Art History

Overview

From rock paintings of aboriginal Australia to the work of contemporary artists who might submit themselves to plastic surgery - art history encourages you to think critically about art in all its forms. Art History at Victoria is a broad-based and comprehensive introduction to the history of visual art. You will not only learn about artists and art works, but also understand them as products of particular social and cultural situations.
An Art History major within the Bachelor of Arts [BA] starts with first year courses giving a broad history of art as it unfolds in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific. In second- and third-year courses you will study a range of art movements, from Renaissance and Baroque to Modernism and Postmodernism, and explore thematic approaches to the art of particular places and periods.
Victoria's Art History Programme teaches you to think critically, research independently, and write effectively. You will experience first hand the power of art, and realise its importance for humans as a way of giving meaning to their world.

A BA at Victoria

Features of the BA:

• three years of full-time study
• 360 points in total
• maximum of 180 points at 100 level
• minimum of 180 points at 200/300 level, including at least 75 points at 300 level
• no course numbered 300-399 may be counted towards more than one major
• at least 240 points must be from Part A of the BA Schedule (except that up to 60 approved points from other degree schedules or Part B of the BA Schedule may be included in this total where they are taken to satisfy the requirements of a major listed under the BA, but taught by another faculty)
• must complete at least one listed BA major
• may complete a second major taught by another faculty
• from 2011 you may choose up to two minors towards your BA.

From 2011 students may select up to two minors in an undergraduate subject area offered by the University for the BA, BSc and BCA degrees and not taken as a major.
A minor comprises at least 60 points from the major requirements (or, in the case of commerce subjects, from the relevant subject code) at 200 level or above, of which at least 15 points must be at 300 level and not counted towards a major or another minor.