Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Art History – Major (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Subject: Administered by the Department of Art History and Art Conservation.
Plan: Consists of 48.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: ARTH-M
Program: The Plan, when combined with a Major or Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2024-2025 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Art and Architecture in Britain from the Classical Period to c.1700
and Art and Architecture in Britain from c.1700 to the Present
or
Introduction to Global Art Histories
and Curating Art Worlds
2. Option
A. Complete 9.00 units from the following:9.00
ARTH at the 400-level or above
B. Complete 15.00 units from the following:15.00
ARTH at the 300-level or above
ARTH_Subs
C. Complete 18.00 units from the following:18.00
ARTH at the 100-level
ARTH at the 200-level
Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements72.00
Total Units120.00

3. Additional Requirements

A. Maximum of 3.00 units from ARTH_Subs.

4. Substitutions

A. Students admitted to the Plan in May 2025 may use ARTH 120/6.0 to satisfy Core 1.A.

5. Notes

A. In order to become competent in the discipline and to prepare for the 400-level seminars, honours students are expected to spread their upper-year courses across the major areas taught by the Department.

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Art History Course List

The following list contains courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

ARTH_Subs

CLST 309Caravan Cities of the Ancient Near East3.00
GNDS 350Feminism, the Body, and Visual Culture3.00
GNDS 351Gender, Dress, and Fashion3.00
GNDS 352Gender, Cloth, and Globalization3.00