Term 1
Course Number Course Name C - L - H Hrs
Required Course(s) - Must take
511-112-DW Visual Culture 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces students to contemporary visual culture through guided research & studio projects involving collage, photomontage (including digital platforms) ,acrylic painting and drawing. Students become fluent in the application of visual language through exploration of two dimensional compositional strategies. Student so broaden their research skills while becoming familiar with current visual practices through numerous field trips to contemporary galleries and museums. Project research is conducted through use of the web, the library and critical readings.
Profile Recommended Courses - Choose one of the following
340-112-DW Philosophy: Ideas and Culture 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Philosophy holds a central place in Western culture, and the questions it addresses concerning the meaning of life, the nature of reality, and the justification of our values are questions that are also posed and examined by creative artists and writers. This course is an introduction to Western culture (and if desired non Western cultures) through philosophy.
520-122-DW Stone Age to Renaissance Art * 3 - 0 - 3 45
Description: This course is an essential grounding in the development of visual literacy. In it the student explores the evolution of art and architecture from the first stirrings of the mythic imagination to the modern sensibilities of the Renaissance. Linkages with and distinction from contemporary practice through the analysis of themes encompassing but not limited to studies in land art, shamanism, concepts of the body, feminism, notions of beauty, images of authority ,religious conflict, immortality, patronage, the emergence of the artist, are forged in classroom situations ,media presentations and gallery visits.
530-111-DW Images and Sounds 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course examines the roots of film and video - the still image. Major forms and trends of image-making from drawing, to painting, to photography, to cell-cams, help students better understand the impact of the image. The course also examines how meaning changes when sound is added to an image. The use of photography and sound helps students understand the power of image and sound as the fundamental elements of film and video.
550-111-DW Classical Music History 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces students to the major musical and cultural trends of Western music from its developmental stages to contemporary music. Students gain knowledge of the musical, cultural and socio-historical factors that led to the evolution of each era; they learn to identify the works of major composers and the main musical characteristics that identify each period.
603-122-DW Literature and the Arts 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course surveys characteristic works of literature from three distinct periods or currents, relating the works studied to other arts of the period such as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and, in the modern period, photography and film, with particular reference to their socio-historical contexts.
Profile Recommended Courses - Choose one of the following
511-122-DW Drawing and Creative Expression * 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Working from observation of live models, still life, memory & imagination, students explore the basics of representation, composition and expression. The foundations of drawing are introduced and further reinforced by an exploration of the expressive power of drawing media. Traditional and contemporary trends in drawing are examined and students learn how to critique and analyze a work of art using appropriate terminology. Knowledge of drawing provides the foundation for future success in many visual media.
520-121-DW Photography: Themes and History 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course is a thematic survey and an examination of the processes involved by which photography became recognized as an powerful independent aesthetic medium of expression. An exploration undertaken of the rich language of photography through its diversified and global themes, which emerged within the rapid chronology of its technical evolution, will encompass but not be limited to studies in portraiture, documentary, photojournalism, landscape, photography as art ,and issues of contemporary photography Students will develop a critical, analytical understanding of the issues involved through classroom situations ,individual research and production with gallery visits to include the city-wide Mois de la photo biennales when applicable.
530-121-DW Alternative Media 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: In this course, students analyze mass audiences and their attitudes and responses to mass media messages. Institutions such as corporate sponsors, news organizations, and public relations firms are discussed. Students explore the roles and the processes used to influence public opinion. Issues such as freedom of speech, censorship, publicity practices and propaganda are examined. Assignments focus on analysis, interpretation construction and evaluation of messages designed for local or mass audiences.
530-122-DW Documentary 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: In this course, students analyze mass audiences and their attitudes and responses to mass media messages. Institutions such as corporate sponsors, news organizations, and public relations firms are discussed. Students explore the roles and the processes used to influence public opinion. Issues such as freedom of speech, censorship, publicity practices, and propaganda are examined. Assignments focus on analysis, interpretation, construction and evaluation of messages designed for local or mass audiences.
