Department of Fine Arts
Tentative Course Offerings for Upcoming Semesters
(Conditional on enrolment and subject to change)
| Art History | Summer 2023 | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 |
| ARTH 1120: Art and Visual Culture: Prehistoric to Early Renaissance | X | ||
| ARTH 1121: Art and Visual Culture: Late Renaissance to 20th Century | X | ||
| ARTH 1130: Introduction to Film Studies | X | X | X |
| ARTH 1140: Introduction to Visual Art, Urban, and Screen Culture | X | X | |
| ARTH 2122: Modern Art and Visual Culture: 1890-1945 | X | ||
| ARTH 2124: Indigenous Art | X | ||
| ARTH 2126: Canadian Modern and Contemporary Art | X | ||
| ARTH 2160: History of Architecture: Prehistoric to Renaissance | |||
| ARTH 2222: Contemporary Art and Visual Culture: 1945 to the Present | X | ||
| ARTH 2260: History of Architecture: Baroque to Postmodern | X | X | |
| ARTH 3100: Special Topics Seminar in Art History | X | ||
| ARTH 3121: Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art | |||
| ARTH 3122: Art and the Age of Revolution | |||
| ARTH 3130: Film and the City | |||
| ARTH 3140: History of Photography | |||
| ARTH 3150: New Media in Art | X | ||
| ARTH 3160: Urban Graffiti and Street Art | X |
| Fine Arts | Summer 2023 | Fall 2023 | Spring 2024 |
| FINA 1100: Introduction to Drawing | X | X | X |
| FINA 1106: Drawing for Design | |||
| FINA 1110: Introduction to Painting | X | X | X |
| FINA 1130: Ceramics I | X | X | X |
| FINA 1131: Sculpture I | X | X | X |
| FINA 1135: Introduction to Digital Media I | X | X | X |
| FINA 1142: Introduction to Print Media | X | X | X |
| FINA 1145: Monotype - The Painted Print | X | x | |
| FINA 1166: Colour Theory and Practice | X | ||
| FINA 1167: Visual Language: Making and Meaning | X | X | |
| FINA 1170: Introduction to Film Photography | X | X | |
| FINA 1175: Form, Structure and Materials | X | x | |
| FINA 1200: Drawing II | X | X | |
| FINA 1210: Painting II | X | X | |
| FINA 1230: Ceramics II | X | X | |
| FINA 1231: Sculpture II | X | X | |
| FINA 1242: Print Media II | X | X | |
| FINA 1270: Photography II | |||
| FINA 2135: Digital Media: Design in Contemporary Art | |||
| FINA 2147: Issues in Contemporary Art I | X | ||
| FINA 2170: Intermediate Film Photography | |||
| FINA 2235: Digital Media: Interactive Art on the Web | |||
| FINA 2270: Digital Photography | X | X | X |
| FINA 2300: Advanced Drawing I | X | X | |
| FINA 2310: Advanced Painting Studio I | X | X | |
| FINA 2330: Ceramics III | X | ||
| FINA 2331: Sculpture III | X | X | |
| FINA 2335: Digital Media: Video and Installation | X | ||
| FINA 2342: Print Media III | X | X | |
| FINA 2371: Photo-based Alternative Processes and Installation | X | ||
| FINA 2400: Advanced Drawing II | X | X | |
| FINA 2410: Advanced Painting Studio II | X | X | |
| FINA 2430: Ceramics IV | X | ||
| FINA 2431: Sculpture IV | X | X | |
| FINA 2335: Digital Media: Video and Installation | X | ||
| FINA 2342: Print Media III | X | X | |
| FINA 2442: Print Media IV | X | ||
| FINA 3100: Advanced Studio Practice and Seminar I | X | X | |
| FINA 3110: Introduction to Curatorial Studies | |||
| FINA 3111: Professional Practices | X | ||
| FINA 3112: Public Art: Theory and Practice | |||
| FINA 3113: Subversive Art | |||
| FINA 3131: Wall Works | |||
| FINA 3133: Forming Stories | |||
| FINA 3135: Advanced Digital Media: Open Studio I | X | ||
| FINA 3147: Issues in Contemporary Art II | X | ||
| FINA 3150: Telling Lies Again - Making Narrative Art | |||
| FINA 3170: Advanced Film Photography | X | ||
| FINA 3200: Advanced Studio Practice and Seminar II | X | X | |
| FINA 3201: Artistic Practice in The Community | |||
| FINA 3202: Special Topics in Studio Arts | x | ||
| FINA 3235: Advanced Digital Media: Open Studio 2 | X | ||
| FINA 3270: Advanced Digital Photography | X | ||
| FINA 3280: Performance Art I | X | ||
| FINA 3380: Performance Art II | X | ||
| FINA 4300: Advanced Studio Practice and Thesis I | X | X | |
| FINA 4400: Advanced Studio Practice and Thesis II | X | X |
*Upcoming Special Topics Courses (Spring 2024):
ARTH 3100 Special Topics: Do you have to be 90 to get a retrospective - Women Artists in Canada and Beyond
Students will consider the barriers faced by artists, female artists, in pursuing a career as an artist. Students will review the historical context to identify the barriers faced by women and how they overcame some of them. Students will learn that while female artists were active, they did not always achieve the same visibility as their male colleagues, and they often disappear from public view after their death. Students will then focus on the situation faced by Canadian female artists, from the late 19th century moving into the 20th century, up until today. Students will also consider modern and contemporary artists who are not Canadian. Students will research how the situation has evolved and whether it has improved.
FINA 3202 Special Topics: Art and Climate Change
Students will be exposed to a variety of topics related to the climate crisis, and look at artists who are grappling with this theme in their work. Students will learn key concepts in relation to climate change, and consider questions such as why climate change is happening, what natural disasters and changes in weather patterns are happening because of it, what communities are affected, and how artists are responding to this reality through a variety of material practices. This course will consider how artists have shaped our understanding of “environment” over time, critically look at the problems that have emerged from this framing of nature as outside of us, and ask what role artists can take on in response to climate change. This course will invite guest speakers to give presentations and/or workshops, and may include field trips off campus.
**Note: Information is subject to change. Course offerings may be cancelled due to low enrollments. The online registration system contains the most up to date course offerings. Additional material fees may apply to some courses.
Please contact the Department Chair, Alison MacTaggart, for questions regarding these courses or the programs we offer: Alison.Mactaggart@kpu.ca
Please make an appointment with an Arts Degree Advisor for further information on how these courses will fit into your program: ArtsDegreeAdvising@kpu.ca