12.32 Visual Arts

12.32.1 1st Year

100A/B

Drawing I

is the fundamentals of drawing with study of line, tone, shape, volume, form, texture, space. Emphasis on drawing the human figure and studio problems.

AR: attendance is required

CO: Visual Arts 110A/B and Visual Arts 120A/B

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

110A/B

Two Dimensional Design and Media

is principles of colour theory and colour mixing. Painting techniques in various media. Emphasis on rendering of form in space and organization of two dimensional surface through studio problems.

AR: attendance is required

CO: Visual Arts 100A/B and Visual Arts 120A/B

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

1000

Introduction to Two-Dimensional Media

is an introduction to two-dimensional media (design, drawing and painting) that will provide students with both studio experience and an increased sensitivity to aesthetic concerns. Students will investigate design principles through an exploration of visual fundamentals. The course will also cover basic drawing, including drawing from life and will introduce the study of colour through the use of a variety of media. These concepts will be explored through lecture and/or studio experiences. Students are not expected to have previous drawing or art experience.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 3 hours of studio per week

1001

Introduction to Process Based Media

is an introduction to process-based media that will provide students with both studio experience and an increased sensitivity to aesthetic concerns. Students will be shown the fundamental concepts of a variety of process-based media with selections being made from the media of printmaking, sculpture and photo media (photography, digital imaging, performance, video). These concepts will be explored through lecture and/or studio experiences. Students are not expected to have previous art experience.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 3 hours of studio per week

120A/B

Three Dimensional Design and Media

is three dimensional form and spatial organization. Exploration of sculptural media through studio problems.

AR: attendance is required

CO: Visual Arts 100A/B and Visual Arts 110A/B

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

AR = Attendance requirement; CH = Credit hours are 3 unless otherwise noted; CO = Co-requisite(s); CR = Credit can be retained for only one course from the set(s) consisting of the course being described and the course(s) listed; LC = Lecture hours per week are 3 unless otherwise noted; LH = Laboratory hours per week; OR = Other requirements of the course such as tutorials, practical sessions, or seminars; PR = Prerequisite(s); UL = Usage limitation(s).

12.32.2 2nd Year

2000

Second Year Drawing I

is development of drawing skills with emphasis on the human figure and studio problems.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2001

Second Year Drawing II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 2000.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2000

2100

Introductory Painting I

is painting media applied to problems of spatial structure, light, colour, volume and surface relationships.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2101

Introductory Painting II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 2100.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2100

2200

Introductory Sculpture I

is development of accurate and expressive control of three-dimensional media.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2201

Introductory Sculpture II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 2200.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2200

2300

Introductory Printmaking I

- inactive course.

2301

Introductory Printmaking II

- inactive course.

2310

Introductory Printmaking: Relief

is an intensive exploration of Relief Printmaking concepts and techniques using wood and lino.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2311

Introductory Printmaking: Intaglio

is an intensive exploration of Intaglio Printmaking concepts and techniques. Also includes monoprint and collograph experience.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2320

Introductory Printmaking: Serigraphy

is an intensive exploration of Serigraphic Printmaking concepts and techniques.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2321

Introductory Printmaking: Lithography

is an intensive exploration of Lithographic Printmaking concepts and techniques.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2400

Introductory Photography I

is basic techniques of black and white photography including negative exposure, film development and print production.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2401

Introductory Photography II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 2400.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2400

2600

Introductory Digital Imaging I

is an introduction to the computer as an art-making tool. Computer basics. Creation acquisition, manipulation and output of digital images using several applications.

AR: attendance is required

PR: Visual Arts 100A/B, Visual Arts 110A/B, and Visual Arts 120A/B

2601

Introductory Digital Imaging II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 2600. Students will learn to create original artworks directly on the computer and how to incorporate images from other sources using a colour scanner. The ethics, aesthetics and theory of digital image-making for artists will also be addressed.

AR: attendance is required

PR: Visual Arts 2600

12.32.3 3rd Year

3000

Intermediate Drawing I

is further development of drawing skills.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2001

3001

Intermediate Drawing II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 3000.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3000

3100

Intermediate Painting I

is continued development of painting stressing personal expression and critical awareness.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2101

3101

Intermediate Painting II

is a continuation of Visual Arts 3100.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3100

3200

Intermediate Sculpture I

is continued development of skills in sculpture media.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2201

3201

Intermediate Sculpture II

is a continuation of Visual Arts 3200.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3200

3300

Intermediate Printmedia I

is projects in Printmedia. In consultation with the instructor students will select the medium or combination of media in which to work.

AR: attendance is required

CR: the former Visual Arts 3310 and 3220

OR: 6 hours of studio per week.

PR: 6 credit hours from any of Visual Arts 2310, 2311, 2320, 2321

3301

Intermediate Printmedia II

is projects in Printmedia. In consultation with the instructor students will select the medium or combination of media in which to work.