530-123-DW Film Styles 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: An introductory film course that exposes students to a variety of film forms and styles. The range of films includes narrative and nonnarrative. The genres include film noir, animation, film nouveau, faux-docs, and computer generated imagery.
603-123-DW Drama 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course surveys dramatic literature with particular reference to the social context of the theatre, including at least one classical play, one Shakespeare play, one modern play, and one Canadian play. Students will explore the relationship between stage and audience and will practice workshop performance exercises.
Program Option Courses - Choose one of the following
370-131-DW Sacred Texts and Secular Images 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course looks at the ways in which religious texts, images, and ritual performances are transformed, or deformed, into secular museum exhibits, literature, films, concerts and theatrical performances. Examples are taken from various religious traditions.
420-932-DW Computer Communication of Arts and Literature 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Students will explore the ways in which literary and artistic endeavours are communicated through the Internet. They will develop an awareness of the cultural diversity of people’s lives, both past and preset, and the many fields in which creative artists express themselves. They will acquire the computer skills needed to present their findings in attractive Web pages, printed documents and on-screen presentations.
502-132-DW Newswriting 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Introduction to the basic techniques of news gathering and the structure and methods of writing news stories for print media, by observing, analysing and simulating a print newsroom. Students will consider issues of viewpoint, objectivity, and selectivity, and will practice researching, writing, and submitting their own stories.
530-131-DW Communication and Culture 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course examines how we, in the broadly defined North American culture define our values and beliefs. The course examines historical and current events to see how the media affect and reflect contemporary culture. Students learn how to be active contributors to their environment, instead of passive consumers.
550-131-DW Intro to Guitar Techniques 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Mostly through finger style playing, this course introduces students to a simple guitar repertoire, reflecting different main cultural visions (classical, folk, popular) with their specific technical difficulties.
550-132-DW Intro to Vocal Techniques 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces the students to musical vocal techniques and song repertoire and the way in which they relate to musical performance. Students have the opportunity to explore the song genre, its forms, styles, and lyrical and poetic content; they learn how to express these elements through vocal performance.
560-131-DW Theatre: Plays and Playwrights 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Students analyze style, theme and characterization in plays and explore the playwrights, their philosophies, reactions to world events and creative expression. The process of playwriting itself is scrutinized including an examination of structure, plot, dialogue and scene development. Students will visit a working theatre and attend a theatrical performance.
602-531-DW Culture québecoise 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Dans ce cours, vous allez explorer les richesses de la culture québécoise en vous plongeant dans l’étude d’oeuvres artistiques d’ici: roman, théâtre, cinéma, chansons, arts visuels. De plus, dans une atmosphère de classe interactive, enrichie de discussions, des exposés des élèves, vous ferez de la recherche sur l’histoire et le fonctionnement actuel d’institutions culturelles québécoises que vous aurez visitées.
603-131-DW Biography, Autobiography and Blogs 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course explores examples of biography and autobiography in a variety of formats and media throughout history. Students will learn research strategies and will establish their own on-line journals.
General Education
- 345-103-04 Knowledge 3 - 1 - 3 60
- 602-10_-03 French: Bloc A 2 - 1 - 3 45
- 603-101-04 Introduction to College English 2 - 2 - 4 60
Term 2
Course Number Course Name C - L - H Hrs
Required Courses - Choose one of the following
511-211-DW Interactive Web Art and Culture 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course looks at new media and more specifically, interactive web art. The student will situate new media within the context of historical and contemporary currents in artistic and literary creation. Through exploration and interaction with new media art projects, students will recognise the relationship between information technologies, contemporary aesthetic attitudes and approaches to art making. Assigned readings and lectures on theory will compare artistic and literary works created through the information technologies with more traditional approaches, generating an discussion of the visual, social and psychological influence of information technologies on contemporary culture.
