Academic Calendar - 2025
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN ART HISTORY AND MUSEUM AND CURATORIAL STUDIES
Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Visual Arts
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including 1.0 course from either Art History 1640 or two of Art History 1641A/B, Art History 1642A/B, Art History 1644A/B, Art History 1646A/B or Art History 1648A/B, with a minimum grade of 60% in each course.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
0.5 course: Art History 2600F/G.
2.0 additional courses in Art History at the 2600-level or above.
0.5 course: Museum and Curatorial Studies 2620A/B.
2.0 additional courses in Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 2600-level or above.
2.0 additional courses in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 2600-level or above.
1.0 additional course in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 3600-level or above.
1.0 additional course in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 4600-level.
Notes:
- A minimum of 1.0 Art History course must be in the historical eras prior to 1800 or topics in non-Western Art.
- A maximum of 1.0 Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies course at the 2600-level or 3600-level may be substituted with 1.0 course from Indigenous Studies 2501F/G, Indigenous Studies 2682F/G, Classical Studies 3530E, Classical Studies 3550E, Classical Studies 3555E, Classical Studies 3980F/G.
- It is recommended that students hoping to work in the museums sector take Museum and Curatorial Studies 4605E and, if eligible, 1.0 internship course.
- Students considering graduate studies in Art History or other Humanities disciplines are encouraged to study a language other than English, during their undergraduate years.
Related Information
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN ART HISTORY AND MUSEUM AND CURATORIAL STUDIES
Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Visual Arts
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including 1.0 course from either Art History 1640 or two of Art History 1641A/B, Art History 1642A/B, Art History 1644A/B, Art History 1646A/B or Art History 1648A/B, with a minimum grade of 60% in each course.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
0.5 course: Art History 2600F/G.
2.0 additional courses in Art History at the 2600-level or above.
0.5 course: Museum and Curatorial Studies 2620A/B.
2.0 additional courses in Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 2600-level or above.
2.0 additional courses in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 2600-level or above.
1.0 additional course in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 3600-level or above.
1.0 additional course in Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies at the 4600-level.
Notes:
- A minimum of 1.0 Art History course must be in the historical eras prior to 1800 or topics in non-Western Art.
- A maximum of 1.0 Art History or Museum and Curatorial Studies course at the 2600-level or 3600-level may be substituted with 1.0 course from Indigenous Studies 2501F/G, Indigenous Studies 2682F/G, Classical Studies 3530E, Classical Studies 3550E, Classical Studies 3555E, Classical Studies 3980F/G.
- It is recommended that students hoping to work in the museums sector take Museum and Curatorial Studies 4605E and, if eligible, 1.0 internship course.
- Students considering graduate studies in Art History or other Humanities disciplines are encouraged to study a language other than English, during their undergraduate years.