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2013 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Summer Durations

Classes in the summer run from three to twelve weeks, followed by a critique and exam period. Classes take place from one to four days per week and may be scheduled mornings, afternoons and/or evenings.

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

Program requirements are outlined in Program Guides in the current fall/winter Course Calendar.

Summer Courses by Subject:

Final Examination Schedule - Duration 2 (PDF) [updated: 2013-05-30]

Note room changes:
SCTM2B10 is in room 230, 100 McCaul St, level 2
VISM2B15 is in room 240, 100 McCaul St, level 2

Final Examination Schedule - Duration 5 (PDF) [Coming soon] 
 

Criticism & Curatorial Practice (CRCP)

CRCP 3B05 Reframing the Question of Beauty  

CRCP 3B05 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-08]
Reframing the Question of Beauty
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Choi, Esther [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and Contemporary Issues: Art Today (one of CRCP 2B01, DRPT 2B13, INTM 2B22 PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25 or SCIN 2B09).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken CRCP 4B01 may not take this course for further credit.

This advanced-level studio/seminar investigates the discourse of beauty as it has come to be threaded through artistic practice. Exploring a variety of historical, theoretical and practical aesthetic perspectives, this course is designed to encourage active critical discussion and participation in a seminar setting that incorporates an element of artistic/curatorial practice. Approaches to this cross-disciplinary course include text analysis, group discussions, the creation of an artwork/curatorial proposal, independent research, essay-writing and a series of student-led presentations which serve to explore the themes of the course.

Cross Disciplinary Studies (CROS)

CROS 3B90 Special Topic in Art: Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory
CROS 4B02 Art & Design Education Lab Advanced

CROS 3B90
Special Topic in Art: Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Hickox, April [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and Contemporary Issues: Art Today (one of CRCP 2B01, DRPT 2B13, INTM 2B22, PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25 or SCIN 2B09) or GDES 2B03 Think Tank I: Awareness.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken INTR 3B90 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: Students will incur an accommodation fee attached to the residency at Gibraltar Point.

Using Toronto Island as a living laboratory, students work in collaboration to produce site-specific artworks or design solutions. During the first part of the course, students conduct research in support of their projects through readings and day trips to the island. The second part of the course focuses on production. During this eight-day incubation period, students and faculty live and work on the island residing at Artscape’s Gibraltar Point. Evening programming supplements the day’s activities through the coordination of meals, screenings, lectures, readings and discussions. As the residency concludes, students participate in group critiques where material documentation of their work is presented. This interdisciplinary initiative embraces collaborative and community building methodologies within studio production.

CROS 4B02
Art & Design Education Lab Advanced
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Patterson, Pam [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 13.0 credits, including all first-year, second-year and most of third-year requirements, 3.0 credits liberal studies, INTR 3B05 Art & Design Education Lab or permission of instructor.

This course extends students’ understandings of art and design education, both theoretical and practical, for multiple settings with attention to democratic and diverse models of pedagogy. The course builds on a multimodal model that is comprised of the following components: online, face-to-face, onsite. Learning outcomes/objectives are enhanced by critical and practical projects. Students will engage in experiential learning at an art and design placement in various community settings.

Drawing & Painting (DRPT)

DRPT 1C01 Introduction to Painting
DRPT 2B02 Abstract Painting
DRPT 2B03 Drawing Workshop
DRPT 2B07 Figurative Drawing
DRPT 2B09 Issues of Representation
DRPT 2B39 Painting and Digital Imaging 1
DRPT 3B01 Intermediate Painting: Figurative
DRPT 3B06 Representation From Memory and Desire
DRPT 3B22 Contemporary Collage Methodologies
DRPT 3B23 The Convincing Picture: Critical Views on Painting
DRPT 4B08 Photogenic Painting

DRPT 1C01
Introduction to Painting
1.0 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Tutt, Jeff [updated 2013-04-19]
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.
Note: Mandatory for Drawing & Painting students

In this course students develop the foundational skills required to pursue a major in Drawing & Painting. Students progress through a series of projects that build skill acquisition along with an exposure to a diversity of contemporary painting practices today. Working from observation, figuration, abstraction and digital processes to explore varied approaches to painting, students will investigate materiality, colour, design, historical context and concept. Along with building strong painterly skills students discover the conventions of painting to consider their cultural meanings and push at established boundaries.

DRPT 2B02
Abstract Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Rucklidge, Andrew [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course introduces students to expressive and experiential nature of abstract painting. Students develop their own painting vocabulary and an understanding of abstract form through a series of projects that emphasize the meaning of colour, gesture, form and compositional design that belie the flatness of picture plane.

DRPT 2B03
Drawing Workshop
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Nicholls, Robert [updated 2013-04-19]
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 to 14:30 [updated 2013-04-19]
Instructor: Lane, Catherine [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Drawing is essential to visual communication as both a preparatory tool and as a distinct medium of expression. Building on the drawing techniques and the principles of perspective and composition acquired in GART 1C00, and through formal exercises utilizing a range of media, techniques and subject matter, various approaches to drawing are explored, including investigative, observational and experimental practices. This course is appropriate for both Art and Design students and requires minimal drawing experience.

DRPT 2B07
Figurative Drawing
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Martinello, Linda [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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 modelling of light and shadow. Anatomy and portraiture are introduced, as well as techniques such as measuring and reference point, hatching and contour drawing.

DRPT 2B09
Issues of Representation
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Harrison, Spencer [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Representation is a critical issue which each artist addresses in a different way, from the use of symbolism to realism, from autobiography to the appropriation of images from popular culture. This studio class encourages students to develop problem solving skills and to articulate approaches to representation which reflect their artistic concerns in drawing and painting. Lectures and slide presentations introduce students to artists who address a range of approaches to representation in their work.

DRPT 2B39
Painting and Digital Imaging 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Waters, Scott [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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.

DRPT 3B01
Intermediate Painting: Figurative
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Antkowiak, Michael [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Rapid and sustained studies from life models, demonstrations and individual critiques build the in-depth knowledge of painting processes and techniques that students need to represent the human figure. The emphasis is on building surfaces, the application of colours, brushstrokes and glazes, and on interpreting light and form within figure/ground relationships.

DRPT 3B06
Representation From Memory and Desire
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Harrison, Spencer [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Artists' images and ideas develop from personal experience, dreams and fantasies, as well as from sources such as popular culture and mass media. To represent these visually, various materials and approaches are explored, leading to the creation of drawing or painting series of particular themes and narratives. Studio exercises and independent projects are complemented by discussions, slide and video presentations, talks by visiting artists and gallery visits.

DRPT 3B22
Contemporary Collage Methodologies
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Liddington, Derek [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and DRPT 2C03 Painting Studio or any 0.5 credit second-year DRPT studio course.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course examines the implications of collage methodologies in the context of contemporary painting. Drawing upon the historical practices of Cubism, Dada and Constructivism, students do research and produce conceptually-based projects that reference post-modern architecture, electronic music, literary criticism, and cinematography. Also, this course promotes students' understanding of the concepts of appropriation, deconstruction, hybridization, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to painting.

DRPT 3B23
The Convincing Picture: Critical Views on Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Stuart, Beth [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and Contemporary Issues: Art Today (one of CRCP 2B01, DRPT 2B13, INTM 2B22, PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25 or SCIN 2B09).
Note: This course fulfills the Drawing & Painting requirement for a year 3 level DRPT studio/seminar.

This course will examine some of the critiques levelled against paintings' relevance and offers a means of responding in both written and visual forms to these debates. The role of painting in contemporary visual culture and the expanding virtual realm are amongst the topics to be considered. As a studio seminar, students will read critical texts, participate in seminar presentations, write essays and make artwork responding to post-modern speculations on the validity of painting.

DRPT 4B08
Photogenic Painting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Antkowiak, Michael [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 13.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements (10.0 credits), Contemporary Issues: Art Today (one of CRCP 2B01, DRPT 2B13, INTM 2B22, PHOT 2B12, PRNT 2B25 or SCIN 2B09) AND minimum 0.5 credit in 300-level DRPT course.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Drawing on the concept of photogenic painting as proposed by Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this advanced studio course engages students in questioning the implications of photography in research, conceptualization and aesthetics of contemporary painting practice. Working on a set of self-directed projects, students develop interdisciplinary methodologies that stress the relationship between analogue and digital imaginations, beauty and the sublime. Studio work is accompanied by critiques, readings, slide and film demonstrations, and guest artist-critics presentations.

English (ENGL)

ENGL 2B01 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 2B11 Introduction to Literature 
ENGL 3B03 Children's Literature 
ENGL 3B09 Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 4B05 Digital Texts

ENGL 2B01
Introduction to Creative Writing
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Niedzviecki, Hal [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 3B11 or ENGL 3B11 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: Alumni students who are considering taking this course to fulfill their writing course requirement must make an advising appointment with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences office for approval.

This seminar course offers students the opportunity to develop, critique and refine a body of writing with an emphasis on the exploration of individual style. Through lectures, writing exercises, class discussion, readings, presentations, and individual critiques, the elements and strategies involved in both the craft and the creative process of writing are examined, as are different critical theories of literature. As a way of understanding cultural and social influences on artistic vision and the creative imagination, students are exposed to a range of writers of diverse cultural and aesthetic backgrounds.

ENGL 2B11
Introduction to Literature
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Chen, Brian [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).

This course is designed to introduce students to close readings of different traditional and contemporary literary genres, including fiction (novels, graphic novels, and short stories), nonfiction (critical essays, auto/biographical narratives, public discourses), poetry, drama, and film/popular media. The readings in this course cover a broad range of literature created by authors from various cultures and nationalities in English or in translation. Students will learn to identify the figurative language, styles, and techniques in each literary genre, and analyse the texts critically. They will also practice writing textual analysis by following the tradition of literary studies.

