Art Degrees Online

Courses required for the minor (12 hours):MCOM 122 Film Photography 3
MCOM 222 Digital Photography 3
VART 319 Color Photography 3
VART 360 Film and Photo Visual Culture 3

Select 6 hours from the following:

VART 202 Art and Culture Travel Studies 1-3
VART 311 Digital Art 3
VART 318 Portrait Photography 3
VART 320 Alternative Photo Practices 3
VART 359 20th Century Art 3
VART 492 Topic in Photography 1-6
VART 495 Directed Study 3
VART 496 Independent Study 3
VART 497 Individual Studio Projects 1-6

The undergraduate program in animation research and cultural form professionals capable of thinking and cultural action to intervene systematically in this field, to develop cultural and local levels. The study of cultural activity is approached from four areas that shape the scope of the theory of the relationship between art and culture to society, the political field the relationship between the State or the market and culture, the sociological contexts and issues of cultural activity, the history and practice of cultural activities geared towards the cultural development and local levels.
The program’s specific objectives are to train professionals capable of academic conduct groups, spreading the culture, promote cultural initiative in the direction of democratization of the artistic culture and recognition of minority cultures; capable work in cultural development at national, regional or local in the sense of change, the social reliance and improving the quality of life. The skills gained will translate into a certain versatility of students who will be able to complete various tasks connected with research and cultural analysis, facilitation and communication, design and management, the organization and coordination, planning, programming and evaluation.
Moreover, even if the degree is a terminal program, it also prepares graduates who wish to enter higher education, including helping everyone to develop their critical thinking ability.

Concordia’s Cinema programs are distinguished from many others by the fact that they are housed in the Faculty of Fine Arts and thus, approach their subject matter primarily as a means of artistic expression. Consequently, a central aim of these programs is to prepare students to become filmmakers, film animators or film historians/critics who have a two-fold awareness: the artistic and cultural potential of the medium, and its history and traditions.

Cinema programs are oriented towards art and culture rather than industry and commerce. However, it should be noted that students are educated in the technical aspects of filmmaking as well as in financial and commercial factors. The programs attempt to strike a balance between the practical and the purely creative aspects of cinema, just as they seek to achieve a balance between social and aesthetic concerns.
Curriculum

Major in Film Animation — 60 credits
Minor in Film Animation — 30 credits

Designed to teach the full process of film animation including theory and practice, the program offers a thorough grounding in the art and technique of frame-by-frame filmmaking. Students are encouraged to develop their own creative potential and to select, from an ever widening range of animation methods, the style most suitable for their own personal expression. Students are also encouraged to complete studio art electives in order to develop their abilities in the areas of design, drawing and colouring.