SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN STUDIO ART (ARTS)

Undergraduate Advisor (General): Email: studio-program-supervisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Enrolment Requirements
Enrolment in the Specialist in Studio Art is limited. Students must apply to enter the program after completing four credits including VPSA62H3 and VPSA63H3. Decisions are made on program admissions only twice a year, in May and August, and are based on student requests submitted to the Office of the Registrar through ACORN. Admission is determined on the basis of a student's overall GPA and grades in VPSA62H3 and VPSA63H3. For students applying after 8.0-10.0 credits, admission will be based on the overall GPA and grades in VPS courses taken.

Program Requirements
This program requires the completion of 14.0 credits, including 4.0 credits at the C-or D-level of which at least 1.0 credit must be at the D-level.

1. 2.5 credits as follows:
VPSA62H3 Foundation Studies in Studio
VPSA63H3 But Why is it Art?
VPSB01H3 The Artist
VPSB56H3 Digital Studio I
VPHA46H3 Ways of Seeing: Introduction to Art Histories

2. 3.5 credits at VPSB-level courses, 1.0 credits of which should be from the following:
VPSB58H3 Video I
VPSB59H3 Sculpture I
VPSB70H3 Drawing I
VPSB73H3 Curatorial Perspectives I

3. 1.0 additional credits from the following:
VPSB02H3 The Image Culture
CITA01H3 Foundations of City Studies
ENGA03H3 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGB12H3 Life Writing
ENGB38H3 The Graphic Novel
ENGB70H3 How to Read a Film
ENGB75H3 Cinema and Modernity I
MDSA10H3 Media Foundations
MDSA13H3 Media Histories
MDSB32H3 Media and Globalization
MDSB24H3 Kids These Days: Youth, Language and Media
WSTA01H3 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

4. 1.5 additional credits in VPH, of which 0.5 credit must be at the C-level

5. 4.5 credits in VPSC-level, of which 2.0 credits must be from the following:

VPSC85H3 Essential Skills for Emerging Artists
VPSC90H3 Theory and Practice: Art in a Globalizing World
VPSC91H3 Theory and Practice: Art and the Body
VPSC92H3 Theory and Practice: Art and Materials
VPSC93H3 Theory and Practice: Art and the Everyday
VPSC94H3 Theory and Practice: Art and Place
VPSC95H3 Theory and Practice: Art and Social Justice

6. 1.0 credits as follows:

VPSD56H3 Advanced Exhibition Practice
VPSD63H3 Independent Study in Studio: Thesis