A description of the programme leading to the B.F.A. degree is given in Section 7.7 of the Calendar. Studio courses are offered in the following areas: Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture and Open Media.

Students completing a B.A. may earn a Minor or Major in Art History. These programmes are outlined under Art History at the beginning of the section. A Minor or Major in Fine Arts which includes a combination of Art History and Studio Art courses may also be completed on a B.A. degree. Students should submit a portfolio of artwork for assessment by April 1, to be considered for a Major or Minor in Fine Arts. The B.F.A. programmes are outlined as follows:

The pre-requisite for 2000 level studio courses is the successful completion of the appropriate 1000 level course; i.e. 1101, 1111, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931. Any first year studio course that is failed will have to be passed by the end of the next academic year in which the student is enrolled.

Studio Courses Open to Non-Fine Arts Students

Six credits chosen from FINA 1101, 1111, 1901, 1911, and FINA 1921, 1931 are open to students from other degree programmes, dependent on available space, and by written permission of the Department only.

Preference will be given to students with a major in Art History or Drama.

Students who have no background or previous training in visual art should be advised that these courses are required for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree programme and that standards are set accordingly.

Upper level studio courses will be open to students from other programmes on a space available basis, provided that the student has met the prerequisite requirement, or been granted the permission of the department.

FINA 1101 (3CR)
FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING I

This course will introduce the student to drawing as a common language of expression in the visual arts. A variety of drawing media will be used.

FINA 1111 (3CR)
FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING II

This course is a continuation of Fine Arts 1101. It is required of all students enrolled in the B.F.A. programme.

FINA 1901 (3CR)
ELEMENTS OF ART I

This course focuses on elements of two dimensional design in black and white and colour. It also surveys theories of composition in the visual arts and provides an introduction to art theory and media.

FINA 1911 (3CR)
ELEMENTS OF ART II

This course surveys elements of three dimensional design and composition, alternate media and processes, and non-conventional and lateral thinking in the visual arts. The course is required of all students in the B.F.A. programme.

FINA 1921 (3CR)
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA I

This course is designed to introduce the studio areas of printmaking and photography. It is required of all B.F.A. students.

FINA 1931 (3CR)
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA II

This course is designed to introduce the studio areas of painting and sculpture. It is required of all B.F.A. students.

FINA 2101 (3CR)
DRAWING I

This course emphasizes drawing from the figure and also includes various other projects related to drawing. It is required of all B.F.A. students.

FINA 2111 (3CR)
DRAWING II

This course is a continuation of Drawing I. It is required of all B.F.A. students.

FINA 2201 (3CR)
PRINTMAKING I

This course introduces intaglio and relief printmaking techniques.

FINA 2211 (3CR)
PRINTMAKING II

This course introduces lithography printmaking techniques.

FINA 2301 (3CR)
PAINTING I

This course uses traditional media to focus on the fundamentals of basic painting. Colour and techniques will be explored. It emphasizes observational painting, from various subjects including the figure.

FINA 2311 (3CR)
PAINTING II

This is an exploration of painting materials and means, pictorial elements, and issues fundamental to expressive painting. Both traditional and contemporary painting will be considered.

FINA 2401 (3CR)
SCULPTURE I

This course addresses the human figure through a variety of media, including wire, wood, mesh, scavenged or natural materials and clay.

FINA 2411 (3CR)
SCULPTURE II

This course is a continuation of FINA 2401 and as such emphasizes the human figure and its senses, as well as more formal geometric structure in an experimental approach to sculpture. This course investigates how the shape and form of a structure is imposed by the materials used.

FINA 2501 (3CR)
PHOTOGRAPHY I

Fine Arts 2501 is intended to give the fine arts photography student a firm background both aesthetically and technically in the uses of photography as a fine art medium. The following will be covered: conceptualization of the image/technical review, exposing film for optimum results (slide & B&W), processing and proofing, storage and editing, introduction to the fine print portfolio presentation, evaluation criticism, and an historical perspective. Each student is required to own a 35 mm camera with manual metering.

