Courses

Our electives are designed to enliven your degree, regardless of area of study. We offer dozens of courses—all of which are open to students in any department. Whether you are a pop culture enthusiast, passionate about art and museums, or wanting to dip back further in history, we have something to offer you. 

We live in an increasingly visual world. From fashion and advertising to film, graffiti and digital culture itself, our courses will keep you in sync with society.

AHVS Undergraduate Learning Outcomes

Program Planning Worksheet

 

As our course selection varies from year to year, here are the courses currently being offered in the 2022/23 academic year. 

FALL 2023 

Course Title

Schedule

Instructor

AHVS 120

CRN: 10060

 

Exploring World Art

M, R

3:30-4:20

Online

Menno Hubregtse

AHVS 260

CRN: 13952

Modern and Contemporary Art Icons

M, R

1:00-2:20

Melissa Berry

AHVS 295A

CRN: 10067

 

Introduction to Film Analysis

T

2:30-5:20

Mitch Parry

AHVS 311F

CRN: 10072

A01

Horror Video Games

T, R

4:30-5:50

Online

Amber Morrison Fox

AHVS 311F

CRN: 14199

A02

Horror Video Games

M, W, R

14:30-15:20

Brad Jackson

AHVS 312

CRN: 10073

Gender, Identity, and Film

M, R

10:00-11:20

 

Lianne McLarty

AHVS 314

CRN: 10074

Art of the Garden: Gateway to Paradise: Islamic Gardens and Landscape

M, R

8:30-9:50

Hala Qasqas

AHVS 332B

CRN: 10075

Bollywood Global and Popular Visual Culture, India and Diaspora, 1990s

W

4:30-7:20

Astri Wright

AHVS 337

CRN: 10076

History of Japanese Animation

F

1:30-4:20

Online

Yang Liu

AHVS 343A

CRN: 10078

Art in Venice, 1500-1800

T, W, F

11:30-12:20

Jaiya Gray

FA 360

CRN: 13721

3.0 units, must register for both terms: 202309 and 202401

Art and Decolonization: Transformation through Indigenous Resurgence

T

1:30-4:20

Carey Newman

AHVS 362B

CRN: 10079

Art in Europe and North America, 1945 to present

M, R

4:30-5:50

Yang Liu

AHVS 367

CRN: 10080

History in Film

W

2:30-5:20

Mitch Parry

AHVS 370A

CRN: 10081

Popular Film and Cultural Theory

M, R

1:00-2:20

Lianne McLarty

AHVS 383B

CRN: 10082

Indigenous Arts and the Internet

T

8:30-11:20

Online

Yvonne Tiger

AHVS 392

CRN: 10083

Internationalist Film and the Avant-Garde

M

4:30-7:20

Online

Anna O'Meara

AHVS 392

CRN: 10084

Fashion Curation & Art History 

T

1:30-4:20

Dennine Dudley

AHVS 420

CRN: 10085

Seminar in Medieval Art: The Art and Archaeology of Diversity in the Medieval Mediterranean

M, R

11:30-12:50

Eva Baboula

AHVS 460

CRN: 10086

Japan in France/Britain in the 19th C

M, R

10:00-11:20

Melissa Berry

AHVS 498

CRN: 10089

Majors Seminar

M, R

10:00-11:20

Catherine Harding

AHVS 499

CRN: 10090

Honours Seminar

M, R

10:00-11:20

Catherine Harding

 

SPRING 2024 

Course Title

Schedule

Instructor

AHVS 121

CRN: 20055

Understanding Visual Communication

M, R

3:30-4:20

Online

Dennine Dudley

AHVS 202

CRN: 13952

Confronting the Object

W

1:00-3:50

Heng Wu

AHVS 264

CRN: 20061

Art History and the Lens

T, W, F

10:30-11:20

Menno Hubregtse

AHVS 295B

CRN: 20062

 

Introduction to Film Studies

T

2:30-5:20

Mitch Parry

AHVS 311D

CRN: 20067

Artists and Art History in Popular Culture

T, W, F

10:30-11:20

Melissa Berry

AHVS 311E

CRN: 20068

History of Video Games and Interactive Media

R

4:30-7:20

Online

Yang Liu

AHVS 323

CRN: 20069

Byzantine Art

T, W, F

8:30-9:20

Eva Baboula

AHVS 330B

CRN: 20070

Later Arts of South Asia

T, W, F

12:30-1:20

Amina Ejaz

AHVS 341C

CRN: 20071

Michaelangelo and Leonardo

T, W, F

11:30-12:20

Jaiya Gray

AHVS 365

CRN: 20073

Experimental Film

M, R

10:00-11:20

Lianne McLarty

AHVS 370C

CRN: 20074

Horror Film

M, R

1:00-2:20

Lianne McLarty

AHVS 387B

CRN: 20075

Modern and Contemporary Architecture

T, W, F

9:30-10:20

Menno Hubregtse

AHVS 388

CRN: 20076

Global Indigenous Arts

M, R

11:30-12:50

Astri Wright

AHVS 389

CRN: 20077

Curatorial Research in Art History

M, R

8:30-9:50

Carolyn Butler-Palmer

AHVS 392

CRN: 20078

Representing Women in Video Games

T

4:30-7:20 

Online

Amber Morrison Fox

AHVS 395

CRN: 20079

Art History in Action

T, W, F

12:30-1:20

Catherine Harding

AHVS 457

CRN: 20080

Decolonization of Canadian Art History

M, R

11:30-12:50

Carolyn Butler-Palmer

AHVS 460

CRN: 20081

Seminar in Modern Art I (1870-1945): Art into Life

T

1:30-4:20

Allan Antliff

FA 360

CRN: 23562

3.0 units, must register for both terms: 202309 and 202401

Art and Decolonization: Transformation through Indigenous Resurgence

T

1:30-4:20

Carey Newman

AHVS 498

CRN: 20083

Majors Seminar

M, R

10:00-11:20

Catherine Harding

AHVS 499

CRN: 20084

Honours Seminar

M, R

10:00-11:20

Catherine Harding

 

