Offered by University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada, BA/BS in Visual Studies is a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts programme.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Visual Arts
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Last checked September 2026 · Source: ucalgary.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The Visual Studies program at the University of Calgary is a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree exploring visual media, materials, and art history. Coursework includes surveys of Western art history, art from the Second World War onward, foundational studio work in two- and three-dimensional media, and media arts theory and practice, building both technical skill and critical understanding of how art and visual practice engage culture and community. A co-operative work-placement option lets students alternate paid work terms with academic study, and study-abroad opportunities are available. Delivered through the Faculty of Arts, the program suits students drawn to making or examining art and to working with materials, developing visual thinking, critical research, and communication skills. Graduates pursue roles in galleries, museums, non-profit organizations, and commercial photography or design, or continue into graduate study in visual art or professional programs such as architecture, design, art therapy, or education.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Alberta high school, per the program's own admission-requirements tool. Required courses: English Language Arts 30-1, plus four further approved courses (one of which may be an approved option); a maximum of two approved Fine Arts courses, or one Fine Arts course and one option course, may be counted toward the average. Estimated competitive admission average: Mid 70s, with consideration of supplementary requirements. Admitting averages are calculated using four approved courses for early admission and the full course set above for standard admission. Supplementary requirement: a portfolio.
Application Details
Application Deadline:For Fall 2027 entry, the University of Calgary opens undergraduate applications for domestic applicants on 1 October 2026 and for international applicants on 15 August 2026, both closing on the same firm application deadline of 1 March 2027, with supporting documents due by 15 March 2027 and offers accepted by 1 May 2027. International applicants follow the identical March 1 deadline; the university publishes no separate, later international closing date. Applications are not accepted on a rolling basis after the deadline for most direct-entry programmes, though a small number of programmes (e.g. Nursing) run further selection rounds into the summer while space remains. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
