Second Major in Art History Curriculum (AY2021 Intake and Before)

3 Core Subjects (9 AUs)

  • DD1003 Introduction to the Histories of Art I: Western Art History
  • DD1004 Introduction to Asian Art Histories (Old course title: Introduction to the Histories of Art II)
  • HR2001 (DD2000) Introduction to the Histories of Southeast Asian Art​​

 

8 Prescribed Electives (24 AUs)

1. Choose up to four (4) courses from:

Global Art Histories

  • HR2003 (DD2007) The Art and Architecture of the "Long Century" 1789-1914
  • HR2004 (DD2008) Survey of Modern Art, 1900-1945
  • HR2008 (DD2012 / DD8008) Faith and Art 
  • HR2011 Global Modernisms: 1850-1950
  • HR3004 (DD3022) Art in the Age of Colonialism​ 
  • HR4002 (DD4007) British Art: 1815 - 1929

Contemporary Art & Theory

  • HR1001 (DD1005 / DD8002) Way of Seeing: Exploring Visual Culture
  • DF2006 Ethnographic Film

Curating, Heritage & Museums

  • HR2010 (DD2015 / DD9014) Introduction to Museum Studies 
  • DA2004 (DA9009) Exhibition Design

Asian Art Histories​ 

  • HR2006 (DD2010) Modern & Contemporary Chinese Art
  • HR2007 (DD2011) Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
  • HR3006 (DD3024) The Modern and Modernism in Southeast Asian Art

2. Choose up to two (2) courses from:

Global Art Histories

  • HR3003 (DD3013) From Modern to Post Modern Art: Post 1945 - 1985
  • HR3005 (DD3023 / DD8004) The Fantastic in Western Visual Arts


Contemporary Art & Theory

  • HR2002 (DD2003) Issues in Art History and Theory
  • HR2005 (DD2009) Survey of New Media
  • HR3001 (DD3008) Cities, Bodies, Memories, Art and Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore
  • HR3002 (DD3010) Issues in Global Contemporary Art

Curating, Heritage & Museums

  • DD3027 (DD9010) Maritime Silk Roads: Heritage And Media

Asian Art Histories​

  • HR3009 19th Century Southeast Asian Art: Interactions and Refractions
  • HR4003 (DD4008) From Colonialism to Tourism: Early Photography in Asia

3. Choose up to two (2) courses from the selection of ADM, SOH, SSS and WKWSCI courses below:

 

Global Art Histories

  • HR3008 (DD3026 / DD8011) Aesthetic Manifestations of Buddhist Devotion & Practice
  • HH1025 World Archaeology
  • HH4003 The Silk Road: Old and New
  • HH2125 The World in 12 Objects
  • HH4125 Colonial Archaeology of Southeast Asia

Contemporary Art & Theory

  • DP2004 The Critical Eye: Seeing and Understanding in Photo Media
  • DF2002 Survey of Experimental Filmmaking
  • HH4021 Public and Applied History
  • DD3012 Methods in Art & Design

Curating, Heritage & Museums

  • DD2013 Visualization of Cultural Heritage
  • HR2009 (DD2014) Contemporary Curating
  • HR4001 (DD4002) Exhibition Histories: Museums to Biennales 
  • HH1125 History and Archaeology: An Introduction
  • HH4005 Culture and Heritage: Perspectives from History

Asian Art Histories​

  • HR3007 (DD3025) Japanese Art: Edo to Contemporary
  • HH3023 Burma/Myanmar: A History
  • HH2025 The World of Southeast Asia to 1600
  • HH2030 Ascetics and Aesthetics of Medieval Japan

Media & Design Histories

  • DD3016 History of Design
  • DT2007 History and Culture of Animation, VFX and Game 
  • DF2009 History of World Cinema
  • DP2002 History of Photography

 

Cross-disciplinary Courses:

  • DF2005 Writing for Film
  • HL2007 Contemporary Literature and Culture 
  • HL2009 Southeast Asian Literature and Culture
  • HL2015 War in Literature and Film 
  • HL2022 South Asian Literature
  • HL2043 Fantasy Literature
  • HL2044 Introduction to Publishing
  • HL2045 Workshop in Theatre Practice
  • HL3001 Reading Films: Film Theory
  • HL3003 Film and Literature 
  • HL3036 The History of the Book 
  • HL3038 Theatre of the Absurd 
  • HL3042 Gothic Literature
  • HL3043 Modernist Soundscapes
  • HL3044 The Legends of King Arthur 
  • HL4009 Popular Literature and Culture 
  • HL4010 Feminist Studies
  • HL4014 Advanced Studies in Film
  • HL4024 Advanced Studies in Contemporary Literature
  • HL4040 Literature and Art 
  • HL4041 Studies in Art Criticism and Culture
  • HL4042 Being Human in Film and Literature 
  • HS4901 Sociology of the Arts
  • HS2004 Culture, Self and Identity
  • HH3001 Historiography: Theory and Methods 
  • HH4015 Film: A Global History 
  • HY4007 Aesthetics