Art History

University of British Columbia

Canada, Vancouver

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University of British Columbia

Canada , Vancouver

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Application Fee

CAD 125

Campuses

Vancouver

Okanagan

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines15-May-2023

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Duration 4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

CAD 44,942 / year

Next Intake 15-May-2023

Art History

About

You can study intense specialization in a single field.

Art History provides you with an excellent foundation for further advanced studies. Through a progression of courses, you'll learn how to analyze and compare images and material culture from a broad variety of cultural contexts, integrate different kinds of information gleaned from historical research and critical reflection, and develop synthetic arguments concerning the impact of images, art, and media in society.

You can choose a combination of art historical and studio practice courses geared toward the development of skills in visual analysis and art historical research. Courses are taught in a lively atmosphere of instructor-led debate, discussion, and critique. Majors may concentrate in one of three areas: arts of Europe and the Americas, arts of indigenous Americans (pre-Hispanic and First Nations), or arts of East and South Asia.

Campus features

The Visual Resources Centre: this important repository of digital images for the Faculty of Arts makes available a large collection of film, video, and more, which can be watched on site or borrowed for private viewing.

Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery: internationally recognized gallery that includes in its mandate the investigation of contemporary approaches to art history.

Museum of Anthropology: presents exhibitions of contemporary art and ethnographic material from around the world, both in its object collections and archives.

The Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection: holds a wealth of printed matter ranging from European medieval manuscripts to Edo period maps, and modernist periodicals, as well as photography.

Visual Resources Centre
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery

Examine a wide range of art historical periods and topics, as well as critical theories, while taking into account the constantly extending reach of visual studies in a globalized world. Many fields connect and inform art historical study " you can find a wide variety of courses in other Faculty of Arts departments to complement your studies.

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4

ARTH 101 - Ways of Seeing: Introduction to Visual Studies
Drawing on examples from across history and around the world, this course deals with the role of the visual in society, culture, and everyday experience.
ARTH 102 - Crisis and Contradiction in Art and the Built Environment
Concepts and issues critical to the understanding of art and its histories in a global context.

ARTH 251 - Asian Arts: From Chinese Warriors to Bollywood Posters
A thematic examination of Asian arts, such as historic, religious, and secular painting and sculpture to contemporary visual culture.
ARTH 225 - Art in Europe to the Sixteenth Century
A selective survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
ARTH 226 - Art in an Era of Global Expansion
A selective survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the 16th century to the emergence of the modern era.
ARTH 227 - Art and the Visual Environment in the Modern and Post-modern Periods
A selective survey of visual art, architecture and other visual media since 1900.

ARTH 369 - Art in Japan: Modern Visual Culture
Self and community in the art and visual culture of modern Japan.
ARTH 340 - 20th Century Art and Culture: The Triumph and Demise of Modernism
A critical survey of western art and cultural production from the turn of the century to the development of Pop Art.
ARTH 380 - Art as Technology
Relationship between artistic practice and media, examined through a history of paradigm shifts in technology.
ARTH 382 - Is Art History Queer?
Issues in the history of art through the lens of queer theory.
VISA 375 - Artists in Society
Exploring artistic practice through community-engaged partnerships and critical study.

ARTH 445 - Film and the City
The complex interrelations between film and the city; dominant urban theories, film technologies and viewing practices and the intersections between them.
ARTH 480 - Visual and Digital Media Theory
A thematic examination of key arguments in visual and digital media theory, focusing on developments in lens-based and digital media in relationship to twentieth-century and contemporary artistic practice.
ARTH 410 - Seminar in African Art
Key debates in the art of Africa and the African diaspora
VISA 479 - Performance Actions and Approaches
Advanced performance art practices and research methodologies.

Disciplines

Faculty of Arts

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Graduation from a university-preparatory program at a senior secondary school: General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi). Certificates must be official. Photocopies are acceptable if certified by school principal, head, or counsellor. Notarized copies are not acceptable.

Career

Students of Art History will experience the breadth of the field by exploring the history and diversity of the discipline through research-based learning and practice. Upon completion, graduates will have an international calling card to not only enlighten the world on Art History, but also to expand on the ever increasing significance of visual culture in today's rapidly evolving digital society.

Fields of work include:

Cultural heritage and art institutions (e.g., public or commercial galleries, as well as artist run centres)
Art practice
Design and architecture
Education
Academic work in art history or cognate fields in the humanities
Policy, diplomacy, and international relations
Advertising and marketing
Publishing
Journalism
Law
Political science

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Fee Information

Tuition Fee

CAD 44,942 / year

Application Fee

CAD 125

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