Undergraduate - Area of study Art history and theory

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in art history and theory must complete the following two units (12 points):

• AHT1101 Introduction to visual culture in art, design and architecture
• AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-gardes

Second/Third-year level

Students studying a minor or major in art history and theory must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

• a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
• a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below. A minimum of three units must be completed at third-year level.

Units include:

• AHT2025/AHT3025 The body in contemporary art
• AHT2102/AHT3102 International art 1945-2000
• AHT2105/AHT3105 Contemporary international art
• AHT2120/AHT3120 Arts and social change
• AHT2130/AHT3130 Renaissance to Baroque: Italian art and architecture in context*
• AHT2137/AHT3137 Art and the moving image
• AHT2138/AHT3138 Space, place and society
• AHT2207/AHT3207 Popular culture and contemporary communication
• AHT2440/AHT3440 Camera-culture: From analogue to digital representation
• AHT2530/AHT3530 Neo-Baroque aesthetics: History and theory
• AHT2602/AHT3602 Art criticism and curatorship
• AHT2740/AHT3740 Australian visual culture: Contemporary art in context
• AHT2801/AHT3801 The medium in contemporary art
• ATS3071 France on film
• ATS2075 Representing Paris: Literature and visual culture
• ATS2214/ATS3214 Italy on film (In country) *
• ATS2366 Australian Indigenous art and design

* Taught in Prato, Italy. This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.