Elective courses
All students may register for any of the elective courses listed below, including those offered by the Interdisciplinary Studies Area of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The Interdisciplinary Studies course topics evolve regularly, exploring how artistic practices across disciplines intersect and engage with culture and society.
Interdisciplinary Studies courses
Fall 2026
- FFAR 298 - Aesthetic Practices of Critical Disability
- FFAR 298 - Black Representation in the Arts
- FFAR 298 - Films About the Diaspora
- FFAR 298 - Histories in Music and Culture
- FFAR 298 - Horror and Fantasy Films
- FFAR 298 - The City After Dark
- FFAR 298 - The Geographies of Fashion
- FFAR 298 - The Music and Art of David Bowie
Winter 2027
- FFAR 298 - Artificial Intelligence and the Arts
- FFAR 298 - Embodiment in the Performing Arts
- FFAR 298 - Indigenous Representation in the Arts
- FFAR 298 - It’s Bigger than Hip-Hop
- FFAR 298 - The Meme as Art
- FFAR 298 - The Movie Soundtrack
- FASS 298 - Queer Media and Counterculture
- FFAR 298 - Witchcraft and Art
For detailed descriptions of the special topics courses, visit our FFAR 298 Special Topics page and the Undergraduate calendar for other courses descriptions.
Fine Arts Field School
- FAFS 398 (summer)
Fine Arts sexuality studies
- FASS 293 A: Sexual Representation in the Arts (winter)
Department and program electives
- ARTE 398, both sections (winter)
- ARTH 200 and 300-level courses (except for ARTH 201, 202 and 300) are open to all students, both sections (summer, fall, winter)
- DANC 202 (fall)
Orienting the Choreographing Self - DANC 203 (winter)
Collaboration in Choreographic Practices - DANC 211 (winter)
Dance and Cultural Histories - DANC 302 (fall)
Dance as Social Life and Cultural Practice - DANC 303 (winter)
Scenography and Other Spatial Conditions in Dance - DANC 307 (winter)
Dance Dramaturgy and Authorship - DANC 398 D (fall)
Technique IA - DANC 398 D (winter)
Technique IB - DANC 402 (fall)
Politics of Dance - DANC 404 (winter)
Design for Dance - DANC 411 (fall)
Capstone I - Choreographic Process - DANC 412 (winter)
Capstone II - Choreographic Realization
- ATRP 301, DTHY 301, MTHY 301 (summer, fall).
Contact creativeartstherapies@concordia.ca for permission to register
- FMST 200 AA (fall/winter)
- CART 215/2 & CART 215/5 Introduction to Game Design (fall, winter)
- MPER 234 (fall/winter)*
Music Performance- Chamber Choir
*Audition required
- MHIS 205 (winter)
Music, Sound & Society
- MHIS 398 (winter)
Music History – Special Topics
- MUSI 201 (fall)
Music Introduction to Music Fundamentals - MUSI 321 (fall)
Managing a Career in Music
- MPRD 201 (fall)
Music Production Fundamentals I - MPRD 202 (winter)
Music Production Fundamentals II
- JAZZ 201 (fall)
The Jazz Language
- JHIS 314 (fall)
Jazz History
- JHIS 398 (winter)
Jazz History – Special Topics
- JPER 225 (fall/winter)*
Jazz Performance-Jazz Choir
*Audition required
- EAST 231 (winter)
Sounds for Artists
- EAST 203 (Fall)
Digital Audio Editing
- FAFS 398 / FAFS 660 / FAFS 860 / MUSI 398 / EAST 398 (summer)
Art, Music, Design, and Science Interactions – Colombia 2025 Field School
- PERC 211 (winter)
Theatre and the City - PERC 212 (fall)
Introduction to Dramaturgy - PERC 303 (winter)
Theatre History and Theory to 1800 - PERC 306 (fall)
Theatre History and Theory, 1800 to the Present
