Art and Art History Major, Art History Emphasis

Major Requirements

A student who completes the major requirements earns a degree in art and art history.

Required Courses

• ARTS 100 - Introduction to Studio Art (SA)
• One 100-level art history course
• One 200-level studio art course
• Five 200- or 300-level art history courses, of which at least one 300-level course must be completed on campus by the end of the junior year. (ARTS 311/MUSI 311 does not count towards this requirement.)
• ARTS 475 - Senior Project: Art History (AH)
• Either ARTS 499 - Advanced Studies for Honors or one additional art history course at the 200 or 300 level.

Art Periods

Within the requirements above, students must take at least one course in each of the following periods:

Art Prior to 1300:

• ARTS 101 - Caves to Cathedrals: The Art of Europe and the Mediterranean to the 13th Century (AH)
• ARTS 207 - Roman Art (AH)
• ARTS 208 - Marble, Gold, Silk, and Glass: Art of the Middle Ages (AH)
• ARTS 244 - Housing the Sacred in Ancient India (AH)
• ARTS 344 - Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture (AH)
• ARTS 350 - Art and the Goddess
• ARTS 357 - Storytelling Without Words
• ARTS 381 - Seminar in Art History: Pre-1300 (AH)

Art from 1300–1800:

• ARTS 216 - Nature's Mirror: Renaissance Arts 1400-1550 (AH)
• ARTS 220 - Early Modern European Architecture (AH)
• ARTS 226 - Nature's Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750 (AH)
• ARTS 245 - Palaces and Paintings of India (AH)
• ARTS 246 - From Emperors to Anime: Pictorial Practices in China and Japan (AH)
• ARTS 249 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas (AH)
• ARTS 311 - The Arts in Venice during the Golden Age (Venice Study Group) (AH)
• ARTS 360 - Borderlands (AH)

Art after 1800:

• ARTS 107 - What is Modern Art? (AH)
• ARTS 110 - Global Contemporary Art (AH)
• ARTS 120/MUSE 120 - Making the Mummies Dance: Introduction to Museum Studies  
• ARTS 219 - The Economics of Art (AH)
• ARTS 233 - Latin American Art (AH)
• ARTS 236 - Art and Politics in the 19th Century (AH)
• ARTS 238 - Transatlantic Avant-Gardes: 1880-1920 (AH)
• ARTS 239 - Global Modernisms 1920-1960 (AH)
• ARTS 240 - Art and Theory 1960-1990 (AH)
• ARTS 243 - Art & Theory 1980 to Present (AH)
• ARTS 248 - African Art (AH)
• ARTS 250 - Native Art of North America (AH)
• ARTS 270 - Critical Museum Theory
• ARTS 275 - American Campus Architecture (AH)
• ARTS 277 - Modern Architecture (AH)
• ARTS 280 - Visual Culture of Fascism (AH)
• ARTS 287 - History and Theory of Cinema (AH)
• ARTS 345 - Exhibiting the New: 1960-2000 (AH)
• ARTS 348 - Modern Art on Display (AH)
• ARTS 355 - Photography and Political Conflict
• MUSE 300 - Museum Curating

GPA Requirement

A GPA of C (2.00) in combined studio courses and art history courses is required of all majors. Only one course below a C– will be accepted for the major.

Honors and High Honors

Honors and High Honors information is available on the Art and Art History department page.

Art and Art History Department

For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Art and Art History department catalogue page.