Undergraduate Programme in Visual Arts

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Undergraduate Programme in Visual Arts

Ashoka University’s Department of Visual Arts, offers Minor and Concentration in Visual Arts. The department provides a thematic overview of various disciplines and media practices that constitute the field of Visual Arts. Students gain philosophical and historical contexts in which the disciplines have evolved over different time periods and locations. 

Courses

The gateway courses are designed to offer thematic overview of various disciplines and media practices that constitute the field of Visual Arts. Given the university’s geographical and cultural location, the gateway courses introduce the students to the visual worlds of South Asian Art in its diverse form and material media. Gateway courses offer critical training to some of the basic terms and methods of reading histories of South Asian Art as part of larger global cultural formations, explores sites of display of art in South Asia and beyond, engage with artistic practice through various media.

The elective courses are designed thematically to address specific questions that are central to the disciplinary fields that constitute the realm of Visual Arts. These courses often extend beyond South Asia,  raising larger questions around form, style, media and site specificity of the visual image. Elective courses engage with processes of production, reproduction, circulation and the impact of image making on the viewing public. The Elective courses explore the shifting temporal and cultural locations of major art movements, and dwell on methodological challenges posed by the turn to critical global art histories.

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  • Minor Requirements

    To pursue a minor in Visual Arts, a student must complete six courses in Visual Arts. These include courses offered by the Department along with those offered by other departments and cross-listed with Visual Arts (code VA).

    For UG/ASP 2022 and onward: Four of the six courses taken should be Gateway courses. The four gateways are a balanced mix of courses across art history and art practices.

    1. Histories of South Asian Art: From the Earliest times to the Present,
    2. Arts of our Times I – Mediums and Media in the Contemporary,
    3. Arts in our Times II (Media as Material of Practice)
    4. Sites and Sights- Museums, Exhibitions and the Making of Art.

    In addition to these 4 Gateway Courses, any 2 Elective Courses offered by the department can be taken up to complete a Minor in Visual Arts.

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  • Concentration Requirements

    To pursue a Concentration in Visual Arts, a student must complete four courses in Visual Arts. These include courses offered by the Department along with those offered by other departments and cross-listed with Visual Arts (code VA).

    For UG/ASP 2022 and onward: All four courses for Concentration in Visual Arts, will be Gateway courses which are: 
    1. Histories of South Asian Art: From the Earliest times to the Present, 

    1. Arts of our Times I – Mediums and Media in the Contemporary,  
    2. Arts in our Times II (Media as Material of Practice)  
    3. Sites and Sights- Museums, Exhibitions and the Making of Art.

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  • Cross-Listing Policy

    While some of the courses offered by Visual Arts are cross listed with other Departments, the Department of Visual Arts also houses cross listed courses offered by other Departments. This is integral to the spirit of interdisciplinary enquiry that we seek to foster at Ashoka. Please note that all cross listing decisions are interdepartmental decisions keeping in mind the pedagogic objectives of specific courses. 

    Minor:

    For UG/ASP 2022 and onward: A student completing a Minor in Visual Arts can take one such cross-listed elective course offered by another Department in conjunction with Visual Arts to count towards their minor.

    Concentration:

    For UG/ASP 2022 and onward: The number of permissible cross listed courses for students pursuing a concentration in Visual Arts offered by other Departments is zero, since there will be no academic space available for any as all four courses will be the gateway courses.

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Joining Undergraduate Programmes

Ashoka University’s department of Visual Arts offers undergraduate programmes which accompany students on their creative journeys.

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Frequently Asked Questions

For UG and ASP 2021 students, the only mandatory course is Histories of South Asian Art offered by Professor Sraman Mukerjee.

For UG and ASP 2022 onwards, the four mandatory courses are Histories of South Asian Art and Sites and Sights offered by Professor Sraman Mukerjee and Arts of our Times I and II by Professor Rakhi Peswani.

For UG and ASP 2021 students, the only mandatory course is Histories of South Asian Art offered by Professor Sraman Mukerjee.

For UG and ASP 2022 onwards, the four mandatory courses are Histories of South Asian Art and Sites and Sights offered by Professor Sraman Mukerjee and Arts of our Times I and II by Professor Rakhi Peswani.

Unless mentioned, most courses offered by the Department do not have prerequisites.

It is not a mandatory requirement, but taking courses in the increasing order of levels is encouraged for the benefit of the students.

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