520-212-DW 16th Century to Modern Art 3 - 0 - 3 45
Description: Building an essential understanding of visual literacy, the student explores increasingly complex visual languages of representation and architecture to modern times through classroom situations, media presentations and gallery visits . Close ties with contemporary practice are forged through analysis and discussion of underlying themes, social contexts and ideas that shape the forms of representation to the contemporary era.
Profile Recommended Courses - Choose one of the following
511-222-DW Painting, Colour and Composition * 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Students discover the power of colour and paint to heighten expression in art, through working from the model, still-life, imagination, abstraction and personal research sources. Techniques of acrylic paint application, composition, colour mixing and colour harmonies are investigated. Students will also learn to critically interpret the stylistic approaches of contemporary & historical painters, identifying elements that can inform creative thinking in painting today.
530-222-DW Animated Film 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course examines a wide assortment of animation films from digital, to experimental, and claymation to cartoons. The concepts, techniques and styles used by filmmakers are analyzed and critiqued.
530-223-DW Video Workshop 0 - 3 - 3 45
Description: An introductory course designed to ground students in the techniques of story creation in a video editing environment. Successful completion of the course offers participants ample opportunity to become familiar with digital lab culture while acquiring the essential software skills necessary to the production of their own short format videos. A series of creative exercises involving hands-on experience with cameras, lighting and sound essentials 93 is complemented by supervised exercises in planning, shooting and editing in a Macintosh equipped digital lab. Presentations of the final videos, followed by peer critique completes the production cycle.
530-224-DW Film and Culture 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This is an introductory course on the cultural significance of film and related media. All societies express important ideas in their art. In the last one hundred years, the cinema has been a dominant art form. This course prepares the student to understand the cultural value of the cinema. In viewing films that cover the range of cinema from historical to contemporary films, students learn how to interpret and analyze the social and cultural values expressed.
603-211-DW Poetics 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Through reading selected theoretical and critical texts and analysing representative poems from different periods, students will explore how poems use language to achieve their effects. Students will learn appropriate literary terminology, and will analyse and practice a variety of poetic forms and languages.
603-221-DW Literature into Film 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Comparative exploration of the languages of literature and film, including theories and examples of filmic adaptations of literature. Students will examine key factors in constructing narratives-factors such as reception, audience, genre and formula-while considering the different formal requirements of each medium.
Program Option Courses - Choose one of the following
340-231-DW Philosophy, Literature and Life 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Philosophy and literature have had a long and complex but profitable history. The aim of this course is to explore the ways in which literary works have taken up philosophical questions and philosophers have turned to literary forms for the purposes of philosophical analysis.
370-231-DW Western Religions and the Arts 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: In this course students examine and analyze the composition and functions of artistic, literary, musical, cinematic and/or theatrical representations of stories and teachings of at least two major religious traditions of the West: Classical Greece, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
502-231-DW Feature Writing 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Introduction to the basic techniques of researching and writing news, arts and lifestyles features for print media. Students will consider how feature writing differs from newswriting and will learn to consider audience, form, and context while researching and writing their own stories.
530-231-DW Digital Culture 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course examines issues relating to how communities interact in an increasingly digital, online environment. Topics include current developments and events, the impact of online research, social networking, blogs, file sharing, copyright laws, appropriation, and online education. To fully understand the impact of digital culture, the class is taught online. This is NOT a technical course; all that is required is that students have access to the web.
550-231-DW Music Appreciation 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces students to the main musical elements, concepts and terminology that are required to understand and appreciate the expressive, aesthetic qualities of music through diverse genres. Students learn to identify how various composers manipulate musical language to create diverse musical styles and forms.
550-232-DW Guitar: Musical Expression 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course furthers the students’ classical guitar technique (finger style) through ensemble and simple solo playing. Using Classical repertoire, different elements (fingering, phrasing, dynamics, ornamentation, etc.) are learned in order to improve students’ musical expression. Musical Interpretation: Guitar: 550-332- DW Through popular guitar (pick style), the students learn to play different popular styles ( rock, blues, Latin, etc.) by exploring and experimenting with their specific stylistic components.
