Art History (BFA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Offered by:Department of Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts
Why study Art History?
When you immerse yourself in the study of art, past and present, you enter into an engaging conversation about culture and creativity that started hundreds of years ago. You’ll join a lively — sometimes controversial — scholarly community, dedicated to the promotion and study of art.
In our flexible program within the Faculty of Fine Arts, you focus on artistic periods that interest you. You perform academic research, learning to write formally and extensively about art. Many Art History majors also volunteer as curators and coordinators for Art Matters, Canada’s largest student-run art festival or publish their research papers in the Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History (CUJAH).
You may combine Art History with Film Studies or Studio Arts programs, allowing you either to analyze art and film from an interdisciplinary perspective, or to develop your artistic talents in a practical environment.
Whether you become a scholar or an artist, art history teaches you a language for creative expression that is the perfect entrée to any creative enterprise.
Program details
A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree takes a minimum of three or four years (90 – 120 credits) of full-time study, depending on your academic background.
Program options:
- Major in Art History (66 credits)
This program is designed to allow students to determine the nature of their art history interests and the most appropriate course of studies to be followed. There are two required courses in the program: ARTH 200, an introductory survey course and ARTH 300, which concerns the critical methodologies of art history. Students are required to take a certain number of credits from designated course groups and are then completely free to select the remaining 30 credits of art history.
- Minor in Art History (30 credits)
The department offers a Minor in Art History to students in programs in the Faculty of Fine Arts and to students in other faculties.
Cegep profile
No specific courses are required beyond a DEC.
Minimum cut-off averages
Minimum cut-off averages should be used as indicators. The cut-off data may change depending on the applicant pool. Admission to the Faculty of Fine Arts is very competitive. Applicants who meet the stated minimum requirements are not guaranteed admission to these programs.
- Quebec Cegep (CRC): DEC CRC 19.0
- Canadian High Schools: 70%
- U.S. High Schools: C+
- University Transfers (internal/external): C
- International Bacc. (IB): A minimum total of 26 points.
- Bacc. Français: A minimum grade of 11 for students who have completed their Bacc. Français outside of Quebec.
(excluding diplôme professionnelle)
Make sure you also meet Concordia’s minimum admission requirements.
We consider complete applications year round and we give priority to applicants who apply by official deadlines. Late applications will be considered if places are still available for the fall term only.
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| Outside Canada (International) |
February 1 | N/A |
We reserve the right to close admission to a program at any time after the official deadline without prior notice.
Active students drive the creative energy in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and you’ll have many opportunities to attend lectures, conferences, book launches, or get your work published in academic journals.
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You’ll graduate with the knowledge and discipline to think critically about your work, and have the necessary leadership skills required for entrepreneurial endeavours. Your degree can lead to many paths such as:
- Research or graduate studies
- Museum or gallery curator
- Archivist or librarian
- Teacher
- Critic, journalist or writer
Related programs
United States students
A US Federal Student Aid-eligible version of this program is offered. This version meets all US regulations (such as no co-operative education or e-courses) for eligible programs.
