History of Art, Architecture and Design courses (HAAD) address a wide range of artefacts from visual and material culture. In terms of their medium, artefacts can encompass painting, sculpture, architecture and applied arts, and as well as lens- or screen-based media and performance art. HAAD courses engage with critical, historical and theoretical writing and other discursive forms, combining description with critical contextual study to map the ways artefacts are products of their time and can fundamentally shape the world as well. Students use written sources ranging from historical and literary texts to archival records and scientific evidence from multispectral imaging to chemical analysis, thereby providing interdisciplinary training that crosses traditional boundaries in the arts, humanities and sciences. The study of visual and material culture also identifies inequalities of power in global and local contexts that are centred on class, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, health and the environment.