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2006 Summer Courses

Dates & Deadlines
Registration Summer
Fees / Refunds
Summer Admission (non program students)

Summer Durations

Summer courses run for three, six or twelve week periods. Classes take place from one to four days per week and may be scheduled mornings, afternoons and/or evenings.

Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, 2006
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, 2006
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, 2006
Duration 4: June 5 to June 23, 2006
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, 2006

2006 Summer Courses

Summer courses are open to all program students who meet prerequisite requirements.

Faculty of Art

Drawing & Painting
DRPT 2B01 Painting: Observation
DRPT 2B07 Figurative Drawing
DRPT 2B13 Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT) (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
DRPT 2B24 Materials and Processes
DRPT 2B39 Painting and Digital Imaging (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
DRPT 2B41 Landscape Drawing
DRPT 2C03 Painting Studio
DRPT 3B21 Process as Art: Meaning of Materials

General Art
GART 1B04 Colour & Composition (Cancelled as of May 25, 2006)
GART 1B05 Form and Structure (Art) (Cancelled as of May 4, 2006)
GART 1B06 Time-Based Media
GART 1B14 Nature and Culture
GART 1C00 Drawing (Cancelled as of May 4, 2006)

Photography
PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Basic
PHOT 2B05 Colour I
PHOT 2B07 Digital Imaging I
PHOT 2B15 Photography: Experimental Contemporary Processes
PHOT 3B02 Photography: Experimental Historical Processes (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
PHOT 3B19 Professional Practices & Applications

Printmaking
PRNT 2B01 Introduction to Screenprinting
PRNT 2B18 Printmaking for Painters
PRNT 2B20 Book Arts: Bookbinding
PRNT 2B26 Nano-Publishing: Independent Publication
PRNT 2B95 General Printmaking Studio

Faculty of Design

General Design
GDES 1B00 Intro Drawing: Concept and Practice
GDES 1B12 The Illustrator’s Toolkit
GDES 1B23 Design Process
GDES 1B24 Colour and Two-dimensional Design (Design)
GDES 1B25 Form and Structure (Design)
GDES 1B26 Principles of Interaction Design
GDES 1B27 Graphic Communication (Rescheduled as of June 19, 2006) 
GDES 1B28 Objects and Environments
GDES 3B06 Guerrilla Entrepreneurism I
GDES 3B10 Art of Presentation
GDES 4B03 Internship

Material Art & Design
MAAD 2B01 Intro to Fibre
MAAD 2B08 Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting
MAAD 2B14 Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication
MAAD 2B15 Intro to Ceramics

Faculty of Liberal Studies

English
ENGL 1B01 Critical Writing for Creative Thinkers
ENGL 1B02 Critical Writing for Creative Thinkers - ESL
ENGL 1B03 The Essay and the Argument
ENGL 2B03 Introduction to Literary Criticism
ENGL 3B01 The Artist in European and American Literature (Cancelled as of April 17, 2006)
ENGL 4B03 European Literary Classics and Criticism

History & Theory of Visual Culture
VISC 1B03 Culture, History & Ideas
VISC 1B06 Introduction to Visual Culture
VISC 1B90 New Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture (Cancelled as of April 17, 2006)
VISC 2B07 History of Modern Art
VISC 2B36 History and Evolution of Typography
VISC 2B38 Design Methodologies: Theories and Concepts
VISC 2B39 Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century
VISC 3B07 Art of the Italian Renaissance
VISC 3B26 Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism (New course offered as of April 17, 2006)
VISC 3B33 Canadian Cinema
VISC 4B10 Politics of Painting

Humanities
HUMN 2B01 Aesthetics
HUMN 3B02 The Romantic Rebellion in Europe
HUMN 3B93 Special Topics in Humanities – Comparative Religions
HUMN 4B17 Feminist Theory (New course offered as of April 17, 2006)
HUMN 4B18 Postmodernism: Critical Perspectives

Science/Technology/Mathematics
SCTM 2B10 Introduction to Psychology
SCTM 2B20 Introduction to Earth Sciences

Social Sciences
SOSC 2B02 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies
SOSC 3B01 Gender, Globalization and Social Change
SOSC 3B02 Material Culture and Consumer Society
SOSC 3B03 Sociology of the Body

Addendum

Students wishing to register for a Liberal Studies summer course that is full should contact the Liberal Studies office on Tuesday, April 18 for updates on new sections.

Course Descriptions

DRPT 2B01
Painting: Observation
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 1, May 15 to June 2, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Gregory Hindle
Painting from direct observation develops and expands our ability to see, perceive and translate experience. Systems of representation are examined through various subjects. Techniques such as underpainting, glazing, scumbling and alla prima (direct) painting are utilized to explore the expressive potential of painting media.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

DRPT 2B07
Figurative Drawing
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 4, June 5 to June 23, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Gregory Hindle
This course focuses on drawing from human figure. In a range of structured exercises varying from short gestures to sustained poses, the principles of composition, proportion and volume are explored through line and tone and the modeling of light and shadow. Anatomy and portraiture are introduced, as well as techniques such as measuring and reference point, hatching and contour drawing.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

DRPT 2B13 (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
Contemporary Issues: Art Today (DRPT)
0.5 credit | Studio-Seminar
Duration: 2, May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm,
Instructor: Sarindar Dhaliwal
Duration:5, June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm, Instructor: tba
This introductory studio-seminar course exposes students to some of the issues, theories, conceptual and formal strategies that inform contemporary art practice. This specific offering concentrates on drawing and painting with reference to other media. Each weekly seminar explores current ideas and discourses through some of the following: presentations of artists’ works, analysis of assigned readings, and students’ presentations of their own projects.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Note: Must be completed at the 200 level by all Drawing & Painting Majors.

