Art History
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Art History |
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Major |
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| A major in Art History requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Art History requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| ARHT1001 Style and Substance: Introducing Art History |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ARHT1002 Shock of the Now: Global Art since 1900 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000-level units of study |
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Selective |
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| ARHT2602 Romanticism and Visual Art |
6 | P ARHT1001 and ARHT1002 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2611 Art and Experience in Renaissance Italy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Art History major |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2612 Forming Power: 17th Century Art and Design This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in ARHT1001, ARHT1002 or ENGL1011 N ARHT2012 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2614 Pollock to Psychedelia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2616 High Renaissance Art This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2016 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2618 French Art, Salon to Cezanne |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2018 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2624 Sensation: Contemporary Art This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P ARHT1001 and ARHT1002 N ARHT2024 This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit to students enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2632 Modern Australian Art and Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2032 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2636 Contemporary Aboriginal Art This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or 12 Junior credit points in GCST, SCLG, ANTH, ENGL1008, ENGL1026, PHIL1011 or PHIL1013 N ARHT2036 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2640 Contemporary Asian Art This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2040 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2645 Arts in Imperial China |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2671 Art, Travel, Empires This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2071 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2674 Fashion and Dress: Past and Present This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2675 Fieldwork: Art at the Gallery |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies Taught as a three-hour block. To meet the agreement we have established with our industry partner, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, this unit will be taught as a three-hour block. This structure allows us to engage in focused and extended object-based learning activities, the logistics and pedagogy of which require an extended block of time. Teaching in a three hour block means less disruption to the gallery's schedule. |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2676 Planetary Art: Nature, Ecology, Environment |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT2677 Art, Memory, and Identity |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT2678 Islamic Art and Architecture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts |
Semester 1 |
| FILM2000 From Silent to Sound Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Film Studies major or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Art History major or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Visual Arts major N ARHT2052 or ARHT2652 |
Semester 2 |
3000-level units of study |
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Selective |
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| ARHT3610 Art in the Age of Giotto This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Art History N ARHT2610 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3617 British Art and Empire |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History N ARHT2617 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3633 Contemporary Australian Art and Film This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2633 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3636 Contemporary Indigenous Art |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Indigenous Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2636 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3646 Modern Art in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2646 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3662 On Photography and the Wretched Screen This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Art History N ARHT2662 |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3663 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Art History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3672 Fieldwork: Art and the City |
12 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| ARHT3673 Art and the Aesthetics of the Everyday This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the Art History major or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3674 Objects and Problems: Old Regime Europe This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the Art History Major or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3675 Objects and Problems at Chau Chak Wing Museum |
6 | P 12 cred points at 2000 level in the Art History major |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3678 Arts of the Book in the Islamic World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History |
Semester 2 |
| ARIN3630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Design Computing N ARIN2630 |
Semester 2 |
| FILM3000 Cinematic Transformations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT3601 |
Semester 2 |
Interdisciplinary Project unit of study |
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| Where this major is being completed as a first major towards a degree, students should ensure that the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study is undertaken. | |||
| Where this major is being completed as a second major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences towards a degree, the Industry and Community Project unit of study is the appropriate unit to select. | |||
| ARHT3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ARHT3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |