Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) – 120 credits (4 years)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) – 120 credits (4 years)
Total
Total
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
4th year
120 credits
(40 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
30 credits
(10 courses)
Core courses
ENG1100 Workshop in
Essay Writing
PHI1101 Reasoning and
Critical Thinking
12 credits
(4 courses)
3 credits from:
AHL1100 Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in
the Arts1
AHL1900 Initiation aux
études interdisciplinaires en
Arts / Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in
the Arts1
ENG1120 Literature and
Composition I: Prose Fiction
ENG1121 Literature and
Composition II: Drama and
Poetry
Fine Arts
First module
3 credits from:
AHL1100 Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in
the Arts1
AHL1900 Initiation aux
études interdisciplinaires en
Arts / Introduction to
interdisciplinary study in
the Arts1
PHI1102 Moral reasoning
PHI1103 Fundamental
Philosophical Questions
PHI1104 Great Philosophers
72 credits
(24 courses)
ART1311 The Painting Field
ART1321 The Autonomous
Object
ART1331 The Photograph
and Visual Culture
ART1341 Time-Based Art
ART2360 Histories of Art I2
ART2361 Histories of Art II2
ART3170 Modern Art
and the Crisis of
Representation
ART171 Art, Utopia
and the Avant-garde
ART3180 Art after
Modernism
ART3181 Artistic
Strategies of the
Postmodern Era
ART4987 Professional
Practices in Art
ART4988 Intensive Studio
Practice
ART4989 From Studio to
Exhibition
3 credits from:
ART4919 Painting: Practice
and Idea
ART4929 Sculpture/Media
Studio
ART4936 Photography/
Media Studio
9 optional course credits in visual arts (ART) (P) in a principal discipline
(Painting/Drawing, Sculpture, Photography or Media) and,
3 optional course credits in visual arts (ART) (P) at the 3000 level in the
same principal discipline
9 optional course credits in visual arts (ART) (P)
3 optional course credits in visual arts (ART) (P) at the 3000 level
6 optional course credits in history and theory of arts (ART) (H)
Minor
0 or 30 credits
(0 or 10 courses)
Students have the option of adding a minor (30 credits) in any of a number of disciplines offered
at the Telfer School of Management or at the faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science, Health
Sciences or Social Sciences.
Note that secondary school prerequisite courses may be required for the second module.
Electives
Second module
Optional minor added after first year.
6 or 36 credits
(2 or 12 courses)
In the minor option, students must take 6 elective credits (2 courses).
In all other cases, students must take 36 elective credits.
Notes
1
This course has variable topics. Students may take this course twice
2
The introductory survey courses, ART2360 Histories of Art I and ART2361 Histories of Art II, are required for all undergraduates in the
Department of Visual Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts; Major in Visual Arts; Major and Minor in History and Theory of Art), and are pre-requisites
for all compulsory 3000-level courses, so should therefore be taken in first year to ensure graduation on time.
3 credits = 1 course
Valid for the 2015-2016 academic year.
For more information, see page ##.
List of Optional Courses
ART2913 Peinture et image I : Matérialité et méthode / Painting and Image I: Materiality and Process
ART2914 Peinture et image II : Motif et métaphore / Painting and Image II: Motif and Metaphor
ART2915 Peinture et contexte I : Observation et méthode / Painting and Context I: Observation and Process
ART2916 Peinture et contexte II : Espace et lieu / Painting and Context II: Space and Site
ART2923 Sculpture en transformation : Matérialité et méthode / Sculpture in Transformation : Materiality and Process
ART2925 Sculpture et image / Sculpture and Image
ART2926 Sculpture et concept / Sculpture and Concept
ART2928 Sculpture et corps / Sculpture and the Body
ART2932 Atelier de photographie numérique I / Digital Photography Workshop I
ART2934 Photographie caméra 4 x 5 / Large Format Photography
ART2935 Lighting on Location and in the studio / Mise en scène : éclairage sur place et en studio
ART2940 Art Vidéo / Video Art
ART2941 Art médiatique : installation/Installation Media Art
ART2942 Art électronique/Electronic Art
ART2943 Art médiatique : pratiques publiques/Media Art Practices
ART2951 Dessin I : Matérialité et méthode / Drawing I: Materiality and Process
ART2952 Dessin II : La forme humaine / Drawing II: The Figure
ART3916 Peinture et source I : Questions de représentation / Painting and Source I: Issues of Representation
ART3917 Peinture et source II : Structures narratives et séries / Painting and Source II: Narrative and Series
ART3926 Sculpture en contexte I : Pratiques en installation / Sculpture in Context I: Practices in Installation
ART3927 Sculpture en contexte II : Approches à la performance / Sculpture in Context II: Practices in Performance
ART3933 Photographie et contexte contemporain / Photography and Contemporary Context
ART3934 Techniques et critiques en photographie / Techniques and Critiques in Photography
ART3944 Arts médiatiques électroniques/Electronic Media Art
ART3945 Atelier d'image médiatique/Image Media Studio
ART3952 Dessin III : Dessin analytique / Drawing III: Analytical Drawing
ART3953 Dessin IV : Expressivité / Drawing IV: Expressivity