DRPT 2B24
Materials and Processes
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 4, June 5 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Nicole Collins
A fundamental understanding of media results when students make their own paint and gesso. Selected painting and drawing materials, processes and techniques are introduced in slide lectures and workshops. A range of media is explored, including oils, temperas, metalpoint and encaustic wax. Processes for study include opaque and transparent systems, optical colour mixing and altering viscosity through the use of mediums. Healthy and safe studio practice is emphasized.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Note: A materials fee is collected in the first class. This course is a prerequisite for DRPT 3B21 Process as Art: Meaning of Materials.

DRPT 2B39 (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
Painting and Digital Imaging
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Luke Painter
The capacity to manipulate and synthesize images digitally from a vast number of sources allows artists increased latitude in generating ideas for paintings. In this studio/lab-based course, students use the computers, digital cameras and scanners to gather images and create compositions for their paintings. Through a combination of painting and digital experiments, students explore a range of possibilities for expanding the painter’s vocabulary.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

DRPT 2B41
Landscape Drawing
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 4, June 5 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Gregory Hindle
Students in this course develop drawing and sketching techniques by working directly from the landscape to render a range of views from the panoramic to individual objects of nature. Through observation of nature-based subjects, students learn to represent light and develop personal expression.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

DRPT 2C03
Painting Studio
1.0 credit | Studio
Duration: 1, May 15 to June 2, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 am – 5 pm,
Instructor: Stephen Ibbott
Duration: 5, June 26 – August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm,
Instructor: Mark Bell (Duration 5 cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
Contemporary practices are introduced in a series of paintings that sequentially identify and build technical and critical vocabulary. Basic skills are defined and developed through projects that relate materials and techniques to concept development and presentation. Multiple acrylic painting systems are explored through a variety of subjects. Students learn to build and prepare a range of painting supports. Safe and healthy procedures are introduced.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Note: Must be completed at the 200 level by all Drawing & Painting Majors. Priority registration for all DRPT Majors.

DRPT 3B21
Process as Art: Meaning of Materials
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration: 4, June 5 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Nicole Collins
When "the medium is the message," material and process become their own subject matter. Students propose studies in selected media such as encaustic, oils, temperas, acrylic, plastic and latex products, spray paints, marker pens, copy-art and digitally generated/altered images, and experiment with materials and processes to express content and intent. Depth of experience is achieved through the development of a series of related works undertaken as independent research directed by the faculty.

Prerequisite: DRPT 2B24 Materials and Processes or DRPT 2B05 Alternative Media/Techniques

Notes: A materials fee is applied to this course.

ENGL 1B01
Critical Writing for Creative Thinkers
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Leanna McLennan 
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Lisa Tomlinson
The aim of this seminar course is to allow students to explore the connections between themselves as writers, their social role, and written texts. Through short lectures, group work, peer reviews, and instructor feedback, students undergo an intensive, rigorous learning process designed to be useful to them as practicing artists, designers, researchers, and critics. A substantial component of this course is on the grammar of Written English. Written assignments include objective and subjective description, design scenes and procedures, and analytical and research essays.

Anti-requisite: Students who have a credit in ENGL 2B30 are not eligible to take this course for credit.

ENGL 1B02
Critical Writing for Creative Thinkers - ESL
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Catherine Black
This course has the same aim and essentially the same curriculum as ENGL 1B01 but is tailored to address the writing needs of students whose first language is not English. The course is taught by instructors experienced with teaching ESL students. (See course description for ENGL 1B01)

Anti-requisite: Anti-requisite: Students who have a credit in ENGL 2B30 are not eligible to take this course for credit.

ENGL 1B03
The Essay and the Argument
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: John Gudmundson 
Designed for students who have mastered the basics of good writing, this course focuses on the essay—personal, analytical, whimsical, and research-based—and how to develop a clear, compelling and persuasive argument. Students will read some of the best models of the essay, which may include works by, among others, Montaigne, Swift, Lincoln, Twain, Woolf, Orwell, Sartre, Nabokov, Woodcock, Bettelheim, Arendt, M. L. King, and Kincaid. At the same time they will practice the art of writing in a variety of rhetorical modes.

Prerequisite: English Placement Test results and permission of the Faculty of Liberal Studies.

Anti-requisite: Students who have a credit in ENGL 2B30 are not eligible to take this course for credit.

ENGL 2B03
Introduction to Literary Criticism
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Tanya d'Anger
The focus of this course will be twofold. Firstly, it will seek to articulate the ways in which critical thinking has developed in literary criticism from the classical to the contemporary period. From this perspective, we will trace the influences of classical thought on contemporary schools by introducing students to a range of methodologies, which will include the following: formalism, semiotics, new criticism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, queer theory and critical race studies. Secondly, by using this historical and theoretical paradigm as a frame of reference, the course will shift into a critical analysis of theorizing by questioning the presuppositions that underlie various developments in the tradition of critical thinking. Students will be encouraged to consider the relevance of both ancient and current methodologies in relation to issues of representation and power relations in the contemporary world.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level or permission of instructor.

Note: prerequisite for 400 level ENGL courses and strongly recommended in advance of 300 level ENGL courses.

ENGL 3B01 (Cancelled as of April 17, 2006)
The Artist in European and American Literature
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 26, Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Leanna McLennan
This literature course considers the topic of the artist in the literature of Europe and America, exploring depictions of artists, the nature of creativity, and the social role and aspirations of art. In the light of changing ideas about the nature of humanity and of ideals of individuality, democracy, and reason, Western authors have viewed the creativity of both visual and verbal artist in diverse yet motivated ways.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC or permission of instructor.

