• University of Calgary offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Studies with a duration of 4 years.
  • This program is offered on a full-time basis and delivered on-campus.
  • This program is course-based.
  • It provides the co-operative placement option.
  • Students will have study abroad opportunities as well.
  • The BFA in Visual Studies requires the successful completion of 63 units (10.5 full-course equivalents) to 78 units (13.0 full-course equivalents).
  • Visual Studies is the program for students interested in making or viewing art, are interested in thinking with materials or in experiencing visual media as a form of inquiry and knowledge.
  • In this program, students will focus on improving their technical skills and their self-sufficiency as an artist while learning how art and visual practices contribute to culture and community engagement.
  • During the course of the studies students will develop visual thinking and critical research skills, written and verbal fluency in discussing historical and contemporary art practices, along with rigorous conceptual and medium specific visual studies training.
  • Some of the courses in this program are:
    • Art (World War II to the Present)
    • Art Fundamentals (3D)
    • Media Arts (Practice and Theory I)
    • Survey of Western Art in its Cultural Context (Pre-history to the Later Middle Ages)
    • ​Art Fundamentals (2D).
  • The University of Calgary ranked in 6th place in Canada by Research Infosource in 2018.
  • The University offers small class sizes that provide close research interaction with their supervision.
  • The Faculty of the department have received global recognition by winning awards like federal awards, Provincial awards, Indigenous awards, etc.
  • The average salary goes upto 56,300 USD.