ENGL 3B03
Children's Literature
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Dickie, Caroline [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Note: ENGL 2B03 is strongly recommended in advance of third-year or fourth-year ENGL courses.

This course aims to answer the question: What is children's literature? The course will survey children's fiction, poetry, and picture-books to introduce students to a wide range of children's literature. We will examine different cultural and critical approaches to this field in relation to cultural interpretations of childhood and gender. As we discuss the social and political visions put forth in these texts, we will consider the effects of publishing and the media (for example, the Harry Potter films) on the field of contemporary children's literature. Our analysis of genre will include the study of the relationship between text and illustration. Course readings may include works by Carroll, The Brothers Grimm, Lewis, Rowling, Seuss, and others.

ENGL 3B09
Creative Writing: Poetry
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 15:30 to 18:30
Instructor: Ross, Elizabeth [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM) and ENGL 2B01: Introduction to Creative Writing or permission of instructor. [updated 2013-04-08]
Note: Alumni students who are considering taking this course to fulfill their writing course requirement must make an advising appointment with the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences office for approval.

In this intensive seminar-workshop, students will learn to identify, utilize, and manipulate the building blocks of poetry: lines and stanzas, meter and rhythm, images, symbols, and figurative language. Through in-class exercises, close reading of texts produced by a diverse range of poets, and focused critique of each other's work, students will learn to effectively convey their insights and experiences, and explore ideas through powerful images and poetic structures.

ENGL 4B05
Digital Texts
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Zeilinger, Martin [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.
Note: ENGL 2B03 is strongly recommended in advance of third-year or fourth-year ENGL courses.

This course explores how contemporary writers and artists have attempted to experiment with the post-print era — characterized by the strategies of fragmentation and recombination that digital hyperspaces make possible. By analysing digital texts and the work of cultural theorists on the nature and impact of this new medium, students will address the implications of the rise of computing and the internet for the future of literary and other cultural practices.

Environmental Design (ENVR)

ENVR 1B02 Environmental Design 2 [cancelled 2013-04-26]
ENVR 1B04 Materials and Methods (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
ENVR 1B05 Concept Drawing
ENVR 3B18 Building Systems & Interior Materials: Residential

ENVR 1B02
Environmental Design 2 [cancelled 2013-04-26]
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Desai, Maya
Prerequisite: ENVR 1B01 Environmental Design 1
Condition: ENVR 1B02 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.
Note: Mandatory for Environmental Design students.

This course will introduce students to the common problems of architectural, landscape, interior and urban design. Students will be exposed to issues of structure and material, personal and universal spacial concepts, aesthetic and experience against the backdrop of contemporary economic, social and environmental sustainablity. This course will explore the design and representations of space using both 2D and 3D methods. In addition to the ongoing development of analogue abilities, students will be introduced to the use and implications of digital technology, such as computer-aided drawing, modeling, rendering and fabrication.

ENVR 1B04
Materials and Methods
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. In its place, Environmental Design students may take INDS 1B02 Material Explorations 1 as an equivalent to ENVR 1B04.

ENVR 1B05 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Concept Drawing 
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Mishchenko, Olia
Prerequisite: GDES 1B13 Solid & Void: Drawing Form and Space
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ENVR 2B20 may not take this course for further credit.

Concept Drawing introduces the student to the sketching tools required to explore and represent both direct observation and conceptual thinking. Employing both manual and digital drawing tools, this course exposes the student to analytical methods, scale, measurement and proportion, orthographic, axonometric and perspective projection. Teaching methods include lectures, studio labs, readings and exercises.

ENVR 3B18
Building Systems & Interior Materials: Residential
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: TBA
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)

This course examines the principles, regulations, systems, materials and details of residential interior design within the context of the Ontario Building Code. Construction systems, plumbing, acoustics, lighting, security systems, heating, electrical, as well as sustainable design are introduced. Course work is studio based with outside guest lecturers as appropriate. In the studio project, students will prepare contract documentation which will include floor plans, wall elevations and sections, reflected ceiling plans, as well as schedules.

Fabrication (FABR)

FABR 2B05 Introduction to Fabrication: Wood

FABR 2B05
Introduction to Fabrication: Wood
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Nicholls, Robert [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Students investigate a range of available wood products, techniques, and applications and learn to work competently with basic tools and equipment. This course is intended for "beginners" who have had no previous training and experience using basic hand tools or simple woodworking machines. Though an emphasis is placed on skills development, students also explore the application of wood fabrication skills in contemporary art and design. Students are encouraged to link their wood fabrication projects to their studies in other areas.

General Art first-year (GART)

GART 1B04 Colour Exploration
GART 1B05 Form and Structure (Art)
GART 1B06 Time-Based Media
GART First-Year Art Elective

GART 1B04
Colour Exploration
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Porter, Mary [updated 2013-04-19]

This course introduces students to the historical and contemporary fundamentals of art making by studying the interdependency of colour and visual elements across a broad range of media, from painting and photography to digital tools. Building upon conceptual and visual aspects of two-dimensional design, students investigate the relationships between ideas, forms, and shapes through the exploration of pictorial and virtual spaces, with attention to colour. Instruction and assignments that are germane to contemporary art practices will focus on composition and the contextual application of colour as a mode of expression.

GART 1B05
Form and Structure (Art)
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: McAffie, Nat [updated 2013-04-19]
Note: This course has material fees associated with it. [updated 2013-04-04]

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 between 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.

GART 1B06
Time-Based Media
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 17:30 [updated 2013-04-04]
Instructor: Liddington, Derek [updated 2013-04-19]
Note: This course has material fees associated with it. [updated 2013-04-04]

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.

GART First-Year Art Elective
0.5 Credit | Studio

First-Year Art electives will not be offered in the 2013 summer semester; instead students may take one of the following first–year Design courses: GDES 1B09, GDES 1B19 or ILLU 1B04.

General Design (GDES, GDEX)

GDES 1B09 Communication Design 1
GDES 1B10 Drawing: Visualization 
GDES 1B13 Solid and Void: Drawing Form and Space (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency) [updated 2013-04-08]  
GDES 1B16 Colour in Context (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
GDES 1B17 Typography 1
GDES 1B18 Communication Design 2
GDES 1B19 Photography for Communication
GDES 1B21 Experience Design (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
GDES 1B22 Drawing for ID and MAAD [cancelled 2013-04-26]
GDES 1B24 Colour and Two-Dimensional Design (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
GDES 1B25 Form and Structure (Design) (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
GDES 1B29 Drawing for Industrial Design
GDES 2B03 Think Tank 1: Awareness
GDES 3B02 Editorial & Publication Design 1
GDES 3B03 Typeface Design 1
GDES 3B06 Guerrilla Entrepreneurship
GDES 3B10 Art of Presentation
GDES 3B11 Graphic Narrative, Animation & Motion
GDES 3B20 Design with Technology 1
GDES 3B48 Illustrative Activism
GDES 3B57 Living Environments: Design Theory [updated 2013-04-04]
GDES 3B68 Design (As) Research
GDES 3B76 Graphic Novel Illustration
GDES 3B77 Fibre: Sustainable Fashion and Textiles 
GDES 3B82 Book Illustration 
GDES 3B83 Design Forge
GDES 3B84 Introduction to Photography
GDES 3C01 Design Study Abroad 
GDES 4B03 Internship
GDES 4B06 Professional Practice for Graphic Designers
GDEX 3B06 Design for the North [cancelled 2013-04-26]

GDES 1B09
Communication Design 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Izzard, Daniel
Note: Mandatory for Advertising, Graphic Design and Illustration students.

Communication Design 1 is an introductory sequence of experiences that begin to address the environment of the communication designer as a relationship between tools, techniques, process, decision, judgment and knowledge. Students engage design as a process of formal experimentation in two dimensions using typography, photography and drawing.

GDES 1B10
Drawing: Visualization
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 17:30 to 20:30
Instructor: Sebastian, Fred
Note: Mandatory for Advertising and Graphic Design students.

Communication designers need to develop skills in quick-sketching essential shape/form/environment —capturing the essence of a concept for iteration, lay-out and storyboarding. The practice and understanding of basic perspective, figure work (gestural, weight and balance, basic proportion and movement), light and shadow, cropping and composition and narrative sequence are essential to confident creative thinking and communication, and form the core work of this course.

GDES 1B13 [updated 2013-04-08]
Solid and Void: Drawing Form and Space
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. Environmental Design students may take GDES 1B22 Drawing for ID & MAAD as an equivalent to GDES 1B13. [updated 2013-04-09]

GDES 1B16
Colour in Context
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. First-year Design students may take GART 1B04 Colour Exploration as an equivalent to GDES 1B16.

GDES 1B17
Typography 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Noussis, Angela [updated 2013-07-03]
Note: Mandatory for Graphic Design and Advertising students.

In this introductory studio course letterforms and words are examined with respect to their anatomy and structure. Through developmental and sequential rendering exercises this course will focus on the exploration of the formal and conceptual relationships between letters and words. Letterforms and words are an integral part of the world of communication and this course will demonstrate how these forms work as signs, both iconic and symbolic.

GDES 1B18
Communication Design 2
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: McCrum, Guy
Prerequisite: GDES 1B09 Communication Design 1
Condition: GDES 1B18 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.
Note: Mandatory for Advertising and Graphic Design students.

Communication Design 2 reinforces the activities, language and tools/techniques presented in Communication Design 1. Projects address the evolving abilities of students, through encouraging formal risk-taking, self-direction and evaluation. Design processes are discussed as a way to move from a position of uncertainty to a position of potential knowledge. Two, three and four-dimensional contexts are explored through a series of experimental projects. This course is core to graphic design and advertising.

