Art History Option
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate broad and discipline-specific knowledge of art processes and history.
- Describe and analyze works of visual art critically and relate them to historical and contemporary contexts.
- Articulate discipline-specific concepts in writing, orally, and visually.
- Create original art and/or research projects by applying discipline-specific tools, skills, methods, and sources.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division | 26 | |
| Art Major Core | 11 | |
| Lower-Division Art History Requirements | ||
| ART 204 | *INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: PREHISTORY TO HIGH MIDDLE AGES | 3 |
| ART 205 | *INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: GOTHIC TO BAROQUE | 3 |
| ART 206 | *INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: NEOCLASSICISM TO CONTEMPORARY | 3 |
| ART 208 | *INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART | 3 |
| Lower-Division Art Studio Electives | 4 | |
| Any ART studio elective | ||
| Upper Division 1 | 30 | |
| ART 469 | 3 | |
| Art History (300 level) | 18 | |
| *EARLY CHINESE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY | ||
| *LATE CHINESE ART AND CULTURE | ||
| *CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART | ||
| *ART OF JAPAN | ||
| *ANCIENT GREEK ART | ||
| *ANCIENT ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE | ||
| *NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART | ||
| *HISTORY OF MODERN ART 1900-1945 | ||
| ART SINCE 1945 | ||
| *HISTORY OF DESIGN | ||
ART 368 | ||
or ART 264 | *PHOTOGRAPHY: HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE AND ART | |
| Art History (400 level) | 9 | |
| ^ART IN CONTEXT HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL APPROACHES | ||
ART 461 | ||
| DIRECTIONS AND ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART | ||
| CULTURAL STUDIES OF THE MUSEUM | ||
| HISTORY OF PRINTMAKING | ||
ART 469 | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN ASIAN ART | ||
| Total Credits | 113 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
- ^
Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
- 1
Upper-division courses must include at least:
- 3 credits of contemporary art history,
- 3 credits of global art history, and
- 3 credits of ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, or Baroque art history, and
- ART 469
Option Code: 881