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Visual Arts
t.867.993.6390
info@yukonsova.ca
Credential: CERTIFICATE
Credits: 30
Duration: one year
Program Overview
The Dawson City Arts Society, Yukon
College and Tr’ondek Hwech’in First
Nation have designed an accredited
visual arts program, which offers
students the opportunity to learn a
variety of traditional and contemporary
visual arts disciplines in the North and
to study Art History.
This program is offered in Dawson City
through the Yukon School of Visual
Arts (Yukon SOVA). The program
is accredited at Yukon College and
transferable to Emily Carr University,
University of the Fraser Valley, Alberta
College of Art and Design, Ontario
College of Art and Design and NSCAD
University.
With a focus on contemporary
international art practices and a visual
culture studies approach to art history,
this program delivers courses in a
holistic environment, recognizing how
both intuitive and learned knowledge
are used when one engages with
and produces art. The program’s
integrated approach to studio and
academic practices offers the learner
the opportunity to make connections
between art making, art history, art
theory and art criticism; between a
multiplicity of cultures and historic
periods; and between a variety of
materials, techniques and modes of
expression. This approach encourages
students to connect theory to practice
and recognize the relationships between
art, their lives and their communities.
Visit Yukon SOVA website at
www.yukonsova.ca.
Admission Requirements
• grade 12 graduation with English 12
(min. 70%); OR
• Mature Student Status with
acceptable scores on College
Assessments, the GED® test or the
Language Proficiency Index (LPI)
test
Other Requirements
• submission of a portfolio of
artwork
• a written personal statement
• at least one letter of
recommendation
Transferability
The Visual Arts program transfers
as the first year of study towards a
Bachelor of Fine Arts or a Bachelor of
Design at Emily Carr University of Art
and Design, the Alberta College of Art
and Design, NSCAD University, the
Ontario College of Art and Design or
the University of the Fraser Valley.
Required Courses:
Certificate (30 credits)
2-Dimensional Studio 1 (3 credits)
2-Dimensional Studio 2 (3 credits)
3-Dimensional Studio 1 (3 credits)
3-Dimensional Studio 2 (3 credits)
4-Dimensional Studio 1 (3 credits)
4-Dimensional Studio 2 (3 credits)
VS 101 Visual Culture Studies I (3 credits)
VS 102 Visual Culture Studies II (3 credits)
ENGL 120 Reading/Writing/Creating (3 credits)
ENGL 121 Art Words (3 credits)
school of liberal arts
Check our website for course descriptions
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Ayamdigut Campus toll free: 1.800.661.0504 Admissions: 867.668.8710 Yukon College 2012/13