GDES 1B19
Photography for Communication
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Lear, Robert
Note: This course has material fees associated with it. [updated 2013-04-04]
Note: Mandatory for Advertising and Graphic Design students.

The focus of this studio is digital photography as it is integrated into the practice of communication design. Students will be introduced to photographic basics: camera function, lens and filter selection, exposure, lighting, basic studio techniques and post-processing/image management in a digital environment. Students will learn to evaluate the effectiveness of images in relation to specific messages. Lectures, demonstrations and a series of assignments will build students’ skills in camera and image control. Students will require access to a digital or 35 mm camera.

GDES 1B21
Experience Design
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. First-year Design students may take GART 1B06 Time-Based Media as an equivalent to GDES 1B21.

GDES 1B22 [CANCELLED 2013-04-26]
Drawing for ID and MAAD
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Hladin, Brian
Note: Mandatory for Industrial Design and Material Art & Design students.

Focusing on objects and human figures, this course is designed as an 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 1B24
Colour and Two-Dimensional Design
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. First-year Design students may take GART 1B04 Colour Exploration as an equivalent to GDES 1B24.

GDES 1B25
Form and Structure (Design)
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. First-year Design students may take GART 1B05 Form and Structure as an equivalent to GDES 1B25.

GDES 1B29
Drawing for Industrial Design
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Kump, Sam [updated 2013-06-27]
Note: Mandatory for Industrial Design students.

Drawing in a way that supports 3D idea exploration and communication. Beginning with basic three-dimensional prismatic forms of cube, pyramid and cone, students explore the abstract world of geometric solids as a foundation for three-dimensional creative work. Topics include: how to use perspective, axonometric and orthographic drawing (freehand/sketch mode) to generate and explain ideas; perceiving and rendering shade, tone and shadow to add to the effectiveness of a drawing; choosing views, exploded views, doing sectional drawings and arranging multiple views for effective presentation.

GDES 2B03
Think Tank 1: Awareness
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Uchida, Robin [updated 2013-04-08] [updated 2013-05-09] [updated 2013-05-16]
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Hudson, Audrey [Updated 2013-05-16]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: All Think Tank courses are intended to augment and inform the core studio classes from each of the six design disciplines and to introduce students from the Faculty of Art to the Faculty of Design’s underlying philosophy.

This interdisciplinary course examines the social condition of where and how we live in the context of the Faculty of Design’s primary mandate, Design and Humanity. The significant impact that intelligent and sustainable design can have on people’s lives and the considerable responsibility that the designer has to society are critical factors in shaping behaviour and turning research and perception into action. Strategies for change are channeled into potential project solutions in this course through the research, discussion and debate of current societal issues.

GDES 3B02
Editorial & Publication Design 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Gartbett, Mark
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).

This studio course provides an in-depth study of systems and structures fundamental to publication design. Students learn to analyze, evaluate, design and/or redesign actual publications incorporating typography, photography, illustration, charts and graphs. Through a series of exercises and small publication design projects students are introduced to the rich history, current practices, and the future of magazine, book and corporate publication design.

GDES 3B03
Typeface Design 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Anstice, Martyn [updated 2013-07-03]
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)
Note: There is a materials fee of $40 attached to this course for software.

The design of typefaces and the anatomy of letterforms are explored in this course. After a thorough investigation of their historical origins, students will be introduced to the structures inherent in designing new typefaces. Emphasis will be placed on the drawing fundamentals specific to the rendering of typographic form and the software skills needed for its adaptation and development. Students will be challenged by exercises and assignments using sketching pencils, broad-nib pens, steel point pens and Bezier curves in the preliminary design of new type characters.

GDES 3B06
Guerrilla Entrepreneurship
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Adams, Kathryn
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).

In response to the growing practice of artist-produced objects (e.g. 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.

GDES 3B10
Art of Presentation
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesday, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Cohen, Arlene
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Cohen, Arlene
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).

A brilliant idea without acceptance will never solve a design problem. Therefore, creating acceptance for a design solution is as important as the solution itself. The primary tools for garnering this acceptance are through formal and information presentations. Delivering persuasive presentations is not always intuitive. As a design professional, important skills are required to plan, build and then deliver presentations. This course teaches the skills necessary to sell important concepts and ideas by carefully crafting and telling stories. Presentation strategy and the creation of a presentation narrative through traditional and digital media techniques are thoroughly explored in this course.

GDES 3B11
Graphic Narrative, Animation & Motion
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: MacEachern, Drew [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)

This studio course investigates graphic communication specific to digital motion applications. Students will be introduced to graphic narrative and motion graphics as applied to web applications, animation, video, film and television. Students will also be introduced to the effective use of time, space, sound, transition, on-screen titling, media integration and graphic story telling. Course content will focus on film titles, graphic animations, movie and television graphics.

GDES 3B20
Design with Technology 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Sims, Greg [updated 2013-05-10]
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits). 
Antirequisite: Students who have taken MAAD 2B36 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of designing, prototyping and fabricating small-scale products and jewellery using three-dimensional computer modelling and associated manufacturing technologies. Students will become familiar with the Computer Aided Design operations required to generate simple three-dimensional computer models and output basic two-dimensional representations. These virtual objects will be then translated into prototypes and finished objects using Computer Aided Manufacturing processes (e.g. laser cutting, additive manufacturing and CNC machining) as well as conventional fabrication processes. Students will begin to understand some of the advantages and limitations of CAD/CAM technologies, and will begin to consider the implications these technologies have on the future of design practice.

GDES 3B48
Illustrative Activism
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Zaharuk, Michael
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).

The use of Illustration to express dissent and improve established conditions enjoys a long and kinetic history, ranging from Victorian era Punch cartoons to contemporary multi-million-dollar ad campaigns. The illustrator’s heightened awareness of social and political issues, coupled with unique communication skills, provides otherwise unrepresented and disenfranchised citizens with a powerful and provocative voice. This course focuses on the illustrator as "activist" achieving positive change through the effective and subversive use of images in the global arena of national and personal politics, social movements, and environmentalism. Posters, billboards, newspaper and magazine ads, editorial illustration, annual reports, flyers, T-shirts, buttons, ambient media, and the web represent media applications explored and discussed in this course.

GDES 3B57 [updated 2013-04-04] [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Living Environments: Design Theory
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Liefhebber, Martin
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)

This course is based on the “Design for Living” program in Sustainable studies, an approach to encouraging sustainable design through an introduction and understanding of the natural laws of design. Through a series of intensive workshops, in the areas of passive solar design, renewable energy systems, straw bale homes, rammed earth buildings, adobe floors, green roofs and sustainable materials the student will gather a core knowledge of sustainable design principles and practice.

GDES 3B68
Design (As) Research
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Mousavihejazi, Bahar
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Note: This course is intended to augment the student’s program as an expansion studio or be an optional replacement (ie. for students returning from mobility programs) for:
GRPH 3B20 Research Methodologies for Graphic Design 1
INDS 3B09 Thesis Preparation & Research (new title: Research Methodologies for Industrial Designers)
MAAD 3B05 Thesis I: Research & Preparation 

This third-year course will explore practice-based research techniques in design as ethnographic methods to prepare students for their graduate year thesis or core projects. Small research projects will be used in this course to pursue three objectives: research to inform the design deliverables (the outcomes of design practice), research to educate the designer/researcher for future practice (tacit knowledge) and research to inform the professional design, academic and wider communities (explicit knowledge). This course will inform both internal and external audiences that design is, in itself, research.

GDES 3B76
Graphic Novel Illustration
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Smyth, Fiona
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GDES 3B29 may not take this course for further credit.

Storytelling, through the medium of comics and graphic novels, is explored in this course. Employing principles of narrative structure as a framework, original stories integrating text and image are created in sequential panel formats. Graphic components including preliminary sketches, page layout, penciling, inking, and title design are developed in conjunction with plotline and dialogue, requiring students to function as both illustrator and author. As a means to inform and contextualize their own work, students research historical and contemporary examples.

GDES 3B77 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Fibre: Sustainable Fashion and Textiles
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Tuesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: MacHenry, Rachel
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits). 
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course will introduce students to alternative materials, sustainable and ethical processes for fashion, wearable forms and accessories. Projects and exercises will include the development of material research and experimentation, sampling, wearable forms and accessories. An emphasis will be placed on the experimental use of recycled, re-purposed and re-imagined materials and forms. Locally sourced materials and production methods will be investigated. Both production and conceptual fashion concepts will be explored.

GDES 3B82 
Book Illustration
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Drawson, Blair
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits). 
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GDES 3B05 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: Students require intermediate or advanced drawing competencies.

This course provides an in-depth study of Illustration as it applies to contemporary picture book design. With both the child and adult reader in mind, students create short self-authored book projects, applying principles of traditional storytelling and narrative structure. Individual visual languages are developed through the creation of consistently stylized illustrations and the interplay of images with text.

GDES 3B83
Design Forge
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Jones, Janet
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).

The Design Forge is a full immersion into problem solving for "real world" situations. Design problems that are not suitable for taking to commercial design studios will be brought to this course by various outside companies. Students will work in a concentrated way to problem solve. All resultant intellectual property will belong to the students. It will be offered during the summer when it is possible to work in a compressed schedule.

GDES 3B84 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Introduction to Photography 
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Dean, Skip [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ADVR 2B09 or GDES 1B19 or GRPH 2A05 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course focuses on the technical and creative use of digital photography as it applies to different fields of design. Students will be introduced to photography basics such as camera function, lens and filter options, varying exposure and lighting. Students will develop an understanding of effective communication through image alone and with its relationship with words. Students are required to provide their own digital 35 mm camera.