Note: ENGL 2B03 is strongly recommended in advance of 300 level ENGL courses.

ENGL 4B03
European Literary Classics and Criticism
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Lynn Crosbie
The course aims to cover questions such as: How do literary and cultural theorists approach literary texts? How are contemporary views of literature influenced by diverse theoretical approaches to the study of literature, in fields such as formalism, structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, and critical race studies. We will investigate the relation of literature to criticism, and the construction of a literary cannon, as we study a wide range of literary genres and theoretical approaches to literature. By examining contemporary readings of literary texts alongside prior interpretations, we will investigate how these texts are open to multiple interpretations. Our focus will be (1) critically analyzing literary theory; (2) writing essays in which you use specific theoretical approaches to analyze literary classics. Literary texts may include works by Blake, Dickinson, Milton, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Woolf and others.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC and ENGL 2B03: Introduction to Literary Criticism or permission of instructor.

GART 1B04 (Cancelled as of May 25, 2006)
Colour & Composition
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: tba
This course initiates students in the processes of visual perception and the principle vocabularies of two dimensional design, colour and spatial organization. Through investigations of light, point, plane, volume and colour mixing, First-year students are introduced to the physiology of vision and to the elements of two-dimensional forms and spaces. Building upon conceptual, visual, relational, and practical components of two-dimensional design, students further examine the underlying relationships among ideas, forms, shapes, colours and 2-D spaces. Exercises and assignments germane to contemporary art practices focus on two-dimensional form generations and composition, applied colour vocabulary, contextual colour applications, spatial sensitivity, and development of practical 2-D structures. Information acquired from this course enables students to use vocabulary appropriately and to apply learned visual and spatial sensibilities to studies in art.

Note: New code. Formerly FOUN 1B04.

GART 1B05 (Cancelled as of May 4, 2006)
Form and Structure (Art)
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: tba
Students develop a visual language capable of shaping and expressing clear and creative ideas in three-dimensional forms. The course introduces students to the conceptual elements, organizing principles, and creative processes used in the development of form. Using a variety of materials and processes, students examine the meanings and association of forms, along with the underlying structural principles affecting their creation. Central, too, are the relationships among concept, idea, form, material, and process. Through questioning and a developing awareness of contemporary art practice, students develop the confidence to produce meaningful forms in three dimensions.

Note: New code. Formerly FOUN 1B05. Students may take GDES1B25 Design Form and Structure as an equivalent substitute. 

GART 1B06
Time-Based Media
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 5 to June 23, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to
5 pm
Instructor: tba
Students will engage the principles, vocabulary, and concepts of time-based and digital media. While examining the transition from analog to digital (with an emphasis on media literacy), students gain knowledge of the creative opportunities that current and emerging technologies provide. Students acquire experience through projects in video, performance, audio and the creative use of electronics. Students develop understanding of the basic methods, tools, and techniques of time-based media within the context of contemporary art practice.

Note: New code. Formerly FOUN 1B06.

GART 1B14
Nature and Culture
0.5 credit | Studio
(Drawing)
Duration 1: May 15 to June 3, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 6 pm to
9:30 pm
Instructor: Doug Guildford
Nature is thought to be the creative physical power operating in our material world. Currently, we understand that nature, not humanity, is the immediate cause of all the world’s phenomena. This course directs students’ investigations into how contemporary artists interpret, intervene, manipulate and explore the collision of the material/natural world and present-day culture. Students complete assignments in the research and production of art that explores contemporary attitudes to nature and on the effects that nature and culture have on each other.

Conditions: This course requires a minimum prerequisite of 1.0 credit of First-Year studio curriculum.

New code: formerly FOUN 1B14.

GART 1C00 (Cancelled as of May 4, 2006)
Drawing
1.0 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: tba
Drawing, while a discipline in its own right, has significant applications in other art forms. An intense studio environment involves students in a variety of drawing processes, media, and subject matter, which encourage personal exploration and expression. Observational drawing exercises refer students to historical and contemporary drawing perspectives and stress the development of perceptual and technical skills. Technical drawing exercises focus on the understanding and application of multiview, paraline, and perspective pictorial systems. Conceptually based assignments emphasize the development of ideas and research. In this context, drawing operates as an expressive vehicle for both the conceptualizing process and sustained communication. Students synthesize particular drawing methods and determine each method’s appropriateness with regard to intent. A further challenge is for students to contextualize their work in response to contemporary art practice.

Note: Students may take GDES1B00 Intro Drawing: Concept and Practice and GDES1B12 The Illustrator's Toolkit as an equivalent substitute.  
 

GDES 1B00
Intro Drawing: Concept and Practice
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Vassil Popvassilev
Relevant to all disciplines. Focusing on objects and human figures, this course is designed as a introduction to 'drawing as seeing', 'drawing as visual language' and 'drawing as manipulation of surface and spatial illusion'. Important elements of the course include: material exploration, drawing accuracy and heightened sensitivity to observation.

GDES 1B12
The Illustrator's Toolkit
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Jack Joel
Drawing, the very first tool of human visual communication, is the illustrator's first language. This course demonstrates the importance of 'capturing' and 'conjuring' as the key acts of drawing. Focus on: Life drawing (contour, gesture, rendering and interpretation); Object drawing (light and shade, composition, one, two, three point perspective); Observational drawing (outside the classroom activities and use of the sketchbook as a capturing and creative tool); Visualization and conceptualization; Understanding of basic picture-making fundamentals.

