Minor in Visual Studies
The Visual Studies Minor is a lecture-based overview of the history and theories of this interdisciplinary field. Courses introduce students to the field by providing a solid foundation in visual culture, art history and contemporary theory. A broad range of current visual culture examples enhance learning and make the study relevant to everyday experiences. Students will explore the social, economic and cultural dimensions of the image-based world that surrounds us.
Administered by: School of Image Arts
Exclusions: This minor is not available to students in the following programs:
- Image Arts - all options
- New Media
To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses from the following curriculum:
Required:
- MPC 201 Contemporary Art: Concepts and Theories
Plus five (5) of the following:
- FCD 551 Digital Media and Cultures
- MPC 101 Intro to Compositional Design
- MPC 103 Reframing Art History
- MPC 203 Modern Art and Theory
- MPC 210 Intro to Visual Culture
- MPI 603 Media Languages: Old and New Vocabularies
- NPF 188 From Page to Screen
- NPF 510 Media and the Environment
- NPF 530 Electronic and Digital Art
- NPF 569 Disaster Images: Memory and Response
- NPF 570 Advertising and Consumer Culture
- NPF 574 Indigenous Visual Culture in Canada
- NPF 604 Screen Practices
- SEM 102 Introduction to Visual Semiotics
Please see Senate Policy 2 (opens in new window) , Section 7.4 for further information about Minors.