Art and Art History, Art History Concentration, BA

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Art history requirements are designed to give the student a satisfactory program having breadth, variety and a balance between lecture courses and seminars.

Required Credit Hours: 39

A maximum of 48 credits may be earned.

Core Requirements:

Additional Requirements:

In addition to the 12 hours above, the student must choose three credits in each of the following five fields:

A. Medieval

ARTH 351 - Medieval Architecture (3)
ARTH 352 - Medieval Figure Arts (3)
ARTH 353 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3)

B. Renaissance and Baroque

C. Modern

ARTH 370 - Nineteenth-Century Art (3)
ARTH 371 - Twentieth-Century Art (3)
ARTH 372 - Modern Architecture and Planning (3)
ARTH 375 - Contemporary Art and Art Criticism (3)

D. American

E. Non-Western/Cross Cultural

ARTH 392 - Art of India (3)
ARTH 393 - The Arts of China (3)
ARTH 394 - The Arts of Japan (3)
ARTH 395 - The Visual Culture of Colonial Mexico (3)

In addition

* ARTH 480 - Methods of Art History (3)
And another 400-level course are required.

Major Writing Requirement

One art history course at the 300 or 400 level (including ARTH 490) will fulfill the requirement.

The Major Writing Requirement will be satisfied in the following way:

When prospective majors, in consultation with their major advisor, file the form required for a declaration of major, they will specify an art history course conforming to the above criteria that is most appropriate to their area of special interest. This course will satisfy the prospective majors Major Writing Requirement.
At the time of registration for the specified course, the student will consult with the instructor to make all necessary arrangements for a schedule that allows for the opportunity to go through the stages of writing and rewriting that is part of the requirement.
When the student has completed the courses with a grade of C or higher, the instructor will notify the department chair.

Major Computing Requirement

The Major Computing Requirement will be fulfilled during the completion of the Major Writing Requirement. In the process of writing their research papers, students will be expected to do research using all of the data bases and library resources that are computer accessible (World Web, On-line Journals, and Bibliographic Sources such as Art Index, Art Abstracts, RILA, RRA, BHA, Art Bibliographies Modern etc.) as well as to find and assess specific web sites related to their topic.