Note: This course will be recognized as the equivalent to the winter semester drawing course requirement for all Year 1 Design programs.

GDES 1B23
Design Process
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Michael Erdmann
What is ‘design’? What is ‘responsible’ design? What issues are important to contemporary designers? What do the terms ‘humanistic’ or ‘sustainable’ or ‘universal’ design mean? How does OCAD’s Faculty of Design Mission Statement frame questions and attitudes we need to adopt as designers? Who is design for? How are solutions to ‘real needs’ found?

This course explores these questions, and is an introduction to Design as a creative practice which utilizes both knowledge and imagination. The design process itself is the central subject matter of the course. Students from all design disciplines work together and individually, learning approaches to creative thinking and problem-solving. Design processes - including problem definition, design criteria development, research and observation, ideation, brainstorming, divergent and convergent thinking, cycles of testing and refinement - are discussed and practiced through a variety of studio projects.

Central to the completion of assignments is students' understanding of the social and cultural context of contemporary design. Course work explores various design strategies within the context of our rapidly changing world.

Through lectures, discussion, and assignments, students develop knowledge of how the application of an appropriate design process enhances the performance of a design solution.

GDES 1B24
Colour and Two-dimensional Design (Design)
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Otino Corsano
This course initiates students in the processes of visual perception and the principal vocabularies of two-dimensional design, colour and spatial organization. Through investigations of light, point, plane, volume and colour mixing, students are introduced to the physiology of vision and the elements of two-dimensional forms and spaces. Building upon conceptual, visual, relational and practical components of two-dimensional design, students further examine how ideas, forms, shapes, colours and two-dimensional spaces are related to one another. Exercises and assignments germane to contemporary design practices focus on two-dimensional form generations and composition, applied colour vocabulary, contextual colour applications, spatial sensitivity and development of practical two-dimensional structures. Information acquired from this course enables students to use vocabulary appropriately and to apply learned visual and spatial sensibilities to studies in design.

GDES 1B25
Form and Structure (Design)
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Vassil Popvassilev
Students develop a visual language capable of shaping and expressing clear and creative ideas in three dimensional forms. The course introduces students to the conceptual elements, organizing principles and creative processes used in the development of form. Using a variety of materials and processes, students examine the meanings and association of forms, along with the underlying structural principles affecting their creation. Also central to the course is how concept, idea, form, material and process are all inter-related. Through questioning and a developing awareness of contemporary design practice, students develop the confidence to produce meaningful forms in three dimensions.

GDES 1B26
Principles of Interaction Design
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Michael Erdmann
This course is an introduction to the design methodologies used in time-based media and an examination of the relationship between people and interactive mediums. Students are exposed to the characteristics of virtual space and the new design opportunities made feasible by digital technology. Through lectures, analysis of a wide range of examples of communication and interaction design and through studio projects that provide practical experience, students are introduced to the basic concepts, methods, tools and techniques used in the definition and design of interactive spaces, intuitive digital navigation and the integration of entertainment into interactive information.

Prerequisite: GDES 1B24 Colour & Two-dimensional Design (Design) or GDES 1B25 Form & Structure (Design)

GDES 1B27 (Rescheduled as of June 19, 2006)
Graphic Communication
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Monday 6 pm to 9:30 pm and Wednesday 1:30 pm to    5 pm
Instructor: Guy McCrum
Building upon knowledge obtained in Colour & Two-Dimensional Design, beginning illustrators and designers will now engage in graphic/visual communication. Comprehensive communication design vocabulary, project-solving theories and methodologies essential to organizing and presenting visual information in two-dimensional spaces will be introduced. Students will generate original solutions to visual communication projects utilizing learned vocabulary, letterforms, words, images, illustrations, intuition, aesthetic judgment and spatial sensitivity. Lectures and assignments on form development, layout, letterforms, applied colour and grid structures will prepare students for studies in design. Fundamental communication strategies will be juxtaposed to design processes, communication theories and technological advances to assist students in understanding how contemporary design issues relate to present-day consumer needs and design practices.

Requires minimum average of 60% to advance to Year 2 core studio.

Prerequisite: GDES 1B24 Colour & Two-dimensional Design (Design)

This course is restricted to Advertising, Graphic Design and Illustration students.

GDES 1B28
Objects and Environments
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Claude Miceli
The forms that adorn and beautify, the functional objects people use and the spaces they inhabit provide the focus of this studio course. With emphasis on problem solving and design methodologies, students use discovery, sketching, technical drawing, model making, and basic fabrication processes to visualize functional three-dimensional design solutions. Student projects consider the social, economic and cultural context of the intended user of objects and environments. Students research and develop design solutions for problems common to environmental, industrial and material art & design.

Requires minimum average of 60% to advance to Year 2 core studio.

Prerequisite: GDES 1B25 Form & Structure (Design)

This course is restricted to Environmental Design, Industrial Design and Material Art & Design students.

GDES 3B06
Guerrilla Entrepreneurism 1
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Steve Cober
In response to the growing practice of artist-produced objects (ie. Books, zines, apparel, accessories, housewares, linens, toys, games, etc), this course acts as an introduction to creative entrepreneurial activity. Students learn of the various media and techniques available in self-publishing and production, and of proven DIY marketing tactics and venues. Students will produce individually, and in groups, a number of small, reproducible, marketable items.

Prerequisite: 9.0 credits or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

GDES 3B10
Art of Presentation
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Arlene Cohen
As an art director and designer, success will be measured by the quality of ideas and ability to promote them. This course helps develop the essential skills to create compelling and effective presentations. Successful creative work grows out of a clear strategy or concept and is presented as an extension of it. Effective presentations directly influence the success of the presenter and the acceptance of a concept or campaign. In this course professional skills are developed using traditional and digital media techniques and culminate in videotaped presentations and critiques. Students will emerge as much more confident and convincing presenters.

