Topics/Series Courses
A topics course is one that is not regularly offered at the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge. Departments may use topics courses to try out a new course that they are considering regularizing, or for faculty to offer courses related to their research. Series courses are a group of courses within a certain genre and the offering changes every semester. You may take multiple topics and series courses for credit as long as each offering is distinct (i.e. having significantly different titles).
If you have any questions about topics courses, please contact the Fine Arts Advising Office (W660).
2026-2027 | Topics/Series Courses
ART
Introduction to Ceramics
ART 2015 A
3.0 Credit Hours
This course will explore approaches to working with ceramic materials in a fine arts context. Basic construction methods and surface design techniques will be taught alongside discussions of contemporary theoretical approaches to working with ceramics. Special attention will be given to assisting students with strategies for incorporating ceramics into their individual art practices.
DRAMA
Shakespeare for the Intimidated
A performance-based approach to the study of Shakespeare. We will engage in a variety of activities and presentations to make the text relevant and bring it to life. We will view and analyze stage and film productions of the plays as well as study their historical context.
Prerequisites: Completion of 15 免费福利资源在线看片 courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours) or admission to the Post Diploma program.
NEW MEDIA
Invitation to Design
NMED 1850 A
3.0 Credit Hours
This introductory course provides a broad survey of design for undergraduate students of all majors. It explores the evolution, practices, industries, cultural contexts, societal implications, technological intersections, and human-centered aspects of design. Students will examine how design shapes and is shaped by society, technology, and emerging innovations (such as artificial intelligence).
Developing Media for Children
NMED 4850 A
3.0 Credit Hours
Through brainstorming activities, prototyping, and field-testing with representatives of the target audience, students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to design and develop educational apps for mobile devices to be used in a K-12 classroom.
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hour)
Recommended Background: Prior courses in New Media is strongly recommended
ART
Introduction to Art Making
Introduction to Art Making is designed to support non-art majors develop an appreciation for contemporary art. It is open to those with no previous art-making experience but will also allow those with some experience to grow their skills. Through weekly hands-on assignments, students will explore significant movements and techniques in contemporary art including in drawing, painting, sculpture, and media art.
Textile Art Studio I & II (Embodied Textiles)
Embodied Textiles will provide experience in a wide range of fibre material practices through hands-on workshops. Students will a series of thematic projects in textile art with a focus on the embodied, performative and communicative aspects of textiles.
Prerequisite(s): Four of: [Art 2005 or Art 2006], Art 2010, Art 2015, Art 2023, Art 2027, Art 2033, [Art 2060 or Art 2061], or Art 2350/Indigenous Studies 2350 AND 15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
NOTE: Studio course. For sections where Art 3015 is offered twice weekly, an extra hour is required per week for set up and clean up.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Art History
ARHI 3152
3.0 Credit Hours
This course examines current critical issues in contemporary Indigenous art and visual culture from across the settler-colonial areas of North American, as well as Australia and New Zealand. We will explore how Indigenous arts are understood in the communities in which they are made, how indigenous artworks have been understood in Western art historical discourse and museum exhibitions, as well as the relationship between 鈥渉istoric鈥 and 鈥渃ontemporary鈥 indigenous arts. This course will investigate the recent role of indigenous art in the questioning of identity and self-representation, decolonization, sovereignty, self-determination, and anti-colonial resistance. The course will rely heavily on course readings and class participation, structured like a seminar it is organized both thematically and geographically in order to address the specific concerns of the land, visual culture, survivance, and Indigeneity.
Prerequisite(s): One of Art History 1001, Art History 1002, Art 2240, or Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
NOTE: This course is a combination of in-person and online delivery.
Experimental Cinema and Artists' Videos
ARHI 4150 N
3.0 Credit Hours
This course surveys the history of artist-produced experimental cinema and video art. Students will be exposed to examples of film as art from its origins in the Dada, Surrealist, Expressionist, and Constructivist movements of the 1920s through to later developments of the 1960s and 70s. Artist videos will be considered from their beginnings in the late 1960s through to the present day.
Prerequisite(s): One of Art History 1001 or Art History 1002 AND Third-Year Standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
DRAMA
Projection Design
DRAM 3821 A
3.0 Credit Hours
Introduces the principles of projection design and construction in a theatrical environment including exploring the interpretation, visualization, and conceptualization of projections for the purpose of storytelling and the basic principles of theatrical projection construction techniques, tools, materials, vocabulary and personnel. Course reviews creative interpretation, practical documentation, and implementation of design information through developing an understanding of and approach to projection design and construction production processes, practices, and technologies. Course will include demonstrations and involve the practical application of beginner techniques through paper projects as well as hands-on experience.
Prerequisite(s): Drama 2825
Waking Death Through Art
DRAM 3850 A
3.0 Credit Hours
Can the Covid-19 pandemic become a turning point for our cultural approach to death, dying, and grief? What perspectives can the artistic imagination offer the inevitability that awaits us all? This course combines research and creative practice as a mode of inquiry into the vast subject of death. Open to all Drama Department and Faculty of Fine Arts students.
Prerequisite(s): 15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours) in a Faculty of Fine Arts program
Musical Theatre: From Speech to Song
DRAM 3850 B
An exploration and development of Musical Theatre vocal technique through the dynamics of traditional voice work for actors. Individualized training in a group setting, including repertoire building (songs and monologues) through audition training. Exploration of Musical Theatre Genres including Pop, Rock, Folk, Golden Age and Contemporary.