AR: attendance is required

CR: the former Visual Arts 3311 and Visual Arts 3321

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3300

3350

Directed Studies in Printmaking

is a professional work/study experience in Printmaking. The student will undertake his or her own projects in Printmaking. In addition, he/she will assist the Director and/or Master printer at St. Michael's Printshop in the day to day operations of the studio. The student will be required to write a paper on an aspect of Printmaking as it pertains to St. Michael’s Printshop. Normally this course is available during Spring Session only (May to mid-August) so that students can experience the complete summer activities scheduled at St. Michael’s.

PR: 6 credit hours chosen from Visual Arts 2310, Visual Arts 2311, Visual Arts 2320, or Visual Arts 2321, and permission of the Program Chair

3400

Intermediate Photography I

is critical evaluation of photographs. Continued development of photographic skills, use of colour and larger camera formats.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 2401

3401

Intermediate Photography II

is a continuation of Visual Arts 3400.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3400

3500

Combined Media I

is thematic projects in combined media. In consultation with the instructor students will select the combination of media in which to work.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: permission of the Program Chair or 48 credit hours in Visual Arts courses

3501

Combined Media II

is a continuation of Visual Arts 3500.

AR: attendance is required

OR: 6 hours of studio per week

PR: Visual Arts 3500

3510

Digital Multi-Media I

is an exploration of computer based multi-media production on the computer involving 2-D and 3-D graphics, animation, video, sound and text.

AR: attendance is required

PR: Visual Arts 2601

3511

Digital Multi-Media II

is a continuation of the work begun in Visual Arts 3510. Students will learn how to create original artworks directly on the computer and how to incorporate still images, moving images, sound and text using a colour scanner, video camera, video cassette recorder, midi devices, etc. The ethics, aesthetics and theory of digital multi-media production for artists will also be addressed.

AR: attendance is required

PR: Visual Arts 3510

12.32.4 4th Year

4950

Independent Projects in Studio I

will have students, under the supervision of a faculty member, produce an independent body of exploratory work and a related written artist statement and description of the progress and development of their work, and attend meetings with their faculty advisor. Students are required to submit work for evaluation at three critiques during the semester, and present a body of work and written documents to their advisor at the end of semester.

AR: attendance is required

PR: 54 credit hours of studio courses

4951

Independent Project in Studio II

will have students, under the supervision of a faculty member, produce an independent body of consistent work, and attend meetings with their faculty advisor. Students are required to submit work for evaluation at three critiques during the semester, and present a body of work and written documents to their advisor at the end of semester.

AR: attendance in required

PR: Visual Arts 4950

12.32.5 Art History

The prerequisite for all 3000-level courses is Visual Arts 2701 or History 1101 or permission of the Chair, Visual Arts.

No students shall register in any course having an initial digit "4" unless they have successfully completed at least 6 credit hours in Art History courses or by permission of the Chair, Visual Arts.

2700

Art History Survey I

is the history of art from pre-historic times to the Renaissance.

CR: History 2700

2701

Art History Survey II

is the history of art from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

CR: History 2701

3700

Art History: The Italian Renaissance

is an overview of the art and architecture of Renaissance Italy with an emphasis upon the historical context in which art was produced.

CR: History 3700

3701

Art History: The Renaissance Outside Italy

is the Renaissance outside Italy from the late fourteenth century and the International style through the 16th century. As with the Italian Renaissance the art and architecture will be discussed in its historical context.

CR: History 3701

3702-3721

Art History: Special Topics

has a range of special topics which might include: Early Renaissance Art, Art of the Later Renaissance, Canadian Art to 1900, 20th C. Canadian Art, American Art to 1900, History Context and Modern Users.

3620

Philosophy of Art

is an introduction to aesthetics; applications in Visual Arts, music and drama.

CR: Philosophy 3620

3820

Religion and the Arts

is an examination of the role of art in the expression of religious ideas, together with a study of specific religious themes and concerns in one or more of the following: literature, film, music, painting, sculpture, and dance.

CR: Religious Studies 3820

PR: Religious Studies 2810 or permission of the Department of Religious Studies

4700-4729

Art History: Special Topics

has a range of senior topics which might include: British Art and Architecture, Modern Art, Modern Art II, Aesthetics, 17th and 18th Century Art, 19th Century Art, Research Project in Modernism.

4730

Art History: Modern Art I: Precursors to Modernism

is an examination of the cultural, social, and political forces which, from 1750 to 1850, were to have a major impact on modernity and later modern art.

CO: 6 credit hours in Art History or permission of the Chair of the Visual Arts program

CR: History 4730

PR: 6 credit hours in Art History or permission of the Chair of the Visual Arts program

4731

Art History: Modern Art II: Early Modernism

is an examination of the various cultural and social forces between 1850 and 1914 which shaped the rise of the Modern movement.

CO: 6 credit hours in Art History or permission of the Chair of the Visual Arts program

CR: History 4731

PR: 6 credit hours in Art History or permission of the Chair of the Visual Arts program

4740

Current Issues in Art

is studies in Contemporary Art.

4741

Art Criticism

is theories of Art Criticism.