Prerequisite: 9.0 credits or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

GDES 4B03
Internship
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Tuesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Dorie Millerson
Through a guided self-directed initiative, the senior student will research, propose and contact a practicing professional in an individual studio, gallery, educational institution or professional organization to search out an intern position of 60 work hours. This actual "real world" work experience will develop networking abilities and provide the student a glimpse into the design studio or art related environment and prepare the emerging artist/designer for employment upon graduation.

Prerequisite: 14.0 credits. Only students with a 70% average will be eligible to take this course.

HUMN 2B01
Aesthetics
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 4: June 5 to June 23, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 1:30 pm to
5 pm
Instructor: Archie Graham
This course offers students an introduction to the philosophy of art through the study of concepts and issues which have concerned artists, critics and philosophers from modernism to postmodernism. We examine some of the traditional philosophical problems of aesthetics connected to ideas of beauty, genius, imagination, creativity, artistic value and expression, critical evaluation, and the role of the artist in society. We also investigate contemporary issues related to the dematerialization of the art object in the twentieth century such as visual thinking, spatial intelligence, representation, semiotic signification, the anti-aesthetic, and the connection between art and politics.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

HUMN 3B02
The Romantic Rebellion in Europe
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Tuesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Donald Burke
This course studies the Romantic movement in European culture through lectures and discussion on the literature, philosophy, art and music of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Topics include the revival of interest I mediaevalism, folklore, emotion, and self-expression in art and daily life, and new concepts of male-female relationships. Later currents include the mysterious and dangerous Byronic hero, as well as a greater interest in social satire and the uncanny. The emphasis will be on German, English, and Russian culture, though examples will also be drawn from French, Italian, East European and Scandinavian Romantic movements. The rise of nationalism, the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, and the reestablishment of the ancien regime create the socio-political foundation for the culture of the period.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

HUMN 3B93
Special Topics in Humanities – Comparative Religions
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 26, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Sophie Hawkins 
This course will introduce the main tenets of seven world faiths: Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The lecture-seminar will focus on both philosophical beliefs and ritual practices from within each of the religious traditions. This will provide a context from which we can begin to examine not only different ‘ways of world making’ but also the complexity of the political present: for example, our study of the beliefs and practices of Islam will enable us to critically analyze the representation of Muslims post 9/11.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Notes: A "Special Topic" course provides more advanced analysis of a topic of general interest or relevance. This course fulfills 0.5 credit toward the Liberal Studies requirements toward the BFA or BDes.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

HUMN 4B17
(New course offered as of April 17, 2006)
Feminist Theory
0.5 credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Leanna McLennan
This seminar course draws on interdisciplinary research in art and design, literature, and social theory to examine a broad range of approaches to the study of gender in society.  We reflect critically on the theories and practices of a diverse spectrum of feminist thought, and work towards the development of a framework of analysis which views sex and gender as intersecting with race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, and socio-economic class.  Our focus emphasizes recent changes in the global economy, capitalism, and postcolonial societies that have transformed families, workplaces, conceptions of power, and alternative forms of portraying human agency and resistance.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

HUMN 4B18

Postmodernism: Critical Perspectives
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Dot Tuer
This seminar course examines key theories and ideas that have emerged under the broad term of postmodernism. Readings for the course familiarize students with the debates about postmodernism and contemporary culture related to issues of technology, globalization and postcolonialism. Assignments focus on the development of critical strategies and analytical frameworks for reading, responding to, and writing about theoretical ideas. In depth examination of assigned readings is complemented by discussion of related artistic practices.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including VISC 2B07 History of Modern Art or permission of instructor.

MAAD 2B01
Intro to Fibre
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Chung-Im Kim
This course introduces the students of Material Art & Design to the possibilities of Fibre. The class addresses the major areas of concern within the textile field, namely interlacement and surface embellishment. Interlacement includes the study of on and off loom construction techniques, while surface embellishment includes print and dye techniques as well as other methods of visually and physically manipulating the surface of textiles. Throughout the course of studying these major fibre techniques, the student will be developing their conceptual ideas and the evolving their personal visual vocabulary.

Note: There is a consumables fee attached to this course.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first year studio or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

MAAD 2B08
Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Ken Vickerson
This course introduces the traditional casting processes of lost wax, delft clay and cuttlefish and investigates the technical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of body adornment. Students explore carving, model making, mould making (rubber and wax) and finishing in relation to the casting process. Although working in wax is vastly different from working in metal, the projects have been designed to interpret this change of material through readings and visual examples. This change of material and the creative use of these different processes are explored in-depth. The course will be delivered using lectures, readings demonstrations, in-class discussions and one-on-one (individual) critiques. Students will be exposed to professionals through in-class workshops.

Note: There is a consumables fee attached to this course.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first year studio or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

MAAD 2B14
Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Robert Mitchell
This course explores the aesthetic, technical and cultural aspects of body adornment. Fabrication skills such as silver soldering, piercing, forming, elementary stone setting and surface treatments are covered within a series of projects designed and produced by the students. Students are also encouraged to reassess their concept of jewellery. Writing, drawing and modelmaking assignments dealing with conceptual and experimental approaches are part of this course.

Note: There is a consumables fee attached to this course.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first year studio or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

MAAD 2B15
Intro to Ceramics
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Gordon Thompson
This introduction ceramics course emphasizes hand-forming and wheel-throwing techniques for both pottery and sculpture. Slide presentations and ceramic study pieces introduce the student to historical and contemporary ceramic work.

