered as MARS 2P89)

Interdisciplinary study of the inter-relation and connectedness between the arts, architecture and society in medieval Europe.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

VISA 2P90

Art in Revolution: Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture

Role and function of art and visual culture within the paradigm shifts of the modern world, its relation to politics, social, cultural and technological change. Principal movements with origins in the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution; Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism and Postimpressionism.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: student must have a minimum of 5.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent overall average or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTC 2P90.

#VISA 2P92

Early to High Renaissance Art and Architecture

(also offered as ITAL 2P92 and MARS 2P92)

Major monuments, buildings and art works of the period from several critical perspectives including the humanist influence on the arts in Florence and Rome, the issue of patronage and the question of the artist's cultural status.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99, ITAL 1F90, MARS 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

Note: given in English.

VISA 2P93

Drawing III

Further investigation of drawing materials and techniques emphasizing compositional structures.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students might need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 2P94

Drawing IV

Idea development, integration of media and conceptual approaches.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students might need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 2P96

Introduction to 3D Modelling and Animation

(also offered as COSC 2P96 and STAC 2P96)

Concepts and skills of 3D modelling and rendering using Autodesk Maya. Approaches to building models, using texturizing, lighting, cameras and rendering as well basic animation techniques. Relevant historic and theoretical perspectives on 3D and virtuality situating 3D within creative process and broader critical practices in cultural production.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), COSC (single or combined), IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent), four COSC credits, IASC 1F01 or permission of the instructor.

Note: students will need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 1P95 recommended. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in IASC 2P96.

*VISA 2P97

Digital Video in Contemporary Art

(also offered as IASC 2P97 and STAC 2P97)

Concepts of basic videography and its applications within conceptual and aesthetic studio practice. Camerawork, composition and lighting; digital video and audio editing, special effects, composing, text and titling, and HD output. Critical analysis of recent and contemporary film and video practices.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide. In Fall Term, open to open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent), IASC 1F01 (1F00) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 1P95 recommended. Students with credit in FILM 2F98 may register. Contact Department. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 2P99

Introduction to Sound Design in Contemporary Art

(also offered as IASC 2P99 and STAC 2P99)

Approaches to the conceptualization and production of sound recording, notation, field-recording, Foley arts, soundtrack production, experimental music and performance and contemporary sound art.

Lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and GAMD majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), GAMD, IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent), IASC 1F01 (1F00) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 1P95 recommended. Students with credit in FILM 2F98 may register. Contact Department. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 2Q95

Introduction to Interactive Media

(also offered as IASC 2Q95 and STAC 2Q95)

Concepts and creation in electronic media enabled by physical interaction between a user/viewer and a sculpture, installation, sound and video environment or wearable media. Fundamental concepts of voltage, current and resistance. Use of simple circuits, sensors and switches, software interfaces and basic microprocessors.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1P93 (minimum 60 percent), 1P94 (minimum 60 percent), 1P95 (minimum 60 percent), 1P96 (minimum 60 percent), four COSC credits, two IASC credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: no previous experience in electronics required. Students might need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 1P95 recommended. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 2Q97

Digital Video for Game Applications

Concepts of basic videography and its applications within conceptual and aesthetic studio practice. Camerawork, composition and lighting; digital video and audio editing, special effects, composing, text and titling, and HD output. Critical analysis of recent and contemporary film and video practices.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to GAMD majors.

Prerequisite(s): IASC 1P04 AND 1P05.

Note: material fees required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

#VISA 2Q98

The Philosophy of Art

(also offered as PHIL 2Q98)

Classical theories of art through analysis of painting, photography, video, film, music and drama examining concepts such as beauty, creativity, artistic intention, perception, interpretation, and the nature and possible role of art.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99, one PHIL credit or permission of the instructor.

VISA 2Q99

Sound Design for Game Applications

Game sound development. Topics include the use of sound effects libraries, Foley and voiceover recording techniques, idiomatic music, and interactive art. Introduction to the application of studio effects, sound manipulation and editing through DAW software.

Lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to GAMD majors.

Prerequisite(s): IASC 1P04 and 1P05.

