In the Publications Specialization, students will address all areas of book and magazine publishing, both digital and print, from DIY endeavours to academic publishing. Considering publication in its broadest sense as a form of discourse for both personal and collaborative production, students are introduced to the breadth of possibilities in critical, textual and visual publishing. Publications ties together courses from Printmaking, Photography, Integrated Media, and Criticism & Curatorial Practice. Additionally, the specialization in Publications draws on courses in Graphic Design and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences in order to give students a true cross-disciplinary experience and unique set of competencies and skills that range from hybrid and collaborative methodologies to business and entrepreneurial skills that will allow them to succeed in the context of Ontario’s digital and creative economies.
The range of courses fosters a deep engagement with the critique, theory and material and virtual productions that shape today’s evolution of publications and provides students with a map of all stages and forms of publication within which they can then situate themselves.
Liberal studies courses are listed under the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and designated course type LST in the course schedule.
See Liberal Art & Sciences for an outline of the degree liberal studies requirements.
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
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200 Level Requirements |
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CRCP 2B01 |
Contemporary Issues: Art Today |
0.5 | |
CRCP 2B03 |
Publications 1 |
0.5 | |
GDES 1B09 |
Communication Design 1 |
0.5 | |
PRNT 2B26 |
Nano Publishing: Independent Publications |
0.5 | |
Choose ONE of the following two courses: |
0.5 | ||
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GDES 1B17 |
Typography 1 |
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PRNT 2B27 |
From Letter Press to Contemporary Typography |
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Choose ONE of the following four courses: |
0.5 | ||
GRPH 2B06 |
Typography 2: Structures |
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INTM 2B21 |
Online Art & Website Creation |
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PHOT 2B07 |
Introductory Photography: Digital |
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PRNT 2B20 |
Book Arts: Bookbinding |
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200 Level |
Faculty of Art or Design studio elective |
0.5 | |
Choose ONE of the following two courses |
0.5 | ||
ENGL 2B01 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
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ENGL 2B03 |
Introduction to Literary Criticism |
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and |
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VISM 2B41 |
Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies |
0.5 | |
And choose ONE of the following four courses: |
0.5 | ||
VISM 2B20 |
Web Theory |
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VISA 2B31 |
History of Printing & Printmaking |
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VISD 2B36 |
History and Evolution of Typography |
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VISD 2B39 |
Graphic Design History in the 20th Century |
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Total Credits |
5.0 | ||
300 Level Requirements |
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ASOC 3B01 |
Community Practice |
0.5 | |
INTM 3B09 |
Publications: Editorial |
0.5 | |
INTM 3B17 |
Publications: Dissemination |
0.5 | |
PRNT 3Bxx |
Pressing Issues (under development) |
0.5 | |
Choose TWO of the following seven courses |
1.0 | ||
GDES 3B02 |
Editorial & Publication Design 1 |
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GRPH 2B10 |
Typography 3: Advanced Structures |
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INTM 3B15 |
Media Network Studio |
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PHOT 3B22 |
Photographic Book Works |
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PRNT 3B21 |
Text and Image |
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PRNT 3B26 |
The Book as Art: Making Artist's Books |
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PRNT 3C06 |
From Paper to Book (1.0 credit) |
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and |
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200, 300 or 400 Level |
Liberal Arts & Sciences course: HUMN, SCTM or SOSC |
0.5 | |
And choose ONE of the following eight ENGL courses |
0.5 | ||
ENGL 3B09 |
Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 3B10 |
Creative Writing: Nonfiction |
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ENGL 3B12 |
Creative Writing: Short Fiction |
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ENGL 3B21 |
Writing By Artists (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 4B05 |
Digital Texts (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 4B06 |
Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 4B07 |
Graphic Novels |
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ENGL 4B09 |
Hybrid & Experimental Writing (not offered 2012-2013) |
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And choose TWO of the following six courses (not already taken previously) |
1.0 | ||
VISA 2B31 |
History of Printing & Printmaking |
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VISD 2B36 |
History & Evolution of Typography |
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VISD 2B39 |
Graphic Design History in the 20th Century |
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VISM 2B20 |
Web Theory |
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VISA 3B37 |
History of Art & Art Criticism |
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VISD 3B35 |
The Writing on the Wall: Radical Graphics & the Culture of Protest |
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VISM 3B23 |
Technology & Digital Culture |
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Total Credits |
5.0 | ||
400 Level Requirements |
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400 Level |
Capstone Project: Collaborative Project or Individual Thesis Publication Project |
2.0 | |
Choose TWO of the following seven courses |
1.0 | ||
CRCP 3B08 |
Publications 2 |
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CRCP 4B02 |
Art Writing: A Workshop in Practice and Ideas |
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GDES 3B22 |
Editorial & Publication Design 2 |
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GRPH 4B09 |
Digital/Analogue Graphic Reproduction Process |
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PHOT 3C02 |
Photography: Sequences, Multiples & Text (1.0 credit) |
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PHOT4B12 |
Digital Intensive: Composite, Sequence & Bookworks |
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PRNT 4B06 |
Book Works (not offered 2012-2013) |
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and | |||
BUSI 4Bxx |
Business, Innovation & Professional Practice (under development) |
0.5 | |
and | |||
300 or 400 Level |
Liberal Arts & Sciences courses: HUMN, SCTM, or SOSC |
0.5 | |
And choose ONE of the following eight ENGL courses (not already taken previously) |
0.5 | ||
ENGL 3B09 |
Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 3B10 |
Creative Writing: Nonfiction |
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ENGL 3B12 |
Creative Writing: Short Fiction |
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ENGL 3B21 |
Writing By Artists (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 4B05 |
Digital Texts |
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ENGL 4B06 |
Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing (not offered 2012-2013) |
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ENGL 4B07 |
Graphic Novels |
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ENGL 4B09 |
Hybrid & Experimental Writing (not offered 2012-2013) |
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AND choose ONE of the following two courses |
0.5 | ||
VISM 4B06 |
Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance |
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VISC 4B22 |
Art and Design Activism (not offered 2012-2013) |
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Total Credits |
5.0 |
Eligibility to Graduate
Please note that students are eligible to graduate if they:
•Have fulfilled all program requirements.
•Are in good academic standing. (Students who attempt 2.0 or more credits in an academic year and earn an average of 60% or higher in those credits are in satisfactory academic standing.)
•Have on overall average of at least 60%.
•Have an average of at least 65% in the designated courses of their major/program. (Design only).
•Have no outstanding accounts at the university.
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