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VCULT 101Art History and Visual Culture

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Visual Culture

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course takes a case study approach to examining the role of the art object as a means of communication within the history of visual culture. Particular attention will also be paid to the unique properties of a range of diverse media, both traditional and new.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Not completed any of the following:

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00135550 / 120TTh 13:00–14:20
LEC 701134965 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

41% liked it71% easy48% useful

From 17 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Super interesting but surprisingly challenging. Most of it is easy, though! There's lot of assigned reading with pop quizzes but honestly... I never did the readings and still aced those little quizzes. There's also only one big assignment (a visual analysis paper) and it's split into lots of little steps throughout the semester. The midterms however...... those were pretty hard and she's a tough marker. She gives you all the possible questions beforehand but they're still so hard!? Please actually do the readings so you don;t get super confused for the midterms like I did!

    Apr 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Make sure to go to all of the lectures as test are 90% based on what was said in class, and there are no class slides or notes posted online. And make sure you take note of some of the names and artists of artworks in class, because they are relevant for tests despite what the professor says.

    Jan 2018 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention VCULT 101, December 2013 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2021

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… TS 678 TS 679 TS 690 TS 691 TS 692 TS 718 TS 751 TS 796 TS 798 UNIV 101 UU 150W VCULT 100 VCULT 101 VCULT 200 VCULT 400 WATER 602 WHMIS 1X000 WKRPT 100 WKRPT 103 WKRPT 200 WKRPT 200A WKRPT 200E WKRPT 200H WKRPT 200M WKRPT 200S WKRPT 201 WKRPT 203 WKRPT 3 WKRPT 300 WKRPT 300A …”

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sculptures on campus 1 point, 11 comments

“help a homie out and tell me where to find some sculptures inside or outside the buildings on campus”

u/HaldiFrapp: “Is this for some scavenger hunt going on? I just saw a group running out of BMH eagerly looking out for shit”

u/hotoutthekitchen: “sadly, yes. it's for a vcult 101 project”

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Spring 2017

Bird courses 207 points, 29 comments

u/chakuri: “Background: I took FINE/VCULT 101 as part of the CS Computational Fine Arts Option. The painting in question is this one, and all the analyses quoted are actually in the Wikipedia article. …”

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Fall 2013

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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