Note: material fees required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

#VISA 3F50

Reading the Italian Medieval & Renaissance City

(also offered as HIST 3F50, ITAL 3F50 and MARS 3F50)

Exploring key monuments, churches, museums and urban sites. Concept of the city as expressed through art, literature and architecture from Medieval to Baroque times. Historical and geographical influences and factors in shaping the city, its culture and traditions. Cities include Rome, Assisi, Siena and Florence.

Prerequisite(s): one VISA, HIST, ITAL or MARS credit or permission of the Italian Studies course co-ordinator.

Note: given in English. No knowledge of Italian is needed. Course begins in May on campus during the Spring Evening session. Departure for Italy: end of May-beginning of June for a 2-week study tour of Rome, Assisi, Florence and Siena. Students are responsible for travel, accommodation and other expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in VISA (ITAL) 2F99 and VISA (ITAL/MARS) 3M50.

VISA 3F91

Advanced Art Practice

Artistic research and creation from the perspective of project oriented, independent production. Development of artistic practices emphasizing concept to realization processes.

Lecture, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with a minimum of 12.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.

Completion of this course will replace previously assigned grade and credit obtained in VISA 3M90.

VISA 3F99

Honours Tutorial

Advanced study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.

Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average, a minimum 12.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.

Note: a written proposal, normally submitted in May of each year, must be approved by the Department before registration.

VISA 3M00-3M04

Special Studies in Art History

VISA 3M05-3M10

Art Studies Abroad

Unique cultural, architectural or regional setting examined through the eye of the visual artist, critic or art historian utilizing the host country's institutional resources, museums and galleries. For students with an interest in both studio and art history.

Restriction: permission of the Chair.

Prerequisite(s): one VISA credit or permission of the instructor.

#VISA 3M20-3M29

Study in Mediterranean Lands

(also offered as CLAS 3M20-3M29)

Topographical investigations of ancient sites and monuments. Study tours of the great cities and museums of the Mediterranean world emphasizing the art and architecture of the Prehistoric, Classical and later periods.

Restriction: permission of the Department.

Note: offered in the Spring or Summer Session for three or four weeks of intensive study abroad. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3M50-3M55

Travel and Study in Italy

Exploring cultural, historical, geographical and regional traditions of Italy.

Restriction: permission of the Department.

Note: offered in Italy during Spring/Summer session. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3M90-3M95

Special Studies in Visual Arts

Studies that combine theory and studio.

#VISA 3P01

Media Transformations in The Creative Arts

(also offered as IASC 3P01, MLLC 3P01 and STAC 3P01)

The trajectory and influences of new media on the development of and discourses in 20th Century and contemporary creative production including the arts, broadcast, film, video, and electronic arenas such as the internet, games and interactive media. Overview of fundamental concepts, practices and language. Consideration of aesthetics, production, script and story, direction, authorship, collaborative process and distribution.

Lectures, 3 hours per week, online

Prerequisite(s): two VISA, COMM, ENGL, IASC, STAC, WRDS (WRIT) credits or permission of the instructor.

VISA 3P03

Intermediate Painting

Painting techniques emphasizing compositional, formal and graphic elements.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P04 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3P04

Painting Concepts

Conceptual development, synthesis and integration of media emphasizing contemporary approaches and practices.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 3P03 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3P05

The European Avant-Garde: 1905-1970

Contextual analysis of the European and Russian avant-garde movements in art, design and architecture, emphasizing principal artists, theoretical or primary documents and the critical reaction.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P06

The American Avant-Garde: 1912-1970

From the Armory Show to the European influence on American art and photography of the Early Century, the International Style in architecture, to the emergence of the New York school, the Pop movement, Minimalism and conceptual art, and their hold on the art and culture of the 60s.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

*VISA 3P08

Gender and Art

(also offered as WGST 3P08)

Gender and identity politics in art and visual culture.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in STAC 3P08.