550-233-DW Voice: Musical Expression 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces students to the principles of the vocal mechanism, sound production, pitch control, rhythmic accuracy, and musical expression. Students will gain an understanding of basic ear training, musical vocabulary and theory; they will learn how to apply these concepts to vocal expression and performance.
560-231-DW Theatre: Concept and Craft 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Students are exposed to major movements and innovators of the modern and contemporary theatre, their impact on the language and expression of acting, and their influence on theatre craft areas such as acting, playwriting, design, and directing. The actor’s tools are also be developed with exercises to extend the vocal, physical and creative potential.
603-232-DW Poem and Song 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Exploration of the language of poetic and lyric expression, including how music contributes to, and interacts with, words in lyric forms. Through discussion, analysis and workshops, students will read, listen to, and possibly write or perform poems or lyrics.
General Education
- 109-103-02 Health and Physical Education 1 - 1 - 1 30
- 602-B__-03 French: Bloc B 2 - 1 - 3 45
- 603-102-04 Literary Genres 2 - 2 - 3 60
- COMP 1 Complementary
Term 3
Course Number Course Name C - L - H Hrs
Required Course(s) - Must take
511-311-DW Sculpture and 3D Composition 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: A practical studio course designed as an introduction to sculpture. Through a series of exercises and projects, the students learn sculptural techniques such as carving, clay modelling and construction. While dealing with problems of three-dimensional form and space, the student gain experience in handling a variety of tools and materials. Students learn to analyze these works, applying compositional principles, concepts and vocabulary taught in the course.
Profile Recommended Courses - Choose one of the following
511-321-DW Computer Art * 1 - 3 - 2 60
Description: This course is an introduction to the contemporary art form of digitally-generated art. The student acquires skills through the use of a personal computer and the Internet, while progressively exploring the visual elements and principles of composition. Artworks involve using the computer both as an imaginative research tool and as a viewing medium, Certain projects lead to hard copy/printed production. Through a series of three extended projects students engage in a developmental process, integrating prior knowledge with personal research to arrive at a new expressive language.
511-322-DW Printmaking Techniques * 1 - 3 - 2 60
Description: The foundations of the print were laid with the first incised line on a rock wall, in stone, bone, horn or metal. The course traces printmaking’s evolution from a reproduction technique to it’s role as an original medium of contemporary expression. Students explore the intaglio and relief processes through the creation of original prints. Technical exploration l include the use of carving tools for incising plates, inking, paper preparation and the setting of presses. A small edition of original prints are produced in each of the techniques explored.
Program Option Courses - Choose one of the following
370-331-DW Eastern Religions and the Arts 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: In this course students examine and analyze the composition and functions of artistic, literary, musical, cinematic and/or theatrical representations of stories and teachings of at least two major religious traditions of the East: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto.
420-933-DW Computer Graphics and Web Design 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Students will explore selected Web sites to see how well they communicate their intended message. Students will create and publish well-designed Web sites of their own using Dreamweaver and Flash software. Graphic images will also be created, using graphics software, to enhance the effectiveness of the Web pages.
502-331-DW E-Journalism 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: The web enables anyone to reach a global audience. This course teaches students how to tell and disseminate news stories using digital media. The course helps students to understand and broadcast a news story using simple and free, electronic media such as blogs, discussion forums, newsgroups, citizen journalism, podcasts, email chains, text-messaging, and newsletters
550-332-DW Guitar: Musical Interpretation 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course will further the students’ classical guitar technique (finger style) through ensemble and simple solo playing. Using Classical repertoire, different elements (fingering, phrasing, dynamics, ornamentation, etc.) will be learned in order to improve students’ musical interpretation.
550-333-DW Voice: Musical Interpretation 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course introduces students to the various stylistic possibilities of contemporary musical interpretation through vocal performance. Students l gain an understanding of the diverse expressive elements of song interpretation, vocal musical concepts and terminology.