GDES 3C01
Design Study Abroad
1.0 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27 (the study abroad activity will occur May 13 to May 31)
Instructor: Tranum, Sarah [updated 2013-04-08]
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Condition: Only third-year and fourth-year students or alumni with a minimum overall average of 70% are eligible to take this course.
Application Process: Please submit your application, which includes a 250-word essay describing why you want to be part of the course and how you see yourself contributing to the team of student designers and a mini-portfolio of your work (3 to 5 projects that you feel will best exemplify your ethos/point of view and abilities as a designer) as a single PDF and email it to stranum@faculty.ocadu.ca.
Registration: An override will be required from the Faculty of Design office to register in this course.
Tuition: Please note that tuition for this course must be prepaid prior to Monday, May 13, 2013.

Design Study Abroad: India offers an exciting opportunity for students in both the Faculty of Design and the Faculty of Art to travel, explore and to co-design with a local community in rural India. Students will be working with organizations to identify design projects that can help these organizations and the people they work with in the community. Examples include: women's empowerment organizations, microfinance groups and an orphanage for boys, among others. Possible project opportunities include designing or re-designing products, services and environments, creating educational materials, developing marketing campaigns, etc. The scope of the projects will be determined as students delve into co-designing with the organizations and the local community.

This course offers students a unique opportunity to work within a local community in an international setting to engage in solutions that can have a meaningful impact. This experience will allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of a local culture through exploration, observation, and other design tools. Working independently and/or in groups, students will interact with organizations and members of a community to identify challenges and possible solutions. Students will then integrate what they have learned through this participatory design process to develop design solutions that are innovative, appropriate, and implementable.

This opportunity will take place in Malavli, India. Located about 100 km from Mumbai. Malavli is a town in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The course is open to students across art and design disciplines at OCAD U who are adaptable, flexible, independent, curious, respectful, resourceful and passionate about design.

GDES 4B03
Internship
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Sims, Greg [updated 2013-04-04]
Prerequisite: 14.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements (10.0 credits).
Condition: Only students with a minimum overall average of 70% are eligible to take this course.
Note: Registration in this course requires prior approval by an Associate Dean, Faculty of Design. This internship must be appropriate to the student's major or minor.

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.

GDES 4B06
Professional Practice for Graphic Designers
0.5 Credit | Studio/Seminar
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Spicer, Graeme
Prerequisite: 14.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements (10.0 credits)
Note: This course is available only to 4th Year Graphic Design or Advertising students.

The interface between commerce and the business of visual communication is the primary focus of this course. Professional Graphic Designers need to understand the value of design within the context and language of business and to understand current practices within their own profession. Instructor and guest professionals review professional procedures, standards and ethics using real case studies as the basis for discussion.
 

GDEX 3B06 [CANCELLED 2013-04-26]
Design for the North
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Munroe, Howard
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits)

Indigenous epistemologies and interactions with the environment can provide valuable lessons that teach us how to reconnect with the natural world to establish mutually beneficial and reciprocal relationships. For students, these perspectives can enrich the educational experience and create opportunities to investigate and appreciate Indigenous approaches and ecological contributions. By exploring various methodologies and traditional knowledge sources, this course investigates opportunities for entrepreneurship associated with northern Canada to develop designs and/or processes that fulfill a specific functional or aesthetic requirement. The focus is on developing process skills, design and ways of enhancing environmental sustainability viewed through an Indigenous lens.

Graphic Design (GRPH)

GRPH 2B06 Typography 2: Structures
GRPH 2B08 Graphic Design 1
GRPH 2B09 Graphic Design 2
GRPH 2B10 Typography 3: Advanced Structures (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
GRPH 3B14 Typography 3: Advanced Structures

GRPH 2B06
Typography 2: Structures
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Grezova, Mariana
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60% and GDES 1B17 Typography 1 or GRPH 2A04 Typography 1: Letters and Words).

In this course students will explore typographic structures, focusing on normative and conceptual principles. An in depth analysis is undertaken in this course that explores the letter relationship to the word, the word relationship to the line, lines in relationship to column and the way these elements activate a particular space. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of visual hierarchy and grid structures, as well as the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic qualities of typography.

GRPH 2B08
Graphic Design 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:30 to 15:30
Instructor: Moorehead, Christopher
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%) and GDES 1B18 Communication Design 2 (pass grade of 60%) or GDES 1B27 Graphic Communication (pass grade of 60%). [updated 2013-04-26]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GRPH 2K01 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: GRPH 2B08 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

Through a variety of experiences ranging from the development of graphic form to composition and colour, students will develop visual vocabularies and an aesthetic understanding of how content and message impact on form and communication. All studio-based projects require research and presentations that include verbal, written and visual components. Students will work in two and four dimensions with static and time-based formats. The course will integrate current software and appropriate digital methods.

GRPH 2B09
Graphic Design 2
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Lau, Terry
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%), and GRPH 2K01 (pass grade of 60%) or GRPH 2B08 Graphic Design 1 (pass grade of 60%). [updated 2013-04-26]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GRPH 2K02 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: GRPH 2B09 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

The course focuses on process, word/image interaction, meaning, hierarchy and the impact of dimensional form on effective communication. Students will learn to distill complex ideas into concise and convincing two and three-dimensional elements. All studio-based assignments require research and presentations that include verbal, written and visual components. The course will integrate current software and tools in both physical and virtual environments.

GRPH 2B10
Typography 3: Advanced Structures
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. In its place, students may take the equivalent course GRPH 3B14 Typography 3: Advanced Structures.

GRPH 3B14
Typography 3: Advanced Structures
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Young, Jackie
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits), and GRPH 2B06 Typography 2: Structures.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GRPH 2B10 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course will not be offered after the summer of 2013.

Students will continue to explore the design of organizational typographic structures in this course. The presentation of complex information in a clear and engaging manner, servicing utility and where appropriate, beauty, is the primary focus. An increased emphasis on content, concept and type’s association to imagery for specific target audiences will be addressed through a range of typographically-driven projects.

History and Theory of Visual Culture (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISM)

VISA 2B07 History of Modern Art 
VISA 2B13 History of Photography 
VISA 3B05 Dada and Surrealism 
VISA 3B07 Art of the Italian Renaissance
VISA 3B08 Art of Europe: Baroque & Rococo
VISA 3B26 Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
VISA 3B43 Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism
VISC 4B15 Urban Life: Art, Design and the City 
VISD 2B01 History of Modern Design 
VISD 2B36 History and Evolution of Typography 
VISD 2B38 Contemporary Design Theories and Practices
VISD 2B39 Graphic Design History in the 20th Century 
VISD 3B32 History of Furniture
VISD 3B41 Cross Cultural Issues in Craft
VISD 3B46 Sustainable Design Theories and Practices 
VISM 2B15 Introduction to Games Studies
VISM 2B41 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies 
VISM 3B33 Canadian Cinema
VISM 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives
VISM 4B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture, Media: Anime: Dreams and Machines

VISA 2B07
History of Modern Art
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Silver, Erin [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 2B07 may not take this course for further credit.

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.

VISA 2B13
History of Photography
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Kurtovic, Nikolina [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 2B13 or VISC 2B13 may not take this course for further credit.

This lecture course offers an overview of the history of photography from a social and aesthetic perspective. The role of photography as a documentary and artistic medium in the 19th and 20th centuries is explored, as well as the ways in which the mass reproduction of images has altered our perceptions of reality, subjectivity, memory and culture. Emphasis is placed on analyzing photography as a formal and conceptual language framed by cultural specificity and historical context.

VISA 3B05
Dada and Surrealism
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Tomic, Milena [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 3B05 or VISC 3B05 may not take this course for further credit.

This lecture course presents a concentrated study of the Dada and Surrealist movements, which represent the antithesis of Cubism and other formalist developments in early 20th-century art and aesthetics. The course examines the spirit of Dada on both sides of the Atlantic through the work of artists such as Duchamp, Hoch, Schwitters, Dal Miro and Magritte; precursors of the Surrealists such as Rousseau and de Chirico; and the legacy of Surrealism and Breton and his circle.

VISA 3B07
Art of the Italian Renaissance
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Carson, Rebekah [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 2B18, VISC 2B18 or VISC 3B07 may not take this course for further credit. Students who have taken VISA 3B13 and/or VISA 3B14 in OCAD U's Florence Program may not take VISA 3B07 for further credit after they return from Florence. HOWEVER, students can take VISA 3B07 for credit before they go to Florence as a preparation for their studies there.

This 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).

VISA 3B08
Art of Europe: Baroque & Rococo
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Carson, Rebekah [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 2B34 or VISC 3B08 may not take this course for further credit.

This course is a study of the European artistic movements that followed the Renaissance period. We begin by examining the second Renaissance that took place in Rome in the early 1600s and the impact that the art of Carracci, Caravaggio and Bernini had throughout Europe, especially in Catholic countries such as France and Spain. We then examine the art of Hals, Rembrandt and Vermeer, which was fostered in Holland, a Protestant republic. Rococo painting will be studied mostly as it appeared in France (Watteau, Boucher, Chardin and Fragonard) and England (Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough).

VISA 3B26
Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Hosein, Lise [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 2B05, VISC 3B12 or VISC 3B26 may not take this course for further credit.

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.

VISA 3B43
Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Smith, Matthew [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B43 may not take this course for further credit.

This course will provide an overview of recent photographic practices and an examination of the theoretical debates and key writings on photography and genre in the modern and contemporary contexts. Critical areas to be discussed include the role of photographic realism, the documentary form and social change, staged photography, photomontage and digital convergence. The place of the photograph will be explored within the broader contexts of concurrent conditions in contemporary art and society, which will provide a range of perspectives on the modernist and post-modernist agendas which have framed practices leading to the present.

VISC 4B15
Urban Life: Art, Design and the City
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Robinson, Ian [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 4B15 may not take this course for further credit.

