卡爾頓大學(xué)

The four-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) program is a rigorous and extensive study of art history and requires 20.0 credits, of which 10.0 credits are in art history. This program is designed for those contemplating studies at the graduate level or who wish to work in musicology or related fields. Honours students may also decide to pursue a Combined Honours program that joins art history and another discipline.

The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) program is a rigorous and extensive study of art history and requires 20.0 credits, of which 10.0 credits are in art history. This program is designed for those contemplating studies at the graduate level or who wish to work in musicology or related fields.

Honours students may also decide to pursue a Combined Honours program that joins art history and another discipline. Both the General and Honours programs require that students take three first-year 0.5-credit survey courses (Art and Society: Prehistory to the Renaissance, Art and Society: Renaissance to the Present and History and Theory of Architecture 2 [1600 to the present]). Second-year courses cover a wide range of chronology—from ancient to contemporary art and architecture— and geography, from Indigenous Canadian to Asian art. Third-year courses delve deeper into a range of topics of interest, from art since 1945 to Canadian architecture to the study of a selected museum exhibition in the region. Students must also take courses at the third- or fourth-year level and all Honours students take a full-year, 1.0 credit course in the methodologies and research tools employed by art historians to prepare them for advanced study. As a senior student, you will take seminars that provide significant contact with faculty members and encourage active research.

Future opportunities

Many graduates of art history build careers, often after study at the graduate level, in museums and art galleries, in the field of education, and in cultural heritage or the art market. Historians of Architecture can find opportunities in the architectural profession, heritage preservation and policy. Graduates of our programs have found exciting work in restoration, conservation or in government departments concerned with cultural matters.

A BA in Art History or the History and Theory of Architecture, moreover, prepares students with invaluable skills ,including: oral and written articulation, the ability to identify, critically assess, and analyze research materials, the ability to creatively problem-solve, the love of learning, critical thinking, technological skills related to visual and verbal communication, the ability to work independently and in groups, as well as an acumen with visual communication and a knowledge of world cultures.