Art History

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Art History Communication Studies
Undergraduate Orientation SessionFall 2006
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About this department 

• 2 fields of study and one shared home
• Merged in 2000 from Department of Art History to
  Art History and Communication Studies
• Separate programs offered by each unit
• One administrative unit office staff,
  resources, etc

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Who is Who

• Departmental Chair
• Undergraduate Program Directors
• Art History
• Communication Studies
• Student Affairs Officer/Advisor
• Departmental Administrator
• Departmental Secretary
• Visual Resources Coordinator

• Dr. Darin Barney darin.barney_at_mcgill.ca
• Dr. Charmaine Nelson
• charmaine.nelson_at_mcgill.ca
• Dr. Carrie Rentschler
• carrie.rentschler_at_mcgill.ca
• Maria Gabriel
• maria.gabriel_at_mcgill.ca
• Karin Bourgeois
• karin.bourgeois_at_mcgill.ca
• Susana Machado
• susana.machado_at_mcgill.ca
• Matt Dupuis
• matthew.dupuis_at_mcgill.ca

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The roles of the UG Program Directors vs
Student Advising Officer

• Undergraduate Program Director
• Will advise students during add/drop period and
  assist with their course selection and grant
  course approval (if applicable)
• Responsible for approving the Host Institute for
  the Museum Internship Course and provide
  assistance in related area
• Responsible for approving course equivalencies
  and approval of courses taken through CREPUQ,
  Study Away and Exchange Programs
• Will assist students with their academic study
  plan, preparation for graduate school and career
  planning
• Will be available for advising during the
  Departmental Orientation Sessions and during
  office hours.
• Student Advising Officer
• Will advise students (new, current and potential
  students) regarding program related issues and
  provide general information
• Will advise students during add/drop period and
  assist with their course selection, program
  objectives and requirements
• Will handle all student queries
• Will review students records to verify if they
  have met the program requirements and are
  eligible to graduate
• Will inform students of the student services and
  other resources which are available to students
• Will enter the permit overrides on a students
  record once approved by the adviser/instructor
• Will provide preliminary information relating to
  the Museum Internship Course, Exchange Program,
  Study Away and CREPUQ
• Will be available for advising during the
  Departmental Orientation Sessions and during
  regular office hours
• Will keep students informed about Important
  Deadlines and Upcoming Events

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Faculty Degree Requirements

• Consult your undergraduate calendar (pages 70-77)
• Consult the SAO website for Faculty rules and
  regulations
• http//www.mcgill.ca/artscisao/
• In brief in order to be eligible to graduate you
  MUST complete the following requirements
• The Freshman Requirements (if applicable)
• The Multi-track system (3 options)
• Complete your minimum credit requirement
• Complete your program requirements
• MUST complete satisfactorily a minimum of 60
  credits at McGill University note at least 2/3
  of all program requirements must be completed at
  McGill
• Achieve a minimum CGPA of 2.00 or greater
• Fulfill your degree within your time and credit
  limit

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What programs do we offer?????

• MINOR in Art History
• (18 credits)
• Required Courses (6 credits)
• ARTH 208 Critical Terms for Art History
• ARTH 305 Methods in Art History
• Complementary Courses (12 credits)
• 3 credits in Art History at the 200 level
• (optional to a max of 3 credits)
• 9-12 credits in Art History at the 300-400 level
• (a minimum of 1 x 400 level course required)

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Major in Art History(36 credits)

• Required Courses (6 credits)
• ARTH 208 Critical Terms for Art History
• ARTH 305 Methods in Art History (prerequisite
  ARTH 208)
• Complementary Courses (30 credits)
• a maximum of 6 credits in Art History at the 200
  level, and at least 24
• credits in Art History at the 300 and 400 levels
  to be chosen in the
• following manner
• minimum 3 credits in Architectural History (II)
  
• minimum 3 credits in Medieval and Renaissance Art
  (III)
• minimum 3 credits in Baroque to 19th Century
  European Art (IV)
• minimum 3 credits in Contemporary Art, Media
  and Vis Cult (V)
• The remaining 12 credits can be chosen from any
  of the Art History
• course fields Methodologies (I), Architectural
  History (II), Medieval
• and Renaissance Art (III), Baroque to 19th
  Century European Art

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Honours Program in Art History(60 credits)

• Required Courses (9 credits)
• ARTH 208 Critical Terms for Art History
• ARTH 305 Methods in Art History (prereq ARTH
  208)
• ARTH 400 Selected methods in Art History
• (prereq ARTH 208 and ARTH 305)
• Complementary Courses (51 credits)
• 36 credits in Art History (ensuring that a wide
  range of
• courses are taken i.e. a min. of 3 credits/each
  field)
• 9 credits in Art History at the 400 level
• 6 credits in a foreign language or in courses in
  one or two related disciplines and selected in
  consultation with the Honours advisor.
• Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in
  their program courses and, according to Faculty
  regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in general.
  Also, according to Faculty regulations, Honours
  students must also complete a minor concentration
  (18 credits) in another academic unit.
• Please note that courses in Studio Practice
  cannot be counted towards the Honours Program.