560-331-DW Theatre Practice 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Student actors learn practical acting techniques through monologue and scene work, while exploring major training areas such as voice, movement and improvisation, and focusing on text, physical presentation, stage business, blocking and stage craft.
602-331-DW La francophonie 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Ce cours vous fera voyager dans différentes oeuvres, langues et mentalités du large monde francophone. Par le biais de l’étude d’oeuvres artistiques (littérature, musique, cinéma, théâtre) et de documents informatifs, de même que par des exercices de recherche et de création, il vous permettra de connaître une variété de niveaux de langues et de problématiques du monde francophone.
General Education
- 109-104-02 Physical Activity 0 - 2 - 1 30
- 345-102-03 World Views 3 - 0 - 3 45
- 603-103-04 Literary Themes 2 - 2 - 3 60
- COMP 2 Complementary
Term 4
Course Number Course Name C - L - H Hrs
Required Course(s) - Must take
511-499-DW Integrating Activity 1 - 3 - 2 60
Teacher(s) for Winter 2009: Lorraine Simms teaching section(s) 02
Julianna Joos teaching section(s) 01
Description: The focus of this course is to produce a body of artwork demonstrating the student’s ability to integrate knowledge & skills acquired in the Visual Arts Profile. The first project is designed to help students improve integrating skills, organising research and development of a thematic project, whereas the second extended project is of a wholly personal nature, presented for Comprehensive Assessment. Students also learn how to successfully assemble a portfolio and compose a letter of application for future university studies.
Required Courses - Choose one of the following
511-412-DW Drawing/Painting Studio 1 - 3 - 2 60
Description: This course enables students to deepen technical and formal experimentation in drawing, painting, and 2d mixed media. Longer projects allow for the development of a personal approach to conceptual, technical & thematic expression. Projects may focus on the model and other figurative sourcesas well as on non-figurative modes of expression. Creative and critical exploration of sign, symbol and metaphor in visual communication will be addressed.
511-413-DW Sculpture Studio 1 - 3 - 2 60
Description: In this advanced course students produce sculptural projects which may include some of the following: relief, assemblage and mixed media utilizing both traditional and contemporary approaches. Undertaking topical research as their starting point, students learn to use appropriate techniques which can include modeling, casting, carving, and assembling with various materials such as plaster, clay, wood, metal, plastic and found objects, to create finished sculptural works. Students analyze and critique these works, applying the compositional principles, concepts and vocabulary taught in the course.
Profile Recommended Courses - Choose one of the following
340-421-DW Philosophy of Art 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: This course is devoted to general and foundational philosophical questions about the nature of art, its creation, interpretation and criticism. Accordingly, students take up such questions as, for example, what is art and can it be distinguished from ordinary objects and activities? Is there such a thing as artistic truth and does it differ from, for instance, scientific truth? What moral considerations, if any, are attached to the production and interpretation of art?
520-421-DW History of Contemporary Art * 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: In this course the student examines the major trends and theories of 20th and 21st century art production focusing its evolution in a global context since 1945. Taking into account such topics as Surrealism, Expressionism, Minimalism, , Pop Art ,Conceptual Art and Post Modern debates, the student will focus on issues raised in relation to specific artists, art production and events in the history of art. There will be an exploration of significant artists, stylistic schools, socio- cultural forces, particular media, theory and thematic concerns which have shaped and continue to define present artistic production. Class discussion, lectures, museum and gallery visits as well as artist lectures are some of the activities in this course.
530-421-DW Cinema: Selected Topics 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course provides students with the opportunity to explore film in considerable depth and detail. Students have the opportunity to examine and critique the various film genres, directors, styles, and movements, and to better understand the subtleties and the power of film language.
530-422-DW Film Theory and Criticism 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Film Theory and Criticism provides students with the necessary technical and aesthetic vocabulary for viewing, discussing and writing about movies. It also presents an overview of critical theories that have influenced filmmakers, film critics, and film publics over the past hundred years. Lectures, group discussions and screenings comprise the content, while assignments include formal essays, and a creative project.
