This discipline examines histories of the visual arts which include photography, sculpture, painting, button blankets, architecture, video, performances, installation, film, and digital imaging, among other media. Our department has developed programs that respond to the needs of a diverse student body interested in a wide range of employment opportunities. Our helpful and accomplished faculty have a sincere interest in helping students develop their skills and prepare them for rewarding careers in both traditional and modern fields of art and art history. Art History offers courses in the history, theory and practice of visual culture in Canada and elsewhere, with a focus on Aboriginal art. In a contemporary world saturated with visual images, it is increasingly important to be visually literate and to understand how visual images affect our daily lives. Art History and Studio Art are considered separate subject areas. Consequently, students may take a maximum of 60 credit units for the B.A. Four-year program in each of these subject areas and 42 credit units for the B.A. Three-year program. Students completing the Three-year, Four-year, or Honours degrees also require at least 6 credit units of Drama and/or Music.

Career Opportunities include- * Professional Artist * Museum/Gallery Curator or Director * Computer Animation and Video Game Designer * Cartoonist * Art Therapist * Art Educator * Arts Writer/Critic * Art/Cultural Historian/Theorist * Arts Administrator * Commercial Artist (Advertising and Marketing)