Note: There is a consumables fee attached to this course.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first year studio or equivalent. Equivalency is based on a brief personal interview. Please contact the Faculty of Design at 416-977-6000 Ext. 352 to make an appointment.

PHOT 2B03
Introductory Photography: Basic
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration:1, May 15 to June 2, Thursday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm,
Instructor: Ronald Wood
Duration: 4, June 5 to June 23, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 am to 5 pm,
Instructor: Ronald Wood
This course offers an introduction to the technical and visual tools of photography, including camera functions, film exposure and black and white darkroom procedures. In class demonstrations, lectures and critiques support hands-on practice.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Note: Required for 200 level PHOT Majors. Priority registration for PHOT Majors.

PHOT 2B05
Colour I
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: John Jones
This studio-based course explores the creative use of colour in contemporary photography. Students are introduced to the materials and processes of colour photography with an emphasis on learning darkroom skills. Hands-on practice is supplemented by presentations, lectures and critiques of student work. Aesthetic issues and trends are discussed.

Prerequisite(s): PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Basic or equivalent.

PHOT 2B07
Digital Imaging I
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Nicholas Pye
Students explore digital imaging as it relates to photographic practice. This course provides a basic overview of digital technology including Photoshop, scanning and printing. Hands-on practice is supplemented by demonstrations, lectures and presentations. Basic computer literacy is required.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Notes: Computer knowledge is required. Digital output fees may apply.  A digital camera is not required. (Note changed as of April 18, 2006)

PHOT 2B15
Photography: Experimental Contemporary Processes

0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 am to
12:30 pm
Instructor: Barbara Astman
This Studio-based course introduces students to non-traditional photographic processes. Through a series of workshops and lectures, students are exposed to contemporary methods of creating images. Students in this class are encouraged to explore their creative voice through experimental methods and materials.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

Note: While a basic knowledge of black-and-white photography is preferred, extensive darkroom knowledge is not required.

PHOT 3B02 (Cancelled as of May 9, 2006)
Photography: Experimental Historical Processes
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 1 pm to
4:30 pm
Instructor: Barbara Astman
This studio-based course introduces students to historical photographic processes such as cyanotype and Van Dyke printing. A series of workshops introduce the students to historical methods of creating images. The use of digital tools for preparing materials for printing is also explored. Students are encouraged to explore their creative voice through historical methods and materials.

Prerequisite: PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Basic or equivalent

PHOT 3B19
Professional Practices & Applications
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Thursday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: John Jones
In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of applied business practice, portfolio preparation and self promotion through practical assignments, critiques and skill building demonstrations. This course provides an excellent opportunity to build your portfolio with images that explore the creative potential of editorial, advertising and portfolio photography.

PRNT 2B01
Introduction to Screenprinting
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 5 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Doug Guildford
Screenprinting is a modern and flexible stencil technique providing the student with many printmaking possibilities. This introductory studio course covers basic hand stencil techniques and photographic screen processes. Applications for both art and design are considered. Direct and immediate, screen-printing lends itself to simple or complex imagery involving rich colour relationships. Examples of artists' works are presented and discussed. Students are encouraged to complete their projects in open studio time.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

PRNT 2B18
Printmaking for Painters
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Elizabeth D'Agostino
Pablo Picasso, Kathe Kollwitz, Andy Warhol and Terry Winters are just a few of the painters who have turned to printmaking to extend their range of expressive media. This course explores both traditional and contemporary methods for producing “painterly” prints that incorporate printing techniques and printed materials. No previous printmaking experience is required. Students are encouraged to complete their projects in open studio time.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

PRNT 2B20
Book Arts: Bookbinding
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Beth Howe
This course explores the traditional and contemporary concepts of the book as an art object and information vehicle. It introduces students to alternative book structures and bookbinding methods, including sewing, case binding and the construction of boxes, slip cases and book containers. Students produce several working book models and an independent project.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

PRNT 2B26
Nano-publishing: Independent Publications
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 15 – June 2, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Shannon Gerrard 
The nature and strategies of publishing will be examined in this hands-on course. Art and design students will develop and produce printed material for distribution by using a variety of traditional and contemporary studio techniques ranging from letterpress, silkscreen, fine digital printing, and book arts. Students’ publications will match materials, printing techniques, and presentation solutions with concept and content.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

PRNT 2B95
General Printmaking Studio
0.5 credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 5 to June 23, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
Instructor: Tara Cooper
This hands-on course is suitable for students at all levels, artists and experienced printmakers who wish to explore relief printing, etching, silkscreening and lithography. Students are encouraged to develop a body of work that reflects their individual interests while developing printmaking skills. Demonstrations, exercises and critiques support hands-on work.

Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of Liberal Studies

SCTM 2B10
Introduction to Psychology
0.5 Credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Lena Kushnir
This lecture course introduces students to the scientific study of human and animal behaviour, with a particular emphasis on the individual as the unit of study rather than the group. Through discussion, the course text and clips from Universal Studio films, students survey key concepts, issues and research methods in the various sub-disciplines of psychology and relate these to contemporary life and culture. Topics include: physiological processes, motivation, learning, perception and sensation, memory and thinking, and social, developmental and abnormal psychology. Students learn to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills and learn to distinguish between the average layperson’s notion of psychology and psychology as a science.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Note: Priority for registration into SCTM courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

SCTM 2B20
Introduction to Earth Sciences
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Barbara Trott
Beyond the study of minerals and rock types, the science of Geology is fundamental to understanding current issues in ecology and resource management. This lecture-based course presents the dynamic processes that shape our planet, with a focus on how they influence how we live today. Within a Canadian context, students will explore plate tectonics, rock formation and classification, earthquakes and volcanoes, geological structures, water and mineral resources, surficial processes, and the geology of Canada. The role of plate tectonics as the key process driving geological change will be stressed, beginning with structure of the planet and running through to geological influences on ecological concerns. The approach of observing the present as a key to understanding the past will help students appreciate the dynamic nature of our planet.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Note: Priority for registration into SCTM courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

Note: New code. Students who have taken SCTM 2B90: Special Topic in Science/Technology/Math – Introduction to Earth Sciences may not take this course for further credit.

