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Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organized manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than are those who do not plan a course of action for themselves. We strongly recommend, therefore, that you follow a study schedule to assist you in budgeting your time.

We have designed the following schedule to help you organize your activities and complete the course in 17 weeks or approximately four months. You may choose to proceed more rapidly or somewhat more slowly than this schedule suggests: your contract allows you six months to complete the course. If you find, however, that you cannot complete it within this time, consult the current Athabasca University Calendar for information on obtaining an extension to your course contract.

Be sure to call your tutor if you are having any difficulty with the material in the course.

Week 1: Read through the entire Student Manual carefully. Study Lessons 1 and 2. View the optional video, The High Renaissance.
  Note: If you did not take Athabasca University’s Art History 201/History 203, or if it has been over a year since you did so, it is important that you begin Art History 202/History 204 by reading “Introducing Art” in Janson’s History of Art (pp. xxi-xxxi).
Week 2: Study Lessons 3 and 4.
Week 3: Study Lessons 5 and 6. View the optional video, Realms of Light: The Baroque.
Week 4: Request your mid-term exam. Study Lesson 7. Review Lessons 1-7.
Week 5: Reread the sections of the Student Manual entitled “Tips on Writing Essays” and “Beginning to Write About Art.” Prepare and submit your first assignment. Remember to enclose a tutor-marked exercise form and indicate that this is assignment 1.
Weeks 6–7: Study Lesson 8. In preparation for the mid-term exam, review Lessons 1-8 and your tutor’s comments on your assignment. Reread the sections of this manual on writing exams. Study for and write your mid-term exam.
Week 8: Study Lesson 9. View the optional video, An Age of Reason, An Age of Passion.
Week 9: Study Lessons 10-11.
Week 10: Study Lesson 12. View the optional video, A Fresh View: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
Week 11: Study Lesson 13. View the optional video, Into the Twentieth Century.
Week 12: Study Lesson 14.
Week 13: Study Lesson 15. View the optional video, In Our Time.
Week 14: Request your final exam. Study Lesson 16.
Week 15: Review your tutor’s comments on your first assignment and, if necessary, reread the sections of this manual on writing essays. Prepare and submit your second assignment as outlined in the Student Manual. Remember to include a tutor-marked exercise form and indicate that this is assignment 2.
Weeks 16-17: In preparation for the final exam, review Lessons 9 through 16. Review your tutor’s comments on both assignments and reread the section of this manual on writing exams. Study for and write the final exam.

Congratulations on completing the course!

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