Courses
The following is a list of undergraduate course descriptions for the 2023-2024 academic year.
- For previous years, visit our archives.
- Please review the grading system for all courses offered by the Department of Art History.
Summer 1 term (May–June)
Group C — Art in Canada
Group D — Theory and Criticism
Group E — Art and Society
Group F — Tutored Studies
Summer 2 term (July–August)
Group B — Period Studies
Group D — Theory and Criticism
Group F — Tutored Studies
Fall term (September–December)
Group A ─ Media Based Studies
- ARTH 266 Aspects of the History of Fibre Art
- ARTH 267 Aspects of the History of Photography
- ARTH 348 Special Topics in Art and Film: Themes, Methods, Debates
- ARTH 351 Studies in the History of Sculpture: Sculptural Qualities
- ARTH 356 Studies in the Materials and Processes of Art: Design.HER: DIY in Interiors
- ARTH 357 Studies in the History of Craft and the Decorative Arts
Group B — Period Studies
- ARTH 365 Studies in 17th and 18th Century Art and Architecture
- ARTH 367 Studies in 20th Century Art and Architecture
- ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art & Architecture: The Monstrous Feminine
- ARTH 450 Advanced Seminar in the History of Art and Architecture: Orientalisms
- ARTH 498 Special Topics in the History of Art and Architecture: Forensic Architecture
Group C — Art in Canada
Group D — Theory and Criticism
Group E — Art and Society
Group F — Tutored Studies
Fall/Winter term (September–April)
Group D — Theory and Criticism
Winter term (January–April)
Group A ─ Media Based Studies
- ARTH 264 Aspects of the History of Ceramics
- ARTH 353 Technology and Contemporary Art
- ARTH 354 Studies in Interdisciplinarity in the Visual Arts: Radical Animisms
- ARTH 355 Studies in Architecture
- ARTH 358 Studies in the History of Media Art: Temporality & the Moving Image in Contemporary Art
- ARTH 359 Studies in Contemporary Photographic Art
Group B — Period Studies
- ARTH 270 Icons of Architectural History: Women Architects in Latin America
- ARTH 362 Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture
- ARTH 363 Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
- ARTH 366 Studies in 19th Century Art and Architecture: Romanticism & Modernism
- ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art and Architecture: Brazilian Art
- ARTH 369 Studies in Middle Eastern Art and Architecture: Islamic Art
- ARTH 498 Special Topics in the History of Art and Architecture: Visual Arts of South Asia
Group C — Art in Canada
- ARTH 370 Studies in Canadian Art: Race, Racism and Resistance
- ARTH 374 Architecture and Urbanism in Montreal
