Undergraduate Courses

The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies offers courses in Art history and Visual Culture, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanities, English, Film, French, German, Japanese, Media Studies, Spanish, Theatre, Visual Arts, and World Literatures.

All of the FCCS courses and descriptions to be taught in the 2020-2021 academic year are listed below by subject.

The course schedule for the 2020-2021 academic year may change based on needs for course delivery. Please note that the course schedule listed below is subject to change. There are some final course additions that will be scheduled.

Method of Course Delivery:

All term 2 courses are being delivered online (Jan 2021-April 2021). Please consult your instructor over whether a particular course runs synchronously, asynchronously, or as a combination of these two approaches.

To register, you must login to your SSC. You can also search the course schedule for the current academic year HERE.

*Please note that the course schedule as noted below is subject to change. 

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 courses

ARTH 101-001 | Art History and Visual Cultures of World 1. Instructor: Nathlie Hager

ARTH 202-001 | The Critical Viewer. Instructor: Nathlie Hager

ARTH 301-001 | Critical Viewing Advanced Studies.

ARTH 320-001 | Art in Canada 1900-1970. Instructor: Nathlie Hager

ARTH 370-001/DAHU 370/WRLD 370 | Story & Image Across the Islamic World. Instructor: Hussein Keshani

ARTH 395-001 | Renaissance Europe in a Global Context. Instructor: Antonella De Michelis

ARTH 420-001 | Curating Contemporary Art.

Term 2 Courses

ARTH 102-001 | Art History and Visual Cultures of World 2. Instructor: Nathlie Hager

ARTH 203-001 | Global Contemporary Art. Instructor: Chanda Carey

ARTH 309 – 001/CULT 380/THTR 309 | Performance Art Global Perspectives. Instructor: Chanda Carey

ARTH 321-001 | Art in Canada 1970 to present. Instructor: Nathalie Hager

ARTH 396-001 | 17th Century European Art in a Global Context. Instructor: Antonella De Michelis

ARTH 410-001 | Gender, Art & Space of the Islamic World. Instructor: Hussein Keshani

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

CCS 150-001 | Creative and Critical Art Theory 1. Instructor: Tania Willard

Term 2 Courses

CCS 250-001 | Creative and Critical Art Theory 2. Instructor: Katherine Pickering

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. For students who are majoring in Creative Writing, if you do not see your required courses in the schedule, please note that we are working to add them, and encourage you to register in the courses that are available now. You will be notified when you can register in the remaining courses once they are in the schedule. 

Term 1 Courses

CRWR 150-001 | Intro to Writing Poetry & Non Fiction. Instructor: Matt Rader

CRWR 160-001 | Intro to Writing Fiction and Drama. Instructor: Anne Fleming

CRWR 160-002 | Intro to Writing Fiction and Drama. Instructor: Kevin Chong

CRWR 216-001 | Intermediate Workshop in Poetry. Instructor: Matt Rader

CRWR 217-001 | Intermediate Workshop in Fiction. Instructor: Anne Fleming

CRWR 219-001 | Writing Non-fiction. Instructor: Kevin Chong

CRWR 260-001 | Theory & Practice in Creative Writing. Instructor: Nancy Holmes

CRWR 382R-001 | Special Topics in Creative Writing

CRWR 384-001/THTR 384/CULT 308 | Spoken Word. Instructor: Michael V. Smith

CRWR 470-001 | Creative Writing Portfolio. Instructor: Matt Rader

CRWR 473-001 | Writing & Community Learning. Instructor: Michael V. Smith

Term 2 Courses

CRWR 150-001 | Intro to Writing Poetry & Non Fiction. Instructor: Matt Rader

CRWR 210-001 | Power of Story. Instructor: Michael V. Smith

CRWR 380-001 | Writing of the Short Story. Instructor: Anne Fleming

CRWR 381-001 | Writing of Poetry. Instructor: Anne Fleming

CRWR 472-001 | Editing & Publishing. Instructor: Michael V. Smith

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

CORH 203-001 | Communications in the Sciences. Instructor: Aisha Ravindran

Term 2 Courses

CORH 204-001 | Communications in the Humanities. Instructor: Anita Chaudhuri

CORH 205-001 | Communications in the Social Sciences. Instructor: Aisha Ravindran