This seminar course examines ideas and issues for artists and designers in relation to the city as a cultural community and as an architectural built-form. The range of topics covered includes: the history of cities and urban life, issues of public art and urban design, Modernist utopias of the city of the future, urban landscape and contemporary theories, and practices of urban planning. Students develop a working understanding of Toronto, both as an urban built-form and as a social community. In order to develop documentary and analytical research skills, students undertake research in archives, libraries and public institutions for class presentation and essays.

VISD 2B01
History of Modern Design
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Kellett, Heidi [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 2B01 may not take this course for further credit.

This lecture course provides a broad overview of the history and philosophy of design in the 20th century. Focusing primarily on Europe and North America, we examine the evolution of Modern design as both an artistic movement and a response to the historical conditions of modernity. The work of individual designers, architects, urban planners and critics is studied in relationship to the larger movements of the period, including such factors as social and technological change.

VISD 2B36
History and Evolution of Typography
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Bissett, Tara [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken COMM 2B07 or VISC 2B36 may not take this course for further credit.

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."

VISD 2B38
Contemporary Design Theories and Practices
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Colangelo, Dave [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ENVR 3B11, VISC 3B11 or VISC 2B38 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: Former title: Design Thinking

Design practice is becoming increasingly more interdisciplinary, socially focused and complex. As a result, design as a discipline has needed to initiate new modes of thinking about design which includes adapting methodologies from fields other than design. This course explores a broad range of contemporary design practices such as industrial design, environmental design and material art & design within this framework. Students will read contemporary texts written by or about designers and design theorists, analyze exemplary contemporary design practices through case studies and be encouraged to view design in an expanded field of related disciplines and practices.

VISD 2B39
Graphic Design History in the 20th Century
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: McArthur, Glenn
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B20, VISC 4B14 or VISC 2B39 may not take this course for further credit.

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.

VISD 3B32
History of Furniture
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Wilson, Nathan [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 3B32 or VISC 3B32 may not take this course for further credit.

This lecture course introduces students to a survey of the history, form and function of Western furniture design. The course traces the diverse cultural influences on the development of furniture and considers how furniture reflects the changing social structure of society and the internal environment. The importance of the religious, social and cultural connotations of furniture will also be discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship of furniture design to its role in representing social status in Western culture and, by the late 19th century, domestic comfort.

VISD 3B41
Cross Cultural Issues in Craft
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Slinger, Lee [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 2B23, MAAD 2B23, VISC 2B23 or VISC 3B41 may not take this course for further credit.

This lecture course introduces the student to the major stylistic periods and indigenous traditions of material arts in Europe, North America and Asia. We examine the historical impact of patterns of global trade, developments in technology, and shifts in the gender division of labour on the design, methods and means of production of material arts. Trends in media such as textiles, metalwork, ceramics, architecture and wood will be introduced to emphasize the concept of integrated art movements.

VISD 3B46
Sustainable Design Theories and Practices
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Nay, Eric [updated 2013-04-09]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B93 or VISC 3B46 may not take this course for further credit.

This course provides a theoretical and historical framework for understanding sustainable design within its evolving context. This course combines the analysis of historical events, important texts and significant figures in sustainable design history with case studies utilized to illustrate and critique contemporary and historical sustainable design practices. Case studies are organized categorically by fields that include architecture, industrial design and urban planning among others. An emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of sustainable design is placed within a broader cultural context, which includes a healthy dose of informed cynicism and active critique of contemporary sustainable design production and consumption. This course includes field trips and independent research.

VISM 2B15
Introduction to Games Studies
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Westecott, Emma [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B92 or VISC 2B93 may not take this course for further credit.

Games studies views games as complex objects, mapping the game "object," the player "subject" and the critical dialogue that delimits game space. This course explores games as cultural artifacts, arising from diverse cultural histories, landscapes and geographies, impacting and impacted by sub-cultures. Students will learn to analyse the mechanics, aesthetics and practices of games via varied analytical approaches addressing their textual, performative, socio-cultural, design and political contexts. As well, the course introduces students to tools and techniques to analyze the cultural impact of the video game.

VISM 2B41
Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Campbell, Colin [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken SOSC 2B02, VISC 2B40, or VISM 2B40 may not take this course for further credit.

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.

VISM 3B33
Canadian Cinema
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Moura, Hudson [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B18 may not take this course for further credit.

This class is designed to familiarize students with different approaches to television criticism, and to introduce students to practices of formulating and writing television criticism. The focus is on a critical tradition to understanding meaning making in television, and as such the class provides multiple perspectives, including textual approaches (such as semiotics), producer-oriented approaches (such as auteur analysis), audience research (such as audience-oriented research and critical audience research), and finally ideological analysis (such as feminist and critical cultural studies). Readings include both theoretical and materialized pieces of critical television criticism scholarship. Students will gain knowledge of important television research methods and their usefulness. In addition, students will, through the readings, learn about the economy/business and politics of television production, the aesthetics or codes of various TV genre, will address identity and TV representation in terms of gender, ethnic, sexual and other characteristics, and will learn about the processes by which audiences negotiate television. Upon concluding the class, students should be able to articulate the tenets of multiple television genres, determine the type of television criticism most appropriate to a particular type of question regarding television, articulate the steps of four different types of television criticism, and conduct an actual (undergraduate level) television research project.

VISM 4B05
Future Cinema: Digital Narratives
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: McIntosh, David
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 4B05 may not take this course for further credit.

Film, video and digital media have converged and continue to open new possibilities for multimedia production. Classical cinematic narrative is transforming into a new culture of drama, gaming and fiction-based forms that merge traditional cinema, experimental literature, television, video, and the Internet. This seminar focuses on a range of contemporary film, video and digital artists who move across analogue and digital media forms to construct experimental narratives and to represent developing discourses of post-human existence and embodied imaginaries produced by media convergence. The course will present a range of contemporary theoretical approaches to frame analogue and digital narratives, including Peter Weibel’s "Future Cinema" and Katherine Hayles "How We Became Post-Human." As well, key theoretical approaches to new multimedia narratives will be presented. The course involves weekly screenings and discussion of readings; assignments include a research paper and analytical essays.

VISM 4B91
Special Topic in Visual Culture, Media: Anime: Dreams and Machines
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: McIntosh, David
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.

This lecture/seminar focuses on Japanese animation from the 1960s to the present, and addresses both texts including Astroboy, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Castle in the Sky, and context including media theories, social conditions, national culture/history, transnational/transmedial networks of production and distribution. The course will also address animation techniques and technologies specific to anime, including manga adaptation, digital vs cel, multiplanar camera, superflat imaging, OVA and otaku/social media remix.  

Humanities (HUMN)

HUMN 2B01 Aesthetics
HUMN 2B05 Western Political Thought from Plato to the Present 
HUMN 3B01 Reading Popular Culture 
HUMN 3B05 Environmental Ethics
HUMN 3B17 Modernism and Postmodernism
HUMN 3B25 Imagining Nation: Canada's Cultural History
HUMN 4B03 Existentialism

HUMN 2B01
Aesthetics
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor:  Petrenko, Anton [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).

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.

HUMN 2B05 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-10]
Western Political Thought from Plato to the Present
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Kiloh, Kathy [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken SOSC 2B05 may not take this course for further credit.

This course introduces students to the issues and debates in political thought through history and across western culture. Students will examine the key concepts and ideas of western politics ranging from Plato, to John Stuart Mill, to C.B McPherson. A particular theme of the course will explore the central ideas that have shaped the contemporary political environment historically in areas such as liberalism, conservatism, Marxism, and in the more contemporary arenas of feminism, socialism, neo-liberalism, aboriginal rights, equality and social justice. Students will also learn about the methodology of political science, the institutional and social framework of political activity, and the role of political ideas.

HUMN 3B01
Reading Popular Culture
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Flisfeder, Matthew [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 2B14 or HUMN 2B14 may not take this course for further credit.

This course examines the mass media as a dominant form of culture which socializes us while providing the materials for social reproduction and change. The emphasis of the course is on the stimulation of critical reflection and debate relevant to an understanding of various popular cultural genres in contemporary Canadian and global cultures. In studying various genres, including soap opera, science fiction, fashion and dance music, we compare different analytical approaches to reading culture and questioning the politics of representation, distribution, production, and consumption.

HUMN 3B05
Environmental Ethics
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Dickinson, Mark [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken HUMN 3B92 may not take this course for further credit.

Is it possible to imagine an ethical approach to environmental issues that addresses the competing needs of the various human and non-human participants to an environmental dispute? With an emphasis on critical reflection, this course invites students to confront the ethical dimensions raised by historical and contemporary Canadian and global environmental debates. Theoretical ethical approaches will be explored as reflected in case studies of key historical environmental “moments” in which obligations to future generations, issues of distributive justice and/or appropriate dispute resolution methods have been challenged. Drawing upon cross-cultural traditions, underlying assumptions of the scientific, economic, aesthetic, religious, feminist, judicial and public policy discourse on the environment will be examined with reference to one basic question: How ought we to structure our lives and beliefs in order to address the environmental problems facing our world today?

HUMN 3B17
Modernism and Postmodernism
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Preist, Eldritch [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken HUMN 4B01 or HUMN 4B18 may not take this course for further credit.

This course enables students to gain a broad understanding of Modernism and its critiques (Antimodernism, Postmodernism, Postcolonialism) within the context of visual art, architecture, music, and literature from the period 1850 to 1990 against their socio-political and philosophical backgrounds. Works discussed may include, among others, Nietzsche, Freud, Marx, Baudelaire, Woolf, Mann, Joyce, Borges, Burroughs, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Sherman, Shonibare, Venturi, Gehry, Lacon, Foucault, Fanon, and Krause.

HUMN 3B25
Imagining Nation: Canada's Cultural History
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Dickinson, Mark [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken VISC 3B25 may not take this course for further credit.

