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
- ARTH 356 Studies in the Materials and Processes of Art
- 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
- ARTH 450 Advanced Seminar in the History of Art and Architecture
- ARTH 498 Special Topics in the History of Art and Architecture: Living Memories of Montreal
Group C — Art in Canada
- ARTH 373 Issues in Contemporary Canadian Art
- ARTH 375 Issues in the Montreal Art Milieu: Art and Visual Culture in Montreal - the 1960s, 70s, and 80s
- ARTH 376 Topics in Indigenous Art: Indigenous Art Survey
Group D — Theory and Criticism
- ARTH 300 Art Historical Methods
- ARTH 379 Postcolonial Theory in Art History
- ARTH 380 Histories of Art History
- ARTH 381 Feminism and Art History
- ARTH 386 Art and the Viewer
- ARTH 387 Issues in Art and Criticism
Group E — Art and Society
- ARTH 298 Special Topics in Genre Studies: Black Atlantic Art
- ARTH 391 Art & its Changing Contexts
- ARTH 392 Gender Issues in Art and Art History
- ARTH 398 Special Topic in Art & 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
- ARTH 355 Studies in Architecture
- ARTH 358 Studies in the History of Media Art
- ARTH 359 Studies in Contemporary Photographic Art
Group B — Period Studies
- ARTH 270 Icons of Architectural History
- 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
- ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art and Architecture
- ARTH 369 Studies in Middle Eastern Art and Architecture
- ARTH 498 Special Topics in the History of Art and Architecture
Group C — Art in Canada
- ARTH 370 Studies in Canadian Art: What Makes Art "Canadian"?
- ARTH 374 Architecture and Urbanism in Montreal
Group D — Theory and Criticism
- ARTH 381 Feminism and Art History
- ARTH 384 Theories of Representation
- ARTH 400 Advanced Seminar in Art Historical Method
Group E — Art and Society
- ARTH 388 Narration and Art
- ARTH 390 Art and the Museum
- ARTH 392 Gender Issues in Art and Art History
- ARTH 396 Art and Culture
- ARTH 398 Special Topics in Art and Architecture
