A minor in Art & Social Change offers students the opportunity to explore some of the most pressing social, political and ethical issues of our time. With the tenets of equality, diversity and social and environmental justice at the heart of this minor, and an investigation of the role that art and artists have and can play as catalysts of change, students pursuing this minor stand to expand the liberating powers of dialogue, dissent and collaboration as cultural practitioners engaged in local, national and global contexts.
This minor guides students across disciplinary boundaries and through broad university curriculum with key courses that examine important social movements, real-world issues and activism. Course will emphasize approaches for self-examination, critical thinking, anti-oppression politics, community building, experiential learning, field experience and pedagogy. These will respect each student’s unique experience, facilitate their emerging vision and enable professional networking opportunities. This minor provides our graduates with a critical companion to their major area of study, encouraging their capacities as leaders for positive social change and innovation through informed, inspired and transformative cultural engagement.
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit |
| The following three courses are required: |
1.5 | |
| ASOC 2B01 | Art & Social Change I | |
| ASOC 3B03 | Art & Social Change II (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| ASOC 4BXX | Art & Social Change III (in development) | |
Choose two of the following courses (studio or studio/seminar): |
1.0 | |
| ASOC 2B02 | Making Gender: LGBTQ Studio | |
| ASOC 3B01 | Community Practice | |
| ASOC 3B02 | Local Global Mash-up | |
| ASOC 4B01 | Witness: History, Memory and Creative Response (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| INVC 3B01 | Bringing Visual Literacy to Indigenous Communities (Summer only) | |
| CRCP 3B03 | Talking Community | |
| DRPT 3B11 | From Landscape to the Environment | |
| DRPT 3B24 | Rethinking Abstraction from an Indigenous Perspective | |
| INTM 3B11 | Media & Social Change | |
| SCIN 3B13 | Introduction to Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture Practice | |
| GDES 3B48 | Illustrative Activism | |
| GDES 3B64 | Greening the OCAD U Campus - Summer Workshop | |
| Choose two of the following liberal studies courses: | 1.0 | |
| ENGL 4B06 | Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing | |
| ENGL 4B08 | Queer Literature | |
| HUMN 3B05 | Environmental Ethics (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| HUMN 3B11 | Sexualities and Representation: Queer & Other Theories | |
| HUMN 3B19 | Feminist Theory | |
| SOSC 3B06 | Mental Health: Science, Culture, Society (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| SOSC 4B02 | Gender, Globalization and Social Change | |
| SOSC 3B08 | Taronton, Onitariio, Kanata (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| VISA 3B02 | Issues in Feminism and Art | |
| VISA 3B06 | Art of the Black Diaspora | |
| VISA 3B42 | Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary First Nations Art | |
| VISA 3B90 | Special Topic in Visual Culture: Art in Revolution: European Art 1750-1850 (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| VISA 4B10 | The Politics of Painting: Modern Art & Revolution (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| VISC 4B22 | Art and Design Activism (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| VISM 4B06 | Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance (not offered 2013/2014) | |
| Total | 3.5 | |
Please refer to further information on minors.
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