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Our programs take you on an exploration of the visual arts, with a special emphasis on contemporary creation. Both programs include compulsory practical and theoretical courses that encourage both creation and reflection. The Department provides photography and media art labs as well as painting, drawing and sculpture studios. In the heart of Ottawa, you also have access to a wealth of artistic venues such as the National Gallery and the Ottawa Art Gallery. In addition, you train under the guidance of nationally and internationally recognized artists, curators, art historians and theorists. While maintaining its focus on traditional disciplines (drawing, painting, sculpture and photography), the Department also helps you discover the use of new media and technologies in the visual arts.
The Department of Visual Arts also offers a Major and a Minor in Art History.
This program is offered in English and in French.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 calendars for the previous requirements.
This program cannot be combined with the Major in Visual Arts nor the Major or Minor in Art History.
This program leads to the Master of Fine Arts program (MFA).
Course List
Code Title Units
Basic Skills
ENG 1100 Workshop in Essay Writing 3 Units
3 course units from: 3 Units
PHI 1101 Reasoning and Critical Thinking
PHI 1301 Philosophy: Ideas and Arguments
3 course units from: 3 Units
AHL 1100 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1
AHL 1900 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1
ENG 1120 Selected Topics in Literature and Composition
3 course units from: 3 Units
AHL 1100 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1
AHL 1900 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Study in the Arts 1
PHI 1102 Moral Reasoning
PHI 1103 Fundamental Philosophical Questions
PHI 1104 Great Philosophers
PHI 1302 Philosophy: Themes and Texts
Total: 12 Units
Course List
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Compulsory courses at the 1000 level
ART 1311 Introduction to Painting 3 Units
ART 1321 Introduction to Sculpture 3 Units
ART 1331 Introduction to Analog Photography 3 Units
ART 1341 Art, Time and the Technological Imagination 3 Units
ART 1360 Histories of Art I 2 3 Units
ART 1361 Histories of Art II 2 3 Units
Compulsory courses at the 2000 level
ART 2170 19th Century Art: 1789-1900 3 Units
ART 2171 Modern Art: 1900-1945 3 Units
Compulsory courses at the 3000 level
ART 3180 Art After Modernism: 1945-1978 3 Units
ART 3181 Postmodernism and Art: 1978-2000 3 Units
Compulsory courses at the 4000 level
ART 4986 Intensive Studio Practice 6 Units
ART 4987 Professional Practices in Art 3 Units
ART 4989 From Studio to Exhibition 3 Units
Optional courses
18 optional studio course units in visual arts (ART) 18 Units
6 optional studio course units in visual arts (ART) at the 3000 level 6 Units
6 optional course units in art history (ART) 3, 4 6 Units
Elective courses
36 elective course units 36 Units
Total: 108 Units
The electives may be replaced by a combination of a Minor, Microprogram(s), and/or elective units.
Note(s)
1
This course has variable topics. Students may take this course twice.
2
The introductory survey courses, ART 1360 and ART 1361, are required for all undergraduates in the Department of Visual Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts; Major in Visual Arts; Major and Minor in Art History), and are prerequisites for all compulsory 3000-level courses, so should therefore be taken in first year to ensure graduation on time.
3
Other courses may be selected in consultation with the Department.
4
The course AMT 3105 can count towards this requirement.
List of Optional Courses - Studio
Course List
Code Title Units
ART 1900 Drawing from Life: Fundamentals 3 Units
ART 2191 Special Topics 3 Units
ART 2913 Painting and Image I: Materiality and Process 3 Units
ART 2914 Abstraction in Painting 3 Units
ART 2915 Painting and Context I: Observation and Process 3 Units
ART 2916 Painting and Context II: Space and Site 3 Units
ART 2923 Sculpture in Transformation: Materiality and Process 3 Units
ART 2925 Elements of Contemporary Sculpture 3 Units
ART 2926 Sculpture and Concept 3 Units
ART 2928 Sculpture and the Body 3 Units
ART 2932 Digital Photography Workshop I 3 Units
ART 2934 Large Format Photography 3 Units
ART 2935 Mise en scène: Lighting on Location and in the Studio 3 Units
ART 2940 Play: Art and Making Games 3 Units
ART 2941 Non-Standard: Creative Uses of Light and Sound 3 Units
ART 2942 Lively Spaces and Objects: Fundamentals of Interactivity 3 Units
ART 2943 Synthetic Art: Computer Generated Sound and Image 3 Units
ART 2951 Drawing I: Materiality and Process 3 Units
ART 2952 Drawing: Animals, Humans and other living forms 3 Units
ART 3916 Painting and Source I: Issues of Representation 3 Units
ART 3917 Painting and Source II: Narrative and Series 3 Units
ART 3926 Sculpture and Installation 3 Units
ART 3927 Relational Sculpture 3 Units
ART 3933 Photography and Contemporary Context 3 Units
ART 3934 Hybrid Photographic Methods, Analog-digital 3 Units
ART 3935 Special Topics in Photography 3 Units
ART 3944 The New Commons: Art Outside the Gallery 3 Units
ART 3945 Frames-Per-Second: Art and the Moving Image 3 Units
ART 3952 Analytical Drawing and Graphic Design 3 Units
ART 3953 Drawing IV: Expressivity 3 Units
List of optional courses - History of Art
Course List
Code Title Units
ART 1360 Histories of Art I 3 Units
ART 1361 Histories of Art II 3 Units
ART 2170 19th Century Art: 1789-1900 3 Units
ART 2171 Modern Art: 1900-1945 3 Units
ART 3116 Art and New Technologies 3 Units
ART 3117 Art and Gender 3 Units
ART 3118 Art, Globalization and Cultural Hybridities 3 Units
ART 3180 Art After Modernism: 1945-1978 3 Units
ART 3181 Postmodernism and Art: 1978-2000 3 Units
ART 3334 Canadian Art and Cultural Identities 3 Units
ART 3344 Museum Studies and Artistic Practices 3 Units
ART 3354 Indigenous Arts 3 Units
ART 3364 Histories and Theories of Photography 3 Units
ART 4115 Special Topics in Art History 3 Units
ART 4118 Special Topics in Contemporary Art 3 Units
ART 4119 Curating for Contemporary Art 3 Units
ART 4161 Special Topics in Arts, Heritage and Policy 3 Units
ART 4355 Research Seminar in Art History 3 Units
ART 4900 Apprenticeship 3 Units
ART 4910 Venice: Intensive Field Course on Global Contemporary Art 3 Units
ART 4915 Special Topics in Art History 3 Units
ART 4955 Research Seminar in Art History 3 Units
ART 4956 Directed Research I 3 Units
ART 4957 Directed Research II 3 Units
ART 4961 Special Topics in Arts, Heritage and Policy 3 Units
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