Courses

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Please note that students in the Department of Visual Studies are not permitted to double enrol in courses (i.e., students may not enrol in two DVS classes that are offered at the same time, or in a DVS class and any other class at the same time). Students who do so will be removed from one of the two classes. No accommodations will be provided to students who are double enrolled in a DVS course.

To start planning your timetable, visit the Office of the Registrar's Timetable Planner.

2025 Winter Courses

Art History Courses (FAH)

Pootoogook, Annie. Composition (Portrait of Pitseolak). 2006. Coloured and metallic pencil, black porous-point pen on paper. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Pootoogook, Annie. Composition (Portrait of Pitseolak). 2006. Coloured and metallic pencil, black porous-point pen on paper. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.

FAH205H5    Art in Antiquity              
FAH215H5    Early Medieval Art and Arch   
FAH289H5    Art Since 1945                
FAH295H5    Topics in Art History         
FAH362H5    Modern Craft                  
FAH390H5    Topics in Modern Art Archit.  
FAH392H5    Top in Modern Art/Architecture
FAH394H5    Topics Early Modern Art  Arch.
FAH451H5    Curating Now                  
FAH493H5    Topics in Early Mod Art & Arch
FAH498H5    Topics in Curatorial Studies  

Studio Art Courses (FAS)

Rembrandt. Satire on Art Criticism. 1644. Pen and brown ink corrected with white. Met Museum, New York.
Rembrandt. Satire on Art Criticism. 1644. Pen and brown ink corrected with white. Met Museum, New York.

FAS143H5 Drawing 1                      
FAS145H5 Painting I                     
FAS147H5 Photography 1                  
FAS232H5 Print Media 1                                
FAS234H5 Print Media 11                         
FAS236H5 Design I                                          
FAS243H5 Drawing 11                                     
FAS245H5 Painting 11                                    
FAS246H5 Design 11                                          
FAS247H5 Photography 11                                 
FAS248H5 Sculpture 1                                   
FAS258H5 Sculpture II                                 
FAS334Y5 Print Media 111                         
FAS343Y5 Drawing 111                                                         
FAS346Y5 Design 111                                     
FAS347Y5 Photography 111                        
FAS348Y5 Sculpture III                              
FAS359Y5 Video and Sound                              
FAS369Y5 Performance-Based Art               
FAS434Y5 Ind Print Media                         
FAS443Y5 Ind Investigations in Drawing  
FAS445Y5 Ind Investigations in Painting         
FAS446Y5 Ind Investigations in Design   
FAS447Y5 Ind Investigations in Photography      
FAS448Y5 Ind Investigations in Sculpture      
FAS450Y5 Advanced Project               
FAS451H5 Advanced Project
FAS454H Professional Practice

NB: All FAS courses are held at Sheridan.

Cinema Studies Courses (CIN)

Coloured photograph of Elm Road Drive-In sign
Coloured photograph of Elm Road Drive-In sign

CIN102H5    Modernity and the Moving Image
CIN205H5    Canadian Auteurs              
CIN210H5    Southeast Asian Cinemas       
CIN290H5    Topics in Cinema Studies      
CIN302H5    Topics in Cinema Studies      
CIN309H5    Colour and the Moving image   
CIN315H5    From Script to Screen         
CIN402H5    Avant-Garde Film and Video    
CIN408H5    Potential Cinema              
CIN410H5    Creating Mobile Cinemas       

Visual Culture Communication Courses (VCC)

Issued by William S. Kimball & Company. Mama's Pet, from the Household Pets series (N194).1891. Commercial color lithograph. Met Museum, New York.
Issued by William S. Kimball & Company. Mama's Pet, from the Household Pets series (N194).1891. Commercial color lithograph. Met Museum, New York.

VCC101H5    Introduction to Visual Culture
VCC290H5    Top  in Visual Culture & Com  
VCC304H5    VCC & Politics of Identity    
VCC308H5    Act in Visual & Media Culture 
VCC390H5    Topics in Visual Culture      
VCC397H5    Hist. of Communication Design 
VCC400H5    Advanced Project              
VCC492H5    Topics in VCC                 
VST410Y5    Internship in Visual Studies  

 

2024 Fall Courses

Art History Courses (FAH)

FAH101H5 Introduction to Art History    
FAH274H5 Renaissance Art & Architecture 
FAH288H5 Euro NA Art of Early 20th Cent 
FAH291H5 History of Photography         
FAH310H5 Curating Matters               
FAH392H5 Top in Modern Art/Architecture 
FAH472H5 Early Modern Mobile Objects    
FAH493H5 Topics in Early Mod Art & Arch

Studio Art Courses (FAS)

FAS143H5 Drawing 1                      
FAS145H5 Painting I                     
FAS147H5 Photography 1                  
FAS232H5 Print Media 1                                
FAS234H5 Print Media 11                         
FAS236H5 Design I                                          
FAS243H5 Drawing 11                                     
FAS245H5 Painting 11                                    
FAS246H5 Design 11                                          
FAS247H5 Photography 11                                 
FAS248H5 Sculpture 1                                   
FAS258H5 Sculpture II                                 
FAS334Y5 Print Media 111                         
FAS343Y5 Drawing 111                                                         
FAS346Y5 Design 111                                     
FAS347Y5 Photography 111                        
FAS348Y5 Sculpture III                              
FAS359Y5 Video and Sound                              
FAS369Y5 Performance-Based Art               
FAS434Y5 Ind Print Media                         
FAS443Y5 Ind Investigations in Drawing  
FAS445Y5 Ind Investigations in Painting         
FAS446Y5 Ind Investigations in Design   
FAS447Y5 Ind Investigations in Photography      
FAS448Y5 Ind Investigations in Sculpture      
FAS450Y5 Advanced Project               
FAS451H5 Advanced Project               
FAS453H5 Art Education Practice

NB: All FAS courses are held at Sheridan.

Cinema Studies Courses (CIN)

CIN101H5 An Intro to Cinema Studies
CIN206H5 Auteurs                  
CIN215H5 Bollywood in Context        
CIN301H5 Topics in Cinema Studies  
CIN305H5 Taiwan New Wave in Our Time
CIN317H5 Production: Independent Cinema
CIN401H5 Topics in Cinema Studies
CIN430H5 Making a Short Film  

    Visual Culture Communication Courses (VCC)

VCC236H5 North American Consumer Culture: 1890-Present
VCC292H5 Topics in VCC                  
VCC360H5 South Asian Visual Culture     
VCC390H5 Topics in Visual Culture       
VCC394H5 Comics and Visual Culture      
VCC409H5 Capital Spectacle War
VCC490H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication

 Visual Studies Courses (VST)

Professor helping students with design at a studio class

VST410Y5 Internship in Visual Studies

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