History and Theory of Art

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 8.5 k / Year(s) Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
145 place StudyQA ranking:12029 Duration:4 years

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These programs give you a solid grounding in the history of international modern and contemporary art, curatorial and museum studies, and their critical and theoretical discourses. An interdisciplinary approach in these programs allows you to examine perspectives drawn from aesthetics, philosophy, feminism and gender theories, postcolonial theories and theories of identity, globalization and new technologies. 

  • Methodologies in the History and Theory of Art
  • Histories of Art I
  • Histories of Art II
  • 19th Century Art: 1789-1900
  • Modern Art: 1900-1945
  • Art after Modernism: 1945-1978
  • Postmodernism and Art: 1978-2000
  • Research Seminar in History and Theory of Art
  • Reasoning and Critical Thinking 
  • Philosophy: Ideas and Arguments 
  • Introduction to interdisciplinary study in the Arts
  • Literature and Composition I: Prose Fiction
  • Literature and Composition II: Drama and Poetry 
  • Fundamental Philosophical Questions

Requirements

  • Attestat O Srednem (Polnom) Obschem Oobrazovanii
  • If you’re applying for a program in English, and you have not completed at least three years of full-time study in an institution where English is the only language of instruction (aside from in language courses), located in a country where English is an official language, you must provide your official score in one of the language tests recognized by the University.TOEFL Internet: 86, Computer: 237, Paper-based: 580. IELTS 6.5
  • You have a minimum of 12 successfully completed CEGEP courses, excluding Physical Education and make-up courses

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  • ✔️ Flexible study schedule
  • ✔️ Experienced teachers
  • ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

  • Merit Scholarship
  • The Work-Study Program 
  • President's Scholarship
  • Chancellor's Scholarship
  • Faculty of Arts Dean's Merit Scholarship
  • University of Ottawa Financial Aid Bursary
  • Student Mobility Scholarship
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