530-423-DW Experimental Film and Video 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course is designed to provide a college level introduction to the experimental film and video genre. The cultural, historical and artistic origins of the genre are explored, as are its major movements and essential elements. Students view, analyze, discuss, and provide critiques of selected works. A theoretical introduction to the creative process is provided through appropriate readings, exercises, group and individual projects.
603-422-DW Special Studies in Literature 2 - 1 - 3 45
Description: Students will explore a specific literary topic-a major author, major work, period, movement or theme-in a seminar format, applying various interpretive strategies in short essays, presentations, and discussions. With guidance, students will also prepare a major critical essay in MLA format. Work done in this course may, with permission of both instructors, be used for the Integrating Activity.
Program Option Courses - Choose one of the following
502-431-DW Artists' Books and Graphic Novels 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course is designed to familiarise students with the relationships between visual images and text. The course explores two related types of text and image art - the artist’s book and the graphic novel relating fine arts and popular culture forms of creative graphic production. Students produce several artist’s books and graphic novels applying both two and three-dimensional aspects of the art form. This course allows students to develop their skills in representational and abstract image making, while helping them further explore the potential for visual communication through an ongoing exposure to historical and contemporary precedents.
530-431-DW Multimedia Creation 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course examines the creative, social, and structural aspects of designing multimedia projects. In this introduction to interactive media technology, students research and develop projects ranging from web page design and construction, to graphic user interface media presentations, and Flash animations. The class is designed to develop learning opportunities that support interdisciplinary research and learning.
550-431-DW Guitar: Musical Performance 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: Mainly through pick style guitar (pop, rock, blues, folk, Latin, etc.), students further their performance abilities. They learn the proper tools to define and execute the best accompaniment possible for a particular song in order to enhance the final result.
550-432-DW Voice: Musical Performance 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: This course provides students with musical and vocal techniques required to carry out performance projects; students gain an understanding of the vocal mechanism and sound production, as well as the musical expressive elements that are required for song performances. Students are introduced to vocal and musical terminology and they are provided with critical feedback tools in order to critique their solo and group performances.
560-431-DW Theatre Performance 0 - 3 - 3 45
Description: Students receive directed practice in auditioning, script analysis, improvisation, individual character work, text, line memorization, voice and movement, as well as in the generation of creative ideas, space considerations, handling of props/costumes, and the completion of basic production tasks related to mounting a theatrical performance.
560-432-DW Dance: Technique and Style 0 - 3 - 3 45
Description: Students are introduced to a broad-based dance technique with emphasis on coordination, dynamic alignment, strength, flexibility, rhythm, musicality as well as an understanding of anatomy and kinesiology. Through various somatic approaches, students will develop kinaesthetic awareness which will enable them to move with efficiency, fluidity and dynamism, leading to a more profound level of artistic expression. Students also explore various dance styles, including modern, jazz, tap and hip hop with emphasis on rhythms and combinations, individual expression, and artistry. Students explore the process of bringing choreographic sequences to performance level and develop an understanding and appreciation for dance as a vital and relevant art form.
603-432-DW Journalism Workshop/The Plant 1 - 2 - 3 45
Description: (Double-credit course taken along with one of the following General Education English courses: 603-102: Newspaper Writing, 603-103: Newspaper Writing, or 603-BXE: Newspaper Writing.) Students write news, features, arts and sports stories for the weekly student newspaper, The Plant. Students also work on all aspects of newspaper production, from writing and editing to photography and layout. Pre-registration is possible. Contact the instructor listed in the timetable to inquire about pre-registration.
General Education
- 109-105-02 Active Living 1 - 1 - 1 30
- 345-BXH-03 Applied Themes in Humanities 3 - 0 - 3 45
- 603-BXE-04 Applied Themes in English 2 - 2 - 2 60