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

CULT 100-001 | Media and Popular Cultures in Global Context. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 100-002 | Media and Popular Cultures in Global Context. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 101-001 | Cultural Studies Practices. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

CULT 101-002 | Cultural Studies Practices. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

CULT 215-001 | Cultural Industries. Instructor: Kyong Yoon

CULT 275-001/ENGL 250 | Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Literary Research. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

CULT 308-001/CRWR/THTR 384 | Spoken Word. Instructor: Michael V. Smith

CULT 309O-001/VISA 336O | Advanced Practice in Printmaking. Instructor: Tania Willard

CULT 310O-001/VISA 362O | Advanced Practice in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

CULT 311O-001/VISA 382O | Advanced Practice in Media Arts

CULT 340-001/ENGL 379 | Colonialism and Decolonization. Instructor: David Jefferess

CULT 470 A-001/ENGL 412A | Gender, Race, Medicine & the Construction of the Hysteric. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

Term 2 Courses

CULT 100-003 Media and Popular Cultures in Global Context. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 100-004 Media and Popular Cultures in Global Context. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 101-003 Cultural Studies Practices. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 101-004 Cultural Studies Practices. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

CULT 230-001/ENGL 224 | Reading Across Borders. Instructor: David Jefferess

CULT 275-101/ENGL 230 | Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Literary Research. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

CULT 300-001/ENGL 378 | Documentary and Docudrama. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

CULT 305-001/ENGL 377| English-Canadian Screen Culture. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

CULT 309P-001/VISA 336P | Advanced Practice in Printmaking. Instructor: Tania Willard

CULT 310P-001/VISA 362P | Advanced Practice in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

CULT 311 P-001/VISA 382P | Advanced Practice in Media Arts

CULT 371A-101/ENGL 309A | Modern Critical Theory and Interdisciplinary Methods. Instructor: George Grinnell

CULT 380-001/ARTH/THRT309 | Performance Art: Global Perspectives. Instructor: Chanda Carey

CULT 400 J-101/ENGL 493K | Topics in Popular Culture Instructor: Melissa Jacques

CULT 437A-101/ENGL 437A | Postcolonial Studies. Instructor: David Jefferess

CULT 460-101/ENGL 457/ENGL 521A | Posthumanism and Critical Animal Studies. Instructor: Jodey Castricano

CULT 480-001/THTR 411 | Performance Studies. Instructor: Virginie Magnat

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

DIHU 220-001 | Research with Media in the Humanities. Instructor: Emily Murphy

DIHU 301-001/ENGL 305 | The Self-Conscious Text. Instructor: Emily Murphy

Term 2 Courses

DIHU 155-101 | Writing and Making with Technology in the Humanities. Instructor: Emily Murphy

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

English Majors and Honour Students

There are a number of upper level ENGL courses that were missing from the original schedule that have now been scheduled that will fulfill your program requirements:

  • CORH 204: Communication in the Humanities (new)
  • ENGL 203A: Topics in Composition: Topic: Life and Death (new)
  • ENGL 297: Reading Animals (new)
  • ENGL 319A: Studies in Romanticism: Romantic Friendship (one of only two courses to satisfy the Restoration/18th Century requirement for honours)
  • ENGL 355S: Studies in Backgrounds to Literature: Special Topics: Postcolonial Readings of Canadian Settler Narratives (last course with available seats to satisfy Canadian literature requirement for ENGL majors and honours)
  • ENGL 394D: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Literature: Communication across Marginalized Populations (satisfies post-1800 for majors; satisfies 20th/21st C. lit for honours)
  • ENGL 394G: Popular Literature: Harry Potter (satisfies posr-1800 for majors and 20th and 21st C lit for honours; takes place within the larger general-student population version of this course, ENGL 395G)

Term 1 Courses

ENGL 009-001 | Preparation for University Writing

ENGL 009-002 | Preparation for University Writing

ENGL 109-001 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). Instructor: Anita Chaudhuri (full year course)

ENGL 109-002 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). Instructor: Anita Chaudhuri (full year course)

ENGL 109-003 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). Instructor: Jordan Stouck (full year course)

ENGL 109-004 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). (full year course)