SOSC 2B02
Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape:
Introduction to Communication Studies
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: David McIntosh
This lecture course is designed to offer students critical and analytical skills to understand our complex media environment through the study of the basic principles, methodologies and topics relevant to Communications Studies. Students examine historical, economic, technological and policy perspectives that shape how we respond to and participate in a media landscape, with an emphasis placed on the Canadian context. Topics to be addressed include: theories of communications and media; public and private media; communications and nations; culture industries; media convergence; geopolitics of global communications; networks and communications; democracy and media; and consumers, identity and media.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Note: Priority for registration into SOSC courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

SOSC 3B01
Gender, Globalization and Social Change
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Maria-Belen Ordonez
This seminar course examines anthropological/social science perspectives on the role that gender plays in organizing society and in understanding social change. We begin by analyzing initial research in the early 1970s that sought to understand gender hierarchies by identifying universals in sexual status cross-culturally and the subsequent critiques of this early approach. We conclude by studying feminist approaches and methodologies that have developed in the anthropology of gender. To contextualize the theories of gender, we examine geographically and culturally diverse empirical studies of households, labour markets, agriculture, industrialization, development projects and visual culture in both rural and urban contexts.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Note: Priority for registration into SOSC courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

SOSC 3B02
Material Culture and Consumer Society
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Wednesday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Saeed Hydaralli
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm (New section offered as of April 17, 2006)
Instructor: Saeed Hydaralli
In its broadest sense, material culture is the study of the objects people make, use, purchase and consume to interact with their physical worlds and to construct visible social relationships. This course explores how objects are a reflection of the individuals and societies that produce them, and examines the design of objects and their meanings through interdisciplinary methodologies. Using a case-study approach to find what objects “say” about us, we examine a range of Western and non-Western objects including furniture, household products, clothing, cars and architecture, and topics such as collecting, souvenirs, branding and gift-giving.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Note: Priority for registration into SOSC courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

Note: New code. Students who have taken HUMN 3B22 (2001) or VISC 3B22 (2002) may not take this course for further credit.

SOSC 3B03
Sociology of the Body
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5 pm
Instructor: Maria-Belen Ordonez
This course examines sociological approaches to understanding the body in contemporary society. The idea of “body techniques” will be emphasized, including the following: techniques of production which permit construction, transformation or manipulation of the body; techniques of representation which permit free individual or collective expression concerning the body in society; and institutional techniques which determine the behaviour of individuals towards their own bodies and the bodies of others. Each “technique” will be examined in relationship to how they broaden perceptions about the body, what they replace, and what they take from society.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Note: Priority for registration into SOSC courses is given in the following order: 1) degree stream students, 2) BCOU students and 3) diploma stream students.

VISC 1B03
Culture, History & Ideas
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Jill Glessing 
This lecture course introduces students to ideas and issues that are important to an historical overview of art and design from the 1500s to 1945. Through a thematic examination of the development of art and design in a global context, the course provides students with a broad-based historical framework for an understanding of how our perceptions of art and design and their functions have been shaped by political, cultural and social factors.

Note: New code. Students who previously too ACAD 1B03 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 1B06
Introduction to Visual Culture
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Bojana Videkanic
This lecture course introduces students to ways of thinking creatively and analytically about visual culture in a contemporary global context. Students are introduced to the ways in which meanings are produced through visual forms, including paintings, prints, photographs, film, television, video, advertisements, news and science images. The course examines how we “read” the image as a visual language and what influences our ways of seeing, including aesthetics, ideology, gender, race and class.

Note: New code. Students who have taken VISC 1B04 and VISC 1B05 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 1B90 (Cancelled as of April 17, 2006)
New Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday & Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Christine Boyanoski
This course will introduce the students to a wide range of theoretical approaches about art, design and contemporary media. The course also reviews representative examples of work – the so-called canons – from various countries and examines their characteristics in conjunction with their stylistic and socio-historical contexts. Through this series of inquiries, students will be introduced to the debates underway in the current literature devoted to visual culture.

Note: This class is only available to Alumni and Advanced Standing students for registration and only by permission of the Faculty of Liberal Studies office. This course is the equivalent of taking both VISC 1B06 and VISC 1B03 for prerequisite purposes when registering for Liberal Studies courses at the 200, 300 and 400 level. VISC 1B90 only constitutes 0.5 VISC credit at the 100 level.

Note: New code. Students who previously too VISC 2B90 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 2B07
History of Modern Art
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Andrea Fitzpatrick (Instructor change as of April 17, 2006)
This lecture course surveys major artistic movements and artists from the 1860s to the 1970s. We begin by examining the roots of Modernism and proceed to a consideration of movements such as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism. We then examine Duchamp and the Armory Show of 1913 to illustrate the influence of the early-20th-century European avant-garde on North American art and aesthetics, particularly Abstract Expressionism. We conclude with a discussion of mid-20th-century art movements, including British and American Pop, Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Performance, Land-based Art and Post-Minimalism.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

VISC 2B36
History and Evolution of Typography
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 26, Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to 12:30 pm
Instructor: Willem Hart
This course addresses the historic development of the typographic form from the calligraphic forms that pre-date Guttenberg’s invention of movable type and letterpress to current digital typography. We consider the cultural, technological and historical contexts critical to the understanding of typography and its uses. Typographic nomenclature as it has evolved is studied with respect to anatomy of the letter, its measurement and its technological history. Through lectures, class discussion, readings and research, students will learn to analyze typography and its effectiveness in the shaping of “word pictures.”