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Joint Honours Program (36 credits)

• Required Course (6 credits)
• ARTH 208 Critical Terms for Art History
• ARTH 305 Methods in Art History (prereq ARTH
  208)
• Complementary Courses (30 credits)
• 24 credits in Art History to be chosen as
  follows
• minimum 3 credits in Architectural History (II)
  
• minimum 3 credits in Medieval Renaissance Art
  (III)
• minimum 3 credits in Baroque to 19th Cent. Euro
  Art (IV)
• minimum 3 credits in Contemp. Art, Media Vis.
  Cult.(V)
• 6 credits in Art History at the 400 Level
• Joint Honours students must maintain a GPA of
  3.30 in their program courses and, according to
  Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00 in
  general.
• Please note that courses in Studio Practice
  cannot be counted towards the Art History
  component.

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Honours Program in Art History REQUIREMENTS

• There are NO pre-university requirements
• Students are encouraged to apply for this program
  after their first year of study
• Students should complete a minimum of 12 credits
  in Art History with a min. GPA of 3.30 (B or
  better)
• Students must have an overall CGPA of 3.00 (B or
  better)
• Students must send their written requests to the
  UG Program Director, Dr.Nelson or Maria Gabriel
  for program approval

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NEW NEW NEW NEW

• MINOR in
• Communication Studies(18 credits)
• Required Courses (3 credits)
• COMS 210 Intro to Communication Studies
• Complementary Courses (15 credits)
• Students must choose five courses from the
  following list of complementary Communication
  Studies Courses in order to fulfill this 15
  credit requirement
• COMS 200 History of Communication
• COMS 230 Communication of Democracy
• COMS 300 Media Modernity in the 20th Century
• COMS 310 Media and Feminist Studies
• COMS 320 Media and Empire
• COMS 330 Media in Cultural Life
• COMS 400 Critical Theory Seminar
• COMS 410 Cultures of Visualization
• COMS 490 History and Theory of Media
• COMS 491 Media, Communication and Culture

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ARTH 208Critical Terms for Art History

• This is a required course for all the Art History
  programs
• Space is limited in this course
• A waiting list has been created see Maria
  Gabriel to have your name added to the list
• Students who are unable to register for this
  course this year will still be able register for
  ARTH 305 if space is available
• All students who are unable to register for ARTH
  208 this Fall will be permitted to register for
  this course in the Fall 2007

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400 level Art History Courses

• ARTH 400 is a required course and is restricted
  to our Art History Honours Students
• ARTH 447 Independent Study Course (3 credits)
• Students wishing to complete an Independent
  Study are required to find a suitable project and
  supervisor. If your request is approved this
  course will count towards the 400 level program
  requirements.
• ARTH 490 Museum Internship Course (3 credits)
• Students wishing to complete the Museum
  Internship Course should arrange to meet with
  Maria Gabriel to review the process as well as
  Anne Turner from the Faculty of Arts Internship
  Office. This course does NOT fulfill 400 level
  program requirements however it will be counted
  towards the complementary course requirements.

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S/U OptionCourses taken under the
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Option

• Students may take one elective course per term
  that is graded under the S/U option to a max of
  10 of their credits taken at McGill to fulfill
  their degree
• The decision to flag your course under the S/U
  option MUST be made before the end of the
  Add/Drop period
• Courses flagged under the S/U option will not be
  counted towards fulfilling program requirements
• All grades of A through C will be converted to
  Satisfactory (S)
• All grades of D and F will become Unsatisfactory
  (U)
• Courses taken under the S/U option will be
  excluded from the grade point average calculation

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McGill E-MAIL Policyeffective January 1st, 2004