ENGL 109-005 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). (full year course)

ENGL 109-006 | Studies in Composition (Enhanced). (full year course)

ENGL 112-001 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Joanne Cockerline

ENGL 112-002 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-003 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-004 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-005 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-006 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-007 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-008 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-009 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-010 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-011 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-012 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-013 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-014 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-015 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-016 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-017 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-018 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-019 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-020 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-021 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-022 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-023 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-024 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 150-001 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 150-002 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 150-003 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Robert Eggleston

ENGL 150-004 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-005| Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-006 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-007 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 150-008 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 150-009 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 151-001 | Critical Studies in Literature. Instructor: Margaret Reeves

ENGL 151-002 | Critical Studies in Literature.

ENGL 153-001 | Readings in Narrative. Instructor: George Grinnell

ENGL 203A-001 | Topics in Composition: Life and Death. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

ENGL 212-001 | Children’s Literature. Instructor: Margaret Reeves

ENGL 220-001 | Foundations: Literature in Historical Context. Instructor: Robert Eggletson

ENGL 220-002 | Foundations: Literature in Historical Context. Instructor: Sean Lawrence

ENGL 250-001 | Foundations: Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Literary Research. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

ENGL 305-001/DIHU 301 | The Self-Conscious Text. Instructor: Emily Murphy

ENGL 339-001 | American Literature from the Civil War to WWI. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 352-001 | Shakespeare: Earlier Works. Instructor: Sean Lawrence

ENGL 379-001/CULT 340 | Colonialism and Decolonization. Instructor: David Jefferess

ENGL 395C-001 | Popular Literature: Superheroes. Instructor: Marie Loughlin

ENGL 412A-101/CULT 470A | Interdisciplinary Studies in Critical Theory: Gender, Race, Medicine: The Construction of the Hysteric. Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

ENGL 428-001 | Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Instructor: Martin Blum

ENGL 430-001/ENGL 521B | Feminist Forerunners: Early Modern Women’s Literature and Contemporary Theory. Instructor: Alison Conway

ENGL 470-001 | Canadian Studies: Curating Literary Audio. Instructor: Karis Shearer

Term 2 Courses

ENGL 112-101 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Joanne Cockerline

ENGL 112-102 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-103 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-104 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Jennifer Payson

ENGL 112-105 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-106 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-107 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Catherine Shaw

ENGL 112-108 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-109 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-110 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-111 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-112 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-113 | Studies in Composition. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 112-114 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-115 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-116 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-117 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-118 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-119 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-120 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-121 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-122 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 112-123 | Studies in Composition

ENGL 114-101 | Studies in Composition: Aboriginal Perspectives

ENGL 114-102 | Studies in Composition: Aboriginal Perspectives

ENGL 150-101 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Martin Blum

ENGL 150-102 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Robert Eggleston

ENGL 150-103 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 150-104 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 150-105| Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-106 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-107 | Introduction to Literary Genre. Instructor: Jon Vickery

ENGL 150-108 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 150-109 | Introduction to Literary Genre

ENGL 151-101 | Critical Studies in Literature

ENGL 151-102 | Critical Studies in Literature

ENGL 153-101 | Readings in Narrative. Instructor: George Grinnell

ENGL 221-101 | Foundations: Literature in Historical Context. Instructor: Jennifer Gustar

ENGL 221-102 | Foundations: Literature in Historical Context. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 224-001/CULT 230-001 | Foundations: Reading Across Borders. Instructor: David Jefferess

ENGL 250-101 | Foundations: Interdisciplinary Theory and Method in Literary Research. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

ENGL 297-101 | Reading Animals. Instructor: Greg Garrard

ENGL 309-101/CULT 371A | Modern Critical Theory and Interdisciplinary Methods. Instructor: George Grinnell

ENGL 333A-101 | Canadian Fiction. Instructor: Lindsay Blafour

ENGL 337-101 | American Literature between the Wars. Instructor: Paul Milton

ENGL 349-001 | 17th-Century Literature. Instructor: Margaret Reeves

ENGL 353-101 | Shakespeare: Later Works. Instructor: Sean Lawrence

ENGL 355S-001 | Postcolonial Readings of Canadian Settler Narratives. Instructor: Shirley McDonald

