Course Calendar

PUBLICATIONS SPECIALIZATION

Programs Information

In the Publications Specialization, students will address all areas of book and magazine publishing, both digital and print, from DIY endeavours to academic publishing. Considering publication in its broadest sense as a form of discourse for both personal and collaborative production, students are introduced to the breadth of possibilities in critical, textual and visual publishing. Publications ties together courses from Printmaking, Photography, Integrated Media, and Criticism & Curatorial Practice, and further draws on courses in Graphic Design and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences. This gives students a true cross-disciplinary experience and unique set of competencies and skills ranging from hybrid and collaborative methodologies to business and entrepreneurial skills that will allow them to succeed in the context of Ontario’s digital and creative economies.

The range of courses fosters a deep engagement with the critique, theory and material and virtual productions that shape today’s evolution of publications and provides students with a map of all stages and forms of publication within which they can then situate themselves.

Publications Program Guide

Students must fulfill all requirements listed in the major program guide the year they were admitted to OCAD U. For example, a student admitted to OCAD U in 2012 must follow the major program guide published in the Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Course Calendar. However, if program requirements change, students must adhere to the new requirements for their next learning year level.

Liberal studies courses are listed under the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and designated course type LST in the course schedule.

See the Faculty of Liberal Art & Sciences for an outline of the liberal studies degree requirements.

COURSE CODE		COURSE TITLE	CREDIT

200 Level Requirements
CRCP 2B01		Contemporary Issues: Art Today	0.5
CRCP 2B03		Publications 1	0.5
GDES 1B09		Communication Design 1	0.5
PRNT 2B26		Nano Publishing: Independent Publications	0.5
Choose one of the following two courses:			0.5
	GDES 1B17	Typography 1
	PRNT 2B27	From Letterpress to Contemporary Typography
Choose one of the following four courses:			0.5
	GRPH 2B06	Typography 2: Structures
	INTM 2B21	Online Art & Website Creation
	PHOT 2B07	Introductory Photography: Digital
	PRNT 2B20	Book Arts: Bookbinding
200 Level		Art or Design studio elective	0.5
Choose one of the following two courses			0.5
	ENGL 2B01	Introduction to Creative Writing
	ENGL 2B11	Introduction to Literature [updated 2013-07-15]
and
VISM 2B41		Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies	0.5
And choose one of the following four courses:			0.5
	VISM 2B20	Web Theory (not offered 2013/2014)
	VISA 2B31	History of Printing & Printmaking
	VISD 2B36	History and Evolution of Typography
	VISD 2B39	Graphic Design History in the 20th Century
Total Credits			5.0


300 Level Requirements
ASOC 3B01		Community Practice	0.5
INTM 3B09		Publications: Editorial	0.5
INTM 3B17		Publications: Dissemination	0.5
PRNT 3B27		Pressing Issues	0.5
Choose two of the following seven courses			1.0
	GDES 3B02	Editorial & Publication Design 1
	GRPH 2B10	Typography 3: Advanced Structures
	INTM 3B15	Media Network Studio
	PHOT 3B22	Photographic Book Works
	PRNT 3B21	Text and Image
	PRNT 3B26	The Book as Art: Making Artist's Books
	PRNT 3C06	From Paper to Book (1.0 credits) (not offered 2013/2014)
and
200, 300 or 400 Level		Liberal studies course: HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
And choose one of the following eight ENGL courses			0.5
	ENGL 3B09	Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 3B10	Creative Writing: Nonfiction
	ENGL 3B12	Creative Writing: Short Fiction
	ENGL 3B21	Writing By Artists (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 4B05	Digital Texts (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 4B06	Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing
	ENGL 4B07	Graphic Novels
	ENGL 4B09	Hybrid & Experimental Writing
And choose two of the following six courses (not already taken previously)			1.0
	VISA 2B31	History of Printing & Printmaking
	VISD 2B36	History & Evolution of Typography
	VISD 2B39	Graphic Design History in the 20th Century
	VISM 2B20	Web Theory (not offered 2013/2014)
	VISA 3B37	The History and Theory of Art Criticism
	VISD 3B35	The Writing on the Wall: Radical Graphics & the Culture of Protest
	VISM 3B23	Technology & Digital Culture (not offered 2013/2014)
Total Credits			5.0


400 Level Requirements
400 Level		Capstone Project: Collaborative Project or Individual Thesis Publication Project	2.0
Choose two of the following six courses			1.0
	CRCP 3B09	Art Writing: A Workshop in Practice and Ideas
	GDES 3B22	Editorial & Publication Design 2
	GRPH 4B09	Production Processes in Graphic Design
	PHOT 3C02	Photography: Sequences, Multiples & Text (1.0 credit)
	PHOT4B12	Digital Intensive: Composite, Sequence & Bookworks
	PRNT 4B06	Book Works (not offered 2013/2014)
and
BUSI 4Bxx		Business, Innovation & Professional Practice (under development)	0.5
and
300 or 400 Level		Liberal studies course: HUMN, SCTM, or SOSC	0.5
And choose one of the following eight ENGL courses (not already taken previously)			0.5
	ENGL 3B09	Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 3B10	Creative Writing: Nonfiction
	ENGL 3B12	Creative Writing: Short Fiction
	ENGL 3B21	Writing By Artists (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 4B05	Digital Texts (not offered 2013/2014)
	ENGL 4B06	Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing
	ENGL 4B07	Graphic Novels
	ENGL 4B09	Hybrid & Experimental Writing
AND choose one of the following two courses			0.5
	VISM 4B06	Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance (not offered 2013/2014)
	VISC 4B22	Art and Design Activism (not offered 2013/2014)
Total Credits			5.0

Eligibility to Graduate

Please note that students are eligible to graduate if they:
• Have fulfilled all program requirements.
• Are in good academic standing (if 2.0 or more credits taken since last academic performance review require minimum 60% average for those courses).
• Have on overall average of 60% or higher.
• Have an average of 65% or higher in the designated courses of their major/program (Design only).
• Have no outstanding accounts at the university.

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