• Policy statement
• E-mail is one of the official means of
  communication between McGill University and its
  students. As with all official University
  communications, it is the student's
  responsibility to ensure that time-critical
  e-mail is accessed, read, and acted upon in a
  timely fashion. If a student chooses to forward
  University e-mail to another e-mail mailbox, it
  is that student's responsibility to ensure that
  the alternate account is viable.
• It is a violation for any user of official McGill
  e-mail addresses to impersonate a University
  officer, a member of the faculty, staff or
  student body, in line with the McGill University
  "Code of Computer User Conduct" and relevant
  federal and provincial legislation.
• For more information http//www.mcgill.ca/email-p
  olicy/

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Study Away/CREPUQ/Exchange ProgramOpportunities

• Study Away
• The opportunity to study at another university
  can add significant dimensions to your
  undergraduate education by enabling you to
  develop broader perspectives on your fields of
  study. You can study away for a full academic
  year or one semester.
• Academic Eligibility At the time of application
  you must
• be currently registered in a BA, BSc, BASc, or
  BSW degree program at McGill
• have a CGPA of 2.7 or greater
• have completed a minimum of 12 McGill resident,
  graded credits
• Consult with the Student Affairs Office for more
  information
• CREPUQ
• You can study at another Québec university
  according to the following two (2) options
• 1. Register to take 3 credits, exceptionally 6
  credits, per term in addition to your McGill
  courses through the IUT agreement
• 2. Study for a full academic year or one semester
  and not be registered at McGill.
• Exchange Program to be considered for Faculty
  approval, you must
• be currently registered at McGill and your
  programs of study accurately reflected on Minerva
• have completed a minimum of 12 McGill graded
  credits by December 2006
• have a CGPA of at least 3.00, including Fall
  2006 grades
• currently be in your U1 year and entering your
  second year of a three year degree or your third
  year of a four year degree for the duration of
  the exchange term beginning Fall 2007

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Resources Available to Students

• Career Placement ServiceBrown Student Services
  BuildingTel [phone]E-mail
  careers.caps_at_mcgill.cawww.caps.mcgill.ca
• International Student Services
• Brown Student Services Building
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail international.students_at_mcgill.ca
• www.mcgill.ca/internationalstudents
• Mental Health Services
• Brown Student Services Building
• Tel [phone]
• www.mcgill.ca/mentalhealth

• First-Year OfficeLeslie Copeland, First-Year
  Coordinator Wendy Brett, Assistant for
  Francophone StudentsBrown Student Services
  BuildingTel. 514-398-6913E-mail
  firstyear_at_mcgill.cawww.mcgill.ca/firstyear
• Office for Student with Disabilities
• Brown Student Services Building
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail disabilities.students_at_mcgill.ca
• www.mcgill.ca/osd
• Student Accounts
• James Admin Bldg, 3rd floor
• Tel [phone]
• E-mail student.accounts_at_mcgill.ca
• www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts

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Important DeadlinesFall 2006

• September 5th Classes Begin
• September 5th 19th Departmental Advising
  Sessions are held
• September 19th Course Change (add/drop) deadline
  for Fall term
• September 24th Deadline for Web withdrawing
  (grade of W) with fee refund
• September 28th Deadline for fee payment
• October 10th see IMPORTANT notice below
• October 22nd Deadline for Web withdrawing (grade
  of W) no fee refund
• December 5th Lectures end
• December 7th Exams begin
• IMPORTANT NOTICE
• October 10th does not follow the normal class
  schedule. ALL lectures, labs, conferences that
  were NOT held on Monday October 9th, 2006 due to
  Thanksgiving have been rescheduled for TUESDAY
  OCTOBER 10th.

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A bit of this and that

• We encourage you to add your name to the AHCS UG
  Society listserve. It is a route to receive
  important departmental information. Please
  contact Susana Machado from the main office or by
  email at susana.machado_at_mcgill.ca on this regard.
• Students are invited to attend our departmental
  seminar series. Information will be forwarded to
  you at a later date via the listserve.
• There is a UG AHCS bulletin board available to
  students in the main lobby. If you would like to
  post an announcement please contact Susana
  Machado for approval before adding any
  information to the board.
• Reminder the Program Advisors, Drs. Nelson and
  Rentschler as well as Maria Gabriel, Student
  Affairs Officer/Adviser will be available to meet
  with you during the add/drop period. Our advising
  hours and sign up sheets are currently posted on
  our office doors for your convenience.
• All administrative issues should be directed to
  the main office in ARTS W-225.
• The UG Orientation Powerpoint Presentation will
  be available to you on the Art History and
  Communication Studies website
• http//www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/AHCS/