ENGL 357-101 | Restoration Drama and Culture. Instructor: Robert Eggleston

ENGL 378-101/CULT 300 | Documentary and Docudrama. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

ENGL 377-001/CULT 305 | English-Canadian Screen Culture. Instructor: Daniel Keyes

ENGL 394G-001 | Interdisciplinary Studies in English Literature: Harry Potter. Instructor: Marie Loughlin

ENGL 395G-101 | Popular Literature: Harry Potter. Instructor: Marie Loughlin

ENGL 423-001 | Approaches to 17th-Century Literature. Instructor: Margaret Reeves

ENGL 437B-101/CULT 437A/ENGL 525K | Postcolonial Studies: Humanitarian Life Narratives. Instructor: David Jefferess

ENGL 457-101/CULT 460/ENGL 521A/IGS 539L | Posthumanism and Critical Animal Studies. Instructor: Jodey Castricano

ENGL 462-101 | 20th- and 21st-Century British Studies: Writing as Resistance – Postcolonial Women’s Fiction in the UK. Instructor: Jennifer Gustar

ENGL 493-101/CULT 400 | Popular Culture: Vampires. Instructor: Melissa Jacques

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

FILM 261-001/VISA 261 | Video I

Term 2 Courses

FILM 103-101 | Acting for Stage and Screen

FILM 103-102 | Acting for Stage and Screen

FILM 271-101 |  Video II

FILM 371 | Documentary Production

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. For students who are majoring in French, if you do not see your required courses in the schedule, please note that we are working to add them, and encourage you to register in the courses that are available now. You will be notified when you can register in the remaining courses once they are in the schedule. 

Term 1 Courses

FREN 101-001 | Elementary French I. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 101-002 | Elementary French I. Instructor: Jelena Jovicic

FREN 101-003 | Elementary French I. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 101-004 | Elementary French I. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 101-005 | Elementary French I. Instructor: Christopher gordon

FREN 103-001 | Upper Elementary French I. Instructor: Francis Langevin

FREN 103-002 | Upper Elementary French I. Instructor: Ramine Adl

FREN 103-003 | Upper Elementary French I. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 103-004 | Upper Elementary French I. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 122-001 | Contemporary French Language and Literature I. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 222-001 | Studies in French Language and Style I. Instructor: Christopher Gordon

FREN 327A-001 | Contemporary French Cinema. Instructor: Jelena Jovicic

FREN 344-001 | Techniques of Oral Expression in French. Instructor: Francis Langevin

FREN 353-001 | French Grammar. Instructor: Ramine Adl

FREN 380-001 | French Canadian Culture. Instructor: Francis Langevin

FREN 421-001 | For Adults Only: Fairy Tales in 17th & 18th Century France. Instructor: Marianne Legault

Term 2 Courses

FREN 102-001 | Elementary French II. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 102-002 | Elementary French II. Instructor: Jelena Jovicic

FREN 102-003 | Elementary French II. Instructor: Christopher Gordon

FREN 102-004 | Elementary French II. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 104-001 | Upper Elementary French II

FREN 104-002 | Upper Elementary French II. Instructor: Ramine Adl

FREN 104-003 | Upper Elementary French II

FREN 104-004 | Upper Elementary French II. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 104-005 | Upper Elementary French II. Instructor: Stephanie Tolman

FREN 123-001 | Contemporary French Language and Literature II. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 215-001 | Second-Year Oral French Practice II. Instructor: Alexandra Tonnel

FREN 223-001 | Studies in French Language and Style II. Instructor: Christopher Gordon

FREN 338-001 | French Society and Culture. instructor: Francis Langevin

FREN 355-001 | Advanced Composition. instructor: Ramine Adl

FREN 420-001 | Selected Studies in French II: Madness and Transgressions. Instructor: Jelena Jovicic

FREN 444-001 | Advanced French: Professional Oral Performance

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

GERM 100-001 | Beginners’ German I. Instructor: Martin Blum

GERM 200-001 | Intermediate German I. Instructor: Claude Desmarais

Term 2 Courses

GERM 110-001 | Beginners’ German II. Instructor: Martin Blum

GERM 210-001 | Intermediate German II. Instructor: Claude Desmarais

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

JPST 100-001 | Beginning Japanese Language I.