*VISA 3P10

Advanced Video Art

(also offered as IASC 3P10)

Creative, technical, and critical skills for video art production, post-production and critical evaluation. Through creative projects, critiques, screenings, readings, lectures and discussions, students will be introduced to a variety of forms and approaches to video art, emphasizing creating video art and its contextualization in contemporary art discourses.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until the date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): two VISA, IASC credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: completion of VISA 1P95 recommended. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Students may need field trip expenses which they must supply. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

#VISA 3P14

Dramatic Creation for Contemporary Cultural Practice

(also offered as DART 3P14, IASC 3P14, MLLC 3P14 and STAC 3P14)

Components of dramatic story. Understanding character, dramatic action, structure, direction, improvisation, tempo, rhythm, voice and body potential. Theory and practical application in projects for creators in the arts, media and film.

Seminar, workshop 3 hours per week.

Note: enrolment limited to 18 students. Materials fee required. Students might need additional materials, which they must supply.

Students will not receive earned credit for VISA 3P14 if DART 3F50, 3P53 or 3P92 have been successfully completed.

#VISA 3P22

Art and Architecture of the Roman Republic and Early Empire

(also offered as CLAS 3P22 and ITAL 3P22)

Art and architecture of the cultures of the Italian peninsula, in the first millennium BC, within the framework of cultural change and external influences.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: one credit from VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or CLAS recommended.

#VISA 3P23

Art and Architecture of the Roman Empire

(also offered as CLAS 3P23 and ITAL 3P23)

Roman art and architecture from Augustus to Late Antiquity. Christian art and architecture and the influence of Roman aesthetics on the Renaissance and beyond.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: one credit from VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or CLAS recommended.

#VISA 3P24

Art and Architecture of Early Greece

(also offered as CLAS 3P24)

Greek art and architecture from the end of the Bronze age through the end of the Archaic period within the framework of historical and cultural change.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: one credit from VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or CLAS recommended.

#VISA 3P25

Art and Architecture of Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World

(also offered as CLAS 3P25)

Greek art and architecture from the early Classical era through the Hellenistic period within the framework of historical and cultural change.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Note: one credit from VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or CLAS recommended.

VISA 3P26

Intermediate Darkroom Photography

Continuation of analogue processes and techniques, emphasizing historic and contemporary modes of image capture. History of photography, critical analysis and photographic theory.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P26 or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.Students are advised to provide their own 35 mm analog (film) camera with manual settings. Limited number of loaner cameras are available.

#VISA 3P41

Approaches to Curatorial Practice

(also offered as STAC 3P41)

Practical application of methodological and theoretical approaches to curating.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99; one credit from second or third-year VISA or STAC courses or permission of the Centre.

Note: participants may be required to travel to locations other than on campus. Students may need field trip expenses, which they must supply.

#VISA 3P42

Methods and Principles of Curating

(also offered as STAC 3P42)

Curatorial function of the museum, gallery and cultural organizations and the role of the curator in society. Critical and theoretical aspects of curating and methodological approaches to interpretation, dissemination and presentation of cultural artifacts, artworks and new forms of media.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99; one credit from second or third-year VISA or STAC courses, or permission of the Centre.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P50

Ecologies of Space

How we influence our environments, adapt to and utilize space; their cultural and social meanings; aesthetic, human or political implications; significance of built environments, architecture's role and public spaces; de-featured or non-spaces; natural habitats and representations of the natural; the artist's contribution to the evolution of postmodern geographies and monumental or site-specific space.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99; one History of Art and Visual Culture credit or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P52

Visual Culture and Science

Thematic explorations of the relations that exist between science and visual culture both in contemporary culture and in previous eras.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P90

Readings in Contemporary Art I: 1970-2000

Advanced seminar, emphasizing what constitutes the paradigm shift from Late Modernism to Postmodernism.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 9.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99; two History of Art and Visual Culture credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: required for all VISA (single) Honours students. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P91

Readings in Contemporary Art II: Art Now

Current trends in the production, reception and interpretation of art and discursive approaches to contemporary issues including the critical text, theoretical and cultural readings.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 9.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 3P90.

Note: required for all VISA (single) Honours students. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3P92

Imitation in Art and Culture

History and theory of imitation in Western Art and visual culture from Plato to postmodernism.

Lectures, seminar 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LART 3P92 and STAC 3P92.

