Bachelor of Arts - Art History

Program Description

Art history is integral to the study of art and visual culture. It provides valuable insight into history, philosophy, and the humanities in general. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students are encouraged to examine a broad range of visual, cultural, and critical studies.

Courses in art history at Mount Allison range from an introduction to world art to more focused examinations of specific time periods, movements, and issues surrounding the visual arts.

Students will be able to explore: Canadian art; museum studies; contemporary art; women in art; specialist courses in 19th and 20th century art. 

Upper year advanced seminars offer students the opportunity to take a more focused and critical approach to topics like: photography and film; art theory and criticism; museum studies; modernism and postmodernism; feminism and gender issues; art and the archive.