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ABORIGINAL VISUAL CULTURE

The focus of this interdisciplinary minor is contemporary practice, theory and expression in First Nations, Métis and Inuit art and design in Canadian and international contexts. This minor integrates Aboriginal perspectives into course syllabi and places Aboriginal faculty in the studios and classrooms.

COURSE           COURSE NAME 
CODE 
CREDIT
The following courses are required: 
ABVC 2B01    The Story of Us: Aboriginal Peoples of the Americas 0.5
VISA 3B42     Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary
                     First Nations Art
0.5
Choose four elective courses as follows, including at least three at the third- or fourth-year level:
0.5 credit from Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences, one of:
ENGL 3B08    Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and  
                    Narrative Tradition
0.5
VISC 2B11    Reclaiming Indigenous Voice And Vision
                    (not offered 2011-2012)
0.5
VISA 2B32    Canadian Art: The Modern Era 0.5
VISC 3B28    Latin American Art: Indigenous and Hybrid Cultures
                    (not offered 2011-2012)
0.5
VISA 3B96    Special Topic in Visual Culture: Aboriginal Cultural  
                    Politics: Gender, Art and Activism
0.5
VISC 4B13    Modern Mexican Art (not offered 2011-2012) 0.5
VISC 4B17    Reading Images of Aboriginal People
                    (not offered 2011-2012)
0.5
VISC 4B21    Arts & Cultures of Asia & Oceania
                    (not offered 2011-2012)
0.5
0.5 credit from Faculty of Art, one of:
DRPT 3B24    Rethinking Abstraction from an Aboriginal
                    Perspective
0.5
SCIN 3B13     Introduction to Contemporary Aboriginal
                    Sculptural Practices
0.5
0.5 credit from Faculty of Design, one of:
GDES 4B13    Designing Across Differences: Aboriginal
                     Communities
0.5
GDES 4B10    Kanata, The Village: Sustainability And Survivance
                     In Aboriginal Design
0.5
Plus 0.5 additional credit from any of the above elective course lists
Total 3.0

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