Art History and Theory Courses

See the Art History section of the Academic Calendar for the description of courses.

Introductory Courses

FIH100 The Art of Viewing: Introduction to Art History (No prerequisite)
FIH101 Survey of Western Art I: Prehistory to Medieval (No prerequisite)
FIH102 Survey of Western Art II: Renaissance to Modern (No prerequisite)

Intermediate Period-Based Courses

FIH215 Renaissance and Mannerism (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)
FIH216 Baroque and Rococo Art (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)
FIH217 Neoclassicism and Romanticism (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)
FIH218 Realism to Fin-de-siècle (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)
FIH220 Twentieth-Century Art to the Sixties (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)
FIH221 Art Since the 1960s (Prerequisite: FIH100 or FIH102 or consent of instructor)

Intermediate Thematic Courses

FIH225 Canadian Art (No prerequisite)
FIH230 History and Theories of Photography (No prerequisite)
FIH240 Art, Popular and Mass Culture (No prerequisite)
FIH246 Public Art and Monuments (No prerequisite)
FIH250 Women in Art (Prerequisite: FIH102, or consent of instructor)
FIH260 Art and Nature: From Landscape to Environmental and Ecological Art (No prerequisite)
FIH290 Current Topics in Art History – (No prerequisite)

Advanced Courses

FIH312 Art and Philosophy (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH314 Colonial and Postcolonial Issues in the Visual Arts (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH318 Current Art Practices and Production (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH320 Special Topic in Canadian Art (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH323 Seminar in Art History, Theory and Criticism of Art I (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH324 Seminar in Art History, Theory and Criticism of Art II (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH340 Current Writing about Art (Prerequisite: FIH100, FIH102, and two FIH 200-level courses)
FIH350 Independent Study in Art History I (Prerequisite: two FIH 300-level courses).
FIH351 Independent Study in Art History II (Prerequisite: FIH 350)

Cross-Listed Courses

FIN 235 Museology (Prerequisite: FIH 100a, FIH 102b, or consent of instructor)
FIN 292 / SOC 291 Sociology of Art
FIN 388 / HIS 388 Museums and Communities (Prerequisites: FIN 235 or consent of instructor

Cognate Courses

In Classical Art and Architecture

CLA110 The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
CLA205 Greek Art and Architecture
CLA206 / REL203 Early Christian Art and Architecture
CLA207 Early Roman Art
CLA208 Art and Architecture of Imperial Rome
CLA238 / REL238 Greece, Land of the Gods