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Course offerings

Review upcoming undergraduate course offerings at the School of Interactive Arts & Technology.

Summer 2025

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
IAT 100 E100 Digital Image Design Natalie Gagnon
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 102 D100 Graphic Design Kenneth Zupan
May 12 – Jun 20, 2025: Tue, Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 103W D100 Design Communication and Collaboration Niranjan Rajah
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 106 D100 Spatial Thinking and Communicating Elif Yagmur Kilimci
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 167 D100 Digital Games: Genre, Structure, Programming and Play Yingchen Yang
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 210 OL01 Introduction to Game Studies: Theory and Design Michael Filimowicz
Online
IAT 238 D100 Foundations for Designing Interactions Paul Brokenshire
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 244 OL01 Digital, Virtual and AI Photography Michael Filimowicz
Online
IAT 265 E100 Multimedia Programming for Art and Design Rafael Arias Gonzalez
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 271 D100 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 271 D200 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 271 I100 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 D100 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 D200 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 I100 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 309W D100 Writing Methods for Research Gabriel Juliano
Man Man Wong
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 309W D200 Writing Methods for Research Johann Colomba
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 312 D100 Foundations of Game Design Yingchen Yang
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 313 D100 Narrative and New Media Rafael Arias Gonzalez
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 313 D200 Narrative and New Media Julian Iliev
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 336 D100 Materials in Design Kenneth Zupan
Mandeep Mangat
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 339 D100 Web Design and Development Alfredo Ivan Lopez Sherman
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 343 D100 Animation Julia Read
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 373 D100 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 373 D200 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 373 I100 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 D100 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 D200 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 I100 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 D100 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 D200 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 I100 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Stephanie Greaves
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D100 Directed Studies Susan Clements-Vivian
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D200 Directed Studies Steve DiPaola
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D300 Directed Studies Susan Clements-Vivian
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D200 Directed Studies Steve DiPaola
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D500 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 438 E100 User Experience Design Paul Brokenshire
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Thu, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Vancouver
IAT 461 D100 Data Science for Human-Centered Systems Marek Hatala
May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 486 D200 Directed Studies Gillian Russell
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 486 D300 Directed Studies Susan Clements-Vivian
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 486 D400 Directed Studies Andrew Hawryshkewich
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D100 Directed Studies Nilay Yalcin
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D200 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA

Fall 2025

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
IAT 100 D100 Digital Image Design Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 102 D100 Graphic Design
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 102 E100 Graphic Design
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 103W D100 Design Communication and Collaboration Niranjan Rajah
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 103W D200 Design Communication and Collaboration Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 106 D100 Spatial Thinking and Communicating Halil Erhan
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 110 D100 Visual Communication Design Kenneth Zupan
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
IAT 111 D100 Artificial Intelligence Today and Tomorrow: Systems, Applications and Ethical Challenges Steve DiPaola
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
IAT 167 E100 Digital Games: Genre, Structure, Programming and Play Christopher Shaw
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 201 B100 Human-Computer Interaction and Cognition Brian Fisher
TBA
Surrey
IAT 202 B100 New Media Images Susan Clements-Vivian
Sep 8, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Sep 22, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 6, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 20, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Nov 3, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Nov 17, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Dec 1, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
Surrey
Surrey
Surrey
Surrey
Surrey
Surrey
IAT 206W D100 Media Across Cultures Gabriela Aceves-Sepulveda
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 210 OL01 Introduction to Game Studies: Theory and Design Michael Filimowicz
Online
IAT 222 D100 Interactive Arts Gabriela Aceves-Sepulveda
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 233 D100 Spatial Design Halil Erhan
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 235 D100 Information Design
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 238 D100 Foundations for Designing Interactions Paul Brokenshire
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Fri, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 265 D100 Multimedia Programming for Art and Design Jon Corbett
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 271 D100 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 271 D200 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 271 I100 Co-op Practicum I Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 D100 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 D200 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 272 I100 Co-op Practicum II Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 309W D100 Writing Methods for Research Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 309W D200 Writing Methods for Research Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 312 D100 Foundations of Game Design Bernhard Riecke
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 313 D100 Narrative and New Media Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 333 D100 Interaction Design Methods Gillian Russell
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Fri, 8:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 334 D100 Interface Design Paul Brokenshire
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 336 D100 Materials in Practice Kenneth Zupan
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 339 E100 Web Design and Development
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 340 BLS1 Sound Design Philippe Pasquier
TBA
Burnaby
IAT 343 D100 Animation Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 344 D100 Moving Images Kate Hennessy
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 351 B100 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Brian Fisher
TBA
Surrey
IAT 355 BLS1 Introduction to Visual Analytics Alireza Karduni
TBA
Surrey
IAT 359 D100 Mobile Computing Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 360 B100 Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Its Use, Concepts, and Impact Nilay Yalcin
TBA
Surrey
IAT 373 D100 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 373 D200 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 373 I100 Co-op Practicum III Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 D100 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 D200 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 374 I100 Co-op Practicum IV Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 D100 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 D200 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 375 I100 Co-op Practicum V Afshan Basaria
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 8:30 a.m.–7:50 p.m.
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D100 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D200 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 386 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D100 Directed Studies Nilay Yalcin
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D200 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 387 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 431 D100 Speculative Design Gillian Russell
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 432 E100 Design Evaluation Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 443 D100 Senior Project in Creative Media Susan Clements-Vivian
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
IAT 445 D100 Immersive Environments Wolfgang Stuerzlinger
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
IAT 486 D100 Directed Studies Steve DiPaola
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 486 D200 Directed Studies Bernhard Riecke
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 486 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 486 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D100 Directed Studies Kenneth Zupan
Steve DiPaola
TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D200 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D300 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 487 D400 Directed Studies TBA
Location: TBA
IAT 488 D200 Directed Studies Steve DiPaola
TBA
Location: TBA