Art, film and literature produced by artists in this country over the course of the 20th C, and into the 21st, could be considered tangible representations of Canadian identity. This cultural history has been implicitly tied to the project of defining nation. This course will examine this history by looking at the ways that various institutions such as the CBC, the National Film Board and the Canada Council have been shaped by the need to differentiate Canada from its colonial past and its neighbours. These institutions will be looked at in conjunction with policy instruments — the Indian Act, the Massey Commission, and the Multiculturalism Act — through which federal interests were implemented. Artists were deeply involved with these processes of institutionalization. Beginning with early collectives such as the Royal Society in the early 1900's up to the formation of the Artist Run Centres in the 1970's, artists have organized in order to maintain a voice within the discourse of governmentality. Also, postcolonial studies and practice will be examined in conjunction with its influence on artistic production and exhibition. Other areas that will be interwoven will include Canada's intellectual history and canonicity (both inclusion and exclusion). This course will give students the opportunity to see that Canadians have historically been conscious of some of the complex questions we are wrestling with today. By contextualizing artistic practices within the larger narrative of imagining nation, students will see that the history of culture in Canada is more than the sum of the artworks themselves. A repro-text will be produced in order to accommodate the numerous points of view within this discussion. The following bibliography covers some of those readings.

HUMN 4B03
Existentialism and Its Culture
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 15:30 to 18:30
Instructor: Marentette, Scott [updated 2013-04-26]
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ACAD 4B03 may not take this course for further credit.

This course is a study of the short stories, poetry, film, visual art and philosophical essays which have been generated from, or significantly influenced by, the philosophy of existentialism. In identifying some of the chief issues, notable works and leading figures in the movement, students gain an appreciation of the "existential" approach to modern culture, one characterized by the preeminence of critical protest.

Illustration (ILLU)

ILLU 1B01 Observational Drawing and Painting 1
ILLU 1B02 Illustrative Concepts 1 
ILLU 1B03 Illustrative Concepts 2
ILLU 1B04 Media Studio: Analogue
ILLU 1B05 Observational Drawing Principles
ILLU 2B04 Illustration 1
ILLU 2B10 Illustration 2

ILLU 1B01 
Observational Drawing and Painting 1 [CANCELLED - Updated 2013-06-14]
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30 [updated 2013-04-04]
Instructor: Aoki, Nick
Prerequisite: ILLU 1B05 Observational Drawing Principles (previously titled: Illustrative Drawing Principles).
Note: To meet the learning outcomes of this course, students are required to work from nude male and female figure models in the studio environment.

Integrating representational drawing principles and practices with wet media, students execute figure and still life exercises from observation, as a foundation for Illustration. Further examination of surface anatomy, proportion, human locomotion is undertaken to inform figurative works. Fundamental painting techniques using limited warm/cool palettes are explored to assess the aesthetic possibilities and physical properties inherent in painting media. Ongoing sketchbook assignments maintain a drawing routine outside the classroom.

ILLU 1B02 
Illustrative Concepts 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Waszul, Yarek

Illustrative Concepts 1 introduces students to the fundamental theories and practices in the field of contemporary illustration, with an emphasis on ideation and visual problem-solving methods. Students develop and apply design processes, including problem definition, design criteria development, research and observation, brainstorming, mindmapping and visual synthesis, divergent and convergent thinking, critical thinking, and cycles of testing and refinement through a variety of studio projects. Central to this course is the illustrator’s role as storyteller, communicator and commentator.

ILLU 1B03 
Illustrative Concepts 2
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Waszul, Yarek
Prerequisite: ILLU 1B02 Illustrative Concepts 1.
Condition: ILLU 1B03 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.
Note: Mandatory for Illustration students.

Building on the ideation methods developed in Illustrative Concepts 1, students apply further visual problem-solving techniques to create communicative images. Narratives are developed through symbolic means of representation, employing metaphor and metonymy, and through conceptual synthesis. The diverse meaning of symbols, as defined by context and sequence is also explored, while the storytelling effect of formal pictorial elements such as line, shape, value, light, movement, placement, scale, cropping and colour is examined. Simple text-to-image translation methods are introduced.

ILLU 1B04
Media Studio: Analogue
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Todd, Jon
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ILLU 2A02 or ILLU 2B11 may not take this course for credit.

Students in this course will explore a variety of analogue or traditional illustration media and materials, assessing and applying their properties through multiple techniques and methodologies. Through a series of exercises manipulating the formal aspects of picture making, students will acquire capacities to synthesize appropriate wet, dry and mixed media with illustrative concepts.

ILLU 1B05 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Observational Drawing Principles
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30 [updated 2013-04-04]
Instructor: Aoki, Nick
Antirequisite: Students who have taken GDES 1B12 or ILLU 1B05 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: To meet the learning outcomes of this course, students are required to work from nude male and female figure models in the studio environment.

Principles and fundamentals of figure and object drawing applicable to Illustration are introduced in this course. Students render three dimensional forms, structures and spaces using one, two and three point perspective, with an emphasis on accuracy and achieving spatial illusion. Students also draw from live models using gesture, contour and shaded drawing techniques with short and sustained poses, to develop an understanding of surface anatomy, proportion, mass, negative and positive space, line quality, composition and observational perspective. Students also maintain a sketchbook to establish a routine of drawing from life.

ILLU 2B04
Illustration 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Todd, Jon
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%) and ILLU 1B03 Illustrative Concepts 2 (pass grade of 60%) or GDES 1B27 Graphic Communication (pass grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ILLU 2K01 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: ILLU 2B04 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

In this core course, text-to-image methodologies are applied to written material ranging in complexity from a key word to full manuscripts. Students analyze and distill texts, and generate concepts through a series of revised preliminary drawings reflecting the collaborative process between illustrator and art director. Students examine a variety of visual strategies including literal depiction, symbolism, montage, synthesis, transformation, distortion, synesthesia, anecdote and decoration, to identify appropriate solutions to a given text. Complementary media is subsequently investigated for final art.

ILLU 2B10
Illustration 2
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Mably, Greg
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%) and ILLU 2B04 Illustration 1 (pass grade of 60%) or ILLU2K01 Illustration 1 (pass grade of 60%). [updated 2013-04-26]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken ILLU 2K02 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: ILLU 2B10 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

Distinctions between categories of contemporary Illustration, regarding function, usage and audience, are systematically explored and defined through the development of book, editorial and advertising images. Students apply ideation methodologies, visual strategies, diverse media and professional practices to assignments approximating commissions by clients. Various contexts for assessing illustration — artistic, commercial, ethical, and societal — are compared, to discuss the illustrator’s role in shaping culture.

Indigenous Visual Culture (INVC)

INVC 3B01Bringing Visual Literacy to Indigenous Communities (not offered 2013 summer) [updated 2013-04-08]

INVC 3B01
Bringing Visual Literacy to Indigenous Communities
0.5 Credit | Practicum

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. [updated 2013-04-08]

Industrial Design (INDS)

INDS 1B01 ID Studio 1: The Design of Everyday Things
INDS 1B02 Material Explorations 1

INDS 1B01
ID Studio 1: The Design of Everyday Things
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Kump, Sam [updated 2013-05-16]
Prerequisite: GDES 1B25 Form & Structure
Note: INDS 1B01 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

This introductory course familiarizes students with the knowledge base and skills needed for the effective creation of human artifacts. With an emphasis on concept development in the design of everyday objects, students are encouraged to create new product typologies in the context of human needs. They will explore the complex issues involved in contemporary industrial design and the changing nature of the processes used for meeting particular human or social needs, as well as specific functional or market requirements. The course introduces students to semantic and symbolic aspects of industrial design through developmental studies that express the functional and cultural meanings of products.

INDS 1B02
Material Explorations 1
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Kuisma, John
Note: This course is required for Industrial Design students. For the summer semester, Environmental Design students may take this course as an equivalent to ENVR 1B04 Materials and Methods.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Form cannot be determined without determining Structure. Structure cannot be created without a consideration of Materials. Materials cannot be manipulated without an understanding of Tools and technology. This course will focus on all of the elements and understandings necessary to create meaningful form, structures that can withstand forces, the range of materials that are available and the tools and techniques that can be safely applied in the materialization of designs.

Integrated Media (INTM)

INTM 2B11 Animation: Origins & Techniques
INTM 2B21 Online Art & Website Creation 

INTM 2B11
Animation: Origins & Techniques [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-30]
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Fereday-Miller, Cathy [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it. [updated 2013-04-04]

This course will combine a historical and contemporary survey of animation from the perspective of animation as an art, a technological practice, and an object of theoretical investigation. From zoetropes and magic lanterns to digital animation and 3D rendering, students will investigate the history of animation through a sequence of studio projects, short written assignments and seminars.

INTM 2B21
Online Art & Website Creation
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Pearl, Zach 
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%) and basic computer knowledge.

This course examines the web as an artistic medium through a review of artists' online projects and the creation of websites by students. Techniques covered include image preparation, HTML authoring, navigation and Flash animation. The social implications of the web's underlying structures will be considered.

Liberal Studies first-year (LBST)

LBST 1B04 Global Visual and Material Culture: Beginnings to 1800
LBST 1B05 Global Visual and Material Culture: 1800 to the Present
LBST 1B11 The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics 
LBST 1B12 The Essay and the Argument: ESL 
LBST 1B13 The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric

LBST 1B04
Global Visual and Material Culture: Beginnings to 1800
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 13:30
Tutorials: Mondays and Wednesdays, 13:30 to 14:30 or 14:30 to 15:30 or 15:30 to 16:30
Instructor: Wilson, Nathan [updated 2013-04-26]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken LBST 1B02 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: Students admitted prior to 2012 who have not taken LBST1B02 may substitute LBST1B04 for one of LBST1B02, LBST1B03, LBST1B06.
Note: This course is composed of a large weekly lecture and a smaller tutorial. Students must register for both a lecture and tutorial.