 

SUMMER 2023 

Course Title

Schedule

Instructor

AHVS 310D

 

Environmental Art

M, T, W, R, F

10:30-12.20

Online

Dennine Dudley

AHVS 370F

Apocalyptic Themes in Cinema

M, T, W, R, F

2:30-4:20

Mitch Parry

AHVS 392

 

Victorian Medievalism

T, W, F

12:30-3:20

Michael Reed

 

FALL 2023

Course Title Schedule Instructor

AHVS 501

CRN: 10091

Colloquium in Theories and Practices

M, R

1:00-2:20

Allan Antliff

AHVS 520

CRN: 10092

 

Seminar in Medieval Art: The Art and Archaeology of Diversity in the Medieval Mediterranean

M, R

11:30-12:50

Eva Baboula

AHVS 560

CRN: 10093

Japan in France/Britain in the 19th C

M, R

10:00-11:20

Melissa Berry

AHVS 598 A01

CRN: 10094

Research Paper

 

AHVS 598 A02

CRN: 10095

Research Paper

AHVS 601

CRN: 10096

Colloquium in Theories and Practices

M, R

1:00-2:20

Allan Antliff

AHVS 693 A01

CRN: 10097

Candidacy Exam

 

AHVS 693 A02

CRN: 10098

Candidacy Exam

AHVS 699 A01

CRN: 10099

PhD Dissertation

AHVS 699 A02

CRN: 10100

PhD Dissertation

 

SPRING 2024

Course Title Schedule Instructor

AHVS 509

CRN: 20085

Workshop in Art Historical Writing

M, R

10:00-11:20

Eva Baboula

AHVS 555

CRN: 20086

Decolonization of Canadian Art History

M, R

11:30-12:50

Carolyn Butler-Palmer

AHVS 560

CRN: 20087

 

Seminar in Modern Art (1870-1945): Art into Life

T

1:30-4:20

Allan Antliff

AHVS 598 A01

CRN: 20088

Research Paper

 

AHVS 598 A02

CRN: 20089

Research Paper

 

AHVS 609

CRN: 20090

 

Workshop in Art Historical Writing

M, R

10:00-11:20

Eva Baboula

AHVS 693 A01

CRN: 20091

Candidacy Exam

 

AHVS 693 A02

CRN: 20092

Candidacy Exam

AHVS 699 A01

CRN: 20093

PhD Dissertation

AHVS 699 A02

CRN: 20094

PhD Dissertation

 

 

Summer 2023

Course Title Schedule Instructor

AHVS 598

A01 CRN 30028

Research Paper

AHVS 598

A02 CRN 30029

Research Paper

AHVS 693

A01 CRN 30030

Candidacy Exam

AHVS 693

A02 CRN 30031

Candidacy Exam

AHVS 699

A01 CRN 30032

PhD Dissertation

AHVS 699

A02 CRN 30033

PhD Dissertation

 

 

Fall 2023

Please email  to register for these courses.  Permission of the department is required for registration in this section.

Course Title CRN Instructor

AHVS 486A

Museum Principles and Practices I 13841 Mary Jo Hughes

AHVS 488B

Collections Management 13842 Richard Gerrard

AHVS 488G

Public Programming 13843 Candace Matelic

AHVS 488I

Indigenous Cultural Stewardship 13844 Brandie MacDonald

AHVS 488J

Contemporary Perspectives in Curatorship 13845 Beth Carter

AHVS 488N

Digital Planning for the Cultural Sector 13846 Bryan Smith

AHVS 491B

 A01

Practicum in CRM 10087 TBD

AHVS 491B

A02

Practicum in CRM 10088 Maxine Reitsma

 

Spring 2024

Please email  to register for these courses.  Permission of the department is required for registration in this section.

Course Title CRN Instructor

AHVS 486A

Museum Principles and Practices I 23696 Mary Jo Hughes

AHVS 487A

Heritage Resource Management 23697 Chris Wiebe

AHVS 488D

Caring for Museum Collections 23698 Susan Maltby

AHVS 488U

Managing Archival Collections 23699 Genevieve Weber

AHVS 488X

Curatorial Planning and Practice 23700 Richard Gerrard

AHVS 488Y

Visitor Experiences 23701 Mary Kay Cunningham

AHVS 491B

 A01

Practicum in CRM 20082 Maxine Reitsma

 

Summer 2023

Please email  to register for these courses.  Permission of the department is required for registration in this section.

Course Title CRN Instructor

AHVS 488K

 

Exhibition Planning and Design 31544 Tim Willis

AHVS 488W

 

 

Community Engagement and Social Change 31463 Candace Matelic

AHVS 489C

Determining Significance of Heritage Resources 31464 TBD

AHVS 491B

 A01

Practicum in CRM 30026 TBD

AHVS 491B

A02

Practicum in CRM 30027 Maxine Reitsma