Fall 2025 (Proposed)

SIAT course offerings planned for next fall. We will communicate changes in offerings as much as possible in advance of the enrolment period. Please check-in with advising if you have any questions or concerns with these offerings.
Course Title
IAT-100 Digital Image Design
IAT-102 Graphic Design
IAT-103w Design Communication and Collaboration
IAT-106 Spatial Thinking and Communicating
IAT-110 Visual Communication Design
IAT-111 Artificial Intelligence: Today & Tomorrow
IAT-167 Digital Games: Genre, Structure, Programming and Play
IAT-201 Human-Computer Interaction and Cognition
IAT-202 New Media Images
IAT-206w Media Across Cultures
IAT-210 Introduction to Game Studies: Theory and Design
IAT-222 Interactive Arts
IAT-233 Spatial Design
IAT-235 Information Design
IAT-238 Foundations for Designing Interactions
IAT-265 Multimedia Programming for Art and Design
IAT-309w Writing Methods for Research
IAT-312 Foundations of Game Design
IAT-313 Narrative and New Media
IAT-333 Interaction Design Methods
IAT-334 Interface Design
IAT-336 Materials in Practice
IAT-339 Web Design and Development
IAT-340 Sound Design
IAT-343 Animation
IAT-344 Moving Images
IAT-351 Advanced HCI
IAT-355 Introduction to Visual Analytics
IAT-359 Mobile Computing
IAT-360 Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Its Use, Concepts, and Impact
IAT-431 Speculative Design
IAT-432 Design Evaluation
IAT-443 Senior Project in Creative Media (moved from Spring 2026)
IAT-445 Immersive enviroments

Spring 2026 (Proposed)

SIAT course offerings planned for next spring. We will communicate changes in offerings as much as possible in advance of the enrolment period. Please check-in with advising if you have any questions or concerns with these offerings.
Course Title
IAT-100 Digital Image Design
IAT-102 Graphic Design
IAT-103w Design Communication and Collaboration
IAT-106 Spatial Thinking and Communicating
IAT-110 Visual Communication Design
IAT-111 Artificial Intelligence: Today & Tomorrow
IAT-167 Digital Games: Genre, Structure, Programming and Play
IAT-201 Human-Computer Interaction and Cognition
IAT-202 New Media Images
IAT-206W Media Across Cultures
IAT-208 Drawing as Inquiry
IAT-210 Introduction to Game Studies: Theory and Design
IAT-222 Interactive Arts
IAT-233 Spatial Design
IAT-235 Information Design
IAT-238 Foundations for Designing Interactions
IAT-244 Digital Photography
IAT-265 Multimedia Programming for Art and Design
IAT-309w Writing Methods for Research
IAT-312 Foundations of Game Design
IAT-313 Narrative and New Media
IAT-320 Body as Interface
IAT-333 Interaction Design Methods
IAT-334 Interface Design
IAT-336 Materials in Practice
IAT-339 Web Design and Development
IAT-343 Animation
IAT-344 Moving Images
IAT-355 Introduction to Visual Analytics
IAT-359 Mobile Computing
IAT-360 Exploring Artificial Intelligence: Its Use, Concepts, and Impact (being moved to Summer 2026)
IAT-410 Advanced Game Design
IAT-431 Speculative Design
IAT-432 Design Evaluation
IAT-438 User Experience Design
IAT-443 Senior Project In Creative Media (moved to Fall 2025)
IAT-445 Immersive Enviroments
IAT-459 Internet Computing Technologies
IAT-460 Generative AI and Computational Creativity
IAT-499 Graduation Project