Arts Academic Plans

A Joint Honours academic plan with Fine Arts - Studio Practice may be taken in combination with most Arts disciplines in which an Honours academic plan is offered or with many Honours majors in other Faculties.

Please note that there are two streams within all honours studio practice academic plans (outlined below) in the final year of study: Studio and Studio Practicum. The Studio stream is for students who wish to pursue a career as an artist. The Studio Practicum stream is for students who wish to pursue a career in the arts and in education. Selection of the stream is made at the end of 3B.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and a cumulative Fine Arts average of 75%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Joint Honours Fine Arts - Studio Practice academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements for the Home Faculty, including at least 20 academic course units (40 courses). If the Home Faculty is Arts, see Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
2. Fine Arts Plan-level requirements:
   • at least eight academic course units (normally 16 courses) in Fine Arts with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
     • FINE 100, 112, 209, 300, 301, 303, 319
     • VCULT 101
     • at least two of FINE 202, 220, 221, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232
     • at least one of FINE 222, 223, 272
     • at least two of FINE 224, 225, 226, 274
     • if pursuing the Studio stream: FINE 472, 473
     • if pursuing the Studio Practicum stream: FINE 474, 475
3. Plan-level requirements for the second major.

Notes:

1. Admission to the Honours Fine Arts - Studio Practice academic plans is by consent of the department at the end of the 1B term.
2. Admission to 200-level studio courses is by successful completion of FINE 100 and by submission and approval of portfolio work done in FINE 100 at the end of 1A term.
3. Students must have successfully completed at least six 200-level studio courses by the end of their 2B term before proceeding to FINE 300.
4. Studio stream: admission to FINE 472 is determined by: 
   • a cumulative Fine Arts average of at least 75%; 
   • a mark of 75% in each of FINE 300, 301, and 303; and 
   • successful completion of a portfolio review at the end of the 3B term evaluated by the Fine Arts faculty.
5. Studio Practicum stream: admission to FINE 474 is determined by:  
   • a cumulative Fine Arts average of at least 75%; and
   • a mark of 75% in each of FINE 300, 301, and 303.
6. FINE 301, 472, and 473 are each worth 1.0 unit.