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The visual arts courses are divided into practicum and studies courses and then further broken down according to subject. The VISA site lists the categories as the following:

Practicum courses

 * Drawing
 * Photography
 * Print Media
 * Sculpture
 * Time Based Art
 * Painting

Studies Courses

 * Critical Issues
 * Art History
 * Independent Studies

Potential Sorting for courses

 * Semester
 * Subject/Stream
 * Course Level
 * Course Director/Professor
 * Type/number of requirements
 * Course credit exclusions
 * Course code (listed in order 1000-4000)
 * Course Availability

1000 Level Courses
Type: Studies Semester: FALL Requirements: none Required for: Specialized BFA, BA, Honours Minor (Studio) Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 1040 3.00
 * Critical Issues in the Studio** | FA/VISA 1000 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Requirements: none Required for: eligible Specialized BFA, BA (Art History), Honours Minor (Art History), Honours Minor (Studio) Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion:
 * Introduction to Western Art** | FA/VISA 1110 6.0

CANCELLED
 * Introduction to Visual Culture: Images, Media, Meanings** | FA/VISA 1120 6.0

2000 Level Courses
Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting Approaches to the Human Figure** | FA/VISA 2021 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2022 3.0
 * Painting: Composition and Colour** | FA/VISA 2024 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: no
 * Painting Approaches to Techniques and Materials** | FA/VISA 2025 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: no
 * Sculpture: Introductory Wood and Metal Fabrication** | FA/VISA 2031 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * 3-Dimensional Construction** | FA/VISA 2032 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: no Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2000A 3.0
 * Stone Carving** | FA/VISA 2034 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Time-Based Art: Crossing Boundaries** | FA/VISA 2053 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Time-Based Art: Performance Art and Everyday Life** | FA/VISA 2055 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Time-Based Art: Introduction to Video Art - Production** | FA/VISA 2056 3.0

CANCELLED
 * Time-Based Art: Interactive Video and Audio** | FA/VISA 2057 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisite: requires 35 mm manually operable camera, for non-majors: 1006 6.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2064 6.0
 * Introductory Photography: Black and White** | FA/VISA 2060 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: for continuing studies in Photography Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2006 3.0
 * Photo Studio 1** | FA/VISA 2061 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisites: 35 mm manually operable camera, for non-majors: FA/VISA 1006 6.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2064 6.0
 * Introductory Photography: Colour** | FA/VISA 2064 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: digital camera, non majors: FA/VISA 1006 6.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Introductory Digital Photography: Camera to Image** | FA/VISA 2065 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Requirements: mandatory safety equipment Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Print Media: Lithography** | FA/VISA 2070 3.0

Type: Practicum  Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Requirements: mandatory safety equipment Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Print Media: Intaglio** | FA/VISA 2071 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Print Media: Relief** | FA/VISA 2073 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 2072 3.0
 * Print Media: Screenprinting** | FA/VISA 2074 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisite: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Drawing: Perception, Proportion, Structure** | FA/VISA 2081 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Drawing Approaches to Abstract Image Making** | FA/VISA 2082 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 1340 6.0
 * The Art of Asia** | FA/VISA 2340 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Medieval Art** | FA/VISA 2540 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1110 6.0 or any 1000 level humanities, or permission from course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: crosslisted to: AP/HUMA 2140 6.0
 * Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture** | FA/VISA 2560 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none, cross-listed to AP/HUMA 2170 6.0
 * Modern Art: 1750 to the Present** | FA/VISA 2620 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: crosslisted to: AP/HUMA 2175 6.0
 * Art of North America before 1900** | FA/VISA 2750 6.0

3000 Level Courses
CANCELLED
 * Critical Issues 2: Creative Intersections: Visual Arts, Architecture and Design** | FA/VISA 3001K

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: completion of 1000 and 2000 level studies and practicum for BFA stream or permission of course director Required: eligible BFA Open to non-majors: with permission of course director Course credit exclusion: none
 * Critical Issues in the Studio II: Reconsidering the Object** | FA/VISA 3001G 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1000 3.0, 3rd or 4th year standing Required: eligible BFA Open to non-majors: by permission of course director Course credit exclusion: none
 * Identity: Gender Sexuality Ethnicity** | FA/VISA 3001X 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER (fall cancelled) Prerequisites: completion of 1000 and 2000 level studies and practicum for BFA stream or permission of course director Required: eligible BFA Open to non-majors: with permission of course director Course credit exclusion: none
 * The Painter in Postmodernity** | FA/VISA 3001D 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisites: (can be corequisites) FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits from the 202x series of courses (painting) Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting: Constructing the Human Figure** | FA/VISA 3022C 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits from the 202x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 3000H 3.0 Painting
 * Painting: The Spaces We Live In** | FA/VISA 3022B

