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Art History
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Anthony White
Email: a.white@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
To obtain a major in Art History, students must complete:
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 major elective subjects
- 12.5 credit points of capstone subject
- 25 credit points of Level 3 major elective subjects
Foundation subjects
A Major begins at second year. Each discipline has one or more first-year Foundation subjects which provide excellent preparation for the Major. Please note the Capstone subject in this Major requires the completion of a first-year discipline Foundation subject as a pre-requisite - one subject from the list below.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS10001 | Art History: Theory and Controversy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS10003 | The World in Twenty Art Works | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 major elective subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS20022 | Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20021 | Arts of East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20020 | Twentieth-Century Art: The Avant-Gardes | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20018 | Art Markets and Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20016 | Nineteenth-Century European Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20011 | European Renaissance Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20002 | Australian Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone subject
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS30019 | Theory and Practice of Art History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 major elective subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS30002 | Studying Contemporary Art Abroad | Not available in 2026 | 25 |
| AHIS30003 | Art and Power in the Eighteenth Century | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30005 | Contemporary Aboriginal Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30020 | Contemporary Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30024 | Arts of Japan | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30025 | Photography in China | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30022 | Renaissance Art in Global Context | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30026 | Decolonising Art and Its Histories | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/art-history
Last updated: 6 November 2025