This one-of-a-kind Art and Art History degree provides a rich, multifaceted approach to the study of art and human culture. Students from around the world enrol in this unique four-year program, which combines hands-on studio work at Sheridan with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Art History from the University of Toronto Mississauga.
You'll attend both institutions concurrently, studying the visual arts across societies and centuries while you develop an artistic identity of your own. At the end of this rigorous, challenging and rewarding program you'll have:
- A complete portfolio
- Two prestigious arts degrees
- A broad variety of career opportunities
The Artist Within You
You’ll begin studio work in your very first semester, taking six studio courses at Sheridan in Years 1 and 2:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpture/installatiion
- Print media
- Design
- Photography
In these studios, you’ll complete problem-based assignments and discover a range of personal approaches and solutions to visual expression. In the upper-level studios, you’ll refine your expertise in two of the core-studio streams, developing a body of self-directed artwork in a class environment of discussion and exchange.
Art speaks to us as individuals, and it helps us understand whole cultures. In the Art and Art History degree program, you’ll gain insight on both levels. For more information, visit the program’s website at www.artandarthistory.ca
Classes for the Art and Art History (Bachelor of Arts) Program are held at the Trafalgar Road Campus in Oakville, Ontario, and at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
The Sheridan Art and Art History (Bachelor of Arts) Program was originally conceived to train art teachers for primary, secondary and postsecondary schools. Teaching remains a popular career choice for program graduates, but many other opportunities beckon as well, including:
- Gallery management
- Museum curatorship
- Commercial art
- Advertising
- Web design
- Graphic design
- Art criticism
- Journalism
A number of graduates are practicing artists who exhibit their work in artist-run, public and private galleries, both nationally and internationally. Others have pursued graduate studies in studio art, art history, conservation, or related fields in the humanities, leading to an MFA, MA or PhD degree.
Program Eligibility
Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the University of Toronto Mississauga. There is no separate application to Sheridan. Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of UTM’s assessment of their academic achievement.
Copies of the University of Toronto Mississauga Calendar are available through:
UTM Office of the Registrar
3359 Mississauga Rd. N.
Room 2122, South Building
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
905-828-5399
www.utm.utoronto.ca/regcal/
Application for admission to the program must be made to the University of Toronto Mississauga through the Ontario Universities Application Centre: www.ouac.on.ca
For more information visit us at: www.artandarthistory.ca
Specialist Program
20 Credits (required to graduate)
7 FAS (Studio)* credits (minimum) taken at Sheridan
+ 5 FAH (Art History) credits (minimum) taken at UTM
= 11 compulsory full course equivalents
+ 9 elective full course equivalents
= 20 full course equivalents
A minimum of four 300- or 400-level full course equivalents are required of which one full course equivalent must be at the 400-level.
No more than a combination of 17 FAS (Studio) and FAH/VCC (Fine Art History/ Visual Culture and Communication) courses may count towards the degree.
Major Program
20 Credits (required to graduate)
4 FAS (Studio)* credits (minimum) taken at Sheridan
+ 4 FAH (Art History) credits (minimum) taken at UTM
= 7 compulsory full course equivalents
+ 13 elective full course equivalents
= 20 full course equivalents
A minimum of two FAS (Studio) and/or FAH/VCC (Art History) 300-or 400-level full course equivalents must be included.
No more than a combination of 12 FAS (Studio) and/or FAH/VCC (Fine Art History/ Visual Culture and Communication) courses may count towards the degree.
*FAS (Studio) courses taken at Sheridan must include these introductory-level courses.
FAS143H Drawing 1
FAS145H Painting 1
FAS146H Design 1
FAS147H Photography 1
FAS232H Print Media 1
FAS248H Sculpture 1
Note:
- Print Media 1 and Sculpture 1 are open to Year 1 students.
Priority access to FAS (Studio) courses is provided to students registering as Majors or Specialists in the Art and Art History Program.
All students must ballot for the 300- and 400-level FAS (Studio) courses offered at Sheridan.
Guest artist and critic lectures comprise a year-long series of presentations that are required curriculum enrichment to all classes. These events take place on Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Sheridan.
Note: Courses subject to change.
Note: For UTM courses please refer to the UTM calendar.