JPST 100-002 | Beginning Japanese Language I

JPST 200-001 | Continuing Japanese Language I. Instructor: Nina Langton

JPST 370-001 | Japanese Food and Culture. Instructor: Mayu Takasaki

Term 2 Courses

JPST 100-003 | Beginning Japanese Language I. Nina Langton

JPST 101-001 | Beginning Japanese Language II

JPST 101-002 | Beginning Japanese Language II

JPST 201-001 | Continuing Japanese Language II. Instructor: Mayu Takasaki

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

MDST 110-001 | Intro to Computational Art & Design 1. Instructor: Megan Smith

MDST 311-001 | Computational Poetics. Instructor: Aleksandra Dulic

MDST 490-001 | Seminar Series. Instructor: Megan Smith

MDST 499-001 | Capstone Media Studies (full year course). Instructor: Miles Thorogood

Term 2 Courses

MDST 120-001 | Intro to Computational Art & Design 2. Instructor: Miles Thorogood

MDST 330-001 | Immersive Environments. Instructor: Aleksandra Dulic

MDST 499-001 | Capstone Media Studies (full year course). Instructor: Miles Thorogood

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

SPAN 101-001 | Beginners’ Spanish I

SPAN 101-002 | Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Diana Carter

SPAN 101-003 | Beginners’ Spanish I

SPAN 101-004 | Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 101-005 | Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 101-006 | Beginners’ Spanish I

SPAN 101-007 | Beginners’ Spanish I

SPAN 101-008 | Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Grisel Garcia-Perez

SPAN 201-001 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 201-002 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish I. Instructor: Cristina Senn

SPAN 201-003 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish I. Bernard Schulz-Cruz

SPAN 201-004 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish I. instructor: Cristina Senn

SPAN 301-001 | Intermediate Spanish I. instructor: Diana Carter

SPAN 401-001 | Advanced Spanish I. Instructor: Cristina Senn

SPAN 408-001 | Topics in Hispanic Cinema. Instructor: Bernard Schulz Cruz

Term 2 Courses

SPAN 102-001 | Beginners’ Spanish II. Instructor: Diana Carter

SPAN 102-002 | Beginners’ Spanish II

SPAN 102-003 | Beginners’ Spanish II. Instructor: Cristina Senn

SPAN 102-004 | Beginners’ Spanish II

SPAN 102-005 | Beginners’ Spanish II. Instructor: Cristina Senn

SPAN 102-006 | Beginners’ Spanish II. Grisel Garcia-Perez

SPAN 202-001 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish II. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 202-002 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish II. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 202-003 | Advanced Beginners’ Spanish II

SPAN 302-001 | Intermediate Spanish II. Instructor: Diana Carter

SPAN 380-001 | Indigenous Voices in Mexican Literature. Instructor: Monica Good

SPAN 402-001 | Advanced Spanish II. Instructor: Cristina Senn

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

THTR 101-001 | Performance Improvisation. Instructor: Neil Cadger

THTR 102-001 | The Performers Process

THTR 103-001 | Acting for Stage and Screen

THTR 180-001 | Theatre Appreciation: The Power of Live Performance

THTR 212-001 | Creativity as Source & Resource

THTR 304-001/WRLD 304 | World Theatre and Cultural Performance. Instructor: Virgine Magnat

THTR 384-001/CRWR 384/CULT 308 | Spoken Word

Term 2 Courses

THTR 101-002 | Performance Improvisation. Instructor: Neil Cadger

THTR 103-101/FILM 103 | Acting for Stage and Screen

THTR 103-102/FILM 103 | Acting for Stage and Screen

THTR 180-001 | Theatre Appreciation. Instructor: Neil Cadger

THTR 201-001 | Performer Creator Resources

THTR 301-001 | Special Topics in Performance Styles. Neil Cadger

THTR 309-001/ARTH 309/CULT 380 | Performance Art: Global Perspectives. instructor: Chanda Carey

THTR 313-001/WRLD 313 | Dramatic Literature in Performance. Instructor: Virginie Magnat

THTR 411-001/CULT 480 | Performance Studies. Instructor: Virginie Magnat

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. For students who are in the BFA degree, if you do not see your required courses in the schedule, please note that we are working to add them, and encourage you to register in the courses that are available now. You will be notified when you can register in the remaining courses once they are in the schedule.

