TAITE - Elective courses
The elective courses for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at all program levels offered by TAITE.
Elective Courses in Transdisciplinary Art Studies
2026–2027
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| Code | Course name | ECTS credits | Teaching language | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS-A0201 | Freehand Drawing | 6 | English | I-II, III-IV |
| ARTS-A0208 | Life Drawing | 6 | English | I-II, III-IV |
| ARTS-A0223 | Watercolour Workshop | 3 | English | summer |
| ARTS-A0226 | Painting Workshop | 6 | English | III-IV |
| ARTS-A0224 | Drawing in Space | 3 | English | V-summer |
| ARTS-A0225 | Contemporary Drawing | 6 | English | I-II |
| ARTS-A0217 | Landscape - Then and Now | 3 | English | IV |
| ARTS-A0227 | Basics of Comics | 6 | English, Finnish, Swedish | I-II |
| ARTS-A0219 | Forms of Comics Expression and Storytelling | 6 | English, Finnish, Swedish | II |
| ARTS-A0228 | Introduction to Comics Project | 3 | English, Finnish, Swedish | II |
| ARTS-A0229 | Comics Project | 6 | English, Finnish, Swedish | III-V |
| ARTS-A0640 | Drawing and Illustration | 3 | Finnish, Swedish | I |
| ARTS-A0630 | Slow Sculpture – Live Model Clay Modelling, Casting in Glass | 3 | English | I |
| ARTS-A0630 | Introduction to aesthetics – Philosophical and Empirical | 3 | English | IV |
| ARTS-A0304 | Colour and Perception | 3 | English | I |
| ARTS-A0305 | Colour and Painting | 3 | English | II |
| ARTS-A0416 | Ways of Making 1 - Mold making & casting techniques | 6 | English | summer |
| ARTS-A0643 | Ways of Expressing – Constructing with wood and metal | 6 | English | IV |
| ARTS-A0641 | Digital Sculpture – 3D modelling for sculpture | 3 | English | I |
| ARTS-A0644 | Digital Sculpture 2 - Programming for sculptors | 3 | English | III |
| ARTS-E0402 | Advanced Sculpture Project | 6 | English | II-V |
| ARTS-E0711 | Sculpture Now! | 6 | English | III |
| ARTS-A0509 | Introduction to Silkscreen | 6 | English | I-II, III-IV |
| ARTS-A0648 | Intensive Silkscreen Course | 6 | English | I |
| ARTS-A0511 | Japanese Watercolour Woodcut | 6 | English | III-IV |
| ARTS-A0512 | Basic Course in Woodcut | 6 | English | I-II, IV-V |
| ARTS-A0621 | History of Contemporary Art | 3 | English | I-II |
| ARTS-A0624 | History of Comics | 3 | Finnish | I |
| ARTS-A0623 | Global Perspectives: Re-mapping the History of Art | 3 | English | III-IV |
| ARTS-A0622 | Environmental Thinking | 6 | English | I |
| ARTS-A0633 | Technology, Tools and the Human Agency | 6 | English | II |
| ARTS-A0637 | The Colourful Past: A Historical Exploration of Colours, Natural Dyes and Dyeing | 3 | English | III |
| ARTS-A0639 | Programming for Visual Artists | 3 | English | IV |
| ARTS-A0626 | Becoming a Creative Professional | 3 | English | IV |
| ARTS-A0649 | Artpreneurship: Understanding Business & Communicating the Value of Your Skills | 3 | English | II |
| ARTS-A0650 | Artpreneurship – From Creative Potential to Entrepreneurial Ideas | 3 | English | V |
| ARTS-A0635 | The Environment in Me – Practices and Spaces | 6 | English | I-II |
| ARTS-A0636 | Site-Specific Online Exhibition | 6 | English | III-IV |
| ARTS-A0638 | Lecture pass | 3 | Finnish | I-II, III-V |
| ARTS-A0625 | Exhibition Pass | 3 | Finnish | I-II, III-V |
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