Undergraduate Studies

Contemporary Arts of the Pacific Northwest: Street Art, Victoria
Photograph by Carolyn Butler Palmer

The Department of History in Art offers 2 undergraduate programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree: a Major program and an Honours program. The programs provide a broad perspective for an understanding of art in a global cultural context. Students graduating from our History in Art programs have gone on to pursue careers in galleries, art museums, visual resources management, library science, business. Many of our undergraduates go on to receive advanced degrees from around the world.

Programs

Major requirements include:

• 1.5 units of HA 120
• 1.5 units of HA 121
• 3.0 units minimum at the 200-level
• 15.0 units of History in Art courses at the 300- or 400-level as follows, of which 1.5 units should be a 400-level course:
  • 3.0 units at the 300- or 400- level in each of these three (3) areas of study:
    • Europe, Mediterranean before the modern period
    • Islam, Asia
    • Arts of the Americas, Modern and Contemporary art and architecture
  • 6.0 units at 300- or 400-level of History in Art electives
• 1.5 units of FA 101 (preferably in the first year)

Honours requirements include:

• 1.5 units of HA 120
• 1.5 units of HA 121
• 3.0 units minimum at the 200-level
• 3.0 units of any History in Art courses, any level
• 21.0 units minimum of History in Art courses at the 300- or 400-level as follows, of which 1.5 units should be a 400-level course, other than HA 499:
  • 1.5 units of HA 499 (Honours Seminar)
  • 3.0 units at the 300- or 400- level in each of the four (4) areas of study:
    • Europe, Mediterranean before the modern period
    • Islam, Asia
    • Arts of the Americas, Modern and Contemporary art and architecture
    • Indigenous arts, Pacific Northwest Coast
  • 7.5 units of any 300- or 400-level electives
• 1.5 units of FA 101 (preferably in the first year)     
• Language requirement: Acceptable are PAAS 111 and 131, GER 390, 3 units of FRAN 160 and above (excluding FREN 160, 161 or 165), or ITAL 300.  A grade point average of at least 4.0 (B-) is necessary. For First Nations languages, a minimum of 4.5 units within a single language is acceptable. In special circumstances, students may request permission to take a translation examination administered by the department.

For a list of courses by area of study, please download this PDF.

Course Calendar

For more specific information about our undergraduate programs, please see the UVic Calendar for required courses for the Major and Honours Programs.

How to Apply

If you are applying to the University of Victoria for the first time, please follow these steps to apply via the Undergraduate Admissions Office.

Students returning to UVic must reregister via the Office fo the Registrar.

If you wish to transfer from another UVic faculty or department, please apply to transfer via the Office fo the Registrar.