A topics course is one that is not regularly offered at the University 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).
Summer and Fall 2022 - Topics/Series Courses
Summer 2022
Introduction to Ceramic Art
Drawing: Exploring Traditional Techniques and Methods
Fall 2022
Textile Art Studio (Embodied Textiles)
Textile Art Studio (Embodied Textiles) will provide experience in a wide range of fibre material practices through hands-on workshops. Students will engage in a series of thematic projects in textile art with a focus on the embodied, performative and communicative aspects of textiles.
Senior Studio I & II
- Jackson 2Bears
Experimental Cinema and Artist's Videos
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.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Art
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 “historic” and “contemporary” 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, or Third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours)
Summer 2022
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 University courses (a minimum of 45.0 credit hours) or admission to the Post Diploma program.
Fall 2022
Puppet Design and Creation
Scenic Painting
Technical Theatre for Teachers
Fall 2022
Technical Ear Training
History of Rock and Roll to 1970
Indigenous Music as Political Thought
This course will draw on critical Indigenous theory to examine ways in which contemporary Indigenous musics intersect with the political sphere. Themes addressed will include music as a commentary on relations of power; music as an agent of change; music as a space for protest and resistance; and music as an articulation of resurgence.
Summer 2022
Developing Media for Children
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.
Prerequisites: New Media 3380 and New Media 3520 OR Computer Science 3770