Program Information

History of Art Undergraduate Programme Informatio


 Art History

Students may enrol in the Major or Minor program in  Art History after completing at least four courses; there is no minimum GPA required. Students may enrol in the Specialist Program in  Art History after completing at least four courses, including four half FAH courses with a mark of at least 70% in each and must also have obtained a a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Specialist Program:

(11 full courses or their equivalent.)
At least nine FAH courses, and two courses in one or more languages (including at least one German, French, or Italian), fulfilling the following distribution requirements:

First Year:
FAH 102H1

Higher Years:

1. At least one half course in each of Groups A, B, C, and D (see below for definitions)
2. One additional half course in Group A and Group B
3. No more than 3.5 courses may be taken at the 200-level
4. 4.5 courses at the 300+level, of which at least one full course must be at the 400-level
5. No more than 1.5 FCEs at the 400-level will be counted toward fulfilling program requirements
6. No more than 10 FCEs of FAH courses may be taken in total

Notes:
1. It is strongly recommended that students acquire a reading knowledge of German, French, or Italian by the end of the Third Year.
2. No more than 13 FAH and VIS courses may be taken in combination.
3. Approved courses in other programs may be substituted for up to two FAH courses. See list of courses from other programs.

Major Program:

(6 full courses or their equivalent)
At least six FAH courses fulfilling the following distribution requirements:

First Year:
FAH 102H1

Higher Years:

1. At least one half course in three of the four FAH Groups (see below for definitions)
2. Three courses at the 300+ level, of which at least one half-course must be at the 400-level
3. No more than 1.0 FCE at the 400-level will be counted toward fulfilling program requiremnets.
4. No more than 7.5 FCEs of FAH courses may be taken in total

Notes:
1. No more than 13 FAH and VIS courses may be taken in combination; of these, no more than 7.5 may be FAH courses.
2. Approved courses in other programs may be substituted for up to one FAH course. See Department website for details.

Minor Program:

(4 full courses or their equivalent)
At least four FAH courses fulfilling the following distribution requirements:

1. FAH102H1
2. At least one half course in two of the four FAH Groups (see below for definitions)
3. At least one course at the 300-level.
4. No more than 5 FCEs of FAH courses may be taken in total

Course Listings



Group
Periods Represented
FAH courses numbered
A
 Ancient
Medieval		 200–229
300–329
400–429
B
 Renaissance–Baroque
Modern–Contemporary–Canadian		 230–59
330–59
430–59
C
 Asian 260–69
360–69
460–69
D
 History of Architecture 270–79
370–79
470–79
plus FAH300, 309, 328, 362, 364, 404, 421

Other 380–99
480–89


Note:

1. Certain courses, including FAH101H1, do not satisfy the requirement for any group, but do count toward any FAH degree program.
2. Courses used to satisfy one group requirement, e.g., FAH300, cannot be counted toward another group requirement.

ABBREVIATIONS for program requirements and course descriptions

FAH =  Art History courses
VIS = Visual Studies courses
B = full course in Spring term (or the Second term of the summer session)
F = Fall term of winter session (or the First term of the summer session)
S = Spring term of winter session (or the Second term of summer session)
H = half course
Y = full course in two consecutive terms of winter (or summer) session
TBA = to be announced
L = lecture
T = tutorial
P = practical work (for Studio courses)
S = session
FCE = full-course equivalent
/ = or
+ = or higher
; and

In the second line of the title for each (undergraduate) course description, the instructor's name is followed by University of Toronto codes for the time the course meets: the days of the week are expressed as M, T, W, R, F (R = Thursday); unless indicated otherwise the duration of classes is 1 hour and 50 minutes, from 10 minutes past the hour until the next hour.

Language Requirements

Students in the Art History program are encouraged to develop language skills throughout their program. Advanced study normally requires competence of French, German, Spanish, or Italian, though an alternative modern language such as Dutch or Russian may be acceptable. Students specializing in Ancient or Medieval art should also recognize the necessity of studying Greek and/or Latin, while those interested in pursuing Asian art history will need to acquire Chnese and/or Japanese.

At the UofT and other comparable institutions, the M.A. program requires reading knowledge of two languages in order to graduate. The first language exam must be passed during fall term. The exam is administered by the Department and consists of a one-hour translation exercise of an art history text.

Interdisciplinary Studies Recommended

What is true of languages is also true of many other disciplines: they are invaluable to art historians because they provide a context for our studies, or support such studies in other ways. Certain courses in cognate disciplines are recognized for credit as if they were FAH courses, e.g. EAST ASIAN STUDIES, MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC STUDIES, NEAR EASTERN STUDIES (see the next section for specific cases).

Other courses, although not eligible for FAH credit, are particularly recommended because they enrich studies in art history. These include courses in history, literature (offered by various language departments), religion, urban studies, and some college programs, e.g. ANTHROPOLOGY, CLASSICS, ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY (especially cultural, historical and urban geography), HISTORY, INNIS COLLEGE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, ST MICHAEL'S COLLEGE, VICTORIA COLLEGE, etc. Note that courses in classical mythology and Christian ritual and belief are a useful complement to the study of most periods of Western Art.

Independent Studies Courses at the 400 Level

An eligible student must make the arrangements with a faculty sponsor, drawing up a brief plan of study (including the length and weight of the written work), which may be based on a continuing lecture course, to be signed by the sponsor and approved by the Undergraduate Coordinator. When signed by the student, the supervising member of the faculty and the Undergraduate Coordinator, this may be submitted to the appropriate college registrar for registration in the series FAH 490H1/Y1 series. Independent study may be very rewarding but such a course is not equivalent to, nor to be considered a substitute for, the seminar experience; a second half-course in independent studies is usually taken only if the student has completed (or is enroled in) a seminar course. No more than two half-courses in independent studies may be taken in a single year.

Examinations

Departmental examinations are conducted under the regulations of the Faculty of Arts and Science. Information on degree requirements, grading practices, faculty examinations, student records, checking of marks, recording of transcripts, and petitions is contained in the Faculty's Calendar.