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Note: New code. Students who have taken COMM 2B07 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 2B38
Design Methodologies: Theories and Concepts
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 26, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm (Duration change as of March 31, 2006)
Instructor: Janna Eggebeen 
Understanding the nature of design ideas and the subsequent approaches, activities and methodologies applied in the realization of these conceptual ideas is critical for the emerging designer. This course examines the work of a number of key architects and interior and industrial designers in order to study their approaches in the context of their individual philosophies, design vocabularies and the parameters within which they worked. Through this study, we will consider and evaluate their diverse methodologies and results.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Anti-requisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B11 or ENVR 3B11 may not take this course for further credit.

Notes: New code. Students who have taken VISC 3B11: Design Methodologies: Theories and Concepts or ENVR 3B11 may not take this course for further credit. This course is also listed as VISC 3B11. If you are a 2nd year student and you require Design Methodologies: Theories and Concepts, you must register for VISC 2B38.

Priority registration for Environmental Design, Industrial Design, and Material Art & Design majors

VISC 2B39
Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Guita Lamsechi 
This lecture-seminar course engages in a study of communication arts and media within the context of the 20th century. The course focuses on the relationships between technological, social, economic, political and cultural changes that have shaped and influenced the development of communication arts. The range of subjects covered includes the impact of the two world wars and the Vietnam War; the influence of the Bauhaus, the developments in editorial design, the first attempts at computer composition, corporate design, electronic imaging and advances in print and pre-press technologies.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 100 level including ENGL 1B01 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Anti-requisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B20 or VISC 4B14 for credit may not take this course for further credit.

Notes: Priority Registration for Graphic Design majors.

This course is not available as VISC 3B20 or VISC 4B14.  If you require this course at either of these code levels, you must register for VISC 2B39 and make an appointment with one of the Assistant Deans in the Faculty of Liberal Studies for approval.  If you are a 2nd year student who requires Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century you must register for VISC 2B39. (Paragragh changed as of April 6, 2006)


VISC 3B07
Art of the Italian Renaissance
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 1: May 15 to June 2, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 6 pm to
9:30 pm
Instructor: Francis Broun
This slide lecture course is an intensive study of Renaissance art in Italy and begins with an examination of the early Renaissance in Siena and Florence and artists such as Duccio and Giotto. We then move to a discussion of the development of art and ideas in 15th-century Florence and examine artists such as Brunelleschi, Donatello, Massaccio, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca and Botticelli. We conclude with an examination of the High Renaissance (Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo) and the work of the Venetians (Bellini, Giorgione and Titian).

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Notes: New code. Students who have taken ACAD 2B18 or VISC 2B18 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 3B26 (New course offered as of April 17, 2006)
Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 2: May 15 to June 23, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Christine Boyanoski
Beginning with Manet's role as mentor to the Impressionist generation, the course considers the eight Impressionist exhibitions in the 1870's and 1880's.  The Academy, the Paris Salons and their rigid jury system present a stark contrast to new ways of making art and surviving as artists.  The art of Degas, Cassatt, Pissarro, Morisot, Monet and Renoir is studied in depth.  The four Post-Impressionist giants, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat and Cezanne, and their immense influence on twentieth century developments, provide the focus for the second part of the course.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 VISC.

Notes:  New code.  Students who have previously taken VISC 2B05 or VISC 3B12 may not take this course for further credit.

VISC 3B33
Canadian Cinema
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 3: May 15 to August 4, Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: David McIntosh
This lecture-seminar course examines the history and current realities of Canadian cinema from the emergence of Canada as a world leader in documentary cinema in the 1950s to recent successes of independent feature films. The course will map the structural context of Canadian cinema, from state funding through to international markets, and will also examine a number of critical approaches to Canadian cinema, including two nations, indigenous perspectives, diaspora, regionalisms, experimentalism, gendered nations and cosmopolitanism. Through screenings, readings, discussion and written assignments, students will develop critical/analytical skills to address the key concepts underpinning Canadian cinema.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including 0.5 credit in VISC 2B08 Film Studies: An Introduction or permission of instructor.

VISC 4B10
Politics of Painting
0.5 credit | Liberal studies
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Tuesday and Thursday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Instructor: Dot Tuer
Duration 5: June 26 to August 4, Monday and Wednesday, 6 pm to 9:30 pm (New section offered as of April 17, 2006)
Instructor: Dot Tuer
This course explores the history of art from the perspective of key moments of social and cultural revolution in order to examine the intersection of issues of identity, politics, colonialism and representation in the modern era. Specific areas of focus include the art of the French Revolution, the art of Haiti and Cuba, muralism, the Soviet Avant-garde, the Harlem Renaissance, and the anti-colonial struggles and global counter-culture of the 1960s. Painting practice will be considered in the context of philosophical ideas and in relationship to artists writings and manifestos on art and politics. Key theoretical concepts to be explored include questions of power and exclusion, notions of centre/periphery, national liberation, and hybridity.

Prerequisite: 1.0 Liberal Studies credit at the 200 level, including VISC 2B07 History of Modern Art or permission of instructor.

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