BFA Major in Art History and Film Studies

Program Requirements

Major in Art History and Film Studies (60 credits)

3	credits: • FMST 220 Film Analysis (3.00) Note: FMST 220 should be taken as part of the first 30 credits.
3	credits chosen from: • FMST 222 Topics in Film Aesthetics (3.00) • FMST 223 Montage Aesthetic (3.00) • FMST 224 Moving Camera Aesthetic (3.00)
6	credits chosen from: • FMST 201 Film History I (3.00) • FMST 202 Film History II (3.00) • FMST 203 Film History III (3.00) Note: One of FMST 201, FMST 202 or FMST 203 should be taken as part of the first 30 credits.
3	credits chosen from: • FMST 214 Canadian Cinema (3.00) • FMST 215 Le cinéma québécois (3.00) • FMST 217 First Peoples’ Cinema (3.00)
6	credits chosen from: • FMST 204 Approaches to Film and Moving Image Studies I (3.00) • FMST 205 Approaches to Film and Moving Image Studies II (3.00) • FMST 315 Introduction to Film Theory (3.00) • FMST 316 Film and Moving Image Cultures (3.00) • FMST 317 Transnational Approaches to Cinema (3.00) • FMST 319 The Moving Image and Society (3.00) • FMST 320 Digital Media and Animation (3.00)
3	credits of Film Studies electives
3	credits chosen from 400‑level Film Studies electives
6	credits: • ARTH 201 Perspectives of Art History I (3.00) • ARTH 202 Perspectives of Art History II (3.00)
	Note: ARTH 201 and ARTH 202 should be taken as part of the first 30 credits.
3	credits: • ARTH 300 Art Historical Methods (3.00)
	Note: ARTH 300 should be taken as part of the first 60 credits.
3	credits chosen from: • ARTH 353 Technology and Contemporary Art (3.00) • ARTH 354 Studies in Interdisciplinarity in the Visual Arts (3.00)
6	credits chosen from: • ARTH 366 Studies in 19th‑Century Art and Architecture (3.00) • ARTH 367 Studies in 20th‑Century Art and Architecture (3.00) • ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art and Architecture (3.00)
3	credits chosen from: • ARTH 370 Studies in Canadian Art (3.00) • ARTH 371 Studies in Canadian Architecture (3.00) • ARTH 372 Issues in Contemporary Canadian Architecture (3.00) • ARTH 373 Issues in Contemporary Canadian Art (3.00) • ARTH 374 Architecture and Urbanism in Montreal (3.00) • ARTH 375 Issues in the Montreal Art Milieu (3.00) • ARTH 376 Topics in Indigenous Art (3.00)
3	credits chosen from: • ARTH 379 Postcolonial Theory in Art History (3.00) • ARTH 381 Feminism and Art History (3.00) • ARTH 383 Art and Philosophy (3.00) • ARTH 384 Theories of Representation (3.00) • ARTH 385 Colour: Theory and Application in the Visual Arts (3.00) • ARTH 386 Art and the Viewer (3.00) • ARTH 387 Issues in Art and Criticism (3.00) • ARTH 388 Narration and Art (3.00) • ARTH 389 Issues in Ethnocultural Art Histories (3.00) • ARTH 391 Art and Its Changing Contexts (3.00) • ARTH 392 Gender Issues in Art and Art History (3.00) • ARTH 400 Advanced Seminar in Art Historical Method (3.00)
3	credits of Art History electives
3	credits chosen from: • ARTH 348 Special Topics in Art and Film (3.00) • FMST 348 Special Topics in Art and Film (3.00) Note: The following courses are cross-listed: ARTH 348 and FMST 348
3	credits chosen from: • ARTH 448 Advanced Seminar in Art and Film (3.00) • FMST 448 Advanced Seminar in Art and Film (3.00) Note: The following courses are cross-listed: ARTH 448 and FMST 448
	Note: The Major in Art History and Film Studies is offered jointly with the Department of Art History.

Notes

This is a program for students who want to examine art and film from a variety of social, cultural, political, and critical perspectives.
Several of the courses listed in this program are cross-listed. In cases where cross-listed courses appear, either version of the course may be applied towards the program requirements. Students may not, however, take both versions of a cross-listed course for credit.
Students are responsible for fulfilling their particular degree requirements; hence, the sequences above must be read in conjunction with Section 81.20 Degree Requirements.