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Drama 2320 OR Music Studio 2148 - Studio I - Voice
Grant Writing and Arts Management
DRAM 3850C
This is a nuts & bolts course covering the basic hard and soft skills required in the fields of stage and production management. Topics include: leadership and management, communication, creative problem solving, facilitation, teamwork. Through classroom learning, learning through production, and special projects, we will investigate the path to being artful collaborators in support of dramatic story-telling.
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours) in a Faculty of Fine Arts programs
FINE ARTS
Research Creation: Thinking Through Making
FA 5850A
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Admission to a Master's program
FA 7850 A
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Admission to a Ph.D. program.
In this course, students will explore the emergence of research-creation as an academic field that highlights the potential of artistic practice as research and making as a form of knowledge creation. The course focuses on research-creation as a creative process and academic practice that aims to foster innovation and the development of knowledge through artistic expression, scholarly investigation, and experimentation. Students will gain an understanding of research-creation as a process that is situated within a research activity and produces critically informed work in a variety of media and is not confined to any one discipline. This seminar course will be a reading-intensive investigation of the debates in research-creation as it relates to different critical theories such as feminisms, gender, critical race, and decolonization. Students will explore critical theories and research-creation projects in relation to case studies. Students will be required to deliver oral presentations and facilitate class discussion on the readings and case studies. Students may explore the creation of creative work or more research-intensive writing projects.
Theory and Research Methods in the Creative Arts
FA 5850 B
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Admission to a Master's program
FA 7850 B
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): Admission to a Ph.D. program.
This course introduces students to key critical theorists, texts, and ideas in the creative arts. Students will read, analyze, and interpret theoretical ideas and methods for understanding creative works. The course may address theoretical topics such as: Semiotics, Psychoanalysis, Post-Structuralism, Marxism, Feminism, Gender, Queer Studies, Digital Technologies, Materiality, Ecocriticism, Critical Race, and Postcolonial theories. The course readings will introduce some of the terms and concepts that have become critical touchstones for scholars in the humanities and creative arts, while the assignments will provide students with the opportunity to study theory as an object of analysis, develop the ability to lead seminar discussions about a particular reading, summarize difficult theoretical texts, formulate research questions using theoretical concepts, and to apply theoretical insights to other texts and objects of analysis. The course may draw on the disciplinary expertise of faculty as guest speakers from various departments, programs, and disciplines who will offer diverse perspectives and enhance the multidisciplinary nature of this course.
MUSIC
TBA
History of Jazz
MUSI 3200 A
3.0 Credit Hours
This course provides a comprehensive overview of jazz history, covering the major jazz styles and important musicians that have pioneered this music. We will trace jazz from its infancy, beginning in New Orleans and will highlight how this music has developed through the years and has grown into various sub-genres. Some of the styles that will be covered include: Early Jazz, Swing Era, Bebop, Cool and Fusion. Other topics will include learning important jazz terminology, becoming acquainted with the preeminent jazz artists within each style and most importantly analyzing how jazz has evolved and inspired other music genres since early in the twentieth-century.
Prerequisite(s): 15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
NOTE: Not counted toward required Music courses in the B.Mus. degree.
History of Rock and Roll to 1970
TBA
MUSI 4000 A
NEW MEDIA
Invitation to Design
This introductory course provides a broad survey of design for undergraduate students of all majors. It explores the evolution, practices, industries, cultural contexts, societal implications, technological intersections, and human-centered aspects of design. Students will examine how design shapes and is shaped by society, technology, and emerging innovations (such as artificial intelligence).
Enhancing Human Creativity with AI
This course explores how to harness creative thinking by blending traditional methods鈥攕uch as sketching, brainstorming, and iterative prototyping鈥攚ith cutting-edge AI tools and techniques. Students will examine the interplay between human creativity and machine-generated insights, learn the fundamentals of AI-driven generative processes, and develop tangible projects that demonstrate an integrated approach to problem-solving and expression.
Prerequisite(s): 15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Note: Intended for Non-New Media Majors
Technologies of Supremacy: Media as Tools of Hate, Violence, and Propaganda
NMED 3850 B
3.0 Credit Hours
This course explores how supremacist, fascist, and reactionary movements have leveraged new media technology since the early 1900s. Additionally, it considers how new media technologies have been leveraged to counter supremacist ideologies and movements.
- the early days of film (e.g., film and the KKK in the early 1900s, Nazi Germany
- mid-century innovations in TV and radio
- early use of the internet and message boards (e.g., Stormfront)
- contemporary use of social media and podcasts (e.g., GamerGate, the alt-right, Andrew Tate, AI).
- new media approaches to countering hate
Prerequisite(s): 15 university-level courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours)
Game Engines
NMED 3850 C
An introduction to digital game engines. Building on game design fundamentals, in this class students concept, develop, and publish games using game design tools and software.
3.0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite(s): New Media 2310 (3310) and New Media 2380 (3380)
ART
ARHI 3153 - Baroque Art in Europe and Latin America, 1600-1800
ARHI 3154 - Contemporary Art and Aesthetic Experience
ART 1850A - Introduction to Art Making
ART 1850B - Introduction to Digital Photography
ART 3015 - Installation Art (Site, Sense, Process)
DRAMA
DRAM 3850 - Musical Theatre
DRAM 4850 - Applied Theatre for Progressive Change and Community Building
FINE ARTS
FA 5850A - Praxis Shapes the World: Contemporary Politics, Issues, and the Arts
FA 7850A - Praxis Shapes the World: Contemporary Politics, Issues, and the Arts
MUSIC
MUSI 3050 - TBA
MUSI 3200 - History of Rock and Roll Since 1970
MUSI 3850 - Musical Theatre Workshop
NEW MEDIA
NMED 1850 - Invitation to Design
NMED 3850 - Enhancing Human Creativity with AI