This lecture course surveys a broad range of art, design and material culture artifacts and practices beginning with the earliest recorded creative expressions of human culture to the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Students will study key examples using these artifacts and practices to achieve a thematic comprehension of the political structures, social mores, and cosmological beliefs that inform world cultures. Particular emphasis will be placed on key themes such as spirituality, colonialism, the body, race, gender, and the global movement of images and objects, as well as theoretical concepts such as ideology, aesthetics and taste.

LBST 1B05
Global Visual and Material Culture: 1800 to the Present
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 10:30
Tutorials: Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30 to 11:30 or 11:30 to 12:30 or 12:30 to 13:30
Instructor: Slinger, Lee [updated 2013-04-19]
Note: Students admitted prior to 2012 may substitute this course for one of LBST1B02, LBST1B03, LBST1B06.
Note: This course is composed of a large weekly lecture and a smaller tutorial. Students must register for both a lecture and tutorial.

This lecture course surveys developments in global nineteenth through the twentieth-first-century art, architecture, design and material culture. Students will explore the historical, intellectual and socioeconomic contexts of this period using key examples of visual and material culture, while addressing themes such as industrialization, imperialism, propaganda, mass reproduction, technology and globalization. Particular emphasis will be placed on theoretical and critical issues emerging during this time period, including concepts of exoticism, scientific truth, the reproduction of images, the public sphere, commodity culture, hybridity and indigeneity from a global perspective that traces the development of multiple modernisms and postmodernity.

LBST 1B11
The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Coodin, Dave [updated 2013-04-19]
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor:  Wrobel, Katharine [updated 2013-04-19]
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Sova, Ilene [updated 2013-04-19]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken one of: ENGL 2B30, ENGL 1B01, ENGL 1B02, ENGL 1B03, LBST 1B12, LBST 1B13, or LBST 1A40 with one of LBST 1A41, 1A42 or 1A43 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: LBST 1B11 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

This course is designed specifically for students who wish to sharpen their writing skills through intensive practice and review of composition mechanics and English grammar. Students will focus on grammar fundamentals, paragraph construction and reading strategies. This workshop allows students to explore aspects of essay composition while developing confidence in their own writing skills through practical exercises. Students who select LBST 1B11 Mechanics, will develop their basic writing skills such as sentence, paragraph and essay structure, punctuation, as well as critical thinking.

LBST 1B12
The Essay and the Argument: ESL
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Chen, Brian [updated 2013-04-26]
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Khokher, Reginald [updated 2013-04-19]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken one of: ENGL 2B30, ENGL 1B01, ENGL 1B02, ENGL 1B03, LBST 1B11, LBST 1B13, or LBST 1A40 with one of LBST 1A41, 1A42 or 1A43 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: LBST 1B12 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

This course is designed specifically for ESL (English as a Second Language) students who wish to improve academic writing and critical reading skills. Students will focus on grammar, composition, vocabulary building, in-class (timed) writing, as well as research writing and documentation of sources. A secondary focus of this course is the practice of listening and speaking skills in English: students will learn lecture note-taking strategies and will have opportunities to practice contributing to discussion and making short presentations in English. Students who select LBST 1B12 ESL, will be students whose first language is not English and need additional time and support to complete the first-year writing requirement.

LBST 1B13
The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Sutton, Malcolm [updated 2013-04-19]
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:30 to 17:30 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-06-28]
Instructor: Lapointe, Michael [updated 2013-04-19]
Antirequisite: Students who have taken one of: ENGL 2B30, ENGL 1B01, ENGL 1B02, ENGL 1B03, LBST 1B11, LBST 1B12, or LBST 1A40 with one of LBST 1A41, 1A42 or 1A43 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: LBST 1B13 requires a minimum pass grade of 60%.

This course is designed specifically for students who wish to sharpen their persuasive skills through an intensive study of the art of rhetoric and debate. Students will focus on advanced arguments through in-depth analysis of course readings as well as a close examination of various rhetorical tips and strategies. Students who select LBST 1B13 Rhetoric, should already have strong language skills that will support them in advanced engagement with the ideas under discussion and their rhetorical exposition.

Material Art & Design (MAAD)

MAAD 1B01 Material Art & Design Studio: Fibre (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
MAAD 1B02 Material Art & Design Studio: Jewellery (not offered 2013 summer, see course description for equivalency)
MAAD 2B01 Intro to Fibre
MAAD 2B08 Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting
MAAD 2B09 Silversmithing
MAAD 2B14 Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication
MAAD 2B15 Intro to Ceramics
MAAD 2B26 Fibre: Explorations
MAAD 2B29 Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication 2 [cancelled 2013-04-26]
MAAD 2B30 Ceramics: Intro to Throwing
MAAD 2B38 Fibre: Dyeing
MAAD 3B40 Ceramics: Throwing Workshop

MAAD 1B01
Material Art & Design Studio: Fibre
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. In its place, students may take the equivalent course, MAAD 2B01 Intro to Fibre.

MAAD 1B02
Material Art & Design Studio: Jewellery
0.5 Credit | Studio

This course is not offered in the 2013 summer semester. In its place, students may take the equivalent course, MAAD 2B14 Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication.

MAAD 2B01
Intro to Fibre
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Price, Meghan
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken MAAD 1B01 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course introduces the students of Material Art & Design to the possibilities of fibres. The class addresses two major areas of concern within Fibre: interlacement, encompassing hand manipulated construction techniques, and surface design, which includes print and dye. Parallel with these technical studies will be work with concept development to evolve a visual vocabulary suitable for design and/or art based works. The course will be delivered using visual presentations, demonstrations, hands-on production, in-class discussions and one-on-one and group critiques.

MAAD 2B08
Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Casting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: McKenzie, Van
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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 will be exposed to a variety of model making techniques including: carving, modeling, mouldmaking and rapid prototyping. Contemporary, historical examples from a variety of cultures will be presented to illustrate concepts embodied in the projects.

MAAD 2B09 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Silversmithing
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Chu, Shao-pin
Prerequisite: MAAD1B02 Material Art & Design Studio: Jewellery
or MAAD 2B14 Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication
or GDES 3B34 Jewellery Design 1: An Introduction
and 3.0 first-year studio and 1.0 first-year liberal studies credits (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken MAAD 3B41 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Through the use of hammers, steel and wooden forms, the plasticity and malleability of non-ferrous (copper, brass and silver) metals are explored. Forging, sinking and raising metal forms are the major techniques covered in this course. One project asks the student to explore their own personal design process through writing, drawing and modelmaking and subsequently create a piece of flatware related to their own experience.

MAAD 2B14
Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: McKenzie, Van
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken MAAD 1B02 or GDES 3B34 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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.

MAAD 2B15
Intro to Ceramics
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Moriyama, Joni
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.
Note: This course is open to Art and Design students. (Art students - please contact the Design office for access).

This introductory 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.

MAAD 2B26 [CANCELLED Updated 2013-05-03]
Fibre: Explorations
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Wassink, Laurie
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

In this course, students will explore alternative approaches for creating textiles, namely paper making and felt making as well as machine stitchery, fabric manipulation and assemblage. Projects are designed to implement these techniques and to challenge students’ creativity and concept development. The course will be delivered using lectures, demonstrations, in-class discussions and one-on-one and group critiques.

MAAD 2B29 [CANCELLED 2013-04-26]
Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication 2
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Batcher, Gillian
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60% and MAAD 1B02 Material Art & Design Studio: Jewellery or MAAD 2B14 Intro to Jewellery/Metalsmithing: Fabrication or GDES 3B34 Jewellery Design 1: An Introduction).
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

The major focus of this course is based on developing a student's increasing understanding and knowledge of the skills required to create more complex fabricated works through a series of projects and samples. Students will create mechanical devices and fasteners as a part of the skill development required for these fabrications. Drawing, model-making, research and development of concepts will also be components of this course.

MAAD 2B30
Ceramics: Intro to Throwing
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Jaroszewicz, Mark
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Throwing is the action of making forms on a rotating wheel using only the hands. This course trains students to use the wheel as a forming tool, explores a variety of techniques and familiarizes students with the vocabulary used in the development of functional and sculptural pieces. Students will experiment with colour and texture using decorating, glazing and firing techniques. They will discover a holistic view of clay making, where techniques both inform and produce the final product. Related topics such as context, concept, function, glazing and firing are also considered. This explorative engagement with the wheel aims to open up new creative and technical possibilities within the student's process of clay making. The course will be delivered using illustrated lectures, demonstrations, in-class discussions and one-on-one and group critiques.

MAAD 2B38
Fibre: Dyeing
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Thursdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Wassink, Laurie
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%) and MAAD 1B01 Material Art & Design Studio: Fibre or MAAD 2B01 Intro to Fibre.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken MAAD 3B01 may not take this course for further credit.
Condition: Students must achieve a minimum grade of 60% in at least one of their core studio courses each semester to advance to further Material Art & Design studio courses.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course investigates colour theory and dye techniques as applied to fibre. Studies will include traditional and experimental processes for natural and synthetic dyeing on woven and nonwoven textiles. The emphasis is on acquiring a thorough knowledge of the relationship between fibre and dyestuff. Students will develop their own colour sense as well as mastery of the technical aspects of colour with both cellulose and protein fibre. The course will be delivered using lectures, demonstrations, in-class experiments and one-on-one and group critiques.

