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Art History Requirements

Requirements for Art History Major (40 semester hours)

Core courses (20 semester hours)

  • ARTH116 Introduction to Renaissance and Early Modern Art History (4) (Recommended before junior year)

  • ARTH117 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art History (4) (Recommended before junior year)

  • ARTH362W Theories and Methodologies of Art History (4) (Recommended in fall of the junior or senior year)

  • ARTH496W Art History Senior Seminar (4) (Recommended in spring of the graduation year)

  • Two of the following:

    • ARTH105 Introduction to Art History of the Stone and Bronze Age (2)

    • ARTH106 Introduction to Art History from Ancient Greece to the Roman Republic (2)

    • ARTH107 Introduction to Art History from the Roman to the Byzantine Empire (2)

    • ARTH108 Introduction to Art History of the Western Middle Ages and Islam (2)

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

  • ARTH112 Introduction to South Asian Art History (4)

  • ARTH113 Introduction to Chinese Art History (4)

  • ARTH114 Introduction to Japanese Art History (4)

  • ARTH259 Medieval Art and Architecture (4)

  • ARTH270 Roman Art and Architecture (4)

  • ARTH271 Greek Art and Architecture (4)

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

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

  • ARTH140W Confronting Race in Modern and Contemporary American Art (4)

  • ARTH243 Contemporary Art: 1970-present (4)

  • ARTH246 Modern Art [Europe and America]: 1890-1945 (4)

  • ARTH247 18th- and 19th-Century Art History (4)

  • ARTH339W Post-War Art: 1945-1970 (4)

  • ARTH376W History of Photography (4)

  • Any Modern/Contemporary iteration of ARTH121W, ARTH225W and ARTH345W; consult your advisor

Two additional courses in Art History (8 semester hours)

  • Two electives in Art History from the courses listed above, or:

    • ARTH121W Art Historical Inquiry

    • ARTH140W African American Art

    • ARTH202W Introduction to Museum Studies

    • ARTH225W Monographic Studies in Art History

    • ARTH230W Principles of Visual Literacy

    • ARTH237 Modern and Contemporary Chinese and Chinese-American Art and Visual Culture

    • ARTH345W Advanced Topics in Art History

Requirements for the Art History Minor (20 semester hours)

Complete 20 credits in the Art History subject, with no more than 12 credits at the 100-level.

See the Catalog listing for all Art History courses and consult each semester's offerings.

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