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. A focus in art history can be combined with the minor or courses in museum studies (see Museum Studies 698). Core Curriculum (18 credits)
50:082:101,102 Introduction to Art
History I, II (3,3)
50:082:490 Art History Methodology (3)
50:082:492 Independent Study in Art
History (3)
50:698:205 Introduction to Museum
Studies (3)
Plus a choice of one course from:
50:082:104 Introduction to the Arts
of Asia (3)
50:082:105 Cross-Cultural Art
History (3)
Additional Art History Distribution
Requirements (15 credits)
Select one course from five of the
following seven areas
(five courses). Some courses fulfill distribution
requirements depending on the specific material covered in that course in a
particular semester. A partial list of
these courses are: 50:082:305 Women in Art, 50:082:202 History of Design, 50:082:394
Learning Abroad, and 50:082:497-498 Special
Topics in Art History. Consult with your
adviser to determine what distribution area is covered when you register.
Ancient
50:082:109 Art and
Archaeology of Mediterranean (3)
50:082:206 Art of the
Ancient Near East (3)
50:082:207 Art of Egypt (3)
50:082:208 Greek Art and Archaeology (3)
50:082:209 Art of
Ancient Rome (3)
Medieval
50:082:203 Medieval Art
and Culture (3)
Renaissance
50:082:204 Renaissance Art (3)
50:082:313 Renaissance Art of Northern Europe (3)
50:082:333
Italian Renaissance (3)
Baroque
50:082:210 Arts of
Power: 17th- and 18th-Century Europe (3)
50:082:349 Golden Age
Dutch Art (3)
18th-19th
Centuries
50:082:237 Nineteenth-Century Art (3)
50:082:267 American Art: 1650-1900 (3)
50:082:351 European Art: 1780-1880 (3)
50:082:352 European Art: 1880-1940 (3)
Modern and Contemporary
50:082:200 Gender and
the Arts (3)
50:082:201 LGBTQ/Popular Culture (3)
50:082:202 History of Design (3)
50:082:216 Art of Film
(3)
50:082:238
Twentieth-Century Art (3)
50:082:251 Modern
Architecture (3)
50:082:266
African-American Art (3)
50:082:268 Twentieth-Century American Art (3)
50:082:280 Art and Electronic
Media (3)
50:082:332 African-American
Art (3)
50:082:352 European
Modern Art: 1880-1940 (3)
50:082:353 Modern Art: 1940-1980 (3)
50:082:354 Contemporary
Art (3)
50:082:383 History of
Photography (3)
50:082:395 Sculpture of
the 20th Century (3)
Beyond the West
50:082:212 Japanese Art (3)
50:082:213 Chinese Art (3)
50:082:285 Art of Africa (3)
50:082:286 Latin
American Art and Culture (3)
50:082:329 Precolumbian
and Mesoamerican Art (3)
Art
History Electives (6 credits)
Electives
may be drawn from any 200-level or higher art history course not already
counted in the distribution requirements. Students may also use any museum studies courses. Students are encouraged to add an elective from studio course
offerings to gain hands-on experience with making works of art.
The total number of required courses in
the art history concentration is 13; the total
number of credits is 39.
Note: Students intending to pursue graduate study in art history are
strongly encouraged to pursue the museum studies minor (see Museum Studies 698). In addition, students should
take the equivalent of four semesters of college-level courses in a foreign language,
usually French or German, and should strongly consider participating in the art history honors program in their senior year. Because works of art express the
ideas of the culture of which they are a part, the study of art history is
strengthened by a knowledge of archaeology, cultural anthropology, history,
literature, philosophy, religion, urban studies, and other related disciplines.
In consultation with their advisers, students should select appropriate
languages and courses in related subjects.
