Media, Art, &
Performance
(formerly Fine Arts)
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK. S4S 0A2
Phone: 306.586.4242
Toll-Free: 1.800.667.7282
Fax: 306.359.1200
Media, Art, and Performance – often called fine arts – provides an avenue for the expression of emotions, thoughts, and observations. Studies provide an understanding of the intellectual and cultural contexts in which art is created. Graduates are well positioned to either pursue the practice of their discipline or enter into graduate and post-graduate studies.
Art History
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
If you have an appreciation for the art industry and its history, then our Art History program is right for you!
Art History majors will learn to understand art historically and across cultures, as well as the different methods and techniques of various art media. Art History gives students the tools to conduct research and to interpret and evaluate works of art.
Sample Courses:
Prehistoric and Ancient Art, Medieval Art History, Modern Art and the Avant-Garde, Cultures of Display, Art Theory and Art Criticism.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers as Art Dealers, Antique Dealers, Gallery Administrators, Gallery Curators and Owners, Artist Representatives and Exhibition Preparers.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/visual-arts/visual-programs.html
Creative Technologies
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Explore your creative and technological sides with this concentration, designed to prepare graduates for this exciting emerging field. This program is unique in Saskatchewan.
Sample Courses:
Branding, Advertising and Design; Visual Communication for the Web; Introduction to Sound Art; Media Empires; Introduction to Computer Game and VR Design.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers in mobile app design and development, animation, digital and web media content design and more.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/creative-technologies.html
Film and Video Production
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Dreaming of being a filmmaker? The film and video production program is the only degree program of its kind between Toronto and Vancouver.
You will study the history, theory and analysis of motion pictures. You will also be introduced to the basics of film, video and new media production, including scriptwriting, directing, recording, editing, digital imaging and sound production.
Students often find work before graduation, and nearly all move directly into production work when they graduate.
Sample Courses:
Film and Video Imaging, Film Production, Screening in the City, Animation, Directing, Traditions in Documentary, Post Production, Television Studies, International Media Distribution, Experimental Media.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates are prepared for careers as independent filmmakers, video and new media artists, or as writers, directors, producers and crew members within the film industry.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/film/index.html
Film and Video Studies
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
The film and video studies program results in a liberal arts degree where you will focus on media studies while developing skills in critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, decision making and communication. You will also develop transdisciplinary knowledge and a strong awareness of culture.
Sample Courses:
The Art of Motion Pictures, Still Photography, History of Film, Traditions in Avant-garde Film, Postmodern Cinema, Censorship and Propaganda in the Media, Traditions in Narrative, Canadian Cinema.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers in areas such as media consulting, journalism, teaching, arts administration, museum studies, advertising and creative writing.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/film/index.html
Music
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA); Bachelor of Music (BMus)
Is music your passion? The music program provides excellent preparation in the fields of performance (vocal or instrumental), composition, history, theory or comprehensive music. Private studio lessons will help you develop your technique and artistry. Individual study is complemented by courses in the history, analysis and theory of music. The program will also give you valuable experience in orchestral and ensemble conducting and will enable you to participate in dynamic vocal and instrumental ensembles.
Sample Courses:
Music Cultures of the World, Jazz Ensemble Techniques, Ear Training, History of Canadian Music, Choral Conducting, Applied Music Recital, Composition, Popular Music, Opera Workshop, Computers in Music.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers as musicians, vocalists, performers, conductors, composers, arrangers, producers, sessional artists and teachers.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/music/index.html
Music Education
Faculty: Education & Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Music Education (BMusEd)
Combine your passions for music and teaching! This four-year program is offered jointly by the Faculties of Fine Arts and Education. The program prepares you to teach secondary choral and instrumental music. As part of the program, you will pursue applied music study on one instrument or voice for seven of the eight semesters. Students are required to perform a half-hour public recital in their fourth year.
Sample Courses:
Music Instruction in Secondary Schools, Methods and Materials for Class Choral Instruction, Curriculum as Cultural and Social Practice, Instrumental Conducting.
Career Opportunities:
Most graduates of this program work as music educators, music teachers or private instructors.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/music/index.html
Theatre (Acting, Production, Design)
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
An empty stage is a canvas waiting for creative inspiration! Our Theatre program will train you to become an actor, designer, stage manager, technical director, researcher or dramaturge. This professional program offers instruction by world class professors and instructors who are both active theatre artists and researchers. Both degree options give you numerous opportunities to be involved with department productions; building your skills through progressively challenging work. You will also have access to well- equipped, modern theatre spaces, providing the tools needed in creating work that pushes boundaries and challenges imagination.
Sample Courses:
Acting, Set and Costume Design, Canadian Theatre, Voice Training, Movement and Dance, Lighting Design.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers as stage managers, actors, directors, designers, playwrights, dramaturges, production managers, technical directors and performance artists.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/theatre/index.html
Visual Arts (Art Studies, Art Studio)
Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance (formerly Fine Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA); Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA); Certificate
Visual arts covers a broad range of two- and three-dimensional media such as sculpture, painting, ceramics and printmaking, among others. You will work alongside professors and instructors who themselves are curators, artists, researchers and critics and are active in the Canadian art community and beyond.
Showcase your work at the Fifth Parallel Gallery on campus or at Regina’s renowned Mackenzie Art Gallery. Advance your skill, with professors and fellow students acting as mentors and study the theory and history of your medium and the greats who came before.
Sample Courses:
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Intermedia, Ceramics, Art Theory and Criticism, Japanese Art, Contemporary Indigenous Art and
Colonialism, Curatorial Studies.
Career Opportunities:
Graduates pursue careers as visual artists, curators, art critics, art writers, conservators, art historians and art educators.
Website: https://www.uregina.ca/mediaartperformance/programs/visual-arts/visual-programs.html
