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Requirements

Requirements for Art History Major (40 semester hours)

Core courses (20 semester hours)

(It is recommended that the 100-level introductory courses be taken in the intended chronological sequence)

  • Two of the following:
    • ARTH 105 Introduction to Art History of the Stone and Bronze Age (2)
    • ARTH 106 Introduction to Art History from Ancient Greece to the Roman Republic (2)
    • ARTH 107 Introduction to Art History from the Roman to the Byzantine Empire (2)
    • ARTH 108 Introduction to Art History of the Western Middle Ages and Islam (2)
  • ARTH 116 Introduction to Renaissance and Early Modern Art History (4)
  • ARTH 117 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art History (4)
  • ARTH 362W Theories and Methodologies of Art History (4)
  • ARTH 496W Art History Senior Seminar (4)

One course in Early or Asian Art History from the following (4 semester hours)

  • ARTH 112 Introduction to South Asian Art History (4)
  • ARTH 113 Introduction to Chinese Art History (4)
  • ARTH 114 Introduction to Japanese Art History (4)
  • ARTH 259 Medieval Art and Architecture (4)
  • ARTH 270 Roman Art and Architecture (4)
  • ARTH 271 Greek Art and Architecture (4)

One course in Early Modern Art History from the following (4 semester hours)

  • ARTH 263 Baroque and Neoclassical Visual Culture (4)
  • ARTH 267 Renaissance Visual Culture (4)
  • ARTH 275W Art Literature and Criticism (4)

One course in Modern and Contemporary Art History from the following (4 semester hours)

  • ARTH 243 Contemporary Art: 1970-present (4)
  • ARTH 246 Modern Art [Europe and America]: 1890-1945 (4)
  • ARTH 247 18th- and 19th-Century Art History (4)
  • ARTH 339W Post-War Art: 1945-1970 (4)
  • ARTH 376W History of Photography (4)

Two additional courses in Art History (8 semester hours)

  • Two electives in Art History

Requirements for Art History Minor (20 semester hours)

Students will complete 20 semester hours in art history with no more than 12 semester hours at the 100-level

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Art History