COCA-P-BAH
Subject: Administered by the School of Computing in partnership with the Departments of Art History and Art Conservation, Film and Media, and Dan School of Drama and Music.
Plan: Consists of 45.0 core units and 39.0 units in one Sub-plan, as described below.
Program: The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 120.0 units (114.0 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.
Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2020-2021 Calendar for the previous requirements.
Code | Title | Units |
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1. Core | ||
A. Complete the following: | ||
CISC 121 | Introduction to Computing Science I | 3.00 |
CISC 124 | Introduction to Computing Science II | 3.00 |
B. Select 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
Discrete Mathematics for Computing l | ||
Linear Algebra | ||
C. Complete the following: | ||
COCA 201 | Intro Comp & Creative Arts | 3.00 |
D. Complete the following: | ||
CISC 203 | Discrete Mathematics for Computing II | 3.00 |
CISC 204 | Logic for Computing Science | 3.00 |
CISC 223 | Software Specifications | 3.00 |
CISC 235 | Data Structures | 3.00 |
E. Complete the following: | ||
CISC 325 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3.00 |
CISC 352 | Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
CISC 360 | Programming Paradigms | 3.00 |
CISC 365 | Algorithms I | 3.00 |
F. Select 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
CISC | ||
CISC_Subs at the 400 level | ||
G. Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
CISC | ||
CISC_Subs at the 200 level or above | ||
2. Sub-Plans | ||
A. Select one of the folowing Sub-Plans: | 39.00 | |
Computing and Art (COAR) | ||
Computing and Drama (CODR) | ||
Computing and Film (COFI) | ||
Computing and Music (COMU) | ||
Electives | ||
Elective Courses | 36.00 | |
Total Units | 120.00 |
3. Notes
A. Those students with no programming experience should review first-year course choices based on the Section on Introductory Courses at the start of the chapter on Computing.
B. ELEC courses are offered by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Special permission may be required to register. All such courses will count as 3.0 units towards degree requirements in Arts and Science.
C. Students who have completed a conservatory Advanced Rudiments exam or equivalent with a grade of 80% or higher may request to have a different MUSC course substituted for Core requirement 1.D.i.a. (MUSC 104 Music Fundamentals).
D. FILM 250 Fundamentals of Media Production is the prerequisite course for all upper-year production courses, therefore should be taken in second year. FILM 257 Film and Media Concept Development is the prerequisite course for FILM 312 Screenwriting.
E. A maximum of 6.0 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan Requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, LAW, NURS and courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sub-Plans
A. Computing and Art (COAR)
Code | Title | Units |
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i. Core | ||
a. Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
ARTH 116 | ||
ARTH 117 | ||
Art in the West from Antiquity to Modernity | ||
ii. Option | ||
a. ARTH at the 400 level | 3.00 | |
b. ARTH at the 300 level or above | 12.00 | |
c. ARTH at the 100 or 200 level | 18.00 | |
Total Units | 39.00 |
B. Computing and Drama (CODR)
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
i. Core | ||
a. Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
Introduction to Theatre | ||
Thinking Locally | ||
Acting Globally | ||
b. Complete the following: | ||
DRAM 200 | Theatre History & Literature I | 6.00 |
DRAM 220 | Play Reading and Analysis | 3.00 |
c. Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
Introduction To Theatre Space | ||
Design and Theatre | ||
Introduction To Theatre Production | ||
ii. Option | ||
a. DRAM at the 300 level or above | 12.00 | |
b. Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
DRAM | ||
DRAM _Subs | ||
ENIN | ||
Total Units | 39.00 |
C. Computing and Film (COFI)
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
i. Core | ||
Select 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
Film, Media and Screen Cultures | ||