VISA 3P93

Expressive Drawing

Advanced drawing as a means of expressing personal and subjective imagery.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): four VISA studio credits (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students might need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. VISA 2P94 recommended. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3P94

Contemporary Drawing

Advanced drawing which questions the boundaries of media, process and creative expression.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): four VISA studio credits (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students might need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3P95

Introduction to Animation

Individual creative digital and analog animation projects. Critical knowledge of the history of animation within Visual Art, its historical developments and major practitioners. Demonstrations and exercises in techniques including direct animation, stop motion, cutout, silhouette, puppet, Claymation, rotoscoping, etc.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1P95, 2P93 and 2P94 or permission of the instructor.

Note: students will need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3P97

Appropriation in Art and Culture

Authorship and appropriation in art and visual culture. Topics include the historical development of the notions of the artist, copyright and plagiarism, quotation, parody and intertextuality, the role of found objects, collage and montage, and the significance of digital technologies. Historical and contemporary examples from a wide range of media.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and VISA 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LART 3P97 and STAC 3P97.

VISA 3P98

Special Studies in Visual Culture: Picturing Animals

Representations of non-human animals in Western art and visual culture. Case studies in such areas as interspecies collaboration, scientific representation and technologies of image-making.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent), 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) and one History of Art and Visual Culture credit or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

#VISA 3P99

Interpretive and Critical Writing in the Arts

(also offered as MLLC 3P99, STAC 3P99 and WRDS 3P99)

Principles and methodologies for the written presentation and representation of works of art, artists' practice and events within general and specific disciplinary contexts, discourses and frameworks. Examples from across the arts; practice-based projects from real world events and performances. Orientation to specialized publics in print and other media.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Note: event attendance is required; Events fees required.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WRIT 3P99.

*VISA 3Q91

Research Seminar in Visual Art

(also offered as STAC 3Q91)

Major individual research project exploring critical knowledge of contemporary practices in cultural production including historical trajectories and major practitioners. Development of research processes from conceptualization and literature review to presentation and communication of project outcome.

Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours) BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum 75 percent major average and a minimum 9.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98, 1Q99 and two History of Art and Visual Culture credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: open to studio practitioners and visual culture/art historical/curatorial researchers. Additional materials may be required, which students must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3Q92

Professional Practice Methodologies

Professional art practices and technologies for artists, curators, and cultural industry professionals. Understanding contemporary art institutions, creating art documentation, portfolio strategies, writing artists'/exhibition statements and cv, proposal and grant writing, professional networking, and an introduction to commercial representation.

Lectures, seminar, experiential learning activities, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): two studio credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 3Q97

Advanced Photographic Processes

Contemporary methodologies, material experimentation and critical approaches to analogue and digital photographic production. History of photography, critical analysis and photographic theory.

Lectures, lab, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P26, 2P27 or permission of the instructor.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Students are advised to provide their own 35 mm analog (film) camera with manual settings and/or digital SLR camera with a megapixel rating of 12 minimum. Limited number of loaner cameras are available. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

*VISA 3Q99

Advanced Sound Design

(also offered as IASC 3Q99 and STAC 3Q99)

Further develop skills and acquire knowledge on the field of digital sound, focusing on recording theory, post-production techniques and presentation. Students will also learn about installation practices in Sound Art and the use of hardware and software to create sound-based art projects.

Lab, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single or combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to VISA (single or combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), IASC (single or combined) and STAC majors.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 2P99 or permission of the instructor.

Note: material fees required. Students may need additional materials and equipment, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 3V30-3V39

Selected Topics in Visual Arts

Selected issues in Visual Arts.

VISA 3V90-3V94

Selected Topics in Visual Arts

Selected issues in art.

VISA 3V95-3V99

Special Studies in Visual Culture

VISA 3V99

2020-2021: Visual Culture of the Apocalypse

Representations of apocalypse in art and visual culture. Topics may include pandemic imagery, climate change, and global religious traditions. Historical and contemporary examples from a variety of contexts.

Seminar, 3 hours per week

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99; two History of Art and Visual Culture credits or permission of the instructor.

VISA 4F06

Honours Studio

Advanced independent studio practice pursuing in-depth exploration of theoretical and methodological approaches to creation resulting in a critically engaged sustained body of work for public professional exhibition.