Please note that the conflicts with ARTH 301 and ARTH 370 are now fixed, and students can register in these courses.

Term 1 Courses

VISA 102-001 | Drawing & 2D Art Practices I

VISA 102-002 | Drawing & 2D Art Practices I

VISA 102-003 | Drawing & 2D Art Practices I

VISA 104-001 | Three-Dimensional Art Practice I. Instructor: Renay Egami

VISA 104-002 | Three-Dimensional Art Practice I

VISA 106-001 | Introduction to Digital Media I

VISA 110-001 | Studies in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 206-001 | Sound Art. Instructor: Miles Thorogood

VISA 215-001 | Painting I. Instructor: Katherine Pickering

VISA 215-002 | Painting I

VISA 233-001 | Printmaking: Screenprinting I. Instructor: Briar Craig

VISA 235-001 | Sculpture I. Instructor: Renay Egami

VISA 244-001 | Photography I. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 255-001 | Printmaking: Linocut and Letter Press. Instructor: Briar Craig

VISA 261-001/FILM 261 | Video 1

VISA 268-001 | Strategies in Digital Art: Visual Communication

VISA 282-001 | Drawling III. Instructor: Patrick Lundeen

VISA 300O-001 | Advanced Practice in Drawing. Instructor: Aleksandra Dulic

VISA 312O-001 | Advanced Practice in Painting. instructor: Katherine Pickering

VISA 322O-001 | Advance Practice in Sculpture. Instructor: Renay Egami

VISA 336O-001/CULT 309 | Advanced Practices in Printmaking. Instructor: Tania Willard

VISA 362O-001/CULT 310 | Advanced Practices in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 382O-001/CULT 311 | Advanced Practices in Media Arts

VISA 400-001 | Practicum (full year course)

VISA 482-001 | Advanced Art Practices II. Instructors: Katherine Pickering; Renay Egami

Term 2 Courses

VISA 103-001 | Drawing & 2D Art Practices II

VISA 103-002 | Drawing & 2D Art Practices II

VISA 105-001 | Three-Dimensional Art Practice II.

VISA 105-002 | Three-Dimensional Art Practice II

VISA 108-001 | Introduction to Digital Media II

VISA 110-002 | Studies in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 225-001 | Painting II. Instructor: Katherine Pickering

VISA 245-001 | Sculpture II. Instructor: Renay Egami

VISA 253-001 |Printmaking: Screenprinting II. Instructor: Briar Craig

VISA 254-001 | Printmaking: Etching & Lithography. Instructor: Briar Craig

VVISA 256-001 | Photography II. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 266-001 | 2D Animation

VISA 269-001 | Strategies in Digital Art: Virtual Worlds

VISA 271-001/FILM 271 | Video II

VISA 283-001 | Drawling IV

VISA 300P-001 | Advanced Practice in Drawing. Instructor: Aleksandra Dulic

VISA 312P-001 | Advanced Practice in Painting.

VISA 322P-001 | Advance Practice in Sculpture. Instructor: Renay Egami

VISA 336P-001 | Advanced Practices in Printmaking. Instructor: Tania Willard

VISA 362P-001/CULT 310 | Advanced Practices in Photography. Instructor: Andreas Rutkauskas

VISA 382P-001/CULT 311 | Advanced Practices in Media Arts

VISA 400-001 | Practicum (full year course)

VISA 483-001 | Advanced Art Practices II. Instructors: Katherine Pickering; Renay Egami

*Please note that the course schedule is subject to change. 

Term 1 Courses

WRLD 100-001 | A World History of Horror. Instructor: Francisco Peña

WRLD 382-001 | Cross-cultural Travel Narratives. Instructor: Alwyn Spies

WRLD 399C-001 | Franz Kafka in English Translation. Instructor: Claude Desmarais

WRLD 399E-001 | Voices from the Margins: Japanese Minority Memoirs. Instructor: Alwyn Spies

Term 2 Courses

WRLD 310-001 | Mythologies in Motion. Instructor: Francisco Peña

WRLD 313-001/THTR 313 | Dramatic Literature in Performance. Instructor: TBC

WRLD 399D-001 | Berlin; Literature in Culture. Instructor: Claude Desmarais

WRLD 304/THTR 304 | World Theatre and Cultural Performance. Virginie Magnat

New Courses

In FCCS, we are continually updating and adding to the courses that we offer in all subject areas.

