HADVC - History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture

Offered By:
Faculty of Arts

Below are the courses available from the HADVC code. Select a course to view the available classes, additional class notes, and class times.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to the history of art, design and visual culture.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of art, design and visual culture in the 15th and 16th centuries, with a focus on the Italian Renaissance, covering global exchange, anatomical illustration, and the invention of the artist.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of art, design and visual culture in the 17th century. Highlights the visual culture of Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Flanders, covering representations of the body, politics, and identity in the work of artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Velázquez, and Rubens.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of art, design, and visual culture in Europe during the 19th century, focusing on work produced during this socially and politically turbulent time. Includes discussion of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of art, design and visual culture in Europe from the early to mid-20th century. Focuses on modernist and avant-garde modes of art and design in their historical context. Includes discussion of Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and more.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of art, design and visual culture in the United States from the Colonial period to World War II. Includes work created by and depicting women, Indigenous peoples, and ethnic minorities and addresses such issues as politics, religion, nature, and industry.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course explores how modern design in Europe and North America are shaped by global flows of knowledge, things, and people. The course focuses on decolonizing graphic design, industrial design, fashion design, architectural design, and urban planning.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

History of photography, starting with its invention in the 19th century.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to the historical study of art, design and visual culture in Latin America, including Mesoamerican, pre-Hispanic Andean, Colonial, and Post-Independence cultures.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to the historical study of art, design, and visual culture in China from the neolithic era to modern times.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Chinese cultural identity as expressed in local and global economies of art, design, and visual culture from the Maoist era to the present.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Students will study the historical foundations, theory, and practice of sustainable design in China in response to our global environmental crisis.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to the historical study of art, design, and visual culture in Japan. Includes painting, sculpture, architecture, gardens, decorative arts, and prints, and addresses such concerns as identity, nation, tradition, and modernity.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to key issues in art, design, and visual culture from the mid-20th century to the present, including art and identity, performance and politics, social sculpture, institutional critique, new media, bio art, relational aesthetics, social practice, and the pedagogical turn.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course covers issues related to land, region, war, and cultural institutions in Canada. Key examples of contemporary art will be used to introduce these histories with a particular focus on art from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit visual culture, leading to discussions of political identity, colonization, and settler colonial relations.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The history of art, design and visual culture of a particular geographic location (e.g. nation, city, region, continent). Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Aspects of the modern as it applies to the artistic practices of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Historical and/or contemporary issues in design practice and theory. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The historical and contemporary Chinese city-as representation, model, catalyst, and socio-political construct. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The relationship between objects and their modes of interpretation, circulation and display (e.g. museums, academies, exhibitions, etc.) Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Introduction to performance art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Prerequisite: Any 6 units in HADVC 2XX with a minimum grade of B- in each course, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 12)(TWO TERM, 0-3S-0)

Preparation of the Honors essay, required in the fourth year of the Honors Program.

3 units (fi 12)(TWO TERM, 0-3S-0)

Preparation of the Honors essay, required in the fourth year of the Honors Program.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary. Prerequisite: Any HADVC 3XX with a minimum grade of B, or consent of the Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 0-3S-0)

Prerequisite: consent of Department. Variable content course which may be repeated if topic(s) vary.

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Students enrolled in this capstone for the course-based MA program work independently with a supervisor to develop a research topic of their choosing.