The art history area of specialization offers diverse courses that
consider art throughout history from many geographic regions, designed
to prepare students for graduate work in art history, careers in
museums and galleries, and arts administration. The curriculum
emphasizes skills in critical thinking, visual discrimination, and
fluency in oral and written communication, all of which are essential
to such professions as law and medicine, as well as in all art- related
fields.
Core Curriculum for Art History (18 credits)
50:082:101,102 Introduction to Art History I,II (3,3)
50:082:490 Art History Methodology (3)
50:082:491 Individual Study in Art History (3) and two of the following:
50:080:102 Two-Dimensional Design (3) or
50:080:103 Three-Dimensional Design Fundamentals (3) or
50:080:213 Introduction to Computer Graphics (3) or
50:080:221 Drawing (3) or
50:080:225 Color Theory (3) or
50:080:264 Digital Photography (3)
Additional Art History Area Requirements (30 credits)
3 credits in ancient or medieval art from the following courses:
50:082:303 Art of the Ancient Near East (3) or
50:082:310 Art of Egypt (3) or
50:082:311 Roman Art (3) or
50:082:320 Art of the Middle Ages (3) or
50:082:342 Greek Art (3)
6 credits in Renaissance and Baroque art:
50:082:313 Renaissance Art in Northern Europe (3)
50:082:331 Italian Renaissance Art (3)
50:082:340 Seventeenth and18th-Century European Art (3)
50:082:349 History of Sculpture: Baroque to Modern (3)
9 credits in 19th- and 20th-century art of Europe and the United States from the following courses:
50:082:251 Modern Architecture (3)
50:082:305 Women and Art (3)
50:082:332 African-American Art (3)
50:082:351 European Art: 1780 to 1880 (3)
50:082:352 European Modern Art: 1880 to 1940 (3)
50:082:353 Contemporary Art (3)
50:082:367 American Art: 1650-1900 (3)
50:082:368 Twentieth-Century American Art (3)
50:082:380 Art in an Age of Mechanized and Electronic Media (3)
50:082:382 History of Design (3)
50:082:383 History of Photography (3)
50:082:395 Sculpture of the 20th Century (3)
3 credits in non-Western art from the following courses:
50:082:285 Art of Africa (3)
50:082:329 Art of the Americas (3)
50:082:360 Japanese Art (3)
50:082:363 Chinese Art (3)
50:082:485 Latin American Art and Culture (3)
9 elective credits selected from all courses offered in art history or museum studies at the 200 level or above.
Students intending to pursue graduate study in art history should take
the equivalent of four terms of college level courses in a foreign
language, usually French or German. Because works of art express the
ideas of the culture that produces them, the study of art history
involves a knowledge of archaeology, cultural anthropology, history,
literature, philosophy, religion, and urban studies. In consultation
with their advisers, students should select languages and courses in
related subjects that treat the geographic area and time period of
their special interest.