FINA 2511 (3CR)
PHOTOGRAPHY II

Fine Arts 2511 addresses itself both aesthetically and technically in small format photography as a component of your development as an artist. This course will deal with notions of the black and white "fine print", social, political and personal issues in the work and portfolio development as well as a number of other studio techniques. Assignments dealing with portraiture, self portraiture, landscape and photo fabrication will allow for personal investigation of a number of given subjects that may or may not contribute to the conceptualization of the final portfolio.

FINA 3101 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING I

Through completing a variety of projects, students will develop their skills with traditional and non-traditional drawing media, and gain a deeper understanding of the issues and potentials of drawing. Students will explore approaches to representation and abstraction, and work toward developing personal imagery. This course is required of all students in the B.F.A. programme.

FINA 3111 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING II

This course emphasizes individual direction and style in drawing, using a variety of traditional and non-traditional media.

FINA 3201 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING I

FINA 3211 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PRINTMAKING II

Fine Arts 3201 and 3211 survey traditional and non-traditional printmaking for students with a background in printmaking.

FINA 3301 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING I

This course focuses on the study of figurative and non-figurative painting, using various painting methods and mixed media. Consideration will be given to contemporary artists and to the cultural context of painting.

FINA 3311 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PAINTING II

Students will explore uses of various painting and mixed media, and work from figurative and non-figurative sources as they complete projects with diverse formal, thematic or conceptual objectives.

FINA 3401 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE I

This course emphasizes contemporary attitudes, theory, and non-traditional approaches to sculpture. A mixed media approach, kinetic sculpture, and outdoor or environmental art will be addressed.

FINA 3411 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE II

This course investigates student initiated work, public sculpture proposals, and model making which combines and/or extends approaches from previous courses and which lead into the fourth year tutorial programme.

FINA 3501 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY I - THE VIEW CAMERA

This course covers the use of medium and large format cameras in the context of landscape and studio work, through use of colour and black and white materials.

FINA 3511 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY II - COLOUR AND PHOTOFABRICATION

A continuation of 3501 with colour printmaking and photo fabrication assignments. Processes covered include RA4 and Ilfochrome colour printmaking, Platinum, Cyanotype, Van Dyke and other alternate printing methods. Further exploration will include advanced view camera and studio technique.

FINA 3601 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE OPEN MEDIA I

Fine Arts 3601 and 3611 will offer the opportunity to integrate various media with which the student is already familiar. They will also introduce technical skills and a conceptual framework to facilitate this investigation. Performance and installation may be components of the course. Either or both courses may be taken for credit.

FINA 3611 (3CR)
INTERMEDIATE OPEN MEDIA II

FINA 3701 (3CR)
THIRD YEAR SEMINAR IN FINE ARTS

A seminar course on contemporary art issues in Fine Arts, usually taught in the second term of each year. Students will lead seminar discussions on selected topics and produce research papers. The course is required of all third year B.F.A. students.

FINA 4701 (3CR)
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN FINE ARTS

An advanced seminar on contemporary art issues in Fine Arts, taught in the first term of each year. Students will lead seminar discussions on selected topics and produce research papers. The course is required of all fourth year B.F.A. students.

FINA 4801/4811/4821/4831 (3CR)
ADVANCED STUDIO I TO IV

Students will take all of these tutorial courses in their final year. Courses are arranged with one or more faculty members on an individual basis. Students in fourth year must have more than one tutor. The courses are designed to meet students needs and may be in a single medium or in various media.

Fine Arts 2001 and 2011 are given every year; six or more additional courses are offered each year from Fine Arts 3021, 3031, 3141, 3241, 3051, 3061, 3071, 4041, 4051, 4091, or Classics 3601, 3611, 3701, 3711.

FINA 2001 (3CR)
WORLD ART FROM THE FIRST PEOPLES TO THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES

This course surveys art and architecture from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe within their historical and cultural context. The course will emphasize how works of art are produced in a variety of media. This introductory course is designed for students with no previous background in the history of art and architecture.

FINA 2011 (3CR)
WORLD ART FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT

This course surveys art and architecture from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe within their historical and cultural context. The course will emphasize how works of art are produced in a variety of media.

