Undergraduate Programs
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Program AssistantLinda Meloche
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Undergraduate Chair
Sarah Bassnett
VAC 200A
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University College 2230
FALL & WINTER COURSES 2026-2027
Art History
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Course Title |
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| Art History and Visual Culture: Baroque to Contemporary |
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| Media and Popular Culture |
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Theories and Practices of Art History and Visual Culture |
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Italian Renaissance Art |
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Indigenous Women in the Arts in Canada: Cultural Traditions, Survival, and Colonial Resistance |
In-Person |
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Contemporary Art |
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Islamic Visual Culture |
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Dada and Neo-Dada |
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| Seminar in Early Modern Art: Botanical Visions: Art and the Politics of Plants | In-person | |
| Seminar in Modern/Contemporary Art: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada | Online |
Studio Art
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Course Delivery Type |
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Foundations of Visual Arts |
In-Person |
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Advanced Visual Arts Foundation Studio |
In-Person |
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Art Now! I |
In-Person |
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Painting Explorations |
In-Person |
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Studio Seminar I |
In-Person |
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Introduction to Drawing |
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Introduction to Drawing |
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Introduction to Painting |
In-Person | |
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Introduction to Painting |
In-Person | |
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Introduction to Print Media |
In-Person | |
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Introduction to Print Media |
In-Person | |
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Introduction to Sculpture and Installation |
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Introduction to Ceramic Art |
In-Person |
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Intro to Digital Photography |
Online |
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Intro to Time-Based Media Art: Video and Animation |
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Media Art in the Age of Intelligent Machines |
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Islamic Visual Culture |
In-Person | |
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Studio Seminar II |
In-Person | |
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Drawing |
In-Person | |
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Painting |
In-Person | |
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Print Media |
In-Person | |
| Embroidering with the Guild: A Community Engagement Learning Course |
In-Person |
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Practicum |
In-Person |
Museum and Curatorial Studies
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Course Delivery Type |
| The Greatest Shows on Earth |
In-Person |
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Controversies and Contestations: Museums |
In-Person |
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| Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Title to be announced shortly |
In-Person |
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| Seminar in Museum & Curatorial Studies: Botanical Visions: Art and the Politics of Plants |
In-Person |
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| Special Topics in Museum and Curatorial Studies: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada |
In-Person |
Special Topics - fall 2026-2027
AH 4620F/MCS 4610F - Special Topics: Botanical Visions: Art and the Politics of Plants
This course explores the representation of plants in art through the lenses of globalization, colonialism, and the Plant Humanities, examining how botanical imagery reflects histories of trade, power, scientific exchange, and cultural identity. Focusing on works from diverse cultural contexts, students will consider how artistic and scientific knowledge shape ways of seeing and depicting plant life. Students will engage in close looking at artworks, including paintings, ceramics, textiles, and prints. Through hands-on and interdisciplinary approaches, the course emphasizes how visual culture both documents and transforms human relationships with the natural world. The course also incorporates critical museological theory and practice, examining how museums and galleries have historically framed botanical knowledge and how curatorial strategies can reinforce or disrupt colonial narratives, classification systems, and modes of display. Throughout the course, we will ask critical questions: Why have plants been central to artistic practices across time and place? How have images of plants have been used to construct, legitimize, or challenge systems of power? And what relevance do plants hold in a time of global climate crisis? With this, the course invites critical reflection on the cultural, ecological, and political meanings embedded in botanical aesthetics.
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Special Topics - Winter 2026-2027
AH 3640G/MCS 3692G - Title yet to be announced
Description coming soon.
AH 4640G/MCS 4690G - Special Topics: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada
This fourth-year seminar explores ideas and practices within contemporary feminist art. Together, we will examine how artists engage with issues of gender, identity and representation in a shifting social and political landscapes. The course encourages students to think deeply about how feminist frameworks shape artistic production and interpretation today. Through readings, discussions, presentations, and writing, students will engage with a range of artists and texts while developing their own critical voice. The seminar prioritizes curiosity and dialogue in making meaningful connections between artworks, theory, and broader cultural contexts.
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