Studio work, 5 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average, minimum 15.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.

Corequisite(s): VISA 3Q91.

Note: enrolment may be restricted due to limitations of honours studio space. A written proposal, normally submitted in May of each year, must be approved by the Department before registration. Honours standing in VISA is required. Students will need additional materials which they must supply. Field trips may be required and are organized outside regular course meeting time. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

#VISA 4F40

Arts Management

(also offered as DART 4F40 and STAC 4F40)

Effective management of arts organizations to fulfill social and artistic mandates.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to VISA (single and combined), VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), CANA, DART (single and combined), DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and STAC majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Note: materials fee may be required.

#VISA 4F41

Curatorial Studies Practicum

(also offered as STAC 4F41)

Practical application of the critical and theoretical aspects of curating. Research and organization of an exhibition from proposal, thesis, work-plan, budget, marketing and program plan to dissemination and presentation of works of art within a professional gallery.

Lectures, seminar, lab, 6 hours per week.

Restriction: open to STAC, VISA (single and combined) and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) until date specified in registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the Centre.

Prerequisite(s): STAC or VISA 3P42.

Note: field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.

VISA 4F99

Honours Thesis

Critical, historical or creative project in the visual arts of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.

Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average, a minimum 15.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.

Note: projects must be arranged in the Spring for the following year. A written proposal, normally submitted in May of each year, must be approved by the Department before registration. Honours standing in VISA is required.

#VISA 4P01

Creating Social Value from Material Culture

(also offered as IASC 4P01, MLLC 4P01 and STAC 4P01)

Theory and practice of creating social value from material culture. Curatorial and interpretive practice in public institutions focusing on art, human and natural history, and science and technology. Informal learning theory, authority structures and community engagement, audience segmentation and selection, exhibit design, and collections development within social and political contexts.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: event attendance may be required. Events fees may be required.

VISA 4P03

Advanced Painting

Contemporary painting strategies and their dominant critiques. Readings in contemporary practice.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 3P03.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

VISA 4P04

Contemporary Painting

Creation of a body of paintings that reflect the inter-relationships among critical strategies, personal mythologies, process and meaning.

Lectures, studio work, 5 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 4P03.

Note: materials fee required. Students may need additional materials, which they must supply. Field trips may be required. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Due to space limitations, audits are not permitted in studio classes.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in VISA 3P96.

#VISA 4P68

Arts, Heritage and Culture: Public Policy and Governance

(also offered as CANA 4P68, DART 4P68 and STAC 4P68)

Examination of federal, provincial and municipal protocols governing heritage, fine and performing arts organizations and Canadian cultural production. Strategies for effective engagement of policy and planning through governance and community relations.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to STAC, CANA, DART (single or combined), DART (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), VISA (single or combined), SPMA and VISA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 14.0 overall credits or permission of the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture.

Note: materials fee may be required.

#VISA 4P72

High and Low Art: Intersections, Exchanges and Flows

(also offered as IASC 4P72, MLLC 4P72 and STAC 4P72)

The exchange between high art and entertainment, considering intertextuality and cultural appropriation; the changing role of museums and community-based arts; and the migration of values and tastes between market-driven and not-for-profit cultural outcomes.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 14.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.

Note: event attendance is required; event fees required.

VISA 4P90

Forbidden Knowledge, Dangerous Art

Works of art and other cultural objects that were banned or challenged for religious, moral or political reasons.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VISA 1Q98 (minimum 60 percent) and VISA 1Q99 (minimum 60 percent) or permission of the instructor.

Note: students may need field trip expenses which they must supply.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LART 4P90 and STAC 4P90.

#VISA 4V30-4V39

Special topics in Mediterranean Art and Architecture

(also offered as CLAS 4V30-4V39)

Selected topics and problems in current art historical and archaeological research pertaining to the art and architecture of the ancient Greek or Roman world.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one credit from VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99, VISA 2P41, 2P92, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, 3P52, CLAS 2P32, 2P34, 3V30-3V39 or permission of the Department.

VISA 4V70-4V79

Advanced Studies in Visual Culture