Explore our current course offerings
Art History Courses (FAH)
Studio Art Courses (FAS)
Cinema Studies Courses (CIN)
Visual Culture & Communication Courses (VCC)
Visual Studies Courses (VST)
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.
To start planning your timetable, visit the Office of the Registrar's Timetable Planner.
2023-24 Fall/Winter Courses
Art History Courses (FAH)
- FAH101H5 Introduction to Art History
- FAH216H5 Later Medieval Art and Architecture
- FAH275H5 Introduction to Indigenous Art in Canada
- FAH279H5 Baroque Art and Architecture
- FAH282H5 Gardens, Homes, and Palaces in the Muslim World
- FAH289H5 Art Since 1945
- FAH291H5 History of Photography
- FAH310H5 Curating Matters: Contexts and Issues in Contemporary Curatorial Practice
- FAH317H5 Spirit Photography
- FAH356H5 Colonial Latin American Art and Architecture
- FAH360H5 Art and Visual Culture of the Eighteenth Century
- FAH362H5 Modern Craft
- FAH390H5 Topics in Modern Art and Architecture
- FAH393H5 Topics in Ancient Greco-Roman Art
- FAH394H5 Topics in Early Modern Art and Architecture
- FAH395H5 Topics in Islamic Art and Architecture
- FAH451H5 Curating Now: Turning Concepts into Curatorial Projects
- FAH490H5 Topics in Ancient Art and Architecture
- FAH492H5 Topics in Modern Art and Architecture
- FAH493H5 Topics in Early Modern Art and Architecture
- FAH494H5 Topics in Contemporary Art and Theory
- FAH495H5 Topics in Islamic Art and Architecture
- FAH496H5 Topics in Modern Art and Architecture
- VST410Y5 Internship in Visual Studies
Studio Art Courses (FAS)
- FAS143H5 Drawing I
- FAS145H5 Painting I
- FAS147H5 Photography I
- FAS232H5 Print Media I
- FAS234H5 Print Media II
- FAS236H5 Design I
- FAS243H5 Drawing II
- FAS245H5 Painting II
- FAS246H5 Design II
- FAS247H5 Photography II
- FAS248H5 Sculpture I
- FAS258H5 Sculpture II
- FAS330Y5 Experimentation in Past and Present Techniques
- FAS334Y5 Print Media III
- FAS343Y5 Drawing III
- FAS345Y5 Painting III
- FAS346Y5 Design III
- FAS347Y5 Photography III
- FAS348Y5 Sculpture III
- FAS349Y5 Video, Sound and Performance
- FAS359Y5 Video and Sound
- FAS369Y5 Performance-Based Art
- FAS434Y5 Individual Investigations in Print Media
- FAS443Y5 Individual Investigations in Drawing
- FAS445Y5 Individual Investigations in Painting
- FAS446Y5 Individual Investigations in Design
- FAS447Y5 Individual Investigations in Photography
- FAS448Y5 Individual Investigations in Sculpture
- FAS451H5 Advanced Project
- FAS452H5 Advanced Project
- FAS453H5 Art Education Practice
- FAS454H5 Professional Practice
NB: All FAS courses are held at Sheridan.
Cinema Studies Courses (CIN)
- CIN101H5 An Introduction to Cinema Studies
- CIN102H5 Modernity and the Moving Image
- CIN203H5 The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
- CIN204H5 The Films of Martin Scorsese
- CIN205H5 Canadian Auteurs
- CIN208H5 The Films of Abbas Kiarostami: Being and Movement
- CIN210H5 Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinemas
- CIN290H5 Topics in Cinema Studies
- CIN302H5 Topics in Cinema Studies
- CIN305H5 Taiwan New Wave in Our Time
- CIN307H5 Movement
- CIN310H5 Melodrama
- CIN315H5 From Script to Screen
- CIN317H5 Production: Independent Cinema
- CIN401H5 Topics in Cinema Studies
- CIN402H5 Avant-Garde Film and Video
- CIN403H5 Queerscapes, Screenscapes, Escapes: Gender and Sexuality Across East and Southeast Asian Cinemas
- CIN410H5 Creating Mobile Cinemas
- CIN430H5 Making a Short Film
Visual Culture Communication Courses (VCC)
- VCC101H5 Introduction to Visual Culture
- VCC205H5 Monsters
- VCC207H5 Urban Sites and Sounds
- VCC236H5 North American Consumer Culture: 1890-Present
- VCC290H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
- VCC292H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
- VCC304H5 Visual Culture and the Politics of Identity
- VCC306H5 Visual Culture and Colonialism
- VCC308H5 Activism in Visual and Media Culture
- VCC390H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
- VCC392H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
- VCC400H5 Advanced Project
- VCC410H5 The Collective Afterlife of Things
- VCC490H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
- VCC492H5 Topics in Visual Culture and Communication
Visual Studies Courses (VST)
VST410H5 Internship in Visual Studies
VST410Y5 Internship in Visual Studies (HUM, EXP)