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: (can be corequisites) FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits from the 202x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting: A 2- and 3- Dimensional Practice** | FA/VISA 3024A

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: (can be corequisites) FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits from the 202x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting: Shifting the Boundaries of Abstraction** | FA/VISA 3024C

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: (can be corequisites) FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits from the 202x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting: Pre 1950 Strategies** | FA/VISA 3025A 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1000 3.0; six credits in sculpture at the 2000 level with a grade of C+ or better in each course Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Sculpture** | FA/VISA 3030 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1000 3.0, and six credits from the 203x series of courses with a grade of C+ or better in each course Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Foundry** | FA/VISA 3031 6.0

CANCELLED
 * Intermediate Sculpture Processes: Wood and Stone Carving** | FA/VISA 3032B 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1000 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Digital Sculpture** | FA/VISA 3035 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Teaching the Visual Arts in the Intermediate Division** | ED/VISA 3041 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * T****eaching Visual Arts in the Intermediate Senior Division** | ED/VISA 3051 6.0

CANCELLED
 * Time-Based Art: Media Explorations** | FA/VISA 3051 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2056 3.00, three additional credits in the 205x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Time-Based Art: Video Art** | FA/VISA 3052 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: requires safety equipment, FA/VISA 2006 3.0 or FA/VISA 1006 3.0 and FA/VISA 2060 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: yes, but limited Course credit exclusion: none
 * Photography: Black and White** | FA/VISA 3060 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2061 3.0 or FA/VISA 1006 and three additional credits from 206x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Photography Explorations** | FA/VISA 3063 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisite: requires safety equipment, FA/VISA 2006 3.0 or FA/VISA 1006 6.0 and FA/VISA 2064 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Colour Photography** | FA/VISA 3063 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: six credits from the FA/VISA 207x series of courses with a grade of C+ or better in each course Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Extended Print Practice** | FA/VISA 3070 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2070 3.0 and FA/VISA 2071 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: none
 * Photo-Digital Print Processes: Intaglio and Lithography** | FA/VISA 3072 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: Successful completion of foundation studies (?), including FA/VISA 2081 3.0 and FA/VISA 2082 3.0 with an average of C+ or better (or permission from instructor) Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Drawing** | FA/VISA 3080 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: Successful completion of foundation studies (?), including FA/VISA 2081 3.0 and FA/VISA 2082 3.0 with an average of C+ or better (or permission from course director) Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 3000C 6.0
 * Investigative Methods, Resource Development and Notation** | FA/VISA 3081 6.0

CANCELLED
 * Drawing Writ Large** | FA/VISA 3082 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2082 3.0 or one of: FA/VISA 2081 3.0 or FA/VISA 2021 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: none
 * Drawing from the Model** | FA/VISA 3083 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2081 3.0, FA/VISA 3083 3.0 with a B average or better Required: no Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: none
 * Interpreting the Model** | FA/VISA 3084 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2081 3.0 and FA/VISA 2082 3.0 and 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: none
 * Drawing: Image and Narrative** | FA/VISA 3085 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: strongly recommended to have at least six studio credits and 12 art history credits Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Historical Techniques and Materials of the Artists** | FA/VISA 3110 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1110 6.0, FA/VISA 2340 3.0 or FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or permission of course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Art Criticism: Principles and Practice** | FA/VISA 3310 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Politics of Urbanism in the Asian Metropolis** | FA/VISA 3342 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Art, Migrancy and Transnational Asia** | FA/VISA 3346 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: 2000 level survey course in art history or permission of the course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 3350D 3.0 prior to 2006
 * Contemporary Aboriginal Art of North American** | FA/VISA 3350D 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or permission of the department Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * 19th Century Art: Realism and Impressionism** | FA/VISA 3620A 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or permission of course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Romantic Art** | FA/VISA 3620B 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Touring Moderism: Late 19th Century Paris, Berlin, Vienna** | FA/VISA 3621 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or permission of the department Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Abstract Expressionists and European Contemporaries** | FA/VISA 3680C 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Rothko & Co.: Modern Jewish Art** | FA/VISA 3680P 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: none listed (assumed 3rd or 4th year standing?) Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: crosslisted to FA/FACS 3920J 6.0
 * Memory and Place** | FA/VISA 3710 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1110 6.0 or FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or FA/VISA 2740 3.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: FA/VISA 3720 6.0
 * 20th Century Canadian Art** | FA/VISA 3740 3.0