FILM 104 & FILM 106 | and | |
Thinking Locally and | ||
b. Select 12.00 units from the following: | 12.00 | |
Research, Writing, and Presentation Methods | ||
Writing Foundations for Film and Media | ||
Historical Inquiry | ||
Film and Media History and Theory Pre-1960 | ||
Film and Media History and Theory Post-1960 | ||
Critical Inquiry | ||
Media and Cultural Studies | ||
Media & Popular Culture | ||
Film and Media Concept Development | ||
Digital Media Theory and Practice | ||
c. Complete the following: | ||
FILM 250 | Fundamentals of Media Production | 3.00 |
ii. Option | ||
a. FILM at the 400 level | 6.00 | |
b. FILM at the 300 level or above | 12.00 | |
Total Units | 39.00 |
D. Computing and Music (COMU)
Code | Title | Units |
---|---|---|
i. Core | ||
a. Select 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
Music Fundamentals | ||
Foundations in Tonal Music | ||
b. Complete the following: | ||
MUSC 156 | Introduction to Digital Audio Recording, Editing, and Mixing | 3.00 |
MUSC 255 | Electroacoustic Music Composition | 6.00 |
c. Select 9.00 units from the following: | 9.00 | |
Theory and Analysis I | ||
The Republic to Rationalism: History, Arts, and Performance l | ||
Listening to Revolutions: History, Arts, and Performance ll | ||
d. Select 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
Western Art Music: Crusades to Colonialism | ||
Western Art Music: Industrialization to the Internet | ||
ii. Option | ||
a. MUSC at the 300-level or above | 6.00 | |
b. MUSC at the 200-level or above | 6.00 | |
c. Select 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
MUSC | ||
MUSC_Subs | ||
ENIN | ||
iii. Notes | ||
a. Students in this Sub-plan rank with MUSC Medial students for priority access to Music courses. | ||
Total Units | 39.00 |
Computing and the Creative Arts Course Lists
The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.5 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
CISC_Subs
Code | Title | Units |
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Courses in other departments usable as CISC options | ||
COMM 365 | Advanced Business Decision Modeling | 3.00 |
ELEC 470 | Computer System Architecture | 3.50 |
ELEC 474 | Machine Vision | 3.50 |
MATH 272 | Applications of Numerical Methods | 3.00 |
MATH 337 | Stochastic Models in Operations Research | 3.00 |
MATH 401 | Graph Theory | 3.00 |
MATH 402 | Enumerative Combinatorics | 3.00 |
MATH 434 | Optimization Theory with Applications to Machine Learning | 3.00 |
MATH 474 | Information Theory | 3.00 |
DRAM_Subs
Code | Title | Units |
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Drama Substitutions | ||
CLST 312 | Greek and Roman Drama | 3.00 |
DEVS 321 | Development Dramas | 3.00 |
DRAM 335 | Acting for the Screen | 3.00 |
ENGL 256 | Shakespeare | 6.00 |
ENGL 257 | Elizabethan Shakespeare | 3.00 |
ENGL 258 | Jacobean Shakespeare | 3.00 |
ENGL 259 | Global Shakespeare | 3.00 |
ENGL 326 | Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama | 6.00 |
ENGL 335 | English Drama to 1700 | 6.00 |
ENIN | ||
FILM 381 | Audience Reception | 3.00 |
FREN 305 | Le théâtre depuis 1945 | 3.00 |
IDIS 210 | Arts in Society | 3.00 |
IDIS 410 | Contemporary Cultural Performance in Practice | 3.00 |
ITLN 357 | Pirandello's Theatre | 3.00 |
LLCU 200 | Semiotics: Interpreting the World | 3.00 |
LLCU 257 | Pirandello's Theatre | 3.00 |
LLCU 301 | Oral Tradition and Innovation in Cultural Transmission | 3.00 |
LLCU 332 | Spanish Baroque Short Theatre | 3.00 |
LLCU 339 | XX-Century Italian Playwrights: In Search of the Theatre | 3.00 |
MAPP 300 | Media and Performance Il | 3.00 |
MUSC 287 | Percussion Techniques and Methods | 3.00 |
MUTH |
MUSC_Subs
Code | Title | Units |
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Music Substitutions | ||
DRAM 247 | Drama Practicum | 1.50 |
ENIN | ||
GNDS 410 | Special Topics in Gender Studies | 3.00 |
IDIS 410 | Contemporary Cultural Performance in Practice | 3.00 |
LLCU 244 | Hips Don't Lie?: Music and Culture in Latin America | 3.00 |
MAPP 311 | Sound Production | 3.00 |
MUTH |
Note:
A maximum of 6.0 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan Requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, LAW, NURS and courses in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.