Visual Arts and the Built Environment BFA
Plant your feet in two cities in this joint program with the University of Detroit Mercy. Receive a visual arts degree from from University of Windsor, and a BSc in architecture from UDM in this combined Visual Arts and the Built Environment program.
Duration
3 years
Starting Date
January, May, September
Tuition Fee
CAD 15,100 per semester
Location
Windsor, Canada
About the program
Courses are taught by architects in this close-knit, niche program. You’ll have lots of hands-on learning opportunities through co-op, internships and projects for non-profit groups. Then there’s the option to get your master’s from UDM in just one additional year. You must be a Canadian citizen to take part in this program.
What will I learn?
- Focused iterative learning on architecture, design, and visual graphic communication using traditional media and digital industry standard software
- Understand the mean and methods used to create structures through construction and sustainable technologies
- Expressing oneself confidently, assertively, and purposefully through visual imagery
- Creating works of visual art using a variety of techniques, practices, and media
- Developing visual literacy: the ability to understand the powerful role of images in contemporary media contexts and to convey one’s own ideas and arguments thoughtfully through the creation of new images, works of art, film, or architecture
- Designing, staging, managing, and overseeing effective visual campaigns and productions
- Analyzing and assessing works of visual art for formal/technical
Career Tracks: Architect, building/interior designer, urban planning and revitalization co-ordinator, building restoration specialist, project and facilities manager
Courses Included
- Architecture Design
- Architecture
- Contemporary Visual Culture
- Studio Practice and Ideas/Drawing
- Visual Communication