  • THTR 411/CULT 480: Performance Studies

    This course engages students with the interdisciplinary field of performance studies, broadly conceived as the investigation of aesthetic, ritual, and everyday life performance practices. By exploring performances in which we play important roles that shape who we are, what we do, how we do it, and why, this course prioritizes awareness of culturally diverse understandings of performance; examination of the historical, social, and political context within which performances unfold; analysis of distinctive performance-based modes of expressing identity, community, and tradition, including Indigenous cultural practices; and performance practice as a way of knowing.

    Winter 2020 Term 2
    Instructor: Virginie Magnat

    THTR 411/CULT 480 Performance Studies

  • ENGL 395C: Superheroes

    This course examines the origins of modern-day superheroes, like Iron Man and the Hulk, in ancient epic, legend, history, and their relationship to modern discourses of gender, race, and selfhood.

    Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level ENGL or APSC 176 and 3rd year standing, or permission of the instructor.

    Note: this course is a Popular Literature course, and may not be taken for credit towards the English major, minor, honours or combined major.

    Winter 2020 Term 1
    Instructor: Marie Loughlin

    ENGL 395 Superhero

  • WRLD 382: Cross Cultural Travel Narratives

    In this interdisciplinary course students will:

    • Learn where they are on an intercultural development scale (you can use the results in your CV!).
    • Explore intercultural communication theories that are useful for working internationally.
    • Read and discuss a variety of travel memoirs, biographies, and case-studies (non-fiction).
    • Work on a digital storytelling project with local seniors.

    Winter 2020 Term 1
    Instructor: Alwyn Spies

    World Literature 382

  • CULT 470A/ENGL 412A: Gender, Race, Medicine & the Construction of the Hysteric

    This course examines the cultural and and political history of hysteria, paying special attention to its relationship with race, gender, and sexuality. Students will engage with a diverse range of material including theory, medicine, literature, and film to consider the shifting definitions, diagnoses, treatments and representation of hysteria over time.

    Winter 2020 Term 1
    Instructor: Maria Alexopoulos

    CULT470

  • WRLD 420: Anti-Semitism: Then and Now

    This course will first introduce the students to the ideological and historical backgrounds that led to the development of Western anti-Semitism. In the second part of the course, students will study the political and religious contexts that shaped the writing of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, as well as the play’s ambiguous legacy in the shaping of modern understandings of Judaism. We will then turn to the cultural origins of twentieth-century anti-Semitism and study Claude Lanzman’s documentary Shoah. The course will conclude with reflections on the current rise of violence against Jews in the West.

    Winter 2020 Term 2
    Instructors: Alison Conway & Francisco Peña

  • CULT 400J/ENGL 493K: Topics in Popular Culture: Vampires

    This course will focus on the figure of the vampire in popular culture. From the threat of the alien invader in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to Spike as the forbidden love object in Buffy, the vampire very often functions as an expression of culturally specific anxieties about such things as sexuality, race, and identity.

    Winter 2020 Term 2
    Instructor: Melissa Jacques

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Declaring Your Major

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Program Coordinators

Program or Subject Area Coordinator   Contact information
Art History and Visual Culture Hussein Keshani hussein.keshani@ubc.ca
Creative Writing Nancy Holmes nancy.holmes@ubc.ca
Cultural Studies Kyong Yoon kyong.yoon@ubc.ca
English Marie Loughlin marie.loughlin@ubc.ca
French Marianne Legault marianne.legault@ubc.ca
Interdisciplinary Performance/Theatre Denise Kenney denise.kenney@ubc.ca
Japanese Nina Langton nina.langton@ubc.ca
Media Studies Megan Smith bms.ok@ubc.ca
Spanish Diana Carter diana.carter@ubc.ca
Visual Arts Katherine Pickering katherine.pickering@ubc.ca
World Literatures Alwyn Spies alwyn.spies@ubc.ca