ObjectivesThe goals of the majors and honours program in Art History are to give students a thorough knowledge of the history of art, and to engage them critically in the current debates within the discipline and in the humanities in general. Such an education provides students with an awareness and understanding of various cultures as well as an appreciation of cultural difference. It also enables them to think and look critically. Students gain important communication skills, verbal and oral, through exchanging ideas in the classroom and writing research papers. This training gives students a curiosity for intellectual endeavours, as well as a critical advantage that is necessary for professional life. It also provides them with the communication and research skills that are demanded in a variety of workplaces. Finally, our thorough training in art historical matters enables students to go on to studies at the graduate level, as many of our students do.
Academic titleBachelor of Arts (Honours) in Art History
Course descriptionArt History
B.A. Honours (20.0 credits)
1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits):
1. 1.0 credit in ARTH 1100 and ARTH 1101 (to be completed by the end of second year, that is, normally within the first ten credits);
2. 1.0 credit from ARTH 2100, ARTH 2202, ARTH 2300, ARTH 2403;
3. 1.0 credit from ARTH 2502, ARTH 2600, ARTH 2601, ARTH 2608;
4. 0.5 credit from ARTH 2002, ARTH 2003;
5. 0.5 credit from ARTH 2005, ARTH 2006, ARTH 2007, ARTH 2008;
6. 1.0 credit in ARTH 3106;
7. 1.5 additional credits in ARTH at the 3000-level;
8. 2.5 credits in ARTH at the 4000-level, collectively satisfying:
1. 1.5 credit ARTH at the 4000-level excluding ARTH 4900, ARTH 4901, ARTH 4902, ARTH 4909;
2. 1.0 credit;
9. 1.0 credit in ARTH;
2. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits):
10. 8.0 credits in electives not in ARTH;
11. 2.0 credits in free electives.
ARTH 1100 - Art and Society: Prehistory to the Renaissance
ARTH 1101 - Art and Society: Renaissance to the Present
ARTH 1105 - Art as Visual Communication
ARTH 1200 - Introduction to Architectural History
ARTH 2002 - Canadian Historical Art
ARTH 2003 - Canadian Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Art
ARTH 2005 - Arts of the First Peoples: The Woodlands, the Plains and the Subarctic
ARTH 2006 - Arts of the First Peoples: The Southwest, the West Coast and the Arctic
ARTH 2007 - Asian Art
ARTH 2008 - Inuit Art
ARTH 2100 - Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
ARTH 2202 - Medieval Art
ARTH 2300 - Italian Renaissance Art
ARTH 2403 - European Art from 1600-1750
ARTH 2502 - European Art from 1750-1900
ARTH 2600 - Modern European Art 1900-1945
ARTH 2601 - History and Theory of Photography
ARTH 2608 - History and Theory of Architecture
ARTH 2807 - Philosophy of Art
ARTH 3000 - Themes in Canadian Historical Art
ARTH 3001 - Issues in Contemporary Art Practice
ARTH 3002 - Canadian Architecture
ARTH 3005 - American Architecture
ARTH 3006 - American Painting and Sculpture
ARTH 3007 - Modern Asian Art
ARTH 3101 - Studies in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology
ARTH 3106 - History and Methods of Art History
ARTH 3201 - Issues in Medieval Art and Architecture
ARTH 3301 - Visuality, Image and Identity in Pre-Modern Europe
ARTH 3505 - French Impressionism: Art, Leisure and Society
ARTH 3506 - Themes and Issues in Early Modern Art
ARTH 3507 - The Artist in Context
ARTH 3600 - Modern Art from c. 1945 to c. 1980
ARTH 3601 - Women, Art and Society
ARTH 3602 - History and Theory of Photography in Canada
ARTH 3603 - Visual Art and Popular Culture
ARTH 3609 - Twentieth-Century Architecture
ARTH 3705 - Selected Museum Exhibition
ARTH 3809 - Topics in Art History and Theory
ARTH 3900 - Practicum in Art History
ARTH 4000 - Topics in Historical Canadian Art
ARTH 4001 - Aspects of Modern and Contemporary Art Practice in Canada
ARTH 4005 - Topics in Contemporary Aboriginal Art
ARTH 4007 - Topics in Asian Art
ARTH 4008 - Transnational Theory
ARTH 4202 - Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture
ARTH 4305 - Topics in Renaissance Art
ARTH 4400 - Topics in Baroque and Rococo Art
ARTH 4505 - Topics in Nineteenth-Century European Art
ARTH 4600 - Feminist and/or Gender Issues in Art
ARTH 4602 - Issues in the Theory and History of Photography
ARTH 4603 - Contemporary Environmental Art
ARTH 4604 - Architecture in the Post-War Period
ARTH 4700 - Being Digital: Art, Art History, and the Art Museum in the Critical Space of the WWW