This course offers the opportunity to critically engage with defined topics in the social sciences as they relate to ethics of representation by introducing methods and practices for building community relationships, cultural diversity and social activism. Specific historical, cultural and social contexts will be explored using approaches such as ethnography, documentary, social justice studies, critical disability studies, and environmental studies to broadly address ethics of representation in art, media and design practice.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

This studio course offers students the opportunity to collaborate on a directed studies project initiated by a public interest organization such as a non-profit community group, charity, or a Non-Governmental Organization (an NGO). Projects may include websites, three-dimensional displays, community art projects, or customized visual presentations which may have elements from every discipline, including English and Critical Studies. Students from all year levels may take this course which models collaboration and vertical learning where knowledge and skills are shared among students, faculty, external research partners, and community group representatives.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here.

The course provides students with the opportunity to develop a significant project or body of work that draws upon the field of socially engaged art and design. Through critical dialogue, research, artistic production, and reflection, students will situate and contextualize their projects and processes in relation to existing discourses around socially engaged practices in contemporary art and design. In particular, students will work to develop ethical frameworks and engagement processes that dynamically respond to the context and communities in which they work. Students will meet regularly for group meetings and individual project development tutorials with their instructor(s), while devoting significant time to their projects outside of the classroom.

This studio course offers students the opportunity to collaborate on a directed studies project initiated by a public interest organization such as a non-profit community group, charity, or a Non-Governmental Organization (an NGO). Projects may include websites, three-dimensional displays, community art projects, or customized visual presentations which may have elements from every discipline, including English and Critical Studies. Students from all year levels may take this course which models collaboration and vertical learning where knowledge and skills are shared among students, faculty, external research partners, and community group representatives.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here.