Overview
Careers
The History of Art, Design and Visual Culture program at the University of Alberta graduates enter a variety of careers. You might go on to work in a museum, gallery, historic site, library, school, or archive.
Or you might decide to go into fields such as:
- Conservation
- Historic preservation
- Publishing
- Law
- Journalism
- Cultural policy
- Arts administration
- Public relations
- Development
- Teaching
- Non-profit management
More information
Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:- Architectural politics in early modern France
- Indigenous and settler interactions in early Canadian photography
- Print culture in late Imperial Russia
- Democratic design practice in eastern Europe and the West
- Political portraiture in Peronist Argentina
- The aesthetics of distortion in Chinese landscape painting
- Time and technology at the 1915 world's fair
- The painting of Irish nationalism
- Polish surrealism
- The political possibilities of play in contemporary installation art
- Representations of cancer in medical discourse and contemporary art
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , International
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Language
English
IELTS or TOEFL needed
Credits
60 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Design Visual Arts View 44 other Masters in Visual Arts in CanadaAcademic requirements
GPA Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems. —
GMAT The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a test intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA. GMAT contains 4 sections - Analytical Writing Assessment, Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative and Verbal. The score has a range from 200 - 800. —
English requirements
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6.5 (required)
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at desiganated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 88 (required)
PTE Academic PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English Academic) is a language test that enables students to demonstrate their writing, listening, speaking, and reading skills when applying to study in English. The score refers to a total score which ranges between 10 and 90. —
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants are normally required to have completed a four-year baccalaureate degree, or its academic equivalent, from an academic institution recognized by the University of Alberta.
- An admission grade point average of 3 on most 4-point grading systems or B on most letter grading systems, based on your most recent two years of full time study (or equivalent) is required.
Tuition Fee
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International
10500 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 10500 CAD per year and a duration of 24 months. -
National
5575 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 5575 CAD per year and a duration of 24 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
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