Paddington Campus. There may be a limit on the number of places available to Arts students.
Art History and Theory offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of visual arts and culture. These courses, taken individually or as a plan, will provide an intriguing and useful 'toolbox' of strategies for understanding art objects, images and visual culture.
Courses offered within the Art History and Theory program include such topics as notions of Western art history, forms of visuality, the relationships of Western to non-Western art, and distinctions between the mass culture of television, films, the popular press, advertising and the culture of museums. Other issues include the relationship of culture to society, the linkage between vision and science, looking and sexuality, and the issues of trauma, memory and art. Students may choose courses which lay foundations for professional practice in art writing and arts-related work. (The School also offers a wide range of electives and General Education courses, which complement the list below.)

A major sequence consists of 36 units of credit in Art Theory courses offered by the College of Fine Arts (12 Level 1 and 24 Upper Level units of credit). Students planning to complete a major in Art Theory are strongly recommended to complete the level one courses SAHT1101 Mapping the Modern and SAHT1102 Mapping the Postmodern.

Level 1