Intermedia/Cyberarts

Fall admission only

The Major in Intermedia/Cyberarts is designed to allow students to combine studies in media arts, new technologies, interdisciplinary practices and performance art. Students may choose from a range of courses in video, electronic arts and/or intermedia/performance, either focusing on a single stream or selectively combining from different streams. The program encourages cross-pollination between traditional disciplines/media and new forms of artistic expression using technology and integrated media.

Major in Intermedia/Cyberarts — 60 credits

See Program-Specific Admission Requirements – In addition to the general admission requirements, this program have extra program-specific requirements. These additional requirements must be arranged with the departments to which you are applying.

See the BFA degree description for more information on general degree requirements. For a complete list of courses: Undergraduate Calendar

Sample courses include:

Courses from the areas of Video, Electronics, Performance Art, and Sound Studio art courses chosen from disciplines such as Ceramics, Fibres, Painting and Drawing, Photography (limited access), Print Media and Sculpture

Facilities

The Intermedia/Cyberarts facilities include a Hybrid Lab – a teaching space designed to accommodate courses in Digital and Electronic Arts. This lab is a combination of a computer lab, a teaching classroom, an interactivity studio and an electronics workshop. Complementary equipment such as midi keyboards and sound devices, sensors, interfaces, micro-controller programmers, lighting dimmers, video cameras, motors, pneumatic valves, pistons, and more, is also available. Students may also have access to a dedicated electronics workshop, a multimedia installation space and six smaller studios for working on individual projects in interactive sound and video.

The video area is equipped with seven video and audio edit suites, a production studio with a chroma-key seamless backdrop, a teaching classroom and an equipment depot with a variety of video production equipment.

Studio Arts Department

Studio Arts is the largest department in the Faculty of Fine Arts, with a long-standing reputation as one of Canada’s foremost environments for the study of visual art. Students can complete a BFA Major in one of the Department’s seven disciplines (Ceramics, Fibres, Intermedia/ Cyberarts, Painting & Drawing, Photography, Print Media, Sculpture) or take the more general BFA Major in Studio Art program. Introductory, intermediate and advanced courses allow students to develop as far as they wish within a given discipline. Each year, a variety of special topics courses provide the Department with the flexibility to respond immediately to contemporary currents in the art world.

Admission Requirements

Intermedia/Cyberarts (BFA - Major) requirements: Minimum cut-off averages, admission statistics and program requirements.

Undergraduate admissions guidelines: For information on international admission, required documents, proof of language proficiency, the university admissions timetable, selection and notification process.