FINA 3021 (3CR)
CANADIAN ART FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE 1960S

A survey of the history of Canadian art from its beginnings in the 17th century to the 1960's. The emphasis will be on painting, including the Canadian landscape and the Group of Seven; the Atlantic Realist School; modernism in Canadian art; and the development of abstraction in Ontario, Quebec and the West.

FINA 3031 (3CR)
CANADIAN ART FROM THE 1960S TO THE PRESENT

An examination of Canadian art from the late 1960's to contemporary practice, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation, video and performance. The course will take advantage of the Visiting Artist's Programme and local exhibitions of contemporary art.

FINA 3141 (3CR)
NINETEENTH CENTURY ART, PART ONE

This course examines art and architecture during the first half of the nineteenth century in the United States and Western Europe (particularly Belgium, England, France, Germany and Spain). This course includes art in a variety of media and will pay particular attention to the inventions of lithography and photography during this time. Artistic movements such as Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and Realism will be considered in this course along with artists who worked independently from these movements.

FINA 3241 (3CR)
NINETEENTH CENTURY ART, PART TWO

This course examines art and architecture during the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States and Western Europe (particularly Belgium, England, France, Germany and Spain). This course includes art in a variety of media and will pay particular attention to innovations in the production of photographs, etchings, and posters during this time. Artistic movements such as Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impression and Art Nouveau will be considered in this course.

FINA 3051 (3CR)
TWENTIETH CENTURY ART TO 1940

This course examines art and architecture in Europe and North America from 1900 to 1940. It covers schools and movements including the Secession, Expressionism, The Fauves, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism, and Social Realism, as well as artists working independently of any formal group. The architectural movements covered include Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, De Stijl, Prairie style, and International style. Issues addressed in this course include gender, psychoanalysis, "primitivism," and the politics of colonialism and international warfare.

FINA 3061 (3CR)
MODERN ART FROM 1940 TO 1970

This course examines art and architecture in Europe and the United States from 1940 to 1970. It considers schools and movements including Abstract Expressionism, CoBrA, Pop Art, Junk Art, Minimalism, Kinetic Art, Op Art, Land Art, Process Art, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera and Performance Art, as well as artists and architects working independently of any formal group. Issues addressed in this course include notions of modernism and the avant-garde, gender, international warfare, post-World War II consumerism, internationalism, and the role of art critics in shaping a "canon" for twentieth-century art.

FINA 3071 (3CR)
CONTEMPORARY ART SINCE 1970

This course examines contemporary art and architecture since 1970 and focuses on themes including the body and identity. Topics include naturally, and culturally, constructed bodies, gender identity, sexual identities, ethnic bodies, abject bodies, and political and religious identities. This course will include art in a variety of media including the bodies of humans and animals, painting, sculpture, assemblage, installation, photography, printmaking, architecture, textiles, film, video, and performance art.

FINA 4041 (3CR)
PRINCIPLES OF ART CRITICISM I

A survey of art criticism from ancient times to 1945, with emphasis on the writings of critics, artists and philosophers.

FINA 4051 (3CR)
PRINCIPLES OF ART CRITICISM II

A survey of art criticism from 1945 to the present, with emphasis on the writings of critics, artists and philosophers.

FINA 4091 (3CR)
ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ART HISTORY

This course is a research seminar on key issues in nineteenth and twentieth century art, with topics to vary from term to term. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary, theoretical, methodological and critical approaches to the art of the recent past.

FINA 4950/4951 (6/3CR)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART

Directed reading and study of a well-defined subject in art which would result in a major research paper or major written paper. Study will be carried out on a tutorial basis. The course will be adjudicated by a committee consisting of the tutor and one other faculty member either from within or outside the Fine Arts Department.

CLAS 3601 (3CR)
THE BIRTH OF GREEK ART

CLAS 3611 (3CR)
THE SPLENDOURS OF CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC GREEK ART

CLAS 3701 (3CR)
ETRUSCAN AND EARLY ROMAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

CLAS 3711 (3CR)
THE ART OF IMPERIAL ROME AND ITS EMPIRE