Art Degrees Online

This concentration develops fundamental design, drawing and contemporary art practices. Students integrate skills and technology and exhibit their work.

Required course for concentration (12 semester hours):VART 251 Intermediate Drawing 3
VART 252 Intermediate Painting 3
VART 497 Individual Studio Projects 6

Select 9 hours from the following:VART 199 Topic in Art 3
VART 202 Art and Culture Travel Studies 1-3
VART 253 Ceramics 3
VART 254 Figure Drawing 3
VART 301 Advanced Drawing 3
VART 302 Advanced Painting 3
VART 311 Digital Art 3
VART 318 Portrait Photography 3
VART 319 Color Photography 3
VART 320 Alternative Photo Practices 3
VART 322 Sculpture 3
VART 323 Installation Art 3
VART 324 Performance Art 3
VART 360 Film and Photo Visual Culture 3
VART 412 Contemporary Art Practices 2 3
VART 492 Topics in Photography 3
VART 494 Topics in Art 3
VART 495 Directed Study 3
VART 496 Independent Study

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.