FINH 1991 (3.00)
Special Topic in Art History
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 1991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Variable)

FINH 2101 (3.00)
Introduction to Art History
This course provides a chronological introduction to the history of Western art from the early Renaissance to the present day. It explores critically the major movements that shaped art throughout these periods. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Distribution: Arts-a) (Exclusion: FINA 2011; FINH 2011)

FINH 2111 (3.00)
Contexts of Art
Prereq: FINH 2101; or permission of the Department
This course follows from FINH 2101 and focuses on the cultural, historical, and critical contexts of art. It explores concepts, theories, and issues such as patronage, material culture, art markets, and media that are associated with a broader study of art history and visual culture. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 2991 (3.00)
Special Topic in Art History
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 2991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Variable)

FINH 3021 (3.00)
Canadian Art From Its Beginnings to the 1960S
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course surveys the history of art in Canada from its beginnings to the 1960s within its historical, social, political, and cultural contexts and considers the ways in which art history and its narratives function. Topics include: the art of Canada's Indigenous peoples; topographical and portrait traditions in the Colonial period; landscape painting and the idea of Nationhood; mysticism and nature in Canadian painting; art and democracy; formal experimentation and the urban space in the art of the Inter-War Years; the development of Canadian sculpture; modernism in Canadian painting; Quebec art, politics, and the Church; and the development of abstraction. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3031 (3.00)
Canadian Art From the 1960S to the Present
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course considers visual art in Canada from the mid-1960s to the present. It looks at a range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, audio, performance, installation, and Internet art. It investigates current issues in contemporary art practice including cultural identity, the politics of representation, gender and the body, audience, and censorship. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3041 (3.00)
Museum Studies
Prereq: 6 credits from Art History courses; or permission of the Department
This course examines the art museum within contemporary society. It considers the history and future shape of the museum, and examines current practice, issues, and debate. It includes topics such as: the politics of the museum; its history and discourse; curatorial practice and the development of exhibitions; the museum and its publics; museums and new media; collections; and issues of artistic freedom and censorship. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)

FINH 3051 (3.00)
Twentieth Century Art to 1940
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course examines art and architecture in Europe and North America from 1900 to 1940. It covers schools and movements including the Secession, Expressionism, The Fauves, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism, and Social Realism, as well as artists working independently of any formal group. It also addresses issues such as gender, psychoanalysis, 'primitivism,' and the politics of colonialism and international warfare. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3061 (3.00)
Modern Art From 1940 to 1970
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course examines art in Europe and the United States from 1940 to 1970. It considers schools and movements including Abstract Expressionism, CoBrA, Pop Art, Junk Art, Minimalism, Kinetic Art, Op Art, Land Art, Process Art, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera and Performance Art, as well as artists working independently of any formal group. It also addresses issues such as notions of modernism and the avant-garde, gender, international warfare, post-World War II consumerism, internationalism, and the role of art critics in shaping a 'canon' for twentieth-century art. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3071 (3.00)
Contemporary Art Since 1970
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course examines contemporary art since 1970 and focuses on themes including the body and identity. Topics include naturally, and culturally, constructed bodies, gender identity, sexual identities, ethnic bodies, abject bodies, and political and religious identities. It includes art in a variety of media including the bodies of humans and animals, painting, sculpture, assemblage,installation, photography, printmaking, architecture, textiles, film, video, and performance art. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3081 (3.00)
Women and Gender in Art
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course offers a history of women in art and society, from the Medieval period through to contemporary culture. Drawing on social history,feminism and its implications, and the representation of women and gender in the visual arts, this course provides a better understanding of the situation of artists within different social, regional, and global contexts. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: any version of FINH 3081 previously offered with a different title)

FINH 3141 (3.00)
Nineteenth Century Art, Part One
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course examines art and architecture during the first half of the nineteenth century in the United States and Western Europe (particularly Belgium, England, France, Germany and Spain). It includes art in a variety of media and pays particular attention to the inventions of lithography and photography during this time. It considers artistic movements such as Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and Realism along with artists who worked independently from these movements. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3241 (3.00)
Nineteenth Century Art, Part Two
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course examines art and architecture during the second half of the nineteenth century in the United States and Western Europe (particularly Belgium, England, France, Germany and Spain). It includes art in a variety of media and pays particular attention to innovations in the production of photography and etching. It considers artistic movements such as Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impression and Art Nouveau. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

FINH 3991 (3.00)
Special Topic in Art History
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 3991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Variable)

FINH 4091 (3.00)
Advanced Seminar in Art History
Prereq: FINH 2101; FINH 2111; or permission of the Department
This course explores key issues in nineteenth to twenty-first century art, with topics to vary from term to term. It emphasizes contemporary, theoretical, methodological and critical approaches to the art of the recent past. [Note: Students may register for FINH 4091 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)

FINH 4950 (6.00)
Independent Study in Art History
This course permits senior students, under the direction of faculty members, to pursue their interest in areas not covered, or not covered in depth, by other courses through a program of independent study. [Note 1: Permission of the Department/Program Advisor. Students must obtain consent of an instructor who is willing to be a supervisor and must register for the course prior to the last day for change of registration in the term during which the course is being taken. Note 2: A program on Independent Study cannot duplicate subject matter covered through regular course offerings. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 4950/51 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Independent Study)

FINH 4951 (3.00)
Independent Study in Art History
This course permits senior students, under the direction of faculty members, to pursue their interest in areas not covered, or not covered in depth, by other courses through a program of independent study. [Note 1: Permission of the Department/Program Advisor. Students must obtain consent of an instructor who is willing to be a supervisor and must register for the course prior to the last day for change of registration in the term during which the course is being taken. Note 2: A program on Independent Study cannot duplicate subject matter covered through regular course offerings. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 4950/51 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Independent Study)

FINH 4991 (3.00)
Special Topic in Art History
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for FINH 4991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Variable)

The following courses also count as Art History offerings:

CLAS 3621 (3.00)
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK COLONIZATION OF SOUTHERN ITALY
Format: lecture 3 hours

CLAS 3631 (3.00)
GREEK ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Format: lecture 3 hours

CLAS 3701 (3.00)
ETRUSCAN AND EARLY ROMAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Format: lecture 3 hours

CLAS 3711 (3.00)
THE ART OF IMPERIAL ROME AND ITS EMPIRE
Format: lecture 3 hours

ENGL 3621 (3.00)
READING FILMS
Format: lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours

FREN 2801 (3.00)
LE CINÉMA DU MONDE FRANCOPHONE
Format: lecture 3 hours

GERM 2701 (3.00)
THE NEW GERMAN FILM: HISTORY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
Format: lecture 3 hours, film screening 2.5 hours

HIST 4001 (3.00)
HISTORY THROUGH FILM
Format: Seminar 3 Hours

PHIL 2401 (3.00)
INTRODUCTORY AESTHETICS
Format: Lecture 3 Hours