MAAD 3B40
Ceramics: Throwing Workshop
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 3: May 13 to August 19, Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Jaroszewicz, Mark
Prerequisite: 9.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits). 
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course teaches the process of making objects with clay using the potter's wheel. This method can quickly create basic forms which can be transformed into useful objects with specific needs in mind. In this context, throwing is used as an important vehicle of expression. During this course students are encouraged to further investigate the creative and/or production potential of this process in the hope of gaining a totality of clay making. Wheel throwing can both inform and produce the work and will be integrated with other aspects of the process such as context, concept, function and texture.

Photography (PHOT)

PHOT 2B03 Introductory Photography: Black & White
PHOT 2B05 Introductory Photography: Colour
PHOT 2B07 Introductory Photography: Digital
PHOT 2B13 Concept and Process
PHOT 3B19 Professional Practices & Applications

PHOT 2B03
Introductory Photography: Black & White
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Schneider, Kate [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken PHOT 2C02 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.
Note: Mandatory for Photography students.

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 demonstration, lecture and critiques support hands-on practice.

PHOT 2B05
Introductory Photography: Colour
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Jones, John
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken PHOT 2C02 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it. [updated 2013-04-04]
Note: Mandatory for Photography students.

This studio-based course explores the creative use of colour in contemporary photography. Students are introduced to both analog and digital methodologies. Areas covered are colour light theory, image formation in film and digital, exposure and colour balance fundamentals, proper selection of colour and transparency films, chemical colour printing, digital colour capture, digital device calibration and printing from digital files. Hands-on practice is supplemented by presentations, lectures and critiques of student work. Aesthetic issues and trends are discussed.

PHOT 2B07
Introductory Photography: Digital
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 17:30 to 20:30
Instructor: Lawoti, Surendra [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken PHOT 2C02 may not take this course for further credit.
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.
Note: Mandatory for Photography students.

Students are introduced to digital imaging as it relates to photographic practice. This course provides a basic overview of digital photography technology including Adobe Photoshop tools, scanning and printing. Hands-on practice is supplemented by demonstrations, lectures and presentations. Basic computer literacy is required; access to a digital camera is not.

PHOT 2B13
Concept and Process
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Choi, Esther [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Students are further introduced to the technical and visual tools of photography. Emphasis is on acquiring a creative vocabulary and greater awareness of photographic and photo-based practice. Presentations, lectures and hands-on experience assist in the development of conceptual skills and working methods.

PHOT 3B19
Professional Practices & Applications
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Jones, John [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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.

Printmaking (PRNT)

PRNT 2B01 Screenprinting
PRNT 2B05 Papermaking
PRNT 2B18 Printmaking for Painters
PRNT 2B20 Book Arts: Bookbinding
PRNT 2B26 Nano Publishing: Independent Publications
PRNT 2B27 From Letterpress to Contemporary Typography

PRNT 2B01
Screenprinting
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 15:30 to 18:30
Instructor: Judd, Allison [updated 2013-04-19]
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Bariteau, Nadine [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

Screenprinting is a modern and flexible stencil technique providing students with a variety of image making possibilities. This studio course covers basic hand stencil techniques and photographic screen processes using water-based inks. Class demonstrations, discussions, individual and group critiques, and directed projects are integral to this course.

PRNT 2B05
Papermaking
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 4: June 3 to June 26, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 17:30
Instructor: Cook, Emily [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course explores the creative possibilities of working with handmade paper. Techniques practiced include sheet forming, pulp painting, colour and fibre exploration, as well as research into the diverse characteristics of assorted paper pulps. Additional focus is placed on the study of European and Asian papermaking practices, as well as contemporary applications for paper art. Students are encouraged to complete project work in open studio time immediately following the class.

PRNT 2B18
Printmaking for Painters
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Cook, Emily [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course explores the flexibility of traditional and contemporary methods of creating print-based work through the adaptation of technical skills from painting. Students will explore a variety of printmaking techniques such as serigraphy, collagraphy, relief and intaglio to create monoprints, mixed media works or multiples on paper. Hands-on studio work is supplemented by group and individual critiques.

PRNT 2B20
Book Arts: Bookbinding
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Black, Anthea [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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.

PRNT 2B26
Nano Publishing: Independent Publications
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Black, Anthea [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

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.

PRNT 2B27
From Letterpress to Contemporary Typography
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:00 to 15:00 [updated 2013-03-28]
Instructor: Judd, Allison [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course will bring art and design students together to explore applications of letterpress printing in contemporary typography. Both contemporary typography and desktop publishing have their roots in the tradition of letterpress. This tradition is introduced to students by utilizing methods of handset lead and wood type, linotype, foil-stamping, hand-cut wood, linoleum blocks, and photographic polymer plates. Moreover, contemporary design platforms provide a forum for interpreting the relationship between typography, language and meaning.

Science/Technology/Math (SCTM)

SCTM 2B10 Introduction to Psychology
SCTM 2B21 The Mathematics of Art & Design

SCTM 2B10 (Online Delivery)
Introduction to Psychology
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27
Instructor: Kushnir, Helena
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: There are two sections of SCTM 2B10 concurrently (same day, same time).
Condition: Registrants for this online course acknowledge and agree to the following:

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.

SCTM 2B21
The Mathematics of Art & Design
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Lotfabadi, Ramtin [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken SCTM 2B90 may not take this course for further credit.

This course explores the ways in which aspects of mathematics intersect with the practical concerns of artists and designers. We will see that much like artists, mathematicians are interested in the study of patterns and abstractions that can arise from these patterns. The notion of truth however can be quite different for a mathematician than for an artist. We will take a good look at how mathematicians reason and will encounter occasions where this reasoning has shaken the foundations of mathematics. We will also acquaint ourselves with the impact mathematics has had on designers and artists.

Sculpture/Installation (SCIN)

SCIN 2B03 Shaping Ideas 
SCIN 2B07 Sculpture: Language of Materials 

SCIN 2B03
Shaping Ideas
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Wednesdays and Fridays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Bethune-Leamen, Katie [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).

Within the context of sculpture and installation practices students will develop projects using the pliable mediums of clay, plaster and wax. Exploring the potentials of these three media beyond their historic links to traditional figuration, this course supports in-studio, practical research and production using case studies of a range of contemporary artists and art works. Students will be presented with a wide scope of strategies to connect ideas with material outcomes, while developing the studio skills to support the process.

SCIN 2B07
Sculpture: Language of Materials
0.5 Credit | Studio
Duration 1: May 13 to May 31, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 08:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Brown, Adam David [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 3.0 credits of first-year studio and 1.0 credit of first-year liberal studies (including the Writing course with a passing grade of 60%).
Note: This course has material fees associated with it.

This course encourages students to explore the physical qualities inherent in materials and the associative meanings we bring to the material world around us. Students experiment with materials, form and space in order to understand how materials can be transformed to create new meaning or convey complex ideas. Students examine issues relevant to contemporary artists working in the areas of sculpture and installation.

Social Sciences (SOSC)

SOSC 3B03 Sociology of the Body
SOSC 3B04 Childhood, Families and Social Change
SOSC 3B05 Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour 
SOSC 4B02 Gender, Globalization and Social Change 

SOSC 3B03
Sociology of the Body
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 to 11:30
Instructor: Ordonez, Maria-Belen
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).

The human body is the focus of a wide range of sociological specialties including the sociology of health and illness, of the emotions, of entertainment, as well as social studies of science and technology. This course examines how "bodies" are integrated into patterns of everyday social interaction and become visible in broader social contexts such as culture and politics. Students are provided with the concepts and tools necessary for exploring sociological questions raised by bodies in society.

SOSC 3B04
Childhood, Families and Social Change
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: O'Hara, Angela [updated 2013-04-26] [updated 2013-05-09]
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Tuesday and Thursday, 18:30 to 21:30 [updated 2013-05-03]
Instructor: Teixeira, Rob [updated 2013-05-09]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).

This course adopts an interdisciplinary approach in which the insights and techniques of sociology, anthropology and psychology are combined to examine parent-child relations from a socio-historical perspective and includes a critique of traditional theories on families and child socialization. Issues such as domestic partnerships, same-sex families, family/work roles, reproduction, childcare and child education will be explored. Special attention will be given to the link between family experiences and sources of inequality such as social class, race, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexuality and age.

SOSC 3B05
Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 2: May 13 to June 27, Mondays and Wednesdays, 18:30 to 21:30
Instructor: Leung, Carrianne [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 7.5 credits, including all first-year requirements (5.0 credits) and 1.0 credit of second-year liberal studies (including 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM).
Antirequisite: Students who have taken SOSC 2B90 in the 2004/2005 academic year or SOSC 2B03 may not take this course for further credit.

The course explains how and why we buy goods and services. In other words, the course studies how individuals come to make decisions around the spending of their available resources (time, money, effort) on consumption-related items. Relatedly, it addresses why we often buy excessively (the consumer society critique). This necessarily requires us to look at what good and services mean to us such that we purchase them. That is, how do goods and services give expression to the tastes, values and affiliations of individuals and groups(i.e., self-representations)?

SOSC 4B02
Gender, Globalization and Social Change
0.5 Credit | Liberal Studies
Duration 5: July 2 to August 19, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 to 14:30
Instructor: Valiquette, Renee [updated 2013-04-19]
Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, including all first-year and second-year requirements with a minimum 0.5 credit in VISA/VISC/VISD/VISM.
Antirequisite: Students who have taken SOSC 3B01 Gender, Globalization and Social Change may not take this course for further credit.

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.

Strategic Foresight and Innovation (SFIN)

SFIN 5B90 Special Topics in Strategic Foresight and Innovation: Design Futures [updated 2013-04-09]

SFIN 5B90 [updated 2013-04-09]
Special Topics in Strategic Foresight and Innovation: Design Futures
Instructor: Van Alstyne, Greg [updated 2013-05-16]

This 500-level course is open to fourth-year undergraduate students in good academic standing with a minimum 75% overall average, on recommendation from their Program Chair. [updated 2013-04-26]


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