“Sculpture is the silent key to the world we encounter every second of every day. You might say that what is not painting, or printmaking, performance or video, what is not photography or film or cyberspace may be sculpture. You might be right. But you may just as easily be wrong.”
— Ian Carr-Harris, artist and OCAD University faculty member
Sculpture has always been the projected imagining of ourselves in space and time. In our contemporary context, sculpture is no longer defined as pure form but as the installation of forms and signs in relation to one another.
The paradoxical nature of contemporary sculpture poses intriguing difficulties in knowing how to use it to represent our experience in the world, yet it may be for this very reason that it has become the dominant practice, internationally, over the course of the last several decades. The Sculpture/Installation program at OCAD University takes this paradox as the basis for instruction, and graduating students are consequently well placed to contribute to that practice. Our students’ success in entering post-graduate programs in Canada and abroad, as well as their ability to succeed as exhibiting professionals, is proof of the fundamental strength of the program.
Students must fulfill all requirements listed in the major program guide published in the year they were admitted to OCAD U. For example, a student admitted to OCAD U in 2012 must follow the major program guide published in the Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Course Calendar.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree students must complete the requirements listed below for their program, including 5.0 liberal studies credits.
Associate of OCAD University (AOCAD) diploma students must complete the requirements listed below, substituting 1.0 credit Art electives for 1.0 credit of the upper-year liberal studies requirements. Diploma students admitted to OCAD U 2002 fall/winter or earlier may replace up to 1.5 of the required liberal studies credits with Art studio/seminar courses. Liberal studies courses are listed under Liberal Arts & Sciences and designated by course type LST in the course schedule.
See the Liberal Arts & Sciences for an outline of the liberal studies degree requirements.
Students who have declared a minor may use undesignated liberal studies distribution courses and up to 2.0 credits of Art elective courses to fulfill minor course requirements and major course requirements at the same time.
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT | ||
| 200 Level Requirements | ||||
| SCIN 2B01 | Intermedia Studio: Body and Object | 0.5 | ||
| SCIN 2B09 | Contemporary Issues: Art Today | 0.5 | ||
| SCIN 2B14 | Intermedia Studio: Site and Time | 0.5 | ||
| 200 Level | SCIN course |
0.5 | ||
| 200 Level | Art electives | 1.5 | ||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Total Credits | 5.0 | |||
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| Recommended Electives: | ||||
| FABR 2B01 | Introduction to Fabrication: Bronze Casting & Digital Process | |||
| FABR 2B02 | Introduction to Fabrication: Metal | |||
| FABR 2B03 | Introduction to Fabrication: Mouldmaking | |||
| FABR 2B04 | Introduction to Fabrication: Plastics | |||
| FABR 2B05 | Introduction to Fabrication: Wood | |||
| INTM 2B03 | Body as Material: Performance by Artists | |||
| INTM 2B06 | Sonic Arts | |||
| INTM 2B24 | Introduction to Electronics: Kinetic Objects | |||
| CROS 2B02 | Introduction to Cross-Disciplinary Studio | |||
| PHOT 2B03 | Introductory Photography: Black & White | |||
| SCIN 2B02 | Nature, Transformation & Change | |||
| SCIN 2B03 | Shaping Ideas | |||
| SCIN 2B04 | DataSpace: Exploring Data Objects | |||
| SCIN 2B07 | Sculpture: Language of Materials | |||
| SCIN 2B19 | Life Study for Sculpture I | |||
| SCIN 2B20 | Life Study for Sculpture II (not offered 2014-15) |
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| 300 Level Requirements | ||||
| SCIN 3B01 | Issues in the History of Sculpture | 0.5 | ||
| SCIN 3B08 |
Intermedia Studio: Problems in Visual Language I | |
0.5 | |
| SCIN 3C02 |
Intermedia Studio: Problems in Visual Language II | |
1.0 | |
| 300 Level | SCIN course | 0.5 | ||
| 200 or 300 Level |
Art electives | 1.5 | ||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Total Credits | 5.0 | |||
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| Recommended: | ||||
| ASOC 3B05 | Talking Community | |||
| CROS 3B01 |
Professional Practice |
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| INTM 3B44 | Installation: Screen to Space |
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| SCIN 3B04 | Sculpture Studio: How Objects Work | |||
| SCIN 3B13 | Introduction To Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture Practice | |||
| SCIN 3B14 | Life Study for Sculpture III (not offered 2014-15) |
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| SCIN 3B15 | The Immaterial & Material | |||
| 200 and 300 Level | Fabrication Studio courses | |||
| 400 Level Requirements | ||||
| SCIN 4C01 | SCIN Studio Thesis: Research | 1.0 | ||
| SCIN 4C02 | SCIN Studio Thesis: Presentation |
1.0 | ||
| 400 Level | SCIN Courses |
1.0 | ||
| 200, 300 or 400 Level | Art electives | 1.0 | ||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Liberal studies course | 0.5 | |||
| Total Credits | 5.0 | |||
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Eligibility to Graduate
Please note that students are eligible to graduate if they:
• Have fulfilled all program requirements.
• Are in good academic standing (if 2.0 or more credits taken since last academic performance review require minimum 60% average for those courses).
• Have an overall average of 60% or higher.
• Have an average of at least 65% in designated courses of their major/program (Design only).
• Have no outstanding accounts at the university.
Liberal Arts & Sciences courses are available to Art students and a wide range of study is encouraged. Please visit Liberal Arts & Sciences course listings for a full selection of liberal studies courses. Sculpture/Installation students who are seeking liberal studies courses to deepen their disciplinary knowledge - may be interested in the following:
| VISA2B07 | History of Modern Art |
| SCTM2B02 | Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy |
| VISA 3B09 | Art After Modern Art: Conceptual Practices |
| VISA 4B02 | Performance and Performativity |
| HUMN 3B13 | STUFF: Material Culture and the Meaning of Things |
| HUMN 3B17 | Modernism and Postmodernism |
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