Courses
The following is a list of undergraduate course descriptions for the 2026-2027 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 B — Period Studies
Group C — Art in Canada
Group F — Tutored Studies
Summer 2 term (July–August)
Group A ─ Media Based Studies
- ARTH 356 Studies in the Materials and Processes of Art: Art and Industry
Group C — Art in Canada
Group F — Tutored Studies
Fall term (September–December)
Group A ─ Media Based Studies
- ARTH 263 Aspects of the History of the Print: Early Modern Print Culture
- ARTH 266 Aspects of the History of Fibre Art: Global Perspective
- ARTH 267-A Aspects of the History of Photography
- ARTH 267-B Aspects of the History of Photography
- ARTH 350 Studies in the History of Ceramics
Group B — Period Studies
- ARTH 363 Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
- ARTH 364 Studies in Renaissance Art and Architecture
- ARTH 365 Studies in 17th and 18th-Century Art and Architecture
- ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art & Architecture
- ARTH 400 Advanced Seminar in Art and Architecture: Making Ethics from the Arts and Crafts Movement
- ARTH 450 Advanced Seminar in Art and Architecture: Archiving and Curating Fashion
Group C — Art in Canada
- ARTH 371 Studies in Canadian Architecture
- ARTH 376 Topics in Indigenous Art: Indigenous Arts of North America
Group D — Theory and Criticism
- ARTH 201-A Perspectives of Art History
- ARTH 201-B Perspectives of Art History
- ARTH 300 Art Historical Methods
- ARTH 381 Feminism and Art History
- ARTH 383 Art and Philosophy: Art, Aesthetics, and Experience
- ARTH 384 Theories of Representation: Race and Vision
- ARTH 387 Issues in Art and Criticism: Art History and Performance Studies
Group E — Art and Society
- ARTH 392 Gender Issues in Art and Art History: Women's Agency Within the Harem
- ARTH 396 Art and Culture: Global Contemporary Art: A Central Asian Perspective
- ARTH 398 Special Topics in Art and Society: Art, War and Revolution
Group F — Tutored Studies
Winter term (January–April)
Group A ─ Media Based Studies
- ARTH 352 Studies of the History of Fibre Art: Fibre Arts in Canada
- ARTH 353 Technology and Contemporary Art
- ARTH 355 Studies in Architecture: Performance Spaces
- ARTH 357 Studies in the History of Craft and the Decorative Arts: Sexing the Modern Interior
- ARTH 359 Studies in Contemporary Photographic Art: Politics of Circulation
- ARTH 448 Advanced Seminar in Art and Film: Andy Warhol and the Short Twentieth Century
Group B — Period Studies
- ARTH 362 Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture
- ARTH 364 Studies in Renaissance Art and Architecture
- ARTH 366 Studies in 19th-Century Art and Architecture
- ARTH 367 Studies in 20th‑Century Art and Architecture
- ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art and Architecture
- ARTH 369 Studies in Middle Eastern Art and Architecture: Middle Eastern Contemporary Art
Group C — Art in Canada
- ARTH 271 Intro to Canadian Art
- ARTH 370 Studies in Canadian Art: Black Canadian Art Histories
- ARTH 376 Topics in Indigenous Art: The Aesthetic of the Apocalypse: An Indigenous Perspective
Group D — Theory and Criticism
- ARTH 202-A Perspectives of Art History
- ARTH 202-B Perspectives of Art History
- ARTH 300 Art Historical Methods
- ARTH 379 Postcolonial Theory in Art History
- ARTH 400 Advanced Seminar in Art Historical Method: The Indigenous Encounter with Canadian GLAM(Galleries, Libraries Archives and Museums)
- ARTH 498 Special Topics in the History of Art and Architecture: The Art of Storytelling in High Renaissance and Mannerist Painting: Large-Scale Narrative Painting in Florence and Rome
Group E — Art and Society
- ARTH 390 Art and the Museum
- ARTH 391 Art & its Changing Contexts: Women of the New York Art World, 1945-1990
- ARTH 398 Special Topics in Art and Society: Mexican Art