4000 Level Courses
Type: Practicum (sculpture) Semester: Y Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year visual arts major; six credits from the 303x series of courses Required: no Open to non-majors: no Course credit exclusion: none
 * Pushing the Sculptural Envelope** | FA/VISA 4030 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Requirements: FA/VISA 3070 6.0 or FA/VISA 3073 6.0 with grade of B or better or permission of the instructor Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Print Media** | FA/VISA 4070 6.0

Type: Practicum (time based/photography roots) Semester: Y Requirements: 3rd or 4th year standing with six credits from the 305x or 306x series of courses with a grade of B or better Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Advanced Explorations** | FA/VISA 4090H 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: 3 credits from the 302x plus 3 credits from the 302x or 308x series of courses with a grade of B or better, and 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Painting: Contemporary Explorations** | FA/VISA 4090D 6.0

Type: Practicum Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisites: minimum overall average of 7.0 (B+); successful completion of 90 credits towards BFA, including a minimum of 6 credits in the FA/VISA 4090 6.0 series in the proposed discipline. The annual submission deadline for an Independent study is April 30th for next summer, fall, winter. Applications are subject to department approval. Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Independent Studies: Practicum** | FA/VISA 4091 3.0

Type: Practicum Semester: Y Prerequisites: minimum overall average of 7.0 (B+); successful completion of 90 credits towards BFA, including a minimum of 6 credits in the FA/VISA 4090 6.0 series in the proposed discipline. The annual submission deadline for an Independent study is April 30th for next summer, fall, winter. Applications are subject to department approval. Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Independent Studies: Practicum** | FA/VISA 4091 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL and WINTER offerings Prerequisites: Limited to students who have complete a 4000-level course in art history; must hav permission of the directing faculty member. Applications obtained from and submitted to the Department of Visual Arts in the spring for the following academic session. Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Independent Studies: Art History** | FA/VISA 4100 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: Y Prerequisites: Limited to students who have complete a 4000-level course in art history; must hav permission of the directing faculty member. Applications obtained from and submitted to the Department of Visual Arts in the spring for the following academic session. Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Independent Studies: Art History** | FA/VISA 4100 6.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Visual Spectacle in Asia** | FA/VISA 4342 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Art of North America** | FA/VISA 4351 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 6.0 or permission of course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * European Art Between Two World Wars** | FA/VISA 4620A 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER, fall cancelled Prerequisites: FA/VISA 1110 6.0 Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Stained Glass as Modern Art** | FA/VISA 4620K 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 6.0 and preferably a second course in 19th and 20th century art or permission of course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Contemporary Art and Surrealism** | FA/VISA 4640C 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: FA/VISA 2620 3.0 or permission of the course director Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Contemporary Sculpture** | FA/VISA 4640B 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: yes Course credit exclusion: none
 * A.W. Pugin (1812-1852) and the Gothic Reviva****l** | FA/VISA 4650 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year standing Required: no Open to non-majors: doesn't say Course credit exclusion: none
 * Bawdy Images/Body Theory and Canadian Visual Culture** | FA/VISA 4720D 3.0

Graduate Studies Courses
information somewhat unavailable but our section focuses on undergraduates so not entirely necessary.

Type: Studies Semester: FALL Prerequisites: graduate student Required: ? Course credit exclusion: crosslisted to: GS/CMCT 5501 3.0
 * Contemporary Theory in the Visual Arts** | GS/VISA 5600 3.0

Type: Studies Semester: WINTER Requirements: graduate student Required: ? Course credit exclusion: Art History 5160 3.0
 * Theoretical Issues in Contemporary Art** | GS/VISA 5610 3.0

Type: Seminar Semester: Y Requirements: graduate student Required: ? Course credit exclusion: ?
 * Graduate Seminar** | GS/VISA 5620 6.0