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Program-specific competencies Program-specific competencies are the knowledge, skills and attributes that are valuable in your specific program area—from microbiology to mechanical engineering to music and everything in between! These competencies can help you describe your skills and experience—and demonstrate your value to employers on your résumé and in interviews.

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Program Historyinart

Program-specific competencies Program-specific competencies are the knowledge, skills and attributes that are valuable in your specific program area—from microbiology to mechanical engineering to music and everything in between! These competencies can help you describe your skills and experience—and demonstrate your value to employers on your résumé and in interviews.

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What competencies do art history and visual studies students gain?

Art History and Visual Studies


Program-specific competencies
Competencies are the skills, knowledge and attributes gained through every work, educational, volunteer
and life experience. UVic students in the History in Art program develop the following program-specific
competencies.

Art-historical awareness
Develops awareness of global artistic, aesthetic and visual traditions with a focus on Classical and
European traditions before the modern period; Islamic and Asian traditions; art of the Americas, modern
art and architecture
• Critically evaluates art-historical artifacts including painting, sculpture, architecture and text
• Describes techniques used by artists throughout history, in western and non-western cultures
• Develops an understanding of the relationships among art-historical artifacts

Art-historical method
Employs a systematic method of enquiry in order to understand and interpret art-historical artifacts

• Understands and employs the research methods, tools and resources as well as the theoretical and
historiographical perspectives that inform current art-historical studies
• Understands how the study of history involves interpretation of the past based on current
perspectives
• Re-evaluates existing understandings of the past as new information and new interpretations of old
information arise

Historical, social and cultural perspective


Understands art-historical artifacts in their historical, social and cultural contexts

• Identifies the historical, social and cultural context in which art is produced
• Understands how historical, cultural and social contexts impact the production and interpretation of
art
• Recognizes how differing social and cultural perspectives of the past and the present influence the
interpretation of art
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity to explore historical, social and cultural perspectives
• Reflects on issues such as nationalism, imperialism, militarism, politics, religion, ethnicity, race,
gender and class in the context of the production of art

UVic Co-op and Career worked with the Art